Citizenship Education Expert

About Adyan

Adyan, Foundation for diversity, solidarity and human dignity, works locally, regionally and internationally for pluralism, inclusive citizenship, community resilience, and spiritual solidarity, through homegrown solutions in education, media, policymaking, and intercultural and interreligious relations.

Adyan is registered in Lebanon as a non-profit and non-governmental organization (NGO), under registration number 1103 by a ministerial decree dated 18 September 2008.

Background

In 2007, Adyan launched the Alwan program in Lebanon. The two-year program consists of after school clubs for Lebanese students in Grades 10 and 11 (age 15 to 17). In place of societal – and often inherited – sectarianism, ignorance, prejudice and wounded memories, Alwan provides opportunities for discussion, critical thinking, and new experiences. Over the past 17 years, Alwan has trained over 6,000 young change-makers – from diverse faith and geographical backgrounds across Lebanon.

In the current version of the program, and after its evaluation by an external evaluator, the program will be updated, and will also be contextualized for France and for Iraq, in collaboration with experts from both countries.

Consultancy Overview

1. Update of the program as per guidelines from external evaluator and new contextual needs under the supervision of the senior lead expert and head of Technical Committee. And if needed for the reviewing to conduct FG and interviews with stakeholders.
2. Create a new module of 24 sessions spanning over a year, including community service.
3. Attend meetings with experts in France (in person and online) and Iraq working on a parallel program, and share expertise with them.
4. Co-designing the training program for the teachers.

The consultancy will spread approximately over 5 months February – June 2024 consisting of an approximatively 15 days of work.

Consultant Profile

The Expert must:

1. Have expertise in the education field, particularly on active citizenship education
2. Be a native Arabic speaker and writer and understand written and spoken Arabic and French, English is a plus, with professional standard in Arabic writing.
3. Have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in developing pedagogical material for secondary students.
4. Be ready to travel to France and to Iraq for the program.