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GCERF is committed to preventing violent extremism through support to grassroots initiatives around the world. Our Secretariat, based in Geneva, Switzerland, is a small and dynamic team of dedicated professionals from diverse professional backgrounds. We work collaboratively to solve complex problems and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.
Mali National Adviser

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“Close your eyes for a second,” says Moctar Kané, the GCERF National Adviser for Mali. “Imagine sitting in a community in Mali, you hear birds singing, you hear the noise of people pounding millet and preparing for lunch. You hear kids running to school. Life is normal. The day is going well. “And all of a sudden, you just hear the ricocheting sound of an AK47 or a machine gun. In a fraction of a second, your perspective on life has changed.”
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This is how Moctar, an Oxford graduate and recently elected Youth Ambassador for the African Union, explains the “existential threat” that hangs over childhood in the parts of Mali that are vulnerable to radicalisation. It is not always a lack of opportunity, or a lost sense of community that drives a person into violent extremism. Sometimes, it is the fear that what a person has can quickly be taken away. “It’s not that they all lack jobs, some want to protect their current means of survival,” he said. Mali has been gripped with a series of crises in recent years, including a secessionist rebellion and military coup in 2012, a bourgeoning narcotics trade in the country’s north, inter-community violence, banditry, a dysfunctional justice system and organised crime.

“Mali has become a cocktail of instability,” Moctar said. This is why a piece-meal approach to violent extremism is not the answer.

Moctar said the GCERF model of bringing together a range of actors is critical, including both national and local governments, as well as civil society actors. He believes programmes targeting youth are the most important for stemming radicalisation in Mali.

“Youth are the ones fighting the battles. They provide the manpower, take all the risks, and do the fighting,” he said. “People like to think that the youth are the future but this skips an essential step – they are the present and it’s not the leaders of extremist groups taking arms and fighting. No, it’s the kids who have been marginalised, who have been dispossessed, and found themselves in deprived situations and with no hope.”

That is what motivates his work for GCERF. Moctar wants to prevent children from living through violence because “it rewires how you see the world at an age when all you need is love and care”. Moctar has been struck by the level of detail in proposals submitted to GCERF for the upcoming round of activities due to start in Mali this year and is optimistic about the change they can bring. “It just takes one person to believe and the sequence will kick start,” he said.
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Procurement Opportunities

National Advisor - Somalia

GCERF is seeking a National Advisor_Somalia based in Mogadishu to lead coordination of grant making and management in-country. The National Advisor will visit GCERF-funded grant activities in Somalia and prepare monitoring reports as well as attend coordination meetings on preventing and countering violent extremism.  Applicants should complete the template provided in the link and submit their proposals to bids@gcerf.org by 10 July 2020. 

Full details are available here: National Advisor_Somalia 

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Procurement Opportunities

Training on Gender and PVE in Asia

GCERF is seeking to enter into an agreement with an institution to strengthen the capacity of GCERF’s grantees and enhance the gender responsiveness of GCERF’s programmes by providing a joint training for grantees in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on mainstreaming gender issues into PVE programming. The selected service provider will organise a 2-3-day training for an estimated number of 25 grantee staff from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka either virtually or in person in Bangladesh if restrictions related to COVID-19 allow. Proposals should be sent latest by 30 June 2021 by mail or courier in a closed envelope to GCERF’s offices clearly marked “Bid reference: 2021-18”. The proposal may also be submitted by email in the form of “pdf files”. The email should be addressed to bids@gcerf.org. More details here.

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Monitoring & Evaluation Training in Western Balkans

In Kosovo, GCERF has been supporting Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) consortiums to design and implement PVE community-level projects. In 2021, GCERF is starting a new cycle of investment in Kosovo but also in neighbouring countries – Albania and North Macedonia, focusing on the reintegration and resocialisation of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters (RFTFs). GCERF is therefore seeking to commission an authoritative service to provide basic yet solid training on Monitoring & Evaluation for GCERF grantees from Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia. More details can be found here. The preferred bidder will have a demonstrated expertise in Monitoring & Evaluation and in P/CVE. Proposals should be sent latest by 7 May 2021 by email clearly marked “Bid reference: 2021-05” to bids@gcerf.org. More details here.

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