Volunteer Announcement

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An opportunity to get work experience for young activists



The IFES is implementing Citizens Awareness and Participation in Armenia
(CAPA) project to empower the citizens of Armenia. The objective of this
4-year project, funded by the USAID, is to increase citizen participation in
governance through the dissemination of information and by encouraging civic
initiatives and advocacy. This project strives to promote a more
transparent, responsive and democratic government by building the knowledge
base and organizing capabilities of community members, and by improving
their ability to communicate with authorities through the promotion of
inter-sectoral dialogues between local residents, authorities, business, and
non-commercial organizations.

Within the framework of IFES' original CAPA project, IFES has developed a
sustainable CAPA Network, comprised of a new indigenous civic education NGO
with 8 regional branches - the Center for Community Dialogues and
Initiatives (CCDI). The IFES and its sub grantee - CCDI with its Civic
Educators Corps, which includes 22 instructors in eight regions of the RA
(Yerevan, Kotayk, Armavir, Aragatsotn, Lori, Shirak, Gegharkunik and Syunik)
are jointly implementing the CAPA project.





The IFES branch in Armenia (IFES/Armenia) and the Center for Community
Dialogues and Initiatives (CCDI) head office are seeking for young
volunteers, who will support IFES/Armenia and CCDI staff and instructors in
everyday work in the framework of Citizens Awareness and Participation in
Armenia project.



Volunteers (voluntarily) will assist IFES and CCDI staff and instructors in
preparing needed materials for meetings, discussions with the general
public - preparing interactive games, conducting translations, preparing
placards, printing texts, copying materials, as well as assisting in other
organizational and administrative issues.



This experience would be more interesting to those individuals that plan to
conduct an office work in future and would like to shape their skills,
obtain new skills and work experience in international organization. Any
volunteer who would be involved in IFES and CCDI activities would have an
opportunity to:



· Deepen his/her knowledge in the area of civic education,

· Obtain experience in preparing materials for trainings,

· Use IFES rich library (literature on democracy, civil society,
elections),

· Shape his/her communication skills in working area,

· Obtain professional experience that would be applicable in other
international organizations.



And at last



· Volunteers involved in the project would get recommendation
letters that could be used while applying for jobs in different
organizations or while applying for different educational exchange programs.



Required qualifications



· Active young citizens or want to become active citizens



· Have an experience of public work



· Want to get an experience of office work



· Knowledge of Armenian, Russian, English



· Computer operating experience







The volunteers will work part-time: from 01 August 2004 till 20 September
2004, 2-3 days per week (the work schedule will be agreed with volunteers in
advance) at IFES/Armenia office: Alek Manukyan 9, Yerevan, Armenia; and CCDI
head office: Tymanyan 8, Yerevan, Armenia.



If you are interested in the Volunteer position, please submit or email your
cover letter and CV to: Sergey Sargsyan; Alek Manukyan 9, 5th floor, Room
507, Yerevan, Armenia; e-mail: sergey@ifes.am



Application Deadline: July 23, 2004 by 18:00.