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Programme ARTXCHANGE – Connecting creative youth in Africa and Europe

Location: Nairobi (Kenya) and Mogadishu (Somalia) and virtual

Duration and Modality: 30 days (In person in Kenya and Virtual in Somalia and other countries)

Reports to: CISP MEAL Manager

Objective: End line evaluation

1. Background

CISP – Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli (International Committee for the Development of Peoples) is a rights-based international NGO established in 1983 in Rome. CISP implements humanitarian, rehabilitation, and development projects through its cooperation with public and private local actors in over 30 countries globally. Since 1997 CISP has been working in Kenya to carry out projects in areas of development by supporting national and county authorities to provide quality, equitable, transparent, and accountable services in various sectors. Over the past 23 years CISP Kenya has expanded its activities across more than 12 Counties in both rural and urban areas in various sectors of intervention, including Agriculture and Food Security, Conservation, Livelihoods, Health and Nutrition, Protection (children, refugees, GBV), Education (early childhood, university), Governance, and Arts and Culture.

CISP is currently implementing a 30-month project titled ‘ARTXCHANGE – Connecting creative youth in Africa

and Europe’ in Nairobi and Mogadishu with the support from European Union (EU). The project is implemented through a consortium of partners with the objective of enhancing inclusion, empowerment, and connection for youth in the creative sector in Africa and Europe by supporting young creative professionals, CSOs and organizations and promoting collaboration, capacity building and exchanges in Kenya, Somalia, Italy, and Sweden.

The project is implemented in partnership with: –

1. The GoDown Arts Centre

The GoDown Arts Centre is home to Kenyan creativity in arts and media it was established in 2003, has contributed significantly to the growth, recognition, and visibility of local artists. Their Programs: training and development of artists, creative entrepreneurship, visual art exhibitions, local events, and community mobilization. Their role within the projects is 1) Capacity Building of creative youth and CSOs, 2) Organization of creative workshops and networking events, 3) Support innovative productions and cultural business incubators and 4) Organization of cultural events

1. Somali Academy of arts and Science

The Somali Academy of Sciences and Arts is an independent, non-profit, professional institution dedicated to research, innovation and promotion of science, culture, and preservation of the Somali cultural heritage. Thanks to the contribution of CISP and European Union, the Academy resumed its activities in December 2016, after 25 years of inactivity due to the civil war. Strategic partner in the cultural sector in Somalia, is the most relevant local institution in the Country. Their role within the project is 1) Support policy development in liaison with Somali authorities, 2) Mobilization of Somali young creatives, CSOs and stakeholders, 3) Support the organization of training and networking events in Somalia and 4) Offer spaces for Youth Hub

1. Natverkstan

Nätverkstan Kultur is a Cultural and Civil Society Organization based in Sweden that provides services and projects within the independent cultural and civil society field. The main areas of focus: education and training, accounting services, Media lab, international exchange, Art and entrepreneurship, cultural project management, cultural economics and policy, leadership within cultural organizations. Their role within the project is – 1) Capacity building of creative youth and CSOs in Sweden and Kenya, 2) Creative and cultural entrepreneurship and management trainings and 3) Support in the mobilization of cultural organizations, art institutions, authorities, and private enterprises for exchanges

1. Coopculture

This is a Cooperative operating in the heritage and cultural activities sector in Italy. It Offers answers and solutions from the perspective of integration between cultural heritage, culture, tourism, and local economy. Special attention to local communities in all of their aspects: families, young people, children, the elderly and immigrant communities. Their role in the project is – 1) Strategic support and liaison with Italian authorities and stakeholders, 2) Trainings on cooperative model, capacity building exchanges and networking in Kenya and 3) Organization of intercultural international events in Europe

CISP as the project lead seeks the services of a professional consultant to provide support in external endline project evaluation of the ArtXchange project.

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