The Dominica Employment and Small Business Support Agency is seeking training proposals from experienced and qualified training facilitators in Creative Manicure and Pedicure Services to conduct one of its apprenticeship training modules for the financial year 2012/13.
The creative manicure and pedicure training module should run for a minimum period of two months targeting young unemployed women between the ages of 18 to 45 years old desirous of establishing their own small businesses.
Prospective facilitators are asked to submit detailed course outlines for the eight week training period along with their curriculum vitae, two reference letters, letters from the Dominica Social Security and Inland Revenue Division indicating satisfactory compliance with monthly returns. Proposals shall have within their course outlines and budgets the level of competence apprentices would acquire in creative manicure and pedicure services
Prospective training facilitators are asked to submit their training proposals inclusive of budgets and other requested documents to:
The Executive Director
Dominica Employment and Small Business Support Agency
1st Floor Financial Centre
Kennedy Avenue
Roseau
Commonwealth of Dominica
Deadline for the submission of proposals is Friday, May 3rd, 2013 at 4:00 p.m.
The successful training facilitator will enter into a contractual arrangement with the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Employment.
The facilitator shall be responsible for:
- Participation in the selection of apprentices at apprentices interviews.
- The teaching of safety in all aspects of creative manicure and pedicure +
services.
- The maintenance of order and discipline at the training centre.
- Working along with the Executive Director in completing all trainee mid-
term and end of module assessments.
- Submitting all end of module assessment forms, which must be fully
completed and submitted to the Executive Director, Dominica
Employment and Small Business Support Agency no later than one week
before the end of the training module.
- The maintenance of course records (attendance, achievements etc.)
- The reporting of all loss or damage items to the Executive Director,
Employment and Small Business Agency no more than three days
following such incident. Failure to report such losses may result in the
facilitator having to compensate for these items.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the 2013 Reham Al-Farra (RAF) Memorial Journalists’ Fellowship Programme which will be held from September 4 to October 3, 2013 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Eligibility requirements:
- Age between 22 and 35
- Currently employed by a recognized media organization (Freelancers, translators and UN employees are not eligible.)
- Oral and written fluency in English
- Several years of professional journalism experience and proven interest in the work of the United Nations.
For further information, please visit the website: www.un.org/en/media/fellowship
Application forms are available online at: http://www.un.org/en/media/fellowhip/docs/RAF2013_App.pdf
Deadline for application is Tuesday 30th April, 2013.
The Dominica Employment and Small Business Support Agency is seeking training proposals from experienced and qualified training facilitators in Culinary Arts to conduct one of its apprenticeship training modules for the financial year 2012/13.
The culinary arts training module should run for a minimum period of two months targeting young unemployed men and women between the ages of 18 to 40 years old desirous of establishing their own small businesses.
Prospective facilitators are asked to submit detailed course outlines for the eight week training period along with their curriculum vitae, three references, letters from the Dominica Social Security and Inland Revenue Division indicating satisfactory compliance with monthly returns. Proposals shall have within their course outlines and budgets a minimum of 75% locally grown food items as inputs and the level of competence apprentices would acquire in preparing creative Dominican cuisines, and at least one exotic Italian, Indian, Mexican, and Chinese cuisine.
Prospective training facilitators are asked to submit their training proposals inclusive of budgets and other requested documents to:
The Executive Director
Dominica Employment and Small Business Support Agency
1st Floor Financial Centre
Kennedy Avenue
Roseau
Commonwealth of Dominica
Deadline for the submission of proposals is Tuesday April 30, 2013 at 4:00 p.m.
The successful training facilitator will enter into a contractual arrangement with the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Employment.
The facilitator shall be responsible for:
- Participation in the selection of apprentices at apprentices interviews.
- The teaching of safety in all aspects of culinary arts training.
- The maintenance of order and discipline at the training centre.
- Working along with the Executive Director in completing all trainee mid-
term and end of module assessments.
- Submitting all end of module assessment forms, which must be fully
completed and submitted to the Executive Director, Dominica
Employment and Small Business Support Agency no later than one week
before the end of the training module.
- The maintenance of course records (attendance, achievements etc.)
- The reporting of all loss or damage items to the Executive Director,
Employment and Small Business Agency no more than three days
following such incident. Failure to report such losses may result in the
facilitator having to compensate for these items.
Diplo offers three postgraduate-level online courses starting the week of 22 July 2013:
For more information on each course please click on the titles above. These online courses are available as University of Malta Accredited Courses (application deadline: 20 May 2013) and Diplo Certificate Courses (application deadline: 17 June 2013).
Who should apply?
Working diplomats, professionals involved in international relations, and others who wish to learn about new topics in the field of diplomacy or expand and refresh their knowledge of more traditional topics.
How much study time will I need?
Ten weeks of part-time study, with a minimum of five to seven hours per week.
How does the online course work?
You will work through study materials provided in the online classroom together with other participants, following a weekly cycle. Each week, you read lecture texts, adding questions and comments and responding to those added by other participants and the lecturer(s). Other weekly activities may include self-assessment quizzes, short assignments, discussion forum topics and group tasks. At the end of the weekly cycle, you will meet with other participants and lecturers in an online chat room to discuss the topic for the week.
For more information on studying online and to apply, please visit Diplo’s courses website or contactThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Who should apply?
Working diplomats, professionals involved in international relations, and others who wish to learn about new topics in the field of diplomacy or expand and refresh their knowledge of more traditional topics.
How much study time will I need?
Ten weeks of part-time study, with a minimum of five to seven hours per week.
How does the online course work?
You will work through study materials provided in the online classroom together with other participants, following a weekly cycle. Each week, you read lecture texts, adding questions and comments and responding to those added by other participants and the lecturer(s). Other weekly activities may include self-assessment quizzes, short assignments, discussion forum topics and group tasks. At the end of the weekly cycle, you will meet with other participants and lecturers in an online chat room to discuss the topic for the week.
For more information on studying online and to apply, please visit Diplo’s courses website or contact
The course has helped me to redefine my role as a diplomat, and to appreciate the emerging challenges and responsibilities of diplomacy today including the role of new actors like NGOs, think-tanks and academics. I have learned to appreciate other stakeholders as partners and not competitors to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the conduct of foreign relations. The weekly seminar papers done by the selected seminar teams in the class got us actively researching and exchanging information, it is amazing how much we learned from each other. This kind of networking if maintained will surely enable us achieve much more in our quest to increase knowledge and share best practises in contemporary diplomacy.
Michael Bulwaka, Foreign Service Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uganda
Michael Bulwaka, Foreign Service Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Uganda
Multilateral Diplomacy
Explore the origins of multilateral diplomacy and its evolution within a dynamic and rapidly changing environment.
This course introduces participants to the diplomatic interaction among more than two actors, with particular emphasis on the multilateral diplomacy represented by the United Nations system. Participants examine an overview of all protagonists and their roles, as well as the complex framework, intricate rules and methods of multilateral diplomacy. These challenging topics are complemented by insights into the processes leading to the adoption of documents by states within international organisations, as well the current transformations affecting the multilateral system. Using illustrative case studies, the course blends an academic perspective with the experience of current practitioners of multilateral diplomacy.
By the end of the course, participants should be able to:
Explore the origins of multilateral diplomacy and its evolution within a dynamic and rapidly changing environment.
This course introduces participants to the diplomatic interaction among more than two actors, with particular emphasis on the multilateral diplomacy represented by the United Nations system. Participants examine an overview of all protagonists and their roles, as well as the complex framework, intricate rules and methods of multilateral diplomacy. These challenging topics are complemented by insights into the processes leading to the adoption of documents by states within international organisations, as well the current transformations affecting the multilateral system. Using illustrative case studies, the course blends an academic perspective with the experience of current practitioners of multilateral diplomacy.
By the end of the course, participants should be able to:
- Provide an overview of multilateral diplomacy from its origins through to current changes introduced by globalisation and new information and communication technologies.
- Describe the roles of traditional and new stakeholders with interest and influence in multilateral organisations.
- Discuss the various forums and forms of multilateral diplomacy, from the formal to the informal, identifying the rules, methods, processes and actors involved in each.
- Describe the institutional framework within which multilateral diplomacy operates.
- Provide examples, and analyse how multilateral diplomacy is responding to factors such as political changes, globalisation and the growing influence of the business sector and civil society.
21st Century Diplomacy
Diplomacy in the 21st century is more proactive, multidirectional, and innovative than ever before.
Our world is increasingly interconnected, as demonstrated by the domestic impact of external issues. New subjects crowd the international agenda. At home and abroad, many actors participate in international affairs. Managing external affairs is more complex, involving focus on performance and reaching out to publics. This course gives insight into the contemporary practice of diplomacy and deepens understanding of significant issues in diplomacy management. The course is practitioner-oriented, and participants should have some prior knowledge of diplomatic theory and practice. The course was originally developed in a shorter, self-learning format for the Canadian Foreign Service Institute.
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
Diplomacy in the 21st century is more proactive, multidirectional, and innovative than ever before.
Our world is increasingly interconnected, as demonstrated by the domestic impact of external issues. New subjects crowd the international agenda. At home and abroad, many actors participate in international affairs. Managing external affairs is more complex, involving focus on performance and reaching out to publics. This course gives insight into the contemporary practice of diplomacy and deepens understanding of significant issues in diplomacy management. The course is practitioner-oriented, and participants should have some prior knowledge of diplomatic theory and practice. The course was originally developed in a shorter, self-learning format for the Canadian Foreign Service Institute.
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
- Identify the defining features of diplomacy in the 21st century (or 'globalised diplomacy'), and the change factors – the volatile forces in the current operating environment which shape and force diplomacy to adapt.
- Describe and analyse changes in the ways that countries deal with one another, including the new and changing roles of embassies.
- Assess the role of new actors in diplomacy, in particular public diplomacy.
- Identify and provide examples of different types of regional diplomacy groupings, and analyse the role, potential and opportunities of these new clusters.
- Critically assess the movement towards foreign ministry reform, and the impact of performance management in foreign ministries and provide examples.
Infrastructure and Critical Internet Resources
Countries require a developed and scalable ICT infrastructure, to promote social, economic, and individual progress.
The situation of ICT infrastructure varies from one country to another. Most developing countries have the lowest levels of ICT infrastructure in the world. ICT can enable better access to government services, increased training opportunities through distance learning, delivery of healthcare services through telemedicine, improved literacy, and access to economic opportunities. These new uses of technology should be part of a country’s development strategy; investment in them is important to enhance a country’s standard of living.Practice has proved the importance of some elements for achieving an adequate development of the Internet-based economy, which will be discussed throughout this course.
Countries require a developed and scalable ICT infrastructure, to promote social, economic, and individual progress.
The situation of ICT infrastructure varies from one country to another. Most developing countries have the lowest levels of ICT infrastructure in the world. ICT can enable better access to government services, increased training opportunities through distance learning, delivery of healthcare services through telemedicine, improved literacy, and access to economic opportunities. These new uses of technology should be part of a country’s development strategy; investment in them is important to enhance a country’s standard of living.Practice has proved the importance of some elements for achieving an adequate development of the Internet-based economy, which will be discussed throughout this course.
By the end of the course, participants should be able to:
- understand the overarching ICT infrastructure development issues, including wired and wireless infrastructure, and issues that account for ICT infrastructure development.
- present the basic concepts and importance of Internet connection costs, and issues that account for differences in costs, including regulatory frameworks, discrepancies in international bandwidth costs, and costs of deployment.
- explain the function of IP protocols, the reasons why upgrading to IPv6 is necessary, and the opportunities and challenges that accompany the new version;
- describe the current debates on the regulatory framework and its importance to the Internet infrastructure to promote a more efficient ICT sector while promoting development and innovation.
- discuss the concept of network neutrality, its importance for the Internet, and the current controversies surrounding the issue.
- explain the DNS and the associated policy development systems, including the function of ICANN, the delegation of top level domains (TLDs), and their management by TLD Registries.
- understand the role of IANA and other main actors in IP address allocation, domain name root-servers, the delegation/re-delegation process, and the complexities of some recent developments in the domain name industry.
The Government of the Republic of Cuba is inviting applications for scholarships from the citizens of Dominica below the age of twenty five (25) years to pursue studies in Medicine for the 2013/2014 academic year.
Applicants should posses a minimum of five (5) CXC passes including the Science subjects with grades I and II or equivalent qualifications.
Documents to be presented along with application form are:
- High School Certificate
- High School Certificate or Secondary School Certificate for Technical Studies
- Academic Record of the last year Studied
- Birth Certificate
- Health Certificate including negative AIDS test and a negative pregnancy test for women
- Criminal Record Certificate
- 10 ID photos measuring 1 x 1 inch
Application forms together with copies of curriculum vitae, birth certificate and certified copies of all academic qualifications must be submitted to:
The Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Education and
Human Resource Development
Government Headquarters
Roseau
Commonwealth of Dominica
Application forms and further information can be obtained from the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development.
Deadline for receipt of applications is May 16, 2013.
Public officers must apply through their Heads of Department.
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