United Nations African Policy Innovation Fellowship - Partnerships
Sponsorship Opportunities
We invite donors to partner in this initiative as co-architects of a new development cooperation paradigm—one that invests not in projects, but in institutional transformation, policy autonomy, and long-term capacity. By sponsoring fellows, donors contribute to the creation of a cohort of technically grounded, system-aware African policymakers capable of shaping national strategies in ways that are both sovereign and sustainable. Donors can engage through the following modalities:
- Core support: Contributing to the overall operational and programmatic costs of the fellowship.
- Fellowship sponsorship: Funding an individual fellow from a specific country or thematic area of interest.
- Continental alignment support: Funding a fellowship extension to include a secondment to the African Union or a regional economic community, to ensure policy coherence across national and continental levels.
For further information or to express interest in sponsoring a fellow, please contact osaa-fellowship@un.org