Call for Trainers- Mechanisms of Political Change- LYLOT 4

The proposed training, scheduled for 26-27 January 2019, will be the sixth one given to the class of 2019. The theme of the training will be “Mechanisms of Political Change”. Interested applicants must provide a comprehensive draft of their vision for the training session, compete with proposed exercises and training objectives.

Successful applicants are expected to accomplish the below tasks in the build-up and during the training. Please note that the below list is not exhaustive.

• Develop and rollout a training agenda and methodology on the mechanisms of positive political change, while highlighting explicitly differences in mechanisms deployed by different actors.
• Provide trainees with handon material during training session, including exercise booklets and reading material.
• Provide clear, pertinent, and relatable examples of positive political changes, as well as minicase studies on the above-mentioned change, to participants.
• Provide participants with a walkthrough on SWOT analysis techniques, with a focus on political change.
• Divide participants into subgroups, depending on skill and political background, in preparation of a SWOT analysis of the group.
• Monitor and moderate presentation of result of aboveindicated exercise.
• Based on the previously indicated case studies and examples, guide groups of trainees through a design exercise about political change.
• Monitor and moderate presentation of result of exercise, and foster an atmosphere of positive exchange.
• Monitor and moderate session on cooperation and synergies between different actors in politics, with an emphasis on differences in working through political parties, nonprofits and civil society initiatives.
• Develop indicators related to the training session.
• Provide the program manager with three qualitative assessment questions for the participants, to gauge the effects of the training, as a postassessment tool. 

Compensation

• Successful trainers will be provided with 500 USD a day in compensation, paid via check in Lebanese Pounds, and according to the monthly conversion rate for January 2019.
• FESLebanon fully covers the overnight stay of trainers in the hotel in which the training is held.

Trainer Specifications

• Commensurate experience in designing and delivering trainings, preferably for audiences aged 2030, within a political or development context.
• Excellent communication skills, in both English and Arabic.