Key Expert 2: Structured Dialogue And Civil Society Forum Coordinator
Egypt, Egypt
Job Description
Project title: Med Dialogue for Rights and Equality II - Civil society facility South Brief description of the project: This Technical Assistance contract aims to address the needs of civil society in the Neighbourhood South, which has witnessed a boom in the months following the Arab spring with opening space for civic work but also international donor interest. A certain level of development has been achieved since then but there are still gaps to be filled. The contractor will need to respond to these specific challenges:
- The technical, managerial and advocacy capacities of CSOs are uneven, often with fewer, well-established and active organisations in the capitals, but much weaker capacities at the municipal and grass-roots level.
- Knowledge of policy-making and effective advocacy campaign work is weak. Understanding of the policies and programmes of the European Union in the region needs to be improved.
- Watchdog role has proved to be effective and more lessons learnt are to be shared among the Southern Neighbourhood (SN) countries in order to strengthen the capacities and more South-South networking and experience sharing should be supported.
- The structured dialogue of the EU with the civil society in the SN has been ongoing since 2013 but with great space for improvement.
- Preparation of CSF steering committee meetings of EU institutions and FPAs (one day two times a year in person with the online presence of EUD colleagues, preparation of materials, minutes-taking etc.)
- Support to all-year-round communication among the parties of the process (for example setting up online meetings between steering committees, consolidation of documents, providing STEs for the necessary support to the Structured dialogue)
- Logistics organization of CS Forum (including travel, visa, accommodation, venue, translation, refreshments, local transport, visa, communication materials etc.) Altogether three 2-day Civil society Forums should be held throughout the project approximately once per year with about 120 participants (both from EU and SN countries);
- Academic profile: Master-level university degree or equivalent (i.e. 5 years of relevant professional experience following secondary education), fields of social sciences, International relations or sociology will be an asset
- Fluency in English and Arabic is mandatory. Knowledge of French will be considered an asset
- At least 5 years of working experience; experience with EU-funded projects will be an asset. (in addition to the years of relevant professional experience required to compensate for the absence of a university degree)
- At least 3 years of working experience in developing and implementing policy and/or structured dialogue activities for civil society stakeholders
- Previous experience in the Neighbourhood south region is mandatory.
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Job Detail
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Job IdJD1406511
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationEgypt, Egypt
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EducationNot mentioned