What are the criteria?

• You need to meet the admission criteria of the programme.
• Managers, trainee managers, team leaders, supervisors, or owners currently in employment. You must be working in an organisation or role either in, or related to one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
• Professionals who are not directly employed in a leadership or management role but who manage policies, processes, or business systems are also eligible for application. Examples include engineers, consultants, educators, policy advisors, system designers, etc.
• You must apply for yourself. You may not apply on behalf of someone else.
• With the exception of applicants to the Global Executive DBA Programme, applicants must live and work in a developing world country. Eligible countries include:
  • All countries & island nations in Africa
  • All countries in South and Latin America
  • All countries in the Dutch Caribbean and Caribbean
  • And all the following:
    Albania, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, Georgia, Fiji,  India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Philippines, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Ukraine, Yemen, Egypt
• You need to help promote Action Learning. You can do this by:
  • Fulfilling the role of Action Learning Coach within your organisation or community for a period of one full year. OR,
  • Write an article on one of your Action Learning Projects, which can be published by Business School Netherlands within the Action Learning Community.

If you are unsure whether or not your sector/role/company falls under one of the 17 SDGs, please ask us for assistance.