Call for Applications!!  Doha Training of Trainers workshop on the INEE Minimum Standards

Dear INEE Members:

The INEE Working Group on Minimum Standards is pleased to share this “Call for Applications” for delegates to participate in the upcoming Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop on the INEE Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response Recovery. This TOT will be held in Doha, Qatar, from Monday, June 20 to Wednesday, June 22, 2011, and will be hosted by Reach out to Asia (ROTA). The focus of the workshop will be on using the INEE Minimum Standards to support education programmes and policies. It will bring together approximately 30 participants from the Middle East and South East Asia, including representatives from NGOs, UN agencies and donor agencies. The workshop will be conducted in English. The background note is also available on the INEE website.

INEE is inviting applications from individuals who represent an organisation/institution working in the field of education, protection and/or emergency humanitarian work (government, UN, NGO, training institution, academic institution, education personnel). To be selected for this regional TOT on the INEE Minimum Standards, applicants must meet the following criteria:

1. Significant experience in providing leadership to education, protection and/or humanitarian response in emergencies, chronic crises and recovery situations
2. Currently developing and/or implementing education programmes and/or policies
3. Proven training experience and skills, including good communication and interpersonal skills
4. Familiarity with the INEE Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response, Recovery
5. A written commitment from the applicant’s employer that the applicant will be supported to conduct a minimum of two local, national or regional trainings on the INEE Minimum Standards in the 12 months after participating in the TOT workshop.
6. Ability to secure organisational support for travel and expenses associated with attending the TOT workshop. (Scholarships will be provided to very few participants)
7. Fluency in English and one other language.

Individuals interested in applying for this TOT workshop on the INEE Minimum Standards must submit one word document with the following three components:

1. Completely filled-out application form.
2. A curriculum vitae (four pages maximum).
3. A written commitment from the applicant’s employer that the applicant will be supported to conduct a minimum of two local, national or regional trainings on the Minimum Standards in the 12 months after participating in the TOT workshop.

Please forward this information widely to qualified trainers in your organisation and to partner organisations, noting that the deadline for applications is Wednesday, June 1, 2011.  Selected applicants will be notified by June 3, 2011.

Sincerely,
Tzvetomira Laub, INEE Coordinator for Minimum Standards

INEE Working Group on Minimum Standards:
• Academy for Educational Development, Ken Rhodes, US (NGO)
• ActionAid, John Abuya, Kenya (NGO)
• BEFARe, Shakir Ishaq, Pakistan (NGO)
• FAWE, Martha Muwezi, Uganda (NGO)
• GTZ, Sylvia Schmitt, Germany (donor)
• Mavikalem Social Assistance and Charity Association, Zeynep Turkmen, Turkey (NGO)
• NORAD, Randi Gramshaug, Norway (donor)
• Norwegian Refugee Council, Helge Brochmann, Norway (NGO)
• Oxfam Novib, Veerle Verloren van Themaat, Netherlands (NGO)
• Plan International, Sweta Shah, US (NGO)
• Save the Children Alliance, Bente Sandal-Aasen, Norway (NGO)
• War Child Holland, James Lawrie, The Netherlands (NGO)
• World Education, Fred Ligon, Thailand (NGO)
• UNESCO, Eli Rognerud, France (UN)
• UNHCR, Annika Sjoberg, Switzerland (UN)
• UNICEF, Pilar Aguilar, Switzerland (UN)
• USAID, Mitch Kirby, US (donor)
• ZOA Refugee Care, Simon Purnell, Thailand (NGO)