WYPS Program - Thematic Trainers

About the Program

Search and the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW) are  implementing a four-year regional program called “Women, Youth, Peace and Security” (WYPS). The program’s overall goal is to strengthen the meaningful and enduring participation of women and youth in advancing inclusive peace and security in the Levant and Yemen. To do this, the program aims to: 1) consolidate women's rights organizations’ (WROs) and youth-focused/youth-led organizations’ (YFOs/YLOs) strategic engagement and influence in municipal and national peace and reconciliation processes; 2) motivate key sub-national and national institutions to strengthen inclusive policies and standards facilitating inclusive youth and women’s participation in peace and security; and 3) promote shifts in social norms around women and youth’s meaningful inclusion in peace and security at all levels, including stronger alliances with men and boys.

Consultancy Summary

Search and NCLW established a network of 20 local CSOs including WROs and YFOs/YLOs during the program kick-off meeting in May 2023 and they aim to organize a series of capacity-building trainings and workshops. Therefore, Search is seeking to hire thematic trainers who will support the program participants by developing training materials, delivering  training sessions, and providing a comprehensive trainer report to expand and retain the CSO’s knowledge and develop their skills in an array of topics identified by Search and NCLW. S/he/they will be under the direct supervision of Search’s Senior Project Manager and NCLW’s Project Coordinator.

Goals and Objectives of the Consultancy

The goal of the thematic training is to support the WROs and YFO/YLOs in developing the needed knowledge and skills to strengthen the organization’s technical capacities to manage and grow their work and impact in youth- and women-focused programming. These trainings should be able to support their efforts in implementing project activities and designing advocacy initiatives.

Topics include:

• Women, Peace, and Security (United Nations Security Council Resolution UNSCR 1325);
• Youth, Peace, and Security (UNSCR 2250);
• Campaigning (advocacy and awareness raising); 
• Partnership Building and Networking;
• Digitalization/Digital Peacebuilding; and
• Environmentally Friendly Operations and Programming.

More details about each topic could be found below.

The training sessions will be delivered in Arabic but all reporting to the Search team and NCLW team should be in English.

Expected deliverables

• Training modules and agenda: including any power point presentations, handouts, pre and post-test and additional resources to be shared with the trainees to be submitted to the Search team and NCLW team at least two weeks before the proposed start date of the training;
• Training sessions (the number depends on the topic and is to be proposed by the candidate);
• Provide a comprehensive final trainer report that should highlight achievements, challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations (the template will be shared with the trainer by the Search team and is to be submitted within one week of the end of the training).

Timeline

The training/workshops are expected to be delivered in-person, in Beirut, between August and October 2023. The number of days dedicated to each training/workshop is up to 2 days. The total number of days to be committed vary depending on the number of topics the candidates can deliver.

Required Profile

Search is looking for independent consultants/trainers to apply for this opportunity with the following profiles:

• 3 to 5 years of experience training in the topic proposed;
• Proficiency in English and Arabic;
• Experience in training design, planning, interactive delivery, facilitation, and monitoring;
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the local context in Lebanon;

• Experience in working with international organizations and/or public institutions, especially in Lebanon;

• Solid communication and facilitation skills;
• Knowledge of local contexts, cultural awareness, and conflict- and gender-sensitivity skills;
• Ability to work with people from various social and professional backgrounds and at all levels; and
• Knowledge of Women, Peace, and Security; Youth, Peace, and Security.

Preferable but not required:

• A degree in the topic/s proposed or closely related;

Details on Training Topics

1) Women, Peace, and Security (UNSCR 1325)

• Detailed introduction and explanation of UNSCR resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security with its different pillars (prevention, protection, participation & relief, recovery, and reconstruction);
• Explanation of the National Action Plan (NAP 2019-2023), its strategic priorities and its implementation in Lebanon, including its coordination, monitoring and evaluation;
• Role of the CSOs in the implementation of the WPS agenda, resolution UNSCR 1325, and the national action plan;
• Approaches to localization of international and national frameworks through the work done by the CSOs by specifying the pillars that we want to focus on.

2) Youth, Peace, and Security (UNSCR 2250)

• Detailed introduction and explanation of UNSCR 2250 on Youth, Peace, and Security with its different pillars (Participation, Partnerships, Prevention, Protection, and Disengagement and Re-integration);
• Explanation on the national youth policy and the youth policy action plan in relation to YPS and the different main actors involved in its implementation;
• Role of the CSOs in the implementation of the YPS agenda, UNSCR 2250, and the national youth policy action plan;
• Approaches to localization of the international and national frameworks through the work done by the CSOs, by specifying the pillars that we want to focus on.

3) Campaigning (advocacy & awareness raising) 

• Definition of advocacy and awareness raising: What is an advocacy & awareness raising campaign? What is/are the difference/s between these two? What are the main steps to create, develop, implement, and monitor an advocacy / awareness raising campaign?
• How can we implement an advocacy campaign and/or an awareness campaign under the program that is focusing on WPS and YPS?

4) Partnership building and networking

• Defining terms and understanding the landscape
• Designing and implementing a partnership/a network

5) Digitalization/Creation of conflict- and gender-sensitive digital content

• How to capture the attention of and persuade audience through storytelling
• The latest multimedia and online content creation techniques
• About broadcast and multimedia journalism
• Techniques for capturing basic audio, using zoom recorders and popular audio editing software for radio or podcasting.
• How to capture video on mobile technology, edit footage and publish to social media.
• Social media: strategy, tools, analytics, and best practices

6) Environmentally Friendly Operations and Programming

• How to conduct an environmental assessment of the program that shall result in an identification of environmental opportunities and risks, including climate and other environmental vulnerabilities; how an organization intends to manage them, and assess its capacity to do so;
• How can the program offer opportunities for positive contributions to environmentally sustainable development? Which are these opportunities? Which of them are most relevant to address under the program?
• Negative impacts on the environment, including the climate, or increased vulnerability to disasters.  Which are the potential negative impacts of the program? Which of these are most relevant to address? How are projects/programs designed to avoid, or reduce and manage, these impacts?
• What are the current and projected impacts of climate change and other environmental degradation in the area where the program is operating? Are they likely to impact the sustainability of the contribution? How can such risks be avoided, or reduced and managed?
• How to address environmental concerns and opportunities in management plans for the project’s/program’s implementation, monitoring and evaluation?
• Capacity for environmental management, in terms of staff capacity, policies, guidelines, environmental management system. Development of these and opportunities to improve capacities.