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Oslo, No

Oslo, Oslo, Norge

Draft key messages and policy positions. Coordinate and support and participate in advocacy towards the Norwegian government, bureaucracy and parliament with a particular focus on climate and the importance of long-term aid. Represent NAC in relevant civil society networks. Edit conference report on the consequences of climate change in Afghanistan. Provide input to public events.

Oslo, Norway

Coordinating and drafting Communication Strategy for internal and external communication, knowledge management and advocacy for NAC in Afghanistan and Norway. Writing op-eds and policy positions with a particular focus on climate issues and long-term development. Coordinate parliamentary seminar and meetings with political parties. Represent NAC in relevant civil society networks. Provide input to public events. Editing and contributing to NAC's annual report. Press work and writing in-depth articles for NAC's website.

Oslo, Norway

CONOW is a flexible consulting firm that offers research and report writing on humanitarian affairs, development aid and international relations as well as support to strategy development, policy development and strategic communications.ON-GOING CONSULTANCIES:2024: Awareness-raising, social media and income harvesting, Blue Justice (Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries). 2024: Advocacy support to Norweigan People's Aid on Palestine, Lebanon and Sudan2024: Funding material for Women to Women's WLO fund in AfghanistanPREVIOUS CONSULTANCIES:2024: Mentoring and support to development of communication strategy (FOKUS Forum for Women and Development)2024: Midterm evaluation (Norwegian Association of NGOs for Palestine)2024: Qualitative interviews with Palestinian civil society and political actors in the West Bank to draft internal briefing note on the Palestinian Basic Law (International Federation for Electoral Systems)2024: Author of Blue Justice jubilee publication (Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries)

2023: Handbook on civil society advocacy in international processes (ForUM)2023: Team member of evaluation of Safemuse, sub contractor to Scanteam (Safemuse)2023: Author of report on the Norwegian authorities’ perceptions of the co-operation with Norwegian civil society organizations (ForUM)

Oslo, Norway

2022: Author of report on Norwegian Civil Society's perceptions on meaningful cooperation with the Norwegian authorities in international processes (Forum for Development and Environment)2022: Task leader for evaluation of Barentskult, the Barents secretariat's program for Norwegian-Russian cultural cooperation (Barents Secretariat)2022: Workshop on results-based management and communication strategy development (Ål municipality)2022: Drafting and coordinating the development of a strategy for Labour Unions in the Southern African region (Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities, KS)

Oslo, Norway

2021: Author of discussion note, Afghan Voices on aid and conditionality (The Norwegian Afghanistan Committee)2021: Communication activity mapping and workshop on strategic communication (Ål municipality)

2024: Bosnia and Hercegovina - local elections - OSCE/NORCAP (LTO)2023: Uzbekistan - presidential - OSCE/NORCAP (STO)2021: Iraq - parliamentary - United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) (STO)2018: Pakistan - parliamentary - EUMM/NORCAP (LTO)2018: Azerbaijan - presidential - OSCE/NORCAP (STO)2018: Russia - parliamentary - OSCE/NORCAP (STO)2006: Palestine - Norwegian Association of NGOs for Palestine (NGO observer)

Oslo, Norway

Developing new reporting format for NRC secondees to the United Nations. Synthesizing reports. Contributing to the NORCAP annual report and framework application to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Oslo, Norway

Coordinator for internal assessment of the role and mandate of NORCAP. Support to the drafting of a revised mandate for NORCAP.

Oslo Area, Norway

Coordinated working group on the SDGs and its advocacy to secure a national action plan for the SDGs, policy development. Focal point for food security and global health. Liaised with Nordic sister organizations to co-author Nordic Matrix – National Action Plans for the Sustainable Development Goals with recommendations to the Norwegian Government and the Nordic Council of Ministers. Planning and conducting seminars, drafting discussion notes, policy positions and op-eds. Thematic focus areas: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), policy coherence and food security and global health

Oslo, Norway

Author of desk study on food security in Norwegian development aid, acting adviser to the Control and Constitution Committee, editor of two shadow national budgets, editor of the political handbook for the parliamentary elections in 2017, drafting op-eds and communication support to parliamentary candidates, communication manager for the Oslo Sp election campaign and draft focus group-based communications strategy.

Oslo

Administer the Global Partnership Agreement between the NRC and Norad/Ministry of Foreign Affairs, editor of annual report, coordinating application and reporting processes.

Oslo Area, Norway

Coordinating advocacy and policy development and representing CARE Norway in CARE International and relevant networks. Contributing to ForUM’s recommendations on health and reproductive health rights in the SDG framework to the Norwegian government. Strategy development as part of senior management team. Support to communication department.

Sana'A, Yemen

Author of desk study on the status of the UN Millennium Goals in Yemen. Support to conducting consultations between the various UN organizations in Yemen and synthesizing the results into a consolidated report with Yemen’s recommendations for the development of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Sanaa, Yemen

Representing UNHCR in communications network for NGOs and the UN in Yemen, support to communications plan for UNHCR related to the National Dialogue, drafting press releases and communications material towards donors, local, national and regional media and UNHCR partners.

Policy development and advocacy, establish and coordinate network of NGOs working with Afghanistan, draft briefs, fact sheets, key messages, press releases, thematic publications and web stories. Planning and organizing seminars and open meetings.

Oslo, Norway

2012: Copy editing of funding application (MIC Transposition)2011: Workshop, report and policy paper on the role and identity of NAC after the military withdrawal2010-2012: Writing country profiles for annual report on refugees and IDPs world-wide (NRC)2010-2013: In-depth articles in Perspective (magazine on humanitarian and foreign affairs) (NRC)2010: In-depth journalism on current affairs (Ny Tid (New Time))

Oslo

Editor and co-author of report on the political, economic and social situation of Palestinians in Palestine, Israel and Lebanon. Planning and producing content, planning and conducting field interviews in Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza.

Contributor to Electoral Quotas and the Challenges of Democratic Transition in Conflict-Ridden Societies, a Nordem Special Report on Majority democracy and power sharing agreements. Contributed with desk study of minority quotas in parliaments world-wide and field interviews in Bosnia-Hercegovina.

Kabul

Production of op-eds, human interest stories and press briefs, drafting of Visibility plan for the FAO Seed Projects, participating on the drafting of the country strategy for the Food and Agriculture Cluster for the Humanitarian Action Plan 2010. Field visit to Sorkhakh.

Oslo, Norway

Liaise with the Norwegian press to promote the NRC and its activities.

Oslo

Editor of Flyktningregnskapet 2008, annual report on refugees and IDPs world-wide.

Oslo, Norway

Online news journalism.

Oslo, Norway

Coordinating volunteer co-editors of the Latin America Yearbook.

Oslo

Editing the member newspaper, supporting development of communications strategy and yearbook, drafting op-eds. Providing communications advise to the leader of the board and support local offices in their communications work. Ensuring implementation of new publishing system and redesign of the organization's web site. Organizing book launches and media events.

Oslo Area, Norway

Speed translations, copy editing, selecting and synthesizing international news items for weekly column.

Oslo

Web publishing and news journalism.

Oslo

Coordinating volunteer co-editors of Africa Yearbook.

Oslo Area, Norway

Web presentation, text editing, channel editor of foreign news section in Start.no, contributed to planning and establishing literature section of Dagbladet.no.

Oslo Area, Norway

Speed translations, speed synthesizing and prioritizing relevant news report for subscribing companies.

Oslo

Various administrative tasks, copy editing, contributing to restaurant guide

Bachelor Course, Part Time, Rhetoric, Communication And Management

Ma, Middle Eastern And North African Studies

Activities and Societies: Editor of Samfunnsviter'n, student paper Faculty of Social Sciences.Major in Palestinian Constitutional.

Ma, English

Activities and Societies: Editor of Samfunnsviter'n, Student paper at the Faculty of Social Sciences.Major in American politics..