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The MENA Scholarship Programme is offering an opportunity for Dutch training providers to organise a training capacity development for activists and aspiring young policymakers in Iraq as part of the MENA Scholarship Programme.

Topic of the Requested Training

• Suggested topics:

  • Skills development: public speaking, advocacy, debate, stake holder analyses.

  • Political experience: how to start and organize a party, how to maintain an inclusive and democratic party, how to develop policies that are effective in achieving policy objectives, how to develop a manifesto, what is effective and inclusive leadership, democratic processes and procedures, how writing motions, how does public consultation work.

  • Campaigning: dialogue, communication, PD, maintain and expand a network

  • Advocacy: strengthening advocacy capacity (locally and internationally), facilitation of underrepresented groups’ participation in advocacy (local and international, addressing local and international policies to improve supportive environments)

  • All trainings must be an advanced level of the trainings given to participants by NIMD/WEO and MOJA in the ongoing projects of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Iraq.

Funding Information

• 75.000 Euro.

• A Tailor-Made Training has a maximum duration of 12 months and is usually provided to a group of 8 – 20 people. The number of participants depends on several factors such as the type of training and the location.

Selection Criteria for Participants

• The participants are representatives of grassroots organisations, young aspiring policy makers and young Iraqi civil society. They will be selected by the local organisations, the Dutch training provider and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Baghdad.

• The participants are enrolled in ongoing projects with NIMD/Women Empowerment Organisation and MOJA or were enrolled in these projects in the past. All of the mentioned projects are set-up to equip young and reform-minded Iraqi civil society with the right skills set and tools to claim their rights, participate politically, and to be heard.

• The participants are those from the ongoing projects who prove most committed to the trainings, have high potential and benefit from being enrolled in an advanced and more tailor made programme with other participants from two ongoing projects.

• The trainings must be tailored made and based on the needs of the participants, therefore in-depth interviews before and during the trainings must be held once a training provider is selected. Dutch training providers have to commit to tailor the training to the needs of the participants based on the interviews.

Eligibility

• This call is open for Dutch training providers who:

  • have a track record of providing training in the suggested topics of policy making and implementation, democratic values and political procedures, accountability and human rights.

  • have experience in the region and/or knowledge of the political context of Iraq.

  • are interested in giving training in Iraq, the Netherlands and online.

  • are interested in working together with local partner organisations.

  • are interested in customising a training for representatives of grassroots organisations, young Iraqi civil society and young aspiring policy makers.

  • agree with the MSP TMT Grant Conditions.

Post Date: August 07, 2023