{"id":9773,"date":"2022-05-10T12:39:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T12:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/?p=9773"},"modified":"2023-10-05T20:23:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T18:23:37","slug":"mena-fellowship-2022-open-call-for-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/mena-fellowship-2022-open-call-for-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"MENA Fellowship 2022: Open call for experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/app\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mena-mentors.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Background<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UG \u201cZa\u0161to ne\u201d has so far implemented seven editions of the MENA regional fellowship on political process monitoring, using technology and promotion of democracy in the MENA region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This fellowship program aims to provide leaders of civil society organizations\/groups from the MENA region with an opportunity to learn and exchange experiences on using technology for democracy promotion. Through a month-long program of joint experience sharing, meetings, study visits and practical work, the fellows will have an opportunity to acquire new skills, experiences, strategies, tools and ideas for improving accountability programs in their country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the work with UG \u201cZa\u0161to ne\u201d activists and teams, the fellows will explore and learn more about the following programs: fact-checking and promotion of accountability, civic participation, monitoring of the government and political processes, research and advocacy, civic education for elections and the use of technology to improve democratic processes. Selected fellows will also have an opportunity to work on a project that concerns their work and the work of their organization\/group and get both seed funding and mentoring on their work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>What makes you a good candidate for this program?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The experts we are looking for should have the following profile:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They should have extensive experience in working with or in civil society in BiH or the region or other groups or institutions related to the topics of the call;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They should have specific experience or knowledge in one of the project areas (or similar) that are the topic of the fellowship programs;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They should express an interest in working in the MENA region;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They should be able to work in English on topics related to this call<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They should have experience in working with other groups and individuals on educational or mentorship programs;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They should be able to devote at least 24 hours to working with the fellows over\u00a0<\/span>a period of 1-2 months during the fellowship and after it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will be accepting applications from individuals coming from diverse expertise, but the priority for this year would be the following topics:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media integrity and reporting;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fighting disinformation;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human rights;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elections and political processes in general;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">War crimes;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fact-checking;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government openness.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><i>How to apply?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interested candidates should express their interest in being mentors in the program by sending the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CV of the candidate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A motivation letter explaining the following:<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; What specific topics would you be able to work on as a mentor&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; What is your expertise relevant to this project;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; What specific projects or initiatives have you implemented or have been a part of relevant to this project.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><i>Submitting your application<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To register your interest in being considered for the fellowship as a mentor, please submit the listed documents by\u00a0<\/span><b><i>30 May 2022, 00:00h (midnight) CET<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">info@zastone.ba<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using the subject line \u201cExpression of interest for mentors on the MENA fellowship\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After submission, your expression of interest will be reviewed by UG \u201cZa\u0161to ne\u201d, and all candidates will be promptly informed of the decision.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens Association (CA) \u201cWhy not\u201d &#8211; UG \u201cZa\u0161to ne\u201d is looking for experts to act as mentors to activists participating in the MENA regional fellowship implemented by UG \u201cZa\u0161to ne\u201d. This \u201cCall for experts\u201d provides information about the project in question, the expert profiles being sought, the process to express interest, and the process of selection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":9775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,30,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-programs","category-zasto-ne-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9773"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11293,"href":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9773\/revisions\/11293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zastone.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}