PACT- Title Governance Research Intern

Position: Title Governance Research Intern
Requisition Number : 14-0178
Post Date 12/21/2014

Description Position Purpose

Pact is interested in looking at approaches and best practices for supporting civil society organizations (CSOs) within societies where there is “closing space” for civil society. Pact has years of experience supporting CSOs in constrained environments, such as Belarus, Cambodia, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. While the experience of Pact and others demonstrates that supporting civil society in such restricted environments requires distinctive approaches and methodologies, Pact has not systematically examined its own experience strengthening civil society in closed or constrained spaces. Similarly, it has not mined external research for lessons for its current and future projects. 

The Research Intern will carry out an independent, academic study that aims to (1) identify common themes and lessons learned in Pact’s current and past civil society programming in constrained environments and (2) distill practical best practices from existing literature on the issue of “closing space.” 

IIRR- Various Internships Opportunities

Background information

The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction is an international training, development and research institute with more than 50 years of grassroots experience working in sustainable and people-centered development in Africa and Asia. IIRR’s Headquarters and Regional Centre for Asia are located in the Philippines, while the Africa Regional Centre located in Kenya. IIRR has a liaison office in the United States and country offices in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda, the Philippines, and Cambodia. To achieve its mission and objectives, IIRR focuses on four thematic areas namely: Food Security and Sustainable Wealth Creation; Education for Pastoralists and Other Marginalized Communities; Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation; and Applied Learning

IIRR’s mandate of reducing poverty through innovations and community empowerment is guided by the IIRR credo, which provides the principles and the philosophy. We are seeking to strengthen our program activities by recruiting Interns. IIRR plans to engage the services of interns to support its key programs within the Africa Regional Center and Kenya County Office in Nairobi as below:

1. Marketing and Applied learning program
2. Monitoring & Evaluation program
3. Education program
4. Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction program
5. Water, sanitation and Hygiene

Here below are some of the basic requirements for interns we will be looking for;