Anna Lindh Foundation New Call for Proposals is now open!

anna-lindh-callCivil Society Organizations of the following countries: Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan are invited to apply to this Call for Proposals Ref. ALF/ YMV_DC/2015/01

This call aims to promote a culture of debate and participation among youth, and increase their skills for public debate by providing platforms for youth from diverse backgrounds to meet and exchange views.

  • The overall financial envelope for this call is EUR 70,000
    Minimum grant amount: EUR 5,000 – Maximum grant amount: EUR 14,000.
  • The duration of the project must be between a minimum of 3 consecutive months and a maximum of 6 consecutive months

Deadline to apply: 29th December 2015 (16.00 Egypt time – GMT+2)

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Job opportunity at Anna Lindh Foundation

Background Information

The Anna Lindh Foundation (www.annalindhfoundation.org), which marks in 2015 its 10th anniversary, has a legal personality as an international organization, based in Alexandria (Egypt) and registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

The Foundation was created by the governments of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership – the far-reaching political agreement established in 1995 between the European Union and its Southern Mediterranean partners with the purpose to bring people together from across the Mediterranean to improve mutual respect between cultures and to support civil society working for a common future for the region.

To fulfil this objective, the Foundation leads regional initiatives in the Euro-Med region and supports local activities carried out by civil society organizations which advocate a better understanding among people, religions and beliefs. The Foundation works as Network of Networks in the 42 Euro-Mediterranean countries.

The Foundation is co-funded by the European Union and the 42 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and its contracting procedures are in line with the EU procedures stipulated in the Practical Guide to Contract Procedures for EU External Actions.

The Anna Lindh Foundation seeks for recruitment through a local competition, the following positions:

  1. Programme Assistant – Programmes (Post Ref. no PNU/ASS4-P/2015)
    Launched: 11th November 2015. Deadline: 1st December 2015
  2. Programme Assistant – Networks (Post Ref. no PNU/ASS5-N/2015)
    Launched: 11th November 2015. Deadline: 1st December 2015
  3. Programme Officer – Programmes (Post Ref. no PNU/PO-P/2015)
    Launched: 11th November 2015. Deadline: 1st December 2015

Eligibility of Applicants: In order to be eligible, applicants must be candidates living in Egypt (Egyptians or Foreigners)
Applicants must be nationals of one of the 42 (UFM) countries:
(Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, Tunisia, Turkey and the United Kingdom).

The Provision starting date is envisaged for the 1st of January 2016, it could however be subject to 15 day postponement.

Contract Duration: The contract duration will expire on the  31st of December 2017, with a possibility of a renewable period depending on the ALF needs.

Job location: Alexandria, Egypt

Benefits:
• Competitive salary (Egyptian contract) in Egyptian pounds
• Medical and accident insurance coverage in a good reputable companies
• Allowance of 10% from the basic salary for candidates originally residing outside Alexandria
• Multiple entry visa, renewed on annual base by ALF (for Foreigners)

HOW TO APPLY?

Interested candidates should submit an application by completing this form before end of 1st of December 2015, by midnight Egypt-time.

A CV of no more than 3 pages should be uploaded, using the format: http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu, along with a one-page letter of motivation in English.

No applications will be considered after the deadline mentioned above.

The evaluation process for the post Programme Assistant – Grants (Post Ref. no PNU/ASS3-G/2015) is still ongoing.

– See more at: http://www.annalindhfoundation.org/job-opportunities#sthash.hlba4q21.dpuf

“We have on this earth what makes life worth living”

 

We have on this earth what makes life worth living.
It used to be known as Palestine
it became known as Palestine
my mistress:
I deserve, because you’re my mistress
I deserve life.
Mahmoud Darwish “ Palestinian poet”


Is it Normal to not miss anything about Portugal? Nor to think about that experience?
Is it weird to ask those questions?

While I was reading my friend’s blogs, I realized that I have to speak out about that great experience. Yes I can remember that it was great and it supposed to be unforgettable. May be I have some problems with memorizing?! Who knows!!

But what is that sound!!

Can you hear that!!!

It’s the same sound I hear every day in the morning, during the day after the sun set, it became a part of my life. Can anybody hear that sound!???

It makes me busy thinking all the time, it prevents me from thinking about anything else, even my about friends in Portugal, even thinking about my brother who snores all the night while sleeping.

Am sorry, at this moment it’s hard to remember

“When my father decided to sell our 500.000$ farmhouse, I was so sad because from that house I could see the beach, I could smell the trees, touch the sun, talking with the moon where I usually find myself with my friends dancing all night away. But wait, I still have the place to do that, in my country everybody has such a farmhouse I can go to Fadi’s house. Till our new farmhouse is ready the new one going to be in Haifa, where I usually hang out with my friends”

Shit!!!! That sound appears again it’s so loud this time

Ooops it think one of my friends is screaming,

Me: What Happened?

Fadi: I got shot.

Me: did you shoot yourself while you were playing with that stupid hunting rifle!

Fadi: wake up, move your head or you going to  be dead stupid !

When he slapped me on the face and moved me next to him, I figured out what was that sound

It’s the sound of the OCCUPATION.

And when I read what I wrote about our imaginary farmhouse I burned the notebook, and went to the hospital to see my injured friend, and reading him the news.

STOP

No sound-bite will fix this.
We teach life, sir.
We teach life, sir.
We Palestinians wake up every morning to teach the rest of the world life, sir.

Rafeef Ziadah “ Palestinian poet”

 

” You see, this is not political.”

Wissam jabarin