UM welcomes first MPP Scholarship student!

We are pleased to announce that Lammert Petter from Ecuador is the very first recipient to receive the brand-new MPP Scholarship! Partly with donations raised by the crowdfunding campaign, Lammert started last September with the Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development at UNU-MERIT. The program provides aspiring policy makers the knowledge to create and analyse evidence-based policy: skills which are crucial to a succesfull career in this domain. 

'My name is Lammert, I come from Ecuador, and I have a background in Economics and Finance. I have been dreaming for several years to have access to high quality education in a leading institution and to grow a network among specialized, passionate, hardworking researchers and scholars, just like what UNU-MERIT offers. However, there are considerable differences between education quality and students’ financial capacity between countries and economic areas, and my country is among those far away from the socio-economic context in The Netherlands. That is why I consider myself very fortunate for the opportunity I have been given by UNU-MERIT’s initiative to extend access to quality education to non-EU students.

Now that the program has started, I have learned that public institutions are not the only ones that can take action over a policy problem. There are several actors surrounding a problem or a need and, in this case, I consider the initiative taken by UNU-MERIT in offering the MPP Scholarship as a policy action towards wider access to education. There are many students with the will, passion, and capacity to become agents of positive change that need just one opportunity to exploit their potential. For me, the MPP Scholarship is that opportunity that passes on the enthusiasm to work towards making this world a better place.' - Lammert Petter, Master's student at Maastricht University

 

About the project owner UNU-MERIT
UNU-MERIT is the UN’s institute for comprehensive innovation: a research and training institute that mobilises knowledge, education and policy to unlock the full potential of comprehensive innovation for sustainable development. 
At the moment, UNU-MERIT is acquiring funds for the second MPP Scholarship. Click here for more info.