Description of the project
Expertise France is the French public international cooperation agency. It designs and implements projects which aim to contribute to the balanced development of partner countries, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda and the priorities of France’s external action.
The Digital for Development (D4D) Hub is the global “Team Europe”-initiative inaugurating a new era for digital development cooperation between EU Commission, Member States as well as tech-companies and civil society. This strategic multi-stakeholder platform fosters digital ecosystems worldwide through bold international partnerships on digital transformation between its members and partners in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and EU Eastern Neighborhood. The joint mission is a human-centric approach to digital transformation: Facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogues, sharing digital expertise and fostering investments of diverse European and global partners for more impact on the ground.
In order to achieve the Overall Objective, the action focuses on supporting DG INTPA on the development and implementation of the regional branches of the D4D hub, to increase donor coordination and the effectiveness of D4D interventions. There are 3 regional branches under the D4D Hub :
- The Latin America and Caribbean branch, headed by AECID
- The Africa branch, lead by Enabel with the support of Expertise France
- The Asia-Pacific branch, headed by Expertise France
The action will observe and analyse the regional digital ecosystem’s digital developments and map Team Europe’s interventions in each region pertaining to digital development. It will facilitate donor coordination groups nationally and regionally and bring together relevant stakeholders from the regional ecosystem comprising public and private sector, as well as academia and civil society annually.
Activites of the action include :
- Providing regional D4D trends and upcoming event integrating various thematics in coherence with the Global Gateway strategy (Asia)
- Facilitating the emergence of Team Europe Initiatives at the national or regional level, in line with EU priorities, as well as collaborations and partnerships between Asian and European actors (Asia)
- Ensuring the organisation of the Annual Mutli-Stakholder Forum event
- Supporting DG INTPA in the formulation of future Team Europe Initiatives on D4D, through activities such as workshops, coordination, knowledge sharing, etc. (Africa)
- Organizing regional workhops or events in strategic D4D sectors (Africa)
- Creating knowledge sharing products in strategic D4D sectors (Africa)
Your Profile
- Master’s Degree in economics, finance, project management, political science, international relations/international cooperation or relevant field
- A minimum of 10-years professional experience, including 7 in international development and cooperation or in the digital sector
- Experience in the implementation of innovative cooperation with partners in the digital ecosystem and in political advisory services on digital transformation would be an asset
- Proficiency in English and French is required. Fluency in another Asian or African language is a plus.
Specific knowledge, experience, skills or competences :
- Good knowledge of cooperation mechanisms and public development assistance, in particular for projects financed by the European Union and/or ;
- Excellent command of the fundamentals of the project cycle (preferably also in multi-donor, multi-country, and/or multi-operator projects);
- Excellent knowledge of digital for development issues, actors and projects;
- Knowledge of digital private sector development and entrepreneurship topics is an advantage;
- Expertise in agile methods of collaboration and experiences with new work would be an asset;
- Proficiency in developing technical, narrative and progress reports.
Soft skills :
- (Multicultural) teamwork and adaptability;
- Sense of diplomacy, empathy and conflict management skills;
- Sense of responsibility, initiative and reactivity;
- Result-oriented;
- Sense of organisation, thoroughness and proactivity;
- Excellent communication skills.
Deadline : March 12th, 2023
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