Call for mentoring program for IRIS Network member organisations

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IRIS Network is pleased to announce call “Assisting CSOs in acquirement of licences for provision of social services (fulfilment of quality standards) and Mentoring in overall strategic development of the CSO in question” aiming to provide mentoring services for the CSOs in process of licensing of existing social services.
Mentoring program is open only to IRIS national networks member organisations from 5 countries: Albania, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially those who show initiative in active approach in implementing quality standards in their work.
Successful applicants will receive mentoring support and guidance through the process of initiating licensing of social service they provide or assistance in development of strategic / action plan for specific services in accordance with CSO needs and required documentation for licencing process in accordance with standards for development of services.
Mentor will assist CSOs to prepare for the successful service licensing process or assistance in development of strategic / action plan for specific services in accordance with CSO needs and required documentation for licencing process in accordance with standards for development of services.

All information and application forms are available on links below.
Application should be sent to email address masa.mitrovic@asb-see.org and Cc to iris@iris-see.eu no later than 15.03.2019. noon (12.00 a.m.), in accordance with the Guidelines.

Format for Declaration
Application Form-Serbia
Guide for Applicants-Serbia

EU Traineeship Programme in CEMÉA – Occitanie – France

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EU Traineeship Programme Call for Applications for members of IRIS Network in CEMÉA-Occitanie – France

In the framework of the EU-funded project IRIS NETWORKing CSOs for protection sensitive migration management, implemented by Development and Cooperation (IDC) in cooperation with partners ASB Germany, LIR CD BiH, La Strada-Open Gate Republic of North Macedonia, Initiative for Social Change ARSIS Albania and SOS TELEPHONE Montenegro. IDC is organizing an EU Traineeship
Programme open to staff members of CSOs providing social services in the Western Balkans, that are part of the IRIS Network.

The programme offers to two selected candidates an opportunity to spend up to 4 weeks in the premises of CEMÉA-Occitanie, France, and gain in-sight into the methodology, best practices, quality standards for the services, referral pathways, EU legal framework within the social protection system and other relevant issues related to the provision of social protection and services in working with vulnerable groups, including migrants. The Traineeship program should provide great support to development of internal human resources of the CSOs involved as well as support for the licensing process. Thus, increase quality of social and legal services provided by CSOs through capacity building activities. It will also provide them a unique opportunity to meet their peers from the EU, to learn about their everyday work and to adopt and transfer innovative practices from the EU.

Note: Term migrant is used in a wider sense and includes different categories such as, refugees, IDPs, displaced persons, returnees under readmission agreement, asylum seekers, person likely in need of international protection, victim of trafficking.

The traineeship in CEMÉA-Occitanie will begin mid May 2019.

About CEMÉA-Occitanie

CEMÉA-Occitanie is a movement of new education, a non-formal education association, training organization in the field of experimentation, research and social and solidarity economy. It is nationally recognized as an association with an extensive social and collective experience of 80 years. The main pillars of work are training, social intervention, education and culture.

CEMÉA-Occitanie’s social integration activities include training of professionals and activities with beneficiaries in situations of fragility, such as social support for dropouts, unemployed people, migrants,etc.).

Furthermore, social support projects, in a non-formal education movement such as CEMÉA-Occitanie, aim to contribute to the well-being in the society, to enable people to remobilize socially through various actions (individual meetings, creative events, etc) by bringing out the core potential of each person, to give everyone back the sense of belonging to the society and to heal their life wounds.

Since 2012, CEMÉA-Occitanie has also been involved in professional support, within an integration project, for persons whose professional activity falls within the field of service provision, such as social workers, animators and similar, with the purpose of contributing to increased quality of life of vulnerable groups and supporting their social integration.

Also, CEMÉA-Occitanie offers workshops for people aged 60 and over with the aim of promotion of social cohesion.

Within the scope of activities, a parenting programme has been developed supporting parents to discover or rediscover their educational potential, raise awareness and take into account everyone’s needs, thus contributing to developing family relationship, strengthening sense of belonging and establishing principles necessary to exercise their role as parents.

CEMÉA-Occitanie contributes to the educational system and pedagogical practices in schools through extracurricular activities.

In the area of culture, activities range from trainings, support to culture interventions, experimentation and organization of cultural events, artistic production For more information about CEMÉA-Occitanie please visit: https://www.cemea-occitanie.org/

What does the traineeship offer?

EU knowledge – insight into the work of EU civil society organization working with vulnerable groups, including migrants
• Practical experience – an opportunity to play a part in the CEMÉA-Occitanie’s day-to-day operations on programmes
• Opportunity to put knowledge and skills into practice in your local community.
• Covered travel, accommodation, health security and daily allowance during the whole duration of the traineeship

What do we and CEMÉA-Occitanie expect from you?
• Willingness to learn about CEMÉA-Occitanie and their programmes
• Need to increase professional capacity in the area of migrant management and provision of social services to vulnerable groups, including migrants, and transfer know how to your organization
• Prepare a presentation describing the context in your country related to migrant management and provision of social services and work of your organization, including services provided to vulnerable groups, and / or propose a joint activity during traineeship in CEMÉA-Occitanie (it could be in the artistic or cultural field) with the purpose of getting to know each other better and understanding the environment in which your organization works in
• Contribution to everyday work with fresh insights
• A proactive attitude
Education, key skills and competences of applicants
• University degree in social science – Law, Psychology, Sociology, etc.
• Fluent French but fluent English is also acceptable
• A minimum of 1 year of active involvement and proven experience in CSOs and the area of migration and provision of social services
• Proven familiarity with social and migration policies
• Possibility to transfer gained knowledge and experience into policies and everyday work of your CSO.
Please note that this call is exclusively open for members (staff members and/or volunteers) of CSOs providing social services in the Western Balkans that are part of the IRIS Network.
How to apply
If you are interested in participating in the EU Traineeship Programme, please send:
• your CV in Europass format
• 1 page cover letter that clearly states your motivation and your objectives/learning outcomes from this experience
• Recommendation Letter from your current employer – IRIS Network member
to Jelena Leskovac at iris@iris-see.eu by 22 March 2019
Assessment of applications
The assessment of applications (in order to be placed on the shortlist) will be based on the application submitted by the candidate. Please clearly indicate in the motivation letter of your application:
• How the traineeship will impact your professional capacities and your organization’s
• How you met the education, key skill and competences indicated above
Terms and conditions
The following costs will be covered:
• Travel costs (including costs for VISA permit, if required)
• Accommodation costs
• Health insurance
In addition according to available funds, the selected candidate will receive a modest daily allowance to cover subsistence costs (i.e. food and local public transports).
The traineeship in CEMÉA-Occitanie for both candidates will be at the same period. The duration of the traineeship may vary (3-4 weeks) depending on the travel and accommodation cost.

Call for tenderers Consultant for mentoring PDT SRB 1801 -012

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IRIS network is publishing call for the tenderers for the service of “Consultant for mentoring – assisting CSOs in acquirement of licenses for provision of social services (fulfilment of quality standards) and mentoring in overall strategic development of the CSO in question”. Tender is open in the framework of the project: “IRIS NETWORKing – CSOs for protection sensitive migration management“
The Contracting Authority is tasked to organise Capacity Building of CSOs providing social services activities. One of the measures is Mentoring program – Assisting CSOs in acquirement of licenses for provision of social services, fulfilment of quality standards and Mentoring in overall strategic development of the CSO in question.
Please find more information on the following link.

Contract notice SRB1801-012
– Contract notice SRB1801-012

Content of Tender Dossier
– Content of Tender Dossier
– Instructions to tenderes
– IRIS Action Fact Sheet

Contract & Special Conditions
– Contract & Special Conditions
– Contract Natural person
– Annex I – General Conditions
– Terems of Reference Mentoring
– Organisation and Methodolgy
– Key Expert
– Budget

Administrative grid
– Administrative grid
– Evaluation grid
– References

Tender form
– Tender form
– Annex VI – Leg Entity Company
– Annex VI – Leg Entity Natural Person & copy of ID

La Ligue de l’enseignement – EU Traineeship Programme

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EU Traineeship Programme – Call for Applications for members of IRIS Network
In the framework of the EU-funded project IRIS NETWORKing CSOs for protection sensitive migration management, implemented by Initiative for Development and Cooperation (IDC) in cooperation with partners ASB Germany, LIR CD BiH, La Strada – Open Gate the Republic of North Macedonia, Initiative for Social Change ARSIS Albania and SOS TELEPHONE Montenegro. IDC is organizing an EU Traineeship Programme open to staff members of CSOs providing social services in the Western Balkans, that are part of the IRIS Network.

The programme offers to two selected candidates an opportunity to spend up to 4 weeks in the premises of La Ligue de l’enseignement, Arras, France, and learn about solutions to fight social exclusion and empowering the most vulnerable groups, specifically foreign unaccompanied minors and get in-depth knowledge in the area of migration and social inclusion. The traineeship programme in La Ligue de l’enseignement, Arras, France will start in September 2019.

About La Ligue de l’enseignement

The programme offers to two selected candidates the opportunity to spend up to 4 weeks in the premises of La Ligue de l’enseignement in Head Office in Arras, France, and provides a learning experience in the area of migrant management and social inclusion of foreign unaccompanied minors. Travel, accommodation and living costs for selected candidates will be covered.

La Ligue de l’enseignement (the League of Education) is a secular and independent movement of popular education that acts for the citizens and social transformation. It was founded more than 150 years ago and brings together women and men who act daily to create the conditions for living together, offering educational, cultural, sports and leisure activities for all. In France, it brings together, through 103 federations, nearly 30,000 local associations and 1.6 million members. In Palais-de-Calais, La Ligue de l’enseignement represents 900 Associations and 43,000 members. The Head Office is in Arras, where the traineeship will be organized. For more information about La Ligue de l’enseignement please visit: https://www.ligue62.org/

What does the traineeship offer?
• EU knowledge – insight into the work of EU civil society organization working with vulnerable groups, specifically foreign unaccompanied minors
• Practical experience – an opportunity to take part in the La Ligue de l’enseignement day-to-day operations on programmes up to a period of up to 4 weeks
• Opportunity to put knowledge and skills into practice in your local community.

What do we and La Ligue de l’enseignement expect from you?

• Willingness to learn about La Ligue de l’enseignement and their programmes
• Contribution to everyday work with fresh insights
• A proactive attitude

Education, key skills and competences of applicants

• University degree in social science – Law, Psychology, Sociology, etc.
• Fluent French, speaking and understanding; fluent English is acceptable but the impact of the traineeship would be limited
• Active involvement and proven experience in CSOs and the area of migration, specifically foreign unaccompanied minors
• Proven familiarity with social and migration policies
• Possibility to transfer gained knowledge and experience into policies and everyday work of your CSO.

Please note that this call is exclusively open for members (staff members and/or volunteers) of CSOs providing social services in the Western Balkans that are part of the IRIS Network.

How to apply

If you are interested in participating in the EU Traineeship Programme, please send:

• your CV in Europass format
• 1 page cover letter that clearly states your motivation and your objectives/learning outcomes from this experience
v Recommendation Letter from your current employer – IRIS Network member

Assessment of applications

The assessment of applications (in order to be placed on the shortlist) will be based on the application submitted by the candidate. Please clearly indicate in the motivation letter of your application:
• How the traineeship will impact your professional capacities and your organization’s
• How you met the education, key skill and competences indicated above

Terms and conditions

The following costs will be covered:
• Travel costs (including costs for VISA permit, if required)
• Accommodation costs
• Health insurance
In addition according to available funds, the selected candidate will receive a modest daily allowance to cover subsistence costs (i.e. food and local public transports).
The traineeship in La Ligue de l’enseignement for both candidates will be at the same period. The duration of the traineeship will be up to 4 weeks.

EU Traineeship Programme Call for Applications for members of IRIS Network

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In the framework of the EU-funded project IRIS NETWORKing CSOs for protection sensitive migration management, implemented by Development and Cooperation (IDC) in cooperation with partners ASB SEE, LIR CD BiH, La Strada-Open Gate FYROM, Initiative for Social Change ARSIS Albania and SOS TELEPHONE Montenegro. IDC is organizing an EU Traineeship Programme open to staff members of CSOs providing social services in the Western Balkans, that are part of the IRIS Network.

The programme offers to two selected candidates an opportunity to spend up to 4 weeks in the premises of Movimiento por la Paz (MPDL), Spain, and gain in-sight into the methodology, best practices, quality standards for the services, referral pathways, EU legal framework within the social protection system and other relevant issues related to the provision of social protection and services in working with vulnerable groups, including migrants. The Traineeship program should provide great support to development of internal human resources of the CSOs involved as well as support for the licensing process. Thus, increase quality of social and legal services provided by CSOs through capacity building activities. It will also provide them a unique opportunity to meet their peers from the EU, to learn about their everyday work and to adopt and transfer innovative practices from the EU.

Note: Term migrant is used in a wider sense and includes different categories such as, refugees, IDPs, displaced persons, returnees under readmission agreement, asylum seekers, person likely in need of international protection, victim of trafficking.

The programme will start in second half of March 2019.

About Movimiento por la Paz (MPDL)

Movimiento por la Paz is an independent, secular and progressive NGO working since 1983 to promote human rights, democracy and solidarity. In particular, the NGO works in the following sectors:

• In the field of migration, MPDL develops programs ranging from legal advice to emergency shelter, through awareness-raising and struggle for equality, with the aim of improving the living and foster social integration of migrants.

• In the field of socio-economic integration, MPDL provides counselling and training for unemployed people to improve their chances of finding a decent job.

• Furthermore, MPDL organises awareness-raising activities for students, teachers and family groups to promote a Culture of Peace, with the goal of creating living spaces in schools and promote integration and community development.

• Finally, MPDL focuses on volunteering and training to promote various activities that symbolize and encourage citizen participation, aimed at raising awareness and transmission of values.

Working areas of the EU Traineeship Programme in MPDL will be: Humanitarian assistance for Migrants, Programme for Asylum Seekers and Refugees, School for Peace, Women’s Area, Legal Advice Area, Social Mobilisation and Communication.

For more information about MPDL please visit: http://www.mpdl.org/

What does the traineeship offer?
• EU knowledge – insight into the work of EU civil society organization working with vulnerable groups, including migrants
• Practical experience – an opportunity to play a part in the MPDL’s day-to-day operations on programmes
• Opportunity to put knowledge and skills into practice in your local community.
• a learning experience on the provision of social services and civic movement in Spain, as well as insight into how the provision of services and the policy advocacy is shaped.
• Covered travel, accommodation, health security and daily allowance during the whole duration of the traineeship

What do we and MPDL expect from you?
• Willingness to learn about MPDL and their programmes
• Need to increase professional capacity in the area of migrant management and provision of social services to vulnerable groups, including migrants and transfer know how to your organization
• Contribution to everyday work with fresh insights;
• A proactive attitude
• Type of profile: junior position within your organization

Education, key skills and competences of applicants

• University degree in social science – Law, Psychology, Sociology, etc.
• Work experience or knowledge of some of following areas: social intervention, education, migration and gender equality.
• Working knowledge of English and basic knowledge of Spanish. Knowledge of French is an asset.

• An open and flexible attitude and the willingness to learn.
• Possibility to transfer gained knowledge and experience into policies and everyday work of your CSO.

Please note that this call is exclusively open for members (staff members and/or volunteers) of CSOs providing social services in the Western Balkans that are part of the IRIS Network.

How to apply

If you are interested in participating in the EU Traineeship Programme, please send:

• your CV in Europass format
• 1 page cover letter that clearly states your motivation and your objectives/learning outcomes from this experience and how it will contribute to your professional development and increase capacities of your organization
• Please indicate your availability in the period second half of March 2019 to second half of April 2019
• Recommendation Letter from your current employer – IRIS Network member

to IRIS Network at iris@iris-see.eu by 26 February 2019

Assessment of applications

The assessment of applications (in order to be placed on the shortlist) will be based on the application submitted by the candidate. Please clearly indicate in the motivation letter of your application:

• How the traineeship will impact your professional capacities and your organization’s
• how you met the education, key skill and competences

Terms and conditions

The following costs will be covered:
• Travel costs (including costs for VISA permit for countries which require visa for Spain)
• Accommodation costs
• Health insurance

In addition according to available funds, the selected candidates will receive a modest daily allowance to cover subsistence costs (i.e. food and local public transport).

The traineeship in MPDL for both candidates will be at the same period. The duration of the traineeship will be up to 4 weeks.