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The Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND)-Position for Program Officer

Job Title: Program Officer

Position in organization:

The Program Officer is a member of the program department team and reports to the programs manager. This position falls under the supervision of ANND executive Director and ANND board members.

The program Officer is expected to work with staff across the organization.

Purpose: The Program Officer plays a key role in initiating and coordinating the active projects.

Responsibilities:

CRTD.A has the pleasure to announce the opening of "Namlieh", a showroom dedicated to rural women cooperatives & producers

Namilieh a new project of the Marketing Unit of CRTD.A Economic Empowerment Program ; aims at supporting rural women cooperatives & producers in identifying, accessing & developing new market outlets for their products.

Address: Museum Street- next to the Museum- Beirut

tel: 01-397 796

Assistant Finance Manager
(based in Beirut office)
First deadline: 31 July 2008

Duration of the post: 1 year renewable
Immediate Recruitment

The Assistant Finance Manager will assist the Finance Manager and the Finance Department of CRTD.A in the following tasks:

1. Monitoring of CRTD.A different project accounts and issuance of project related financial reports for donors;
2. Monitoring of expenditures of projects/programmes accounts according to budget or according to donor’s guidelines;

Discussion Seminar on Fair trade in Lebanon
A Review of Existing Post–Conflict Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Women Cooperatives
Wednesday June 25th, 2008, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Beirut

Dear friend and colleague,

Once again, the Collective for Research & Training on Development-Action (CRTD.A) has the pleasure to invite you to take part in a two-day seminar organized in collaboration with DELTA Association on “Fair Trade” to be held on Wednesday June 25th, & Thursday June 26, 2008, from 09:00 to 15:00 in Beirut.

“Fair Trade” is a trading partnership based on dialogue, transparency and respect. Its overall aim is to achieve greater equity in global trade. Fair Trade contributes to social justice and sustainable development by offering better trading conditions and guaranteeing the rights of producers and marginalized workers, particularly in the South and the developing world.

The experience of Fair Trade in Lebanon is indeed quite nascent.  Throughout our work with rural women cooperatives and producers in Lebanon, there were strong indications of a need to engage in a learning and dialogue process around Fair Trade.  Such process should ideally involve multi-stakeholders with a view towards teasing out prospects for developing local Fair Trade initiatives benefiting rural women.

This first day seminar (25 June 2008) is organized by CRTD.A and is addressed to various individuals and organizations involved and/or interested in Fair Trade. It aims at engaging in a constructive dialogue on experiences in Fair Trade and opportunities available for exporting Lebanese products with a particular focus on women producers organized in rural women cooperatives.

CONFERENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Launch of the Arab Human Rights Fund
Advancing Women's Rights via Strategic Partnership Grants - Open Society Institute
International Coalition Launches Groundbreaking Disability Rights Fund
First World Conference Of Women’s Shelters
Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR): Sexuality Institute 2008

NEWS & ARTICLES
HUMAN RIGHTS
Iran Anti-Vice Chief 'In Brothel'
GENDER

Majal publication issue number 55

Under the High Patronage of the Ambassador of Germany to Lebanon his Excellency Mr Hansjorg Haber
Justice Without Frontiers in cooperation with the German Embassy, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung-Lebanon and The Coalition for the International Criminal Court, are pleased to invite you to the opening ceremony and reception of the Exhibition
“From Nuremberg To The Hague”

MARKETING CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL PRODUCERS

“Towards a national coordination forum of learning from good practices on marketing”

A national seminar organized by CRTDA and AL MAJMOUA in partnership with OXFAM GB

Tuesday 29 April 2008
Crowne Plaza Hotel
9:00 to 14:30