81281281-Young Enumerators and Mediators (YEM) capacity development project

In the Iraqi governorate of Ninewa, the GIZ project "Strengthening resilience in dealing with crises and conflicts in Ninewa Province in Iraq (SRN)" aims to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable populations through the construction and rehabilitation of basic public social infrastructure, livelihood activities as well as peacebuilding measures. Thereby, the project aims at conceptualizing the relevant connection between so called "hard components" e.g. construction and "soft components" including programming in conflict transformation, promoting peaceful coexistence and strengthening social cohesion in Ninewa, particularly on a local level. Description of service deliverables: The contractor will implement a capacity development project with young people (aged 18-35 years) in Ninewa governorate, to become skilled enumerators, conflict advisors and mediators, who are capable of solving small-scale community disputes independently after completion of the project. The contractor will work with youth from the 5 targeted districts: Tel Afar, Mosul, Hamdaniya, Sinjar, and Tel Kaif (200 youth in total) with the overall objective of establishing a sustainable community of practice of young peacebuilding practitioners and mediators. Youth are often considered a positive factor to achieve peace and stabilization in Ninewa because they are the largest segment in society and most affected by it. Their actual contribution and chances for direct engagement in conflict transformation remains very limited. This project aims at giving youth the opportunity to be involved in both, creating informed evidence for local conflict analysis through data collection and also addressing local disputes themselves. Key activities: 1) Develop the capacity of 200 young enumerators: The contractor will conceptualize a thorough recruitment process of 200 youth that allows for the sequenced selection process to recruit the most skilled participants along the three layers of professionalization. Also, the contractor is responsible for developing the first training curriculum and for the capacity development of the 200 youth on data collection and enumeration. The capacity development shall include various interactive and participatory training methodologies and approaches 2) Develop the capacity of 80 young conflict managers: The contractor is responsible for the development of a second training curriculum on conflict analysis - management that includes different approaches, such as mediation and negotiation. The contractor will select the 80 most skilled and motivated youth among the 200 trained enumerators and further develop their capacities on conflict analysis and conflict management. 3) Develop the capacity of 30 young mediators The contractor is responsible for the development of a third training curriculum and for the capacity development of the best 30 youth on mediation. The curriculum is supposed to build on and deepen the content of the training on conflict analysis and -management, by introducing the concept of mediation as the primary conflict resolution tool. 4) Institutionalize a community of practice the contractor will be responsible to build a sustainable community of practice, by introducing the 200 alumni to leading Iraqi and international organizations and consultancies for data collection, conflict analysis, facilitation, mediation and conflict resolution/management in Iraq. And also, by connecting the participants to existing local peace processes, during and after the training cycles. And also, by supporting youth to develop a network with a name and branding, and to develop a simple platform (online), where they can present themselves. Finally, through organizing two job fairs.