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Subject: Fw: vacancy LL project
VACANCY NOTICE
Experienced Impact Assessment Consultant needed to evaluate local peace building
project in Osijek, Eastern Croatia
Position: Experienced Impact Assessment Consultant
Type of Appointment: Fixed term; summer 2000, 2 months, full time
Programme: Building a Democratic Society Based on a Culture
of Nonviolence: Post-war Peace Building in Eastern Croatia.
Project: Peace Teams Learning Project
Duty Station: Osijek, Croatia
Date of Entry on Duty: Immediately
Vacancy Notice issued: 17 May 2000
Deadline for Application 30 May 2000
The Centre for Peace, Non-violence and Human Rights in Osijek is looking for a
consultant for an external evaluation of its Lessons learned project.
Description of the project :
The project is an effort to build a democratic and just society in a conflictive
post-war setting through locally based peace teams. Various strategically chosen
approaches to empower the communities are being used by the peace teams in five
localities, and the assessment will focus on the strength and weaknesses of the peace
team approach and the lessons learnt about locally based peace building processes.
Description of the tasks
In close collaboration with a prearranged project group headed by a project champion,
the consultant is required to fulfill the following tasks:
Responsible for strategic oversight of overall plan
Coordinate various qualitative and quantitative processes of research
Ability to implement focus groups research strategy or work closely with focus groups
specialist
Analyse gathered data and write report
Obligated to attend and participate in whole systems event related to report
Maintain communication with project group
Qualifications required:
Experience in setting up, managing and implementing Impact Assessment evaluations
Experience in participatory evaluation with stress on empowerment processes
Good analytical and organisational skills coupled with "doer" capacity
Good oral and written communication skills in English
Knowledge of Croatian language would be an asset.
Ability to work with professionals in a multicultural team
Ability to work under short deadlines and time constraints
Be able to be located in the region during intensive workperiods
Facilitative style of leadership
Ability to work within fixed budget
Alternative approaches to above job description:
The Center is open to alternative configurations of responsibility:
1. An Expert Impact Assessment Consultant who does both the evaluation and the
focus group work.
2. The work is divided between an Impact Assessment Consultant with
responsibility for the overall impact assessment while working in close collaboration
with a focus group specialist who is fluent in Croatian .
The latter alternative will require less time in the region for the Impact Assessment
Consultant.
Renumeration package
Please submit tender at NGO/Charity rates.
If you are interested in this position, please send your application, C.V., 2
references preferably by e-mail to:
Centre for Peace, Non-violence and Human Rights
Att. Michelle Kurtz
U. Zupaniska 8
HR- 31000 Osijek
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.zamir.net/~czmos
For questions please call Dr Katarina Kruhonja, Project Leader
Tel/fax. +385(0) 31 206 886
+385(0) 31 206 889
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or
Michelle Kurtz, Project Organizer
tel +385(0) 31 506 420
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Background
Building a Democratic Society Based on the Culture of Non-violence - Post-war
Peace-building in Eastern Croatia
The goal of the project Building a Democratic Society Based on the Culture of
Non-violence - Post-war Peacebuilding in Eastern Croatia is transformation of the
war-torn, post-socialist society in Eastern Croatia towards sustainable peace, common
security and democracy based on citizen participation, pluralism, human and minority
rights, social justice and sustainable development. A network of trained multi-ethnic,
multi-national, multi-religious (Croats, Serbs, internationals) development
peacebuilding teams (DPT) has been established in 5 multiethnic communities (Okučani,
Tenja, Dalj, Beli Manastir and Vukovar) to support and empower the local population
for the reconstruction of society and peacebuilding in the early post-war and post-UN
period (2-5 years).
Local members of DPTs were recruited from both ethnic groups, among those who
experienced war on different sides, some of them even being former soldiers. Together
with international volunteers they participated in a ten-week training course -
'Empowerment for Peace Services'. During the training the following main goals were
achieved: the future peace workers agreed upon common values and beliefs they will
stand for, basic training on active listening, facilitation, organisational skills and
planning. Teams formed during the training agreed on the organisational structure of
teamwork. They also had first contacts with the local community and developed a plan
for the first three months of fieldwork.
DPTs started their work in the field in five locations on 1 February 1999. In each
location there are 3 local peace workers (mixed ethnic background of members and a
balanced relation of gender and age) and one international. Each DPT is supported by a
lawyer providing legal aid to the local population. Coordinating staff includes a
project leader, DPTs coordinator, listening programme coordinator, project assistant
and psychologist.
First of all, DPTs, due to their mixed ethnic composition, serve as a living
testimony that Croats and Serbs can work together for peace and reconciliation. The
first step of the direct community work is the Listening programme. Based on the
results of the Listening programme, that is, on needs, interests and resources of
local community, particular follow-up programmes have been developed for each
community. These include capacity and community building courses, adult education and
psychosocial development, empowerment of local people for solving problems, organizing
small joint solidarity projects, self-support groups for women and youth, organizing
ecumenical dialogue and education for elections. Activities are organized across
ethnic borders.
Due to high tensions in places affected by war atrocities, the very first contacts
across ethnic divide were established through conducting the Listening program.
The basic principle of the Listening programme is active non-violence, seeking to
approach people and confront problems in the spirit of trust and truth. The basic
method includes structured interviews conducted by trained listeners. The interviews
consist of a set of questions designed to provide space for people to openly talk
about war trauma, their current problems and needs; to treat individuals as a part of
a solution and to detect individuals willing to engage themselves in solving problems.
This represents a basis for very basic action-research approach to peace and
community-building activities.
By November 1999, around 870 interviews have been conducted in 7 locations in Eastern
Croatia (Bilje, Beli Manastir, Tenja, Dalj, Vukovar, Okučani, Berak). The Listening
programme has proved an efficient tool for opening communication, reducing tension and
supporting people in co-operation based on common needs. In each community, several
follow-up community building activities have been developed: joint actions of cleaning
the environment, reactivation of the local chess club with mixed ethnic structure of
members, foundation of a mountaineering club with mixed ethnic structure of members;
empowerment and activation of the Roma Association; foundation of several women and
youth support groups; organizing 'Days of Peace Culture' in each location;
inter-confessional round tables and ecumenical prayers for peace; cooperation with
schools on education for peace; recruiting volunteers for monitoring of the elections.
From February to November 1999 the activities organized by DPTs involved around 3700
direct beneficiaries (among them around 50 medium level leaders). As a result of a
very good media coverage, around 200 000 inhabitants of the Eastern Croatia were
reached, as well as the national TV audience.
Internal evaluation has been performed each month on a regular basis and takes into
account two most important strategic goals:
- empowerment of local population for community and peace building;
- functioning of DPTs as multiethnic and international self-facilitating
working team.
Internal evaluation of ten-month fieldwork of DPTs indicates that:
- DPTs are very well integrated in all levels of community from the grassroots level
upwards and they have become a visible peace structure with recognizable mission in
local communities;
- The work of the DPT is recognized outside the local communities in which they work
- they are invited to work in other places in the region with high tensions;
-empowerment of local population is manifested through initiatives coming from
citizens regardless of their ethnic background, through their involvement in
activities and foundation of several citizens' organizations;
- DPTs need to be continuously empowered for their work (ongoing education; debriefing
and burn out control; networking with experts for different fields of work; personal
development);
- the role of international volunteers should be profoundly evaluated and redefined.
Evaluation of curricula for training and effects of DPTs' work in local communities
with external researcher is in progress.
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Centre for Peace, Nonviolence and Human Rights, Osijek
®upanijska 7
HR-31000 Osijek
tel/fax +385 (0)31 206 886 & +385 (0)31 206 889
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