Opportunity for Mentoring/Coaching and Exposure Visit on Social Accountability Skills for Civil Society Organizations in Cambodia

Call for Application

The Program to Enhance Capacity in Social Accountability (PECSA) of the World Bank, in partnership with SILAKA of Cambodia, Ateneo School of Government (ASoG), Philippine and Participatory Research Institute of Asia (PRIA), India, has successfully conducted the first Social Accountability School in Cambodia from March 24 - April 9, 2008. The Social Accountability School offered the theory and practice in social accountability in general terms and on its practices.

PECSA is currently offering opportunities for 4 local social accountability practitioners from Civil Society organization to apply for coaching/mentoring and exposure visit program. The successful applicants will join a group of selected participants from the first Social Accountability School.

Interested applicants must meet the following criteria and requirements.

Criteria:

1. Currently employed at local organizations doing Social Accountability work in the areas of National Resource Management and Land issues
2. Has a working knowledge of English (speaking, reading, writing and listening)
3. Committed to remain worked in the same area/work during and after benefiting from the program.
4. Can apply the knowledge/skills immediately to the current work.
5. Has the access/know how to use the e-mail and internet resource i.e. online, web research.

Requirements

1. Endorsement by his/her own organization
2. Successful completion of essay and interview
3. Submission of CV, application, summary of organization profile

Interested applicants, meeting the above criteria and requirement, must submit his/her application to SILAKA no later than May 30, 2008, to the following address:#6S, St. 21, Sangkat Tonle Bassac, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh. For more information and for an application form, please contact Mr. Kry Sopheap:

Tel# 092 36 23 04, 023 217 872/210 902 or
Through email:  krysopheap@silaka.org ; www.silaka.org