Af-Pak Citizen Dialogue aims to bring youth activists of Afghanistan and Pakistan and create a platform of mutual understanding and harmonious coexistence. The Dialogue sponsored by Open Society Foundation for the first time will bring young activists from both sides to take the politics out and put the society into a discourse of common understanding.

Deadline: 20th February 2015

Please ensure all information is completed in full.

Personal details
First name: / Last name:
Education High School Undergraduate Graduate 
Gender MaleFemale / Date of birth
Province / Occupation
Home Address:
Email: / Telephone: / Mobile:
Emergency Contact Details
First name: / Relationship to participant:
Contact address if different from above:
Email: / Home Telephone:
Internet & Social Media
Do you have access to internet?
Yes No / Do you have a Facebook account?
 Yes  No
If yes,
How often do you use Facebook?
 Daily  Weekly  Once a month / Do you have a Twitter account?
 Yes  No
If yes,
How often do you use Twitter?
 Daily  Once a week  Once a month
Language Proficiency (Please list the language speakingproficiency as fair, good or excellent)
Dari: Fair ☐ Good ☐ Excellent☐
Pashtu: Fair ☐ Good ☐ Excellent ☐
English: Fair ☐ Good ☐ Excellent ☐
Urdu: Fair ☐ Good ☐ Excellent ☐
Essay Questions (Please use at most 500 words to answer the following questions)
  1. Please provide detail of any experience in social service/volunteer work:

2. Please write a few lines why do you think citizen-to-citizen dialogue is important?
3. Please write in few lines why you could be a suitable candidate for the program of Af-Pak Youth Dialogue?

Questions:

Should you have questions regarding this application form or the program, please email at

Checking your application:

In order to be considered valid and complete, your application package must include:

1)Your application form completed, saved in the following format: LastName_AF_Application.pdf;

2)Your Resume, in English, maximum 2 pages, saved in the following format: Lastname_Resume.pdf

Submitting your Application package:

Applications should be submitted to before11:59 PM (Kabul time) 20 February 2015. The subject line of your email needs to be your last name followed by Afpak_ApplicationExample: Ahmadi_AF_application.

Note: Incomplete applications and applications received after this deadline will not be considered.

Feedback process

The organizers will review all applications. Only the selected participant will be contacted and informed about the next steps. Applicants that are not selected will receive a generic message at the start of April2015.