​Call for Applications: Digital Rights, Advocacy, and Activism Training for Civil Society Actors in West Africa

​The West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) is looking for skilled facilitators to guide a sequence of trainings aimed toward strengthening digital rights advocacy and activism amongst civil society actors in Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Guinea (Conakry). These trainings will handle challenges reminiscent of restricted entry to info, on-line censorship, information privateness considerations, and insufficient authorized protections.​

Project Objectives

The particular aims the challenge are to:

• Increase CSOs to deepen data and enhance consciousness in digital rights inclusion, advocacy and activism in Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, and Guinea;
• Enhance the capability of chosen CSOs in figuring out gaps in digital rights inclusion, and conceptualising and designing efficient advocacy campaigns utilizing digital instruments and assets to drive change in Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire, and Guinea.
• Build a neighborhood of follow (CoP) and digital rights advocacy community to advocate for related coverage reforms at nationwide and regional ranges; and
• Amplify neighborhood outreach and residents’ engagements on digital safety, digital rights advocacy and activism throughout the area.

Specific Deliverables

Successful facilitators will carry out the next duties:

• Develop digital advocacy toolkit for use to facilitate coaching and consciousness creation classes
• Develop and apply capability and studying wants evaluation instruments for chosen group of civil society actors at nation ranges
• Develop and adapt coaching contents, together with PowerPoint slides, studying aims, case research, and different related supplies to contributors native context—in collaboration with WACSI.
• Lead the facilitation of a 4.5-day coaching session beneath the steerage of WACSI staff.
• Support organisations in the event of their motion plans – to be monitored by way of sequence of teaching classes
• Provide post-training technical help to contributors by way of teaching and mentorship classes to advance organisations’ skill to institutionalise learnings and acquired abilities in digital rights advocacy and activism
• Produce a sequence of stories together with capability/studying wants report, publish coaching narrative and analysis stories, post-coaching and mentorship, and finish of challenge report.
• Hold a bi-monthly assembly with WACSI staff to evaluate challenge and reply to rising points on the challenge.

Project Timeline

Methodology

• The challenge staff will undertake a variety, equality and inclusive (DEI) strategy to the assorted phases of the challenge;
• The challenge together with toolkit, coaching contents and supply will probably be carried out in each English and French.

Applicable Regions

This initiative targets civil society organizations working in the next West African nations:​

• Ghana

• Nigeria

• Liberia

• Côte d’Ivoire

• Guinea (Conakry)​

Read the complete description from wacsi.org (PDF)

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATION

• Understanding of the digital safety panorama in West Africa significantly from civil society views

• Proven experience in digital safety, digital rights together with, digital advocacy, activism and on-line campaigns

• Strong data of related digital safety associated insurance policies, legal guidelines and rules at each nationwide and international ranges.

• Desirable expertise in partaking and influencing digital safety insurance policies and discourses at nationwide, regional or international degree.

• Demonstrated abilities and expertise in coaching and facilitation, particularly in digital safety, digital rights advocacy and activism for civil society organisations

• Track report in delivering related interventions to civil society organisations in digital digital safety, digital rights advocacy and activism strengthening and coverage engagements.

• Operational expertise in the Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria and Liberia.

Application Deadline

Interested candidates should submit their functions by 15 May 2025.​

How to Apply

​Interested candidates are requested to submit the next paperwork on or earlier than 15 May 2025:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV) highlighting related expertise and {qualifications} in digital safety, digital rights advocacy and activism.
• Demonstrated monitor report in conducting digital safety coaching and associated coverage influencing engagements.
• Reference of two (2) organisations beforehand skilled.

Please ship your application paperwork by way of e mail to techsoup@wacsi.org and Cc: pia@wacsi.org with the topic line “Facilitator’s Application – DIGITAL RIGHTS, ADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM TRAININGS FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS IN WEST”.

We will notify you of our choice after the deadline. Selected trainers would obtain detailed details about their duties in the programme.

Contact Information

FOR ENQUIRIES, Please contact the person under for extra particulars:

• Abayomi Akinseye, Programme Officer – Tech, eakinseye@wacsi.org
• John Frinjuah, Programme Officer – Policy Influencing and Advocacy, jfrinjuah@wacsi.org

**Selection can be primarily based on the candidate’s {qualifications}, expertise and related monitor information. Shortlisted candidates could also be contacted for an interview or further info.

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