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Title: Community Connector Internship
Location:
Global
Categories: Technology & Innovation
Peace, Conflict & Governance
Culture & Identity
Status:
In Planning
Timeline:
August 15 08 to February 15 09
Description:
TakingITGlobal is looking for motivated, creative and outgoing young people for our Community Connector team! If you're interested in youth engagement in the online environment, gaining experience in online media and working in a high-energy community, this could be your ideal placement. An internship with TIG is a great opportunity for young students to become personally involved in our international organization and to play a role in inspiring, informing and involving other young people around the world. This internship gives you a chance to affect change and get involved in your local community, strengthening youth networks and mobilizing youth to participate in their local area.
The Community Connector Internship is a six-month position, starting in mid-August 2008 and ending in mid-February 2009 for a weekly rate of 5-8 working hours. It is an unpaid Internship, but will afford the opportunity to gain valuable experience working within an international NGO, using Web 2.0 tools to engage youth, and making connections with local groups and organizations.
For the first year of this Internship, we are looking for candidates from these countries:
AFRICA: Senegal, Mali, Benin, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda
= 7 countries/coordinators
EUROPE: Poland (2), Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany (2), Austria, Greece, Romania, Netherlands (2), Belgium, UK (4), Ireland (2), Spain (2), France (2), Portugal, Iceland, Italy, Turkey (3), Russia (4)
= 21 countries/36 coordinators
LATIN AMERICA: Mexico (3), Colombia (2), Venezuela, Brazil (3), Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina (2), Paraguay, Uruguay
= 11 countries/16 coordinators
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN: Hondoruas, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama,
Guyana, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Barbados.
= 11 countries/11 coordinators
The numbers in brackets indicate the number of positions open per country. Where there is no bracket, this means that we are only looking for one intern from that country. The total is 43 countries and 70 coordinators.
For more information, please contact Chiara Camponeschi, Multilingual Programs Manager, at internship@takingitglobal.org
PLEASE NOTE: The application forms for this position will be available in June 2008, while the actual hiring process will begin in July 2008.
To post messages or get in touch with other members, please use this address: communityconnector@groups.takingitglobal.org
The project page will be used by TIG staff to post information and documents related to this position.
Background:
TakingITGlobal (www.takingitglobal.org) is an international organization - led by youth and enabled by technology. TakingITGlobal connects youth to inspiration, information and involvement in their local and global communities. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with a growing worldwide presence, the organization's flagship program is TakingITGlobal.org (www.takingitglobal.org), the most popular online community for young people interested in connecting across cultures and making a difference, with hundreds of thousands of visitors each month. Through both our online community, TakingITGlobal.org, and our offline programming, we strive to:
• Develop the capacity of youth as stakeholders and decision makers in their global and local communities.
• Foster cross-cultural dialogue and understanding.
• Increase both action and awareness among youth around global issues.
TakingITGlobal also works with global partners – from UN agencies, to major companies, and especially youth organizations – in order to build the capacity of youth for development, support youth artistic and media expression, make education more engaging, and involve young people in global decision-making.
The Community Connector Internship is part of a 6-month engagement project developed by TakingITGlobal with the aim of providing our members with more opportunities for personal and professional development.
Objectives:
1. Strengthen the activities of our
language communities;
2. Promote relevant local content;
3. Reach youth on a global scale;
4. Promote TIG offline;
5. Encourage/stimulate (active)
participation on site
6. Provide our members with an
opportunity for personal and
professional development,
both locally and virtually.
Contact Name: Chiara Camponeschi
Contact Email Address: internship@takingitglobal.org
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