Swedish Institute (SI) Scholarship Programmes

Enclosure to the application for Swedish Institute Scholarships for Global

Professionals for master’s level studies in Sweden starting in the academic
year 2020/2021
PROOF OF WORK AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
(Instructions)
How to fill out the form?

The template consists of two parts: a work experience formand aleadership experience form. You can submit
up to threework experience forms to verify up to three different work experiences; you can submit up to two
leadership experience forms to verify up to two different leadership experiences. You must merge all the
work experience forms and leadership experience forms into one PDF document. All thework experience
formsmust be presented first in reverse chronological order, and then followed by all leadership experience
forms sorted in reverse chronological order. Each one of the forms may not exceed one page and in total the
entire PDF document submitted may not exceed five pages (excluding the instruction page).

To provethat you havea minimum of 3,000 hours of work experience you must request current or previous
supervisor(s)/manager(s)/HR/head of the organisation to validate your experience in the work experience
form. Please only include the most relevant experiences you have hadwithinthe field of your
expertise/studies. The work experience information you provide should correspond to the work experience
you have listed in your CV. Kindly note that applicants whocannot provide proof of a total of 3,000
hours of work experience in the work experience formwill be deemed ineligible. SI makes no
exceptions.

In the leadership experience form, we kindly request that you specifyhow many of the hours of work
experience that have included leadership experience. For instance, if you worked a total of 3,000 hours at a
company, 2,000 hoursas an administrator and1,000 hours asthe head of your unit, then you should provide
proof of both the 2,000 hours as an administrator and the 1,000 hours as head of unit in the work experience
form. In the leadership experience form you should only include the1,000 hours as head of unit (i.e. as a
leader). The leadership experience form has no minimum requirement in regards to the number of hours.

Leadership experience involves the experience of leading other employees in a team or a department/unit,
with a mandate to influence the development strategy for the organisation you work at, to allocate tasks and
familiarity with decision-making processes.

Who can fill out the form?

If you work in a family business, if you are the owner of a business, or if you do freelance work, we can
accept a signature from a client or a staffwho works at your company but who is not your family member.
Clients should be companies/organisations (i.e. not private persons) and are only allowed to certify the hours
that you have worked for them. The stamp should be the official stamp of the company/organisation.

If you do freelance work, you may also ask an employee at the professional association or agency where you
are registered as a freelancer, or receive assignments from, to be your referee and to sign and stamp the form.

You can ask the same person to sign both the work experience form and leadership experience form, as well
as write the letter of reference for you. If your referee has changed job and is unable to represent your former
or current employer/your client’s company, we recommend that you find another referee who still works at
the referringorganisation and is able tocertify your number of hours with the official stamp of the
organisation.

Examples of who cannot sign the forms

 Co-workers
 Family members/relatives/partners/friends
 Individuals who demand compensation (money, goods, favours, services or other means) from you
in order to give you a statement of reference

Please ask your referees to fill out the appropriate information by typing,then print the form and sign by hand
and put the official stamp of the referred organisation at the end. It should then be scanned and convertedinto
PDF format.

If you and the company where you have workedare not in the same physical location, you can send the form
to the company via e-mail and askthem to fill in your experience, then print and send the scanned file via
email to you with their signature and stamp.When you have received/collected all required forms, please
merge them into one PDF document.

Why does SISGP require proof of work and leadership experience?

The reason the Swedish Institute Scholarships for Global Professionals (SISGP) requires work and
leadership experience is becausewe are looking for candidateswho are ableto play an active role in
thesustainable development of the societies where they live. Ideal candidates are therefore ambitious
professionals withacademic qualifications and relevant work and leadership experience.

SI believes that people who have previous work and leadership experience are able to take the acquired
knowledge from their master’s programme and translate it into a practical context,thus further deepening the
understanding of what they have learnt.

Requirements and submission

The proof of work and leadership experience formmust be completed in English and cannot exceedone page
per form or fivepagesin total (excludingthe instruction page). Any additional page(s) will be disregarded.
Any false, misleading or incomplete answer may result in the rejection of your application.

If your employer does not have an official stamp, we recommend that you provide proof of your work
experience from another organisation. If itis the only work experience you have, we may accept an official
stamp from a notary office. However, your referee still needs to fill in the template and sign it on behalf of
the organisation. The notary needs to certify in English that the information in the form is true and correct,
and that the referee is authorised to represent the referring organisation. The notary certificate should be
merged with the form as one PDF document.

In order to be valid, each of the formsmust be dated,signedby hand by the referee, and stampedwith the
official stamp of the referring organisation or a notary office.The stamp can be in any language as long as it
is the official stamp of the referring organisation. Any other formatof proof of work and leadership
experience will be disregarded.

A PDF document containing all the forms should be attached to your online application (do not include the
instruction in the file) through the online application portal, during the application period 10-20 February
2020.
Authenticity

SI will carry out random checks on the applications and applicants to scrutinise any false or misleading
information, including fabricated documentation. Should any false information be found, the applicant will
be automatically disqualified and barred from applying for any SI scholarship programmes in the future. Any
false information discovered during the scholarship period will cause termination of the scholarship. The
scholarship holder will then have to refund the full scholarship amount to SI.

Do you have any questions?

Please read the instruction above thoroughly. SI cannot make any exceptions. If you have more questions,
please make sure to read through the information about SISGP as well as the Frequently Asked Questions.
Swedish Institute (SI) Scholarship Programmes
Enclosure to the application for Swedish Institute Scholarships for Global Professionals
for master’s level studies in Sweden starting in the academic year 2020/2021
PROOF OF WORK AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
The forms must be completed in English. Any additional page(s) will be disregarded. The completed forms
must be signed by hand by the referee, stamped with the official stamp of the referring organisation, and
converted intoPDF format.

WORK EXPERIENCE FORM(maximum one page/form, maximum three forms)

FIRST NAME(S) of applicant (as written in the passport) AZIMA
SURNAME(S) of applicant (as written in the passport) TABASSUM
DATE OF BIRTH of applicant (YYYY-MM-DD) 1993-04-18
CITIZENSHIP of applicant BANGLADESHI

FULL NAME of the company/organisation where the Department of Architecture

applicant works/worked Ministry of Housing & Public Works
Sthapatya Bhaban
Segunbagicha, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
TITLE/POSITION the applicant holds/held during Project Architect
employment
TIMEPERIOD of employment (YYYYMMDD – 2018-06-01/today
YYYYMMDD/today)
TYPE OF WORK Employment

HOURS APPLICANT WORKED in total 3400 [8 x 5 x 50 x 1.7]

WORK SPECIFIC TASKS of applicant (Max250
characters incl. spaces)
FULL NAME of referee Mohammad Rafiqul Hasnain
TITLE/POSITION of referee at the referring Assistant Chief Architect
company/org.
E-MAIL ADDRESS of referee (preferably work e-mail) [email protected]
TELEPHONE NUMBER of referee (with country code) +8801727260976
SIGNATURE of referee, date and place (city,
country):
I hereby declare that the information I provide about the
applicant is to the best of my knowledge, true, complete and
correct. I certify the applicant’s work experience on behalf of the
referring company/organisation.

Official stamp of the company/organisationthe

applicant works/worked at, or official stamp of notary
office
Swedish Institute (SI) Scholarship Programmes
Enclosure to the application for Swedish Institute Scholarships for Global Professionals
for master’s level studies in Sweden starting in the academic year 2020/2021
PROOF OF WORK AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
The forms must be completed in English. Any additional page(s) will be disregarded. The completed forms
must be signed by hand by the referee, stamped with the official stamp of the referring organisation, and
converted into PDF format.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE FORM(maximum one page/form, maximum two

forms)
FIRST NAME(S) of applicant (as written in the passport) AZIMA
SURNAME(S) of applicant (as written in the passport) TABASSUM
DATE OF BIRTH of applicant (YYYY-MM-DD) 1993-04-18
CITIZENSHIP of applicant BANGLADESHI

FULL NAME of the company/organisation where the Green Survivors Bangladesh, Savar, Dhaka
applicant works/worked
TITLE/POSITION the applicant holds/held during Volunteer
leadership experience
TIMEPERIOD of leadership experience (YYYYMMDD – 20180501-20181119
YYYYMMDD/today)
TYPE OF WORK Volunteering

HOURS APPLICANT WORKED in total 208

MAIN LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITY Teaching students or holding training courses
LEADERSHIP SPECIFIC TASKS of applicant (Max 400 Volunteery contributed to the helpless childern with
characters incl. spaces) their academic as well as their social welfare
FULL NAME of referee Mr. Zahidul Karim
TITLE/POSITION of referee at the referring Founder & Chairman of Green Survivors Bangladesh
company/org.
E-MAIL ADDRESS of referee (preferably work e-mail)
TELEPHONE NUMBER of referee (with country code)
SIGNATURE of referee, date and place (city,
country):
I hereby declare that the information I provide about the
applicant is to the best of my knowledge, true, complete and
correct. I certify the applicant’s leadership experience on behalf
of the referring company/organisation.

Official stamp of the company/organisation the

applicant works/worked at, or official stamp of notary
office