Job Opportunity: Country Director, BBC Media Action, Libya
BBC Media Action, the BBC’s international development charity, believes in the power of media and communication to build inclusive societies and support people in claiming their rights. Our aim is to inform, connect and educate people around the world. We work with partners to provide access to useful, timely, reliable information. We help people make sense of events, engage in dialogue, and take action to improve their lives. Audiences are at the heart of everything we do. Our work is built on insights from our research and engagement with communities. As Country Director, Libya you will be responsible for managing all of BBC Media Actions work in Libya.
This role requires you to represent the interests of BBC Media Action in Libya. You will implement, manage and complete projects. You’ll work within agreed budgets and timescales. The position also requires you to deliver coaching and training sessions in conjunction with the training team. You will develop strong relationships with funding agencies, stakeholders and partners. You’ll oversee the registration of BBC Media Action as an International NGO in Libya, coupled with setting up the new in-country office. This role will need to manage, lead and develop staff in country. You will identify future business development opportunities, including contributing to the new project proposal.
This role requires you to have extensive project management experience. You will also have experience with programme making, along with sound editorial judgement. You’ll have the ability to manage people and lead teams. You’ll bring experience of and enthusiasm for training. You will also have outstanding communication skills both written and verbal. You will have previously written reports, reviews and press statements. This position expects you to have strong organisational and coordinating skills. You’ll be naturally diplomatic and be used to negotiating and building effective relationships. You’ll bring advanced financial expertise and experience of managing complex budgets. You will be Fluent in English and Arabic.
Call for Papers: 2014 International Studies Association, Political Economy of Finance and Credit in Sub-Saharan Africa
Are you researching contemporary financial practices, patterns, networks in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa is at the fore of many of the transformations taking place on the continent. Yet there is little in the way of current research investigating how this is taking place. What, for instance, are the impacts of the ongoing financial crises and economic recessions on investments in Africa? How do these developments impact on issues such as land grabbing and shape the political economy of Africa as it integrates the global economy? The continent’s financial architecture is also being shaped by the growth of financial cities as leading hubs – South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria/Ghana – as states situate their financial hubs as leading gateways into the continent. Another important dimension of Africa’s political economy is mining. How are financial investments into these industries shaping national economies and communities? At the more micro level, financial technology, such as biometrics and mobile banking, are leapfrogging financial instruments of industrialized economies. How do these technologies create new networks between the floor of the economy and global capitalist networks? What of the growth of Islamic finance in Sub-Saharan Africa?Final decisions will be made by May 29th; all those who have submitted abstracts will be contacted.
Please send abstracts of 300 words, along with contact details to E.Cobbett@uea.ac.uk
DEADLINE: May 24, 2013
Visiting Research Scholars participate in activities of RPDS, including faculty-graduate seminars, workshops, and public lectures, and enjoy access to a wide range of other activities throughout the University. Scholars devote the major portion of their time to research and writing on issues related to health and wellbeing. Some Scholars may also have the opportunity to teach in one of Princeton’s graduate or undergraduate programs. Any teaching is contingent on sufficient enrollments and must be approved by the Dean of the Faculty. Although most Scholars will stay for the entire academic year (September through June), applications for a single semester or a portion of a semester will be considered.
The program is open to all regardless of citizenship, but it does not support work toward the completion of a degree. Salaries are based on the salary in effect at the Scholar’s home institution. Scholars from academic institutions normally receive up to one-half their academic-year salaries from their home institutions for the appointment period. A supplement may be paid to Scholars who teach a course. Visiting Research Scholars/Visiting Associate Research Scholars must be employed at an institution other than Princeton during their visit.
DEADLINE: May 29, 2013
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The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) is pleased to announce the convening of a three week intensive Transitional Justice in Africa Fellowship Programme. This is a residential programme which will be held in Johannesburg and Cape Town from 20 July to 8 August 2013. This year’s Fellowship Programme will be open to applicants from South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda and Burundi. We are now inviting qualified individuals to apply to this esteemed programme.
The IJR has been hosting fellows from countries in political transition since 2000. The programme was designed to attract and bring together scholars and practitioners in the field of transitional justice to compare, reflect, research and write on their experiences and lessons learned from activities, projects and programmes in their respective countries. Each Fellowship Programme invites candidates from specific countries in which the Institute is currently working. This year 5 Fellows will be invited from South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda and Burundi.
A rigorous selection process will ensure the targeting of professionals working with affected communities in the field of transitional justice in South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda and Burundi and who are in positions to influence policy processes and disseminate their Fellowship Programme experience through practical activities when they return home. The programmes’ purpose is to enhance participants’ skills and knowledge, with a particular focus on issues related to reconciliation and social cohesion within the context of transitional justice. Accordingly, the Fellowship Programme will engage with some of the key literature, themes, and mechanisms and will supplement teachings with practical experiences, interaction with local organisations working in related fields and guided visits to historically significant sites.
Through informal classes with local experts, dialogues with practitioners, daily contact with IJR staff and visits to relevant museums and memorials in Cape Town and Johannesburg, the programme aims to more effectively equip participants to address challenges specific to democratic transitions by exposing them to various transitional justice tools. A collaborative environment will foster information exchange and dialogue among participants, IJR staff and IJR partners while self-study will be undertaken through research. It is hoped that participants will deepen their familiarity with the growing field of transitional justice theory and then apply this theoretical framework to the practical challenges currently facing their country.
Fellows’ are strongly encouraged to document their reflections in the form of newspaper articles, policy briefs and/or working papers during and after the fellowship.
The IJR will cover all travel and accommodation costs for the duration of the fellowship and will provide a modest stipend for daily expenses.
DEADLINE: May 31, 2013
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UN Women joins the European Union, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, the government of Flanders, the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the international law firm Hogan Lovells in supporting the SEED Award, an initiative that aims to help the most promising start-up entrepreneurs, women-led enterprises and other social and environmental inspiring businesses to integrate ideas and proposals to address pressing local issues.
Innovative and entrepreneurs from emerging economies, developing and least developed countries can send their applications to win a tailor-made support package to help expand their business, as part of the 2013 SEED Awards.
The award includes expert advice on developing their business plans for the winners, as well as their participation in specially-designed workshops to enhance their skills, and benefit from high-level profiling of their enterprises through an international network of businesses, governments and development institutions.
For the 2013 cycle, SEED will make available up to two SEED Gender Equality Awards, supported by UN Women. To check country eligibility for the Gender Equality Awards use the SEEDS country eligibility check.
To be eligible to apply for the SEED Gender Equality Award, the enterprises need to:
Demonstrate entrepreneurship and innovation.
Deliver economic, social and environmental benefits.
Show the intention and potential to become financially sustainable.
Be a partnership between different stakeholder groups.
Be locally driven or locally led.
Demonstrate that it has the potential for scale up or significant replication.
Be in the early stages of implementation.
Be from a country with a developing or emerging economy.
Be run or owned by a woman or women and prioritise gender equality and/or women’s empowerment as a core objective.
Detailed eligibility criteria are available at www.seedinit.org, along with details of previous Award Winners.
DEADLINE: June 12, 2013
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