Additional Director (Dialogue and Communication) Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) 10 Years Dhaka

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Job Description

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a think-tank of global repute, is planning to recruit a qualified senior professional who is interested to pursue a challenging career that demands commitment, initiative, creativity and public diplomacy skills. This is a management position of high responsibility where the candidate will be in overall charge of public affairs of CPD as the head of the Dialogue and Communication Division.

Responsibilities of the position will include:

• designing and overseeing the implementation of a strategic communication plan for the Centre
• planning, conceptualising, designing and undertaking outreach strategy as regards policy influencing initiatives
• overseeing successful management of all CPD events
• working as the “gatekeeper” of all publications and digital materials
• providing leadership to the divisional activities and its staff
• contribute in overall policy and management practice of CPD.

Job Requirements

The successful candidate will have experience of working in areas of development communication, advocacy and outreach activities in reputed institutions. S/he is expected to have Ph.D/ Masters Degree in Development Communication or in Social Sciences, Journalism or English or other related disciplines with at least three first division/class at any level of academic career. The candidate must have excellent articulation and drafting ability both in English and Bangla, as well as adequate management and communication skills. S/he should have the competence to undertake high frequency policy influencing initiatives. The prospective candidate should have minimum ten years of cumulative service experience of which at least five years in a leadership/senior supervisory position.

The candidate will be a person with excellent inter-personal skills who enjoys dealing and interacting with people and is proficient in networking. The job demands ability to work under pressure and with creativity and initiative. The candidate will be a team player with an amiable personality.

No of Vacancies:

N/A

Job Level:

Top

Job Nature:

Full Time

Industry:

NGO / Development

Preferred Business Area

NGO / Development

Other Benefits

A gross salary starting from Taka 90 thousand per month will be offered to the successful candidate along with other admissible benefits. Actual compensation package will be based on assessment of the candidate’s qualifications and suitability including relevant experience.

Desired Education

S/he is expected to have Ph.D/ Masters Degree in Development Communication or in Social Sciences, Journalism or English or other related disciplines with at least three first division/class at any level of academic career. 

Apply Instructions:

Qualified candidates should apply with a copy of the resumé, drafting samples and a recent photograph through career@cpd.org.bd;

CPD is an equal opportunity employer. Shortlisted candidates for the above position will be duly informed regarding subsequent assessment procedures.

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Pamela Kuwali: National director for Cisanet

Brenda Twea, mwnation.com

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Excerpt:

Pamela Kuwali, the new broom at the Civil Society Agriculture Network (Cisanet) believes there is a lot of untapped potential in the agriculture sector.

She always hoped to assume a position of influence over agricultural policies in the country with no idea that God would honour that desire.

As the new captain of the ship at Cisanet, Kuwali says she would like to see Malawi becoming a food secure nation, with or without good rains. ...

The 39-year-old ventured into the agriculture sector after a string of jobs in diffeerent areas since her graduation from Chancellor College in 1999. Her first job after attaining her degree in Public Administration was with the Department of Customs and Excise which later on became Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA).

“I worked as assistant station manager at Kanengo Office, and later joined the United States Embassy where I worked for nine years as public diplomacy specialist. I left the Embassy in 2011 and joined the United Nations World Food Programme as head of Policy, Donor/Government Relations and Public Information. I then joined National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in 2013 as senior programme manager for governance until February 2017. I am grateful for all my professional experiences as they have allowed me to impact my nation in one way or another,” says Kuwali. ...

Sheikh Mohammed launches UAE Soft Power Council

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DUBAI // A council was formed to work on a "soft power strategy" for the UAE in science, culture, technology, the economy and humanitarian work.

The UAE Soft Power Council was launched by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, on Saturday. It will report directly to the Cabinet.

The council will introduce a strategy for the Government and companies to convey the nation’s history "in a new way", reported Wam, the state news agency. It will also review legislation and policies affecting the country’s status and reputation.

Mohammed Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, will be chairman of the council.

Sheikh Mohammed said it is time to develop the country’s power beyond military and economic strength, and promote public diplomacy.

"The UAE holds a special place in the hearts of millions of people around the world. We want to build on that and elevate it," he said.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, praised the move.

He described the council as "profound vision for capitalising on our achievements while reaching out to the nations of the world".

"We are all ambassadors for the UAE, and we must double our efforts to maintain the image of our country and to promote our unique approach, values and aspirations," he said.

Trip of British Cultural Delegation to discover Czech Art

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From 10 to 14 April 2017, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in London organised a visit of British cultural delegation to the Czech Republic with chosen personalities from the UK, as part of the Embassy´s public diplomacy programme “Czech Republic 100”. The delegation visited a variety of Czech galleries, ateliers and artists in Prague, Český Krumlov and Brno. 

The delegation was composed of Mr. Jonathan Watkins, director of the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, Mrs. Megan Piper, director of the Piper Gallery in London, Mrs Susan Moore, journalist for the Financial Times and Mr. Matthew Stephenson, freelance art historian and former director of Christie's branch in Moscow. The group was accompanied by Mr. Miroslav Ambroz, the art historian and Mr. Vladimír Kokolia, painter and Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague.

The delegation visited a number of significant Czech galleries, ateliers and artists such as the National Gallery in Prague, Jakub Špaňhel’s exhibition in J&T Bank Praha, the exhibition of Jan Bolf in Václav Špála´s Gallery, František Skála’s exhibition in the Wallenstein Riding School in Prague, the atelier of Daniel Pitín in Prague, Pavel Brázda’s exhibition in the Egon Schiele Art Centrum in Český Krumlov, the world renowned Villa Tugenhadt and the exhibition of Milan Grygar in Brno. As part of the visit, Mrs. Susan Moore conducted an interview with painter and graphic artist Pavel Brázda, which should be printed in the main Saturday cultural section of The Financial Times.

Following on from the cultural delegation visit, an exhibition of Pavel Brázda's artwork has been organised on 1 June in Birmingham by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in cooperation with Birmingham City Council, as part of the aforementioned public diplomacy programme “Czech Republic 100”.

The delegation at the exhibition of Vladimír Kokolia in Brno (from left to right: Matthew Stephenson, Megan Piper, Vladimir Kokolia, Susan Moore, Miroslav Ambroz)

Members of the delegation visiting Daniel Pitín´s Art studio in Prague


A joint photo with František Skála at his exhibition in the Wallenstein Riding School in Prague

Presentation of Professor Vladimír Kokolia in the House of Photography in Prague

Diplomacy and India-Sri Lanka relations

Sarala Fernando, sundaytimes.lk

Image from article, with caption: Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe for a meeting in New Delhi on April 26, 2017. The Sri Lanka Prime Minister is on five-day official visit to India.

Excerpt:

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to India this week and the expected visit of Prime Minister Narenda Modi to Sri Lanka in May signal a fresh burst of activity in India- Sri Lanka relations. Since previous projects for joint cooperation like the “bridge” and Economic Trade and Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) have failed to get traction, new projects appear to have come on stream such as the joint development of the Trincomalee oil tank farm and the Colombo Port extension. However whatever the economic viability of the new projects, they are meeting with confrontation from the trade unions due to a singular lack of public diplomacy on the part of the Sri Lanka government officials who seem not to understand the growing public scepticism over this government’s ability to manage foreign investment especially in strategic assets like ports. ...

[C]an one ignore entirely the checkered history of Indian intervention in Sri Lanka in the 1980’s from the LTTE training camps in India to the arrival of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF), which have left the general public in the island cautious about its dealings with the neighbourhood giant. There is also a gap in the traditional diplomacy practised by India which many have characterised as “arrogant” as opposed to China which in the past has been much more ready to “listen” to the smaller party. This may be changing with the advent of public diplomacy and the couching of Indian diplomatic communications in more gracious terms. Yet the truth is that Sri Lanka is strategically vital for India’s security interests and defence cooperation is growing by leaps and bounds since the end of the armed conflict in the country. On the economic side more and more Indian companies are setting up in Sri Lanka or taking over the management of large industries. No study has yet been done of this creeping integration of the two economies but Sri Lankan business people complain loudly of unfair treatment and non tariff barriers (NTBs) still clogging their efforts to trade with India. ...

Both in India and Sri Lanka, environmental NGOs are well organized with strong grass root constituencies and there should be much more networking across the Palk Strait on issues such as stopping the large scale raids by Indian fishing trawlers. Public Diplomacy case studies underline the example of Canada when seeking to curtail the acid rain coming from the US successfully drawing on the support of the American NGOs to push their cause through the US Congress. Trawler fishing has been banned in Tamil Nadu and there are many Indian NGOs and Tamil Nadu fishing experts who sympathise with Sri Lanka’s plight over the excesses of Indian trawling in Sri Lanka waters. We should draw on all these resources to stimulate a public campaign in India to put pressure on the trawler owners in Tamil Nadu to curtail what they well know are illegal activities in Sri Lankan waters. The Indian side is also playing for time as they anticipate the resources within the Palk Strait will be depleted beyond replacement in a few years…

Erin Schulte meets Sheryl Sandberg during time as ASU Capital Scholar, will head to UK this fall to study political economy

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Excerpt:

Q: Why did you choose ASU [Arizona State University]?

A: I chose ASU for the same reason that so many other students chose this university — I wanted a college experience that gave me access to all the resources of a world-class research institution, while also providing the tight-knit community of a small liberal arts college. By choosing ASU and Barrett, I did not have to compromise. I have had the chance to work with multiple talented professors at ASU and other universities around the country on many research projects related to topics like Israeli online public diplomacy and coalition drone strikes in Iraq and Syria. I also have had the chance to complete multiple internships thanks to ASU's strong connections to employers around the world. I am very glad that I chose ASU for my undergraduate studies! ...

Found on the Web: Re J. Michael Waller

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About me:

Contact

• Website: http://www.politicalwarfare.org

Biography

J. Michael Waller was the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor of International Communication at the Institute of World Politics in Washington, DC., where he directed the nation's only graduate program in public diplomacy and political warfare. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy.

Dr. Waller has been a journalist and investigative writer on national security affairs, including intelligence, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism-related issues. His articles have been published in a variety of academic and professional journals, as well as Reader’s Digest, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Times, and the Wall Street Journal. He is a frequent commentator on the BBC, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, NPR and the Voice of America.

He has researched and written about the political and psychological dimensions of terrorism, insurgency and counterinsurgency since 1983. His coverage of military affairs ranges from the guerrilla wars of Central America and Colombia to the Strategic Air Command. He was on the scene at the Kremlin in the hours before the Soviet Union was abolished, and at the Russian parliament building during the 1993 coup attempt.

He is author of several books on security, terrorism and political warfare, including Third Current of Revolution: Inside the North American Front of El Salvador’s Guerrilla War (University Press of America, 1991), Secret Empire: The KGB In Russia Today (Westview, 1994), and Fighting the War of Ideas like a Real War (Institute of World Politics Press, 2007); co-author of Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006), editor of the Public Diplomacy Reader (IWP Press, 2007) and editor of the forthcoming Strategic Influence: Public Diplomacy, Counterpropaganda and Political Warfare (IWP Press, 2008).

He has been a practitioner in the areas in which he has written. In the 1980s he infiltrated and disrupted Soviet international fdrront [sic] organizations in the U.S. and Europe, wrote what is considered the definitive work on the politico-psychological support networks for the FMLN insurgency in El Salvador, and advised the Salvadoran army on the FMLN’s international political warfare strategy and its role on ground combat operations. On contracts with the U.S. government in Honduras, he trained 88 commanders and sub-commanders of the Nicaraguan Resistance Army in political warfare and political communication. He also worked in support of Afghan Northern Alliance resistance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud in his war against the Soviets in the 1980s.

In the 1990s Waller worked on U.S. contracts to design and implement political warfare attacks on the Soviet and Russian intelligence services. Since 2001 he has worked on the political, financial, psychological and related networks of Islamist extremists in the U.S. and abroad under private sponsorship, and developed strategies and tactics to employ against them in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

In 2006 FBI Director Robert Mueller presented Dr. Waller with a citation for "exceptional service in the public interest."

Dr. Waller served on the staff of the United States Senate, and as a consultant to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Department of State, the Agency for International Development, the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, the US Army, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and other agencies.

He is a regular lecturer on information operations, PSYOP, public diplomacy, propaganda and political warfare for the National Defense University and the National Intelligence University.

He holds a Ph.D. in international security affairs from Boston University, where in 1993 he won the University Professors Award for Best Dissertation. Dr. Waller earned his M.A. in International Relations and Communication in 1989, as a John M. Olin Fellow at Boston University’s Center for Defense Journalism, graduating first in his class. He received a B.A. in international relations from the George Washington University in 1985, where he graduated first in his class as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.