L'Agence Japonaise de Coopération Internationale (JICA) Bénin lance un avis d'appel à candidatures pour « Africain Business Education ». Il s'agit d'un programme qui offre aux jeunes l'opportunité de faire des Masters dans les universités japonaises en tant qu'étudiants puis des stages dans les entreprises japonaises.
Dans le but d'apporter un soutien aux jeunes qui ont le potentiel de contribuer au développement des industries en Afrique, le Premier Ministre ABE a annoncé le lancement de l'« African Business Education ». Un programme qui cadre avec l'intention du gouvernement du Japon de renforcer son soutien à une croissance dynamique de l'Afrique à travers le partenariat public-privé (5ème Conférence Internationale de Tokyo sur le Développement de l'Afrique).
Depuis 2014, le programme a pris en compte plus de 1200 participants.
Pour la mise en œuvre du programme 2020-2023 qui sera assuré par l'Agence Japonaise de Coopération Internationale (JICA), le Gouvernement du Japon recherche des participants provenant des 54 pays africains.
La JICA Bénin a lancé un avis d'appel à candidatures afin de sélectionner des candidats pour ledit programme. Les participants cibles sont les jeunes du secteur privé (qui sont ou seront impliqués dans les activités économiques dans le secteur privé local et qui vont maintenir ou développer des relations étroites avec les entreprises japonaises) et les jeunes fonctionnaires du gouvernement (fonctionnaires/civils qui prennent part à la formulation ou à la mise en œuvre des politiques industrielles ; ceux qui sont engagés dans les domaines où les entreprises japonaises ont des intérêts dans le pays du candidat.).
Qualifications et exigences
Les conditions et qualifications requises pour la participation sont : être de nationalité béninoise ; être âgé de moins de 40 ans au 1er avril 2021 et avoir le niveau licence.
« Les candidats de la catégorie ‘'Secteur Privé'' doivent avoir une expérience de travail et ne doivent pas être employés dans une entreprise japonaise au moment de leur arrivée au Japon.
Les candidats de la catégorie ‘'Fonctionnaires du Gouvernement'' doivent avoir plus de 6 mois d'expérience dans leur organisation actuelle et obtenir l'autorisation de postuler ainsi que l'assurance d'être réintégrés dans leur organisation actuelle à leur retour », précise l'avis d'appel à candidatures.
Le programme intitulé « Master's Degree and Internship Program of African Business Education Initiative for Youth (ABE Initiative) », va se dérouler dans la langue anglaise de septembre 2021 à août 2024. Pour participer au programme, le candidat doit donc avoir un bon niveau d'anglais à la fois à l'écrit et à l'oral.
Les autres conditions sont : être en bonne santé à la fois physiquement et mentalement ; contribuer à la mise en réseau avec les entreprises japonaises ; ne pas recevoir ou planifier de recevoir une bourse d'étude offerte par d'autres organisations étrangères ; et prendre part aux activités prévues en week-end, une ou deux fois l'an, si nécessaire.
La brochure d'informations sur ce Programme comportant la liste des documents à fournir pour la candidature peut être retirée au Bureau de la JICA-Bénin.
Les dossiers de candidature doivent être déposés au Bureau de la JICA à Cotonou au plus tard le 29 septembre 2020 à 15h30 précises.
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An OSCE-supported 6-day intensive workshop on the “Activities of state bodies during state of emergencies and emergency situations: interaction and problems. The role of women employees during emergencies", concluded today, 16 September, in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan.
The Kyrgyz Association of Women in the Security Sector, Law Enforcement and Rule of Law (KAWSS), supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, organized the workshop.
The workshop brought together participants from the Kyrgyzstan’s General Staff of the Armed Forces, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Education and Science, State Border Service and State Defence Committee.
During the months of April and May, due to the state of emergency declared because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kyrgyzstan introduced lock-down measures. With the possible emergence of a second wave, it was important to analyse the lessons learnt from the past months and to develop recommendations for the future.
Participants shared experiences, discussed the effectiveness of interagency co-ordination efforts during emergencies, developed recommendations for improving interagency co-operation during emergencies and analysed the role of women in the provision of those activities.
Aidarkul Kaana, Chairperson of KAWSS, said that: “Women make up the majority of health and social workers who continue to work at the forefront of the COVID-19 response. Consequently, in any emergency situation or in a state of emergency, participation of women-professionals in co-ordination groups will facilitate a quick and effective recovery.”
Security Council Members Hold Open Videoconference in Connection with Syria. Courtesy: United Nations/Loey Felipe
By Samira Sadeque
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 16 2020 (IPS)
Children in Syria are facing the brutal brunt of the ongoing civil war in the country, now rendered further paralysed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and United States sanctions.
At the Sept. 15 launch of the report investigating human rights violations in Syria by the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, experts warned that in addition to the already ongoing conflict, “newer forms of violence” was on the rise.
“While well documented violence such as arbitrary detention, disappearances, torture, and deaths in custody continue to be utilised by these actors, newer forms of violence including targeted killings, looting, appropriation of property are increasing in numbers and carry sectarian undertones,” Paulo Pinheiro, chair of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, said yesterday.
The report monitored human rights conditions in the war-torn country between Jan. 11 and Jul. 1, 2020. It paints a grave picture especially about the condition of children, in addition to other human rights crises in the country.
Children are both victims to being recruited by the Syrian National Army (SNA), as well as sexual abuse, which is used as a means to inflict torture on other men, the report found.
It documented at least two occasions when members of the SNA forced male detainees to witness the rape of a minor in an attempt to “humiliate, extract confessions and instil fear” within them.
“On the first day, the minor was threatened with being raped in front of the men, but the rape did not proceed,” read the report. “The following day, the same minor was gang-raped, as the male detainees were beaten and forced to watch in an act that amounts to torture.”
“Women and young girls are being targeted more and more, [with] reports of rape and detention have risen quite a bit,” Hanny Megally, a member of the commission.
The SNA is also recruiting children to deploy them in conflict outside of the country, the report found.
Meanwhile, children recruited by the Syrian Democratic Forces/Kurdish People’s Protection Units would end up in detention centres on accusations of espionage and/or for being affiliated with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. According to testimony from adult detainees, the children were held in the same cells as adults, and it’s not clear if they had been charged with anything.
Children are also suffering alongside the rest of the country from grave food insecurity, according to the report.
About 9.3 million are currently facing food insecurity in the country, exacerbated further by the pandemic as well as U.S. sanctions.
The United Nations Children’s Fund estimates about six million children have been born since the war began, whose only idea of life has been the conflict.
Beyond these grave effects on children, other civilians remain at continuous threat of arbitrary detention, with risks of dying while in detention.
Megally said that the overall nature of attacks on civilians has also experienced change: there are now more assassinations, more people being kidnapped for extortions and ransom, and more people being attacked to silence their criticism.
In a response to an inquiry by the media, Megally added that measures such as checkpoints, which are set up to restrict movements in order to contain the pandemic, were “often being used to detain and harass people who are trying to move for legitimate reasons.”
The report calls for leaders to immediately address issues of gender-based sexual violence, to have a “large-scale prisoner release”, and for all stakeholders — local and international — to “ensure and facilitate unfettered access for independent humanitarian, protection and human rights organisations in every part of the country, including to places of confinement or detention” in order to address the food insecurity concerns in the country.
Pinheiro further reiterated that in order to address this worsening crisis, it’s imperative that sectoral sanctions are waived to ensure that there’s movement of food and medical supplies, and that children and prisoners be released.
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