Emplois au PNUD - 35220- Internship on Innovation and Territorial Developme

Internship on Innovation and Territorial Development / Local Governance

Lieu :

Bratislava, REPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE

Type de contrat :

Internship

Date de commencement :

Date limite de candidature :

07-Feb-13 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

Intern

Durée du contrat initial

estimated 3-6 months

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

Le PNUD s’engage à recruter un personnel divers en termes de genre, de nationalité et de culture. Nous encourageons de même les personnes issues des minorités ethniques, des communautés autochtones ou handicapées à postuler. Toutes les candidatures seront traitées dans la plus stricte confidentialité. Le PNUD ne tolère pas l’exploitation et / ou les atteintes sexuelles, ni aucune forme de harcèlement, y compris le harcèlement sexuel, et / ou toutes formes de discrimination. Tous/tes les candidats/tes selectectionnes /ées devront ainsi se soumettre à de rigoureuses vérifications relatives aux références fournies ainsi qu’à leurs antécédents.

Historique

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been working in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) since 1992, and serves 28 countries and territories in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. The Bratislava Regional Centre (BRC) is UNDP’s main knowledge and advisory hub for the Eastern Europe and CIS Region. It aims to connect the region to a global network of development experts, to build knowledge and capacity, and to forge partnerships to meet the development challenges of a large and diverse region.

Through its practice areas, including Democratic Governance, Poverty Reduction, and Energy and Environment, the Centre advises UNDP staff working in Country Offices (CO) in the region and supports their access to relevant knowledge for their programming. One tool for this is through a regional community of practice (CoP) that brings together staff working on similar issues.

Background to the assignment:

UNDP is establishing closer linkages between local development efforts and priority areas including economic development, social inclusion, sustainable energy, natural resource management, and gender mainstreaming in the region. UNDP BRC has recently created a Sustainable Local Development Programming Handbook to provide guidance to UNDP Country Offices (COs) in identifying entry points appropriate for their context. In this approach, stakeholders define their pathways to sustainable development, and through collective action enhance the six forms of capital: human capital, social capital, physical capital, financial capital, know-how, and natural capital to the goals of equitable service delivery, maintaining cultural heritage and environmental assets, and creating sustainable livelihoods.

In 2013 three sub-practices (local governance, private sector development and civic engagement) are organizing a joint Community of Practice meeting on territorial (sub-national) development. Under the overarching goal of sustainable human development, the aim is for CO staff to increase their awareness and analytical capacity regarding use of alternate local development models and innovative approaches to engaging stakeholders (including local governments, regional academic institutions, local NGOs, community groups, businesses, entrepreneurs, farmers) in territorial development.

Local governments and sub-national governments in North America, Europe and elsewhere have been innovating in engaging residents, businesses, and civil society organizations in setting priorities, identifying local resources, and organizing local actions to improve quality of life and create greater economic opportunity. Just a few of these examples include:

Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (2012 report on social media for local government)

Alliance for Innovation: Transforming Local Government (USA, Canada)

Creative Councils (NESTA, UK)

O2 Future Fund (UK)

Code for America (USA)

League of Minnesota Cities Innovation Guide (USA)

Devoirs et responsabilités

Under the direct supervision of the BRC Local Governance Policy Specialist and in coordination with the BRC Private Sector Specialist and BRC Civic Engagement Specialist, the Intern will provide wide-ranging support and undertake the following tasks:

Research, analysis and write-up of innovative practices in the area of local governance and territorial development, including creating “safe-to-fail” environments;
Research, analysis and write-up of innovative practices in stakeholder identification, stakeholder mobilization, collective action and formal partnerships for supporting territorial development;
Collect evidence of the impact of such practices and prerequisites for replicating them.
Contact those involved in designing, implementing or documenting those innovations to find out additional information, especially with regards to applicability in the Eastern Europe / CIS region;
Identify which innovative practices (and supporting technology/models, if any) would be most appropriate for sharing in the 2013 Community of Practice meeting on territorial development.
Create resource materials for the Community of Practice meeting;

Compétences

Excellent relationship management, communication and analytic skills;
A well organised individual with the ability to multi-task; and
A team player: ability to work productively and effectively with others, and contribute effectively towards team goals.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

Currently working on a higher university degree in international development studies, public policy, public administration, economics, environmental studies, or closely related fields; and
IT literacy.

Experience:

An understanding of territorial development concepts and local governance;
Experience in research and knowledge management; and
Experience in a developing country an asset.

Language Requirements:

Fluent in English with excellent reading and writing skills;
other languages such as Spanish, German, French, Russian may be helpful

Application procedures:

Internships within the UN system are unpaid and subject to conditions the applicant must get familiar with prior to signing his/her internship agreement.

For application instructions and more information, please see http://europeandcis.undp.org/home/internship/.

Qualified candidates interested in the Internship have to be registered in online database through http://europeandcis.undp.org/home/?event=public.internshipApplyForm, stating "Innovation and Territorial Development Internship" as field of interest. Your application should include a cover letter and resume. Candidates not registered in the database will not be further considered.