STUDEM Project

STUDEM was established as a partnership between Silba - Initiative for Dialogue and Democracy and a local Moldovan organization in 2017 with the aim of strengthening Moldovan democracy by empowering young people to express their thoughts, understand their rights, and participate in their local communities. Today, it operates out of a youth-led center in Bălți, managed by a board of 11 democratically chosen young people.

STUDEM works with local youth through the youth center as well as through partnerships with student councils in the Bălți area. In the past few years, STUDEM has also initiated partnerships with youth organizations in other regions of the country, as well as participated on the national level by contributing to updating the rules and regulations of student councils in collaboration with the Ministry of Education.

For more information regarding the project, feel free to contact Gustav at international@silba.dk

Your responsibilities as a Youth Leader

 

The ongoing tasks of the youth leaders will vary, depending on their division of roles depending on interests, capacitates and language skills. However, the overall role and responsibility includes:

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• Researching (both deskwork and in the field) solutions/changes/suggestions to 1) existing activities; 2) new activities; 3) whistle blower mechanisms, including regional travel to partners and stakeholders.

• Defining, planning, and implementing participatory approaches to organizational development, including roundtables, forums, meetings, discussion-groups etc.

• Establishing a working group with the purpose of comprising the knowledge from the youth and making a proposal for the board.

• Revising and editing internal procedures based on inputs from the working group.

• Finding, developing, and designing the Election toolkit for schools using the STUDEM monitoring and learning methodology.

• Updating the STUDEM documentation system, including identifying good, cheap, user-friendly solutions to safe documentation in alignment with GDPR.

• Planning and conducting meetings with relevant local stakeholders to investigate options for long-term space. This includes meetings with local authorities, lawyers, potential donors and private investors, and real-estate agencies

• Developing a STUDEM advocacy strategy including definition of the role of the board, the secretariat, and the Danish group.

• Assessing the needs of STUDEM and Silba in terms of international exchange and peer-to-peer learning.

• Developing in cooperation with the Danish project group a communication strategy to ensure Danish learning.

• Contributing to the final narrative report to send to DUF.

Your Qualifications:  

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• You are a member of Silba - Initiative for Dialogue and Democracy.

• You are between the ages of 18 and 30.

• You have an adequate written and oral command of English. Knowledge of the Romanian or Russian languages is an advantage, but not a requirement.

• You ideally have experience with volunteerism, youth engagement, organizational development, or similar.​

• Your prior engagement in Silba is an advantage. 

• Your showcased interest and knowledge of Moldova or developing democracies in Eastern Europe is an advantage.