Designed to meet the specific needs of SIDS, the Italy- AOSIS Fellowship Programme is a unique yearlong program for early-career professionals from members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) to get hands-on training and experience on issues of law, policy, and science, and to build enduring capacity in AOSIS member governments to engage in international processes.
The Team
Giacomo Di Capua
Academic Advisor
Jeremy Raguain
Fellowship Director
@
fellowship[at]aosis.org
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The Italy-AOSIS Fellowship provides a year of education and training for early career diplomats and policy professionals from SIDS.
Application close Friday, November 20, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST
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Years
69
Fellows
36
Small Island Developing States
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Comoros
2024 Cohort Adeeshia (Imade) Tellei
Palau
2026 Cohort AF
Ahmed Falah
Maldives
2018 Cohort AH
Aishath Huma
Maldives
2016 Cohort Amber Turner
Bahamas
2026 Cohort AP
Angelique Pouponneau
Seychelles
2018 Cohort Ann Albert
Federated States of Micronesia
2026 Cohort Annika Bellot
Dominica
2024 Cohort AB
Ashani Bartley
Jamaica
2019 Cohort BM
Brittany Meighan
Belize
2020 Cohort Broderick Menke
Marshall Islands
2024 Cohort Bryton Codd
Belize
2024 Cohort Carlon Knight
Antigua & Barbuda
2024 Cohort CL
Chandra Legdesog
Federated States of Micronesia
2022 Cohort Cliance Harris
Naoero
2024 Cohort Dana-Marie Salina
Trinidad & Tobago
2024 Cohort DR
Diana Ruiz
Belize
2019 Cohort Dina Hinds
Barbados
2026 Cohort ED
Ed Dunbar
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Foreign Service Officer
2023 Cohort Ed'n Alexander Newfield
Belize
2026 Cohort EL
Elissa Lalande
Seychelles
2020 Cohort EP
Emma Pongopia
Papua New Guinea
2020 Cohort EL
Erica Lopidas
Haiti
2023 Cohort ED
Evalyne Detenamo
Naoero
2020 Cohort FN
Fathimath Nashwa
Maldives
Assistant Director, Climate Change Department, Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy of the Maldives
2023 Cohort GU
George Uzice
Seychelles
2015 Cohort GP
Gina Pierre
Bahamas
2023 Cohort HH
Hussain Azhaan Mohamed Hussain
Maldives
Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations
2022 Cohort ID
Ianthe Douglas
Palau
2023 Cohort IP
Ibne Al Shanawaz Purdhun
Mauritius
2016 Cohort IV
Ili Vakacegu
Fiji
2014 Cohort IM
Isabel Monteiro
Cabo Verde
Deputy Chief of Mission, Cabo Verde Embassy to the US
2014 Cohort IG
Isis Gonsalves
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2016 Cohort IZ
Ismail Zahir
Maldives
Deputy Chief, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
2015 Cohort IR
Issac Ryan
Cook Islands
2022 Cohort JR
Jeremy Raguain
Seychelles
2022 Cohort JH
Jervanic Henry
Saint Lucia
2023 Cohort JO
Joel Suarez Orozco
Cuba
2020 Cohort JT
Jolina Tausinga
Solomon Islands
2019 Cohort Jorguino Aparicio Savio
Timor-Leste
2026 Cohort KD
K. Lisana Dyer
Dominica
2022 Cohort KI
Kabweea Intintakke
Kiribati
2022 Cohort Kathleen Coutinho
Cabo Verde
2024 Cohort Kenley Rudimch-Kenneth
Palau
2024 Cohort KA
Kreshma Aubeeluk
Mauritius
2023 Cohort LL
Losana Latu
Tonga
2016 Cohort Malama Iati
Samoa
2024 Cohort MH
Melissa Horokou
Solomon Islands
Principal Policies & Programs Officer
2023 Cohort MR
Melissa Peña Rodriguez
Dominican Republic
2017 Cohort MH
Mohamed Aseel Hassan
Maldives
2017 Cohort MA
Muaz Adnan
Maldives
2019 Cohort NC
Nellie Catzim
Belize
2015 Cohort OS
Onika Stellingburg
Guyana
2018 Cohort Orsiany Loughman
Vanuatu
2026 Cohort RT
Ratu Filimone Tuivanualevu
Fiji
2022 Cohort RB
Renae Baptise
Grenada
2022 Cohort RG
Rennier Gadabu
Naoero
Member of Parliament, Former Minister of Climate Change
2014 Cohort SA
Saand Youssouf Ahmed Abdallah
Comoros
2017 Cohort Sasha Lloyd
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2026 Cohort SE
Simalua Enele
Tuvalu
2015 Cohort ST
Sione Tokai
Tonga
2023 Cohort Talei Cavu
Fiji
2026 Cohort TT
Tearinaki Tanielu
Kiribati
2018 Cohort TS
Thaddeus Siota
Solomon Islands
2016 Cohort TM
Tiare Marumatakimana
Samoa
2023 Cohort TR
Tiffany van Ravenswaay
Suriname
Climate Advisor, AOSIS
2022 Cohort Vladimir Cuba
Guinea-Bissau
2026 Cohort ZP
Zachary Philips
Antigua & Barbuda
2022 Cohort ZA
Zoe Ayong
Vanuatu
2017 Cohort