Message-ID: <MAC.960626205145@maine.maine.EDU> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:51:45 EDT From: Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School <mailto:mac@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> Subject: Technical Consultants for Evaluation in Russia and Ukraine To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
***************************************************************** TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS FOR EVALUATION IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE ***************************************************************** The Institutional Partnerships Project (IPP), under a three-year cooperative agreement between IREX and USAID, funds and fosters partnerships between US educational institutions, professional associations, and trade organizations and counterparts in the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The project's goal is to assist the NIS partners to grow stronger as institutions, build their capacity to provide professional-level training, and improve their member services.IPP is currently recruiting short-term technical consultants to act as outside evaluators for the project's 16 Russian-American and six Ukrainian-American partnerships. The focus of these evaluations will be to assess the technical merit and appro- priateness of the work being done by the partners.
NOTE: IPP cannot support international travel for evaluators, and is only seeking candidates currently based in Russia or Ukraine, or those who can support their own travel.
Assignments will vary from one to six weeks and will take place this fall.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Technical expertise in one of the following areas: Agriculture; Health; Environment; Engineering; Energy; Democratization; Local Government; Human Rights; Housing; Disabilities; In- frastructure; NGO Development; and Economic Restructuring; * Background in professional and/or continuing education and training; * At least 1 year of work experience in the NIS; * Advanced knowledge of English and Russian and/or Ukrainian; * Prior experience evaluating international technical assistance programs; and * Excellent analytical and writing skills
Resumes received by July 25, 1996 will receive preference. Inter- ested individuals are requested to fax (202-628-9818) or e-mail mailto:(JWARNER@IREX.ORG) their resume.
Joyce Warner Program Officer IREX/Institutional Partnerships Project E-mail: mailto:JWARNER@IREX.ORG Tel: 202-942-2160 (direct) 202-628-8188 (ext.160) ***************************************************************** Note: This announcement originally appeared on the CIVILSOC list, an internet discussion list from the Center for Civil Service International (CCSI), in cooperation with Friends and Partners. For more information about CCSI, you may contact them directly at (mailto:CCSI@U.WASHINGTON.EDU) or visit the CCSI web site, for more information about civic initiatives in the former USSR, at (http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/ccsihome.html). *****************************************************************