Junior Expert - Public Diplomacy

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DETAILS

Deadline:

Jan 12, 2018

Languages:

English, Indonesian

Opportunity type:

Contract - More than 1 year

Minimum work experience:

From 3 years

Sectors:

Civil Society & NGOs, Culture, Public Administrati ... View all

Expected starting date:

May 20, 2018

Organisation:

B&S Europe - Business and Strategies Europe S. A. (Belgium)

Location:

Indonesia

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Project description

and outreach instruments to target current policymakers/ policy influencers and opinion 



EUPOP Indonesia is expected to use in a strategic and effective manner public and cultural diplomacy shapers/
multipliers and in particular the next generations thereof. Through the EUPOP activities it is expected
to fill the identified knowledge gap, revise misperceptions and counterbalance the negative news
headlines through highlighting the positive aspects of the EU to the selected target audiences,
increasing trust and understanding, and conveying key messages about the value and importance of
working with the EU. The European Union and knowledge about the EU's values, policies and
principles shall be brought into the cognizance of the target audiences.

EUPOP Indonesia comes at a very opportune moment as it can take advantage of a growing interest in
the EU and contribute timely to tackle the lack of awareness about the EU and its actions. It is
expected to contribute to creating and nurturing the necessary conducive environment for an
intensified EU Indonesia bilateral relationship now and in future. Thereby, it bolsters the
implementation of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and related policy dialogues.
Moreover, EUPOP Indonesia shall depict the EU in conjunction with its Member States. A collective
picture of "Europe" shall be promoted and nurtured under the motto "united in diversity" (which the
EU shares with Indonesia) tapping the wealth and variety of Member States cultural assets. EU
Member States will be able to capitalise from the investment in the project but are equally expected to
contribute with expertise, involvement and when relevant co-funding to the activities.

Given that Indonesia is also the biggest and weightiest member state of the ASEAN, an improved EU
perception in Indonesia is expected to have positive spill-over effects to the EU-ASEAN relations.
Specific activities at ASEAN level might be envisaged over the course of implementation.

Geographical area to be covered
The contract will support activities in Indonesia. Activities shall take place in the capital Jakarta as
well as in selected locations in the Indonesian provinces. In exceptional cases some activities could
also take place in Europe as well as in other ASEAN countries.

The overall objective of the project, of which this contract will be part, is as follows:

· To strengthen the EU's ability to engage in a meaningful and effective dialogue with
selected target audiences in Indonesia in order to enhance the widespread understanding
and visibility of the Union and its role on the world scene.

The purposes of this contract are as follows:

· To promote an enhanced image of the EU and thereby positively influence the perception
and likeability of the EU among the target audiences in Indonesia.

· To build trust and mutual understanding between the EU and Indonesia to create and
nurture an environment that is conducive for intensified political dialogue and bilateral
relations.

· To promote a united picture of the EU and its Member States towards the Indonesian
target audiences.

Results to be achieved by the Contractor

· Result 1: An EU-favourable and EU-attentive community in Indonesia has been built:
platforms for discussions, exchanges and policy debates have been activated; open
communication channels to key target audiences have been set up.

· Result 2: Awareness and better understanding about the EU has been consolidated:
local knowledge base on the EU, the EU policies, values and principles is increased; core
values such as freedom, openness, solidarity, tradition/heritage, modernity/creativity, and
respect for diversity are more systematically being associated with the EU.

· Result 3: The role of the EU as credible and strong partner for Indonesia has been
promoted: awareness about the EU's role as major partner in supporting human rights,
democracy and good governance, as global economic power, and as major partner in
tackling global challenges such as security, energy and climate change has been raised.

Key expert 2: Junior Expert – Public Diplomacy (minimum 300 working days)

Qualifications and skills
· University degree in a discipline relevant to the scope of the assignment.

· Fluency in written and spoken English and Bahasa Indonesia

· Excellent communication skills

· Analytical and computer literacy skills

General professional experience
· Minimum three (3) years of general professional experience in a sector relevant to the scope of
the assignment.

Specific professional experience
· Minimum one (1) year of specific professional experience (included in the 3 years of general
professional experience) in the field of public diplomacy, communication, public relations, event
management, marketing in the scope of international relations

· Working experience in Indonesia and/or Southeast Asia

· Experience in international cooperation and advocacy is an asset

· Familiarity with EU Indonesia relations is an asset 

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No mention of public diplomacy in Secretary of State Tillerson's review of American diplomacy ...

*except, possibly and indirectly, three words about "information technology systems."

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Rex Tillerson: I Am Proud of Our Diplomacy 

By REX TILLERSON DEC. 27, 2017, New York Times

WASHINGTON — Over the past year, the United States has faced immense challenges in its dealings with North Korea, China and Russia, and in its efforts to defeat international terrorism. But Americans should be encouraged by the progress the State Department and United States Agency for International Development have made in pushing for global peace and stability.

When President Trump took office, he identified North Korea as the United States’ greatest security threat. He abandoned the failed policy of strategic patience. In its place we carried out a policy of pressure through diplomatic and economic sanctions. This year, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted three of the strongest sanctions resolutions in history, including bans on a wide array of North Korean exports such as coal, iron, seafood and textiles.

The United States has asked allies and partners to exert unilateral pressure against North Korea in order to force the regime to change its behavior. Many have responded with positive steps like shutting down trade, severing diplomatic ties and expelling North Korean laborers. Our peaceful pressure campaign has cut off roughly 90 percent of North Korea’s export revenue, much of which is used to fund illegal weapons development.

We hope that this international isolation will pressure the regime into serious negotiations on the abandonment of its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. A door to dialogue remains open, but we have made it clear that the regime must earn its way back to the negotiating table. Until denuclearization occurs, the pressure will continue.

A central component of our North Korea strategy is persuading China to exert its decisive economic leverage on Pyongyang. China has applied certain import bans and sanctions, but it could and should do more. We will also continue to pursue American interests in other areas of our relationship, including trade imbalances, intellectual property theft and China’s troubling military activities in the South China Sea and elsewhere. China’s rise as an economic and military power requires Washington and Beijing to consider carefully how to manage our relationship for the next 50 years.

Defeating terrorism remains one of the president’s highest priorities. The administration’s aggressive strategy to counter the Islamic State delegates greater authority to American military commanders on the battlefield, giving our forces more freedom and speed to do what they do best, in partnership with indigenous fighting forces. As a result, the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS has accelerated operations and has recaptured virtually all of previously held Islamic State territory in Iraq and Syria. While our military was helping clear Iraq and Syria of Islamic State forces, our diplomats were following up with humanitarian aid and assistance, such as clearing land mines, restoring water and power, and getting children back in school.

A commitment to stopping Islamist terrorism and extremism also motivated the administration’s decision to adopt a new South Asia strategy, which focuses on Afghanistan. That country cannot become a safe haven for terrorists, as it was in the  days before the Sept. 11 attacks. Pakistan must contribute by combating terrorist groups on its own soil. We are prepared to partner with Pakistan to defeat terrorist organizations seeking safe havens, but Pakistan must demonstrate its desire to partner with us.

On Russia, we have no illusions about the regime we are dealing with. The United States today has a poor relationship with a resurgent Russia that has invaded its neighbors Georgia and Ukraine in the last decade and undermined the sovereignty of Western nations by meddling in our election and others’. The appointment of Kurt Volker, a former NATO ambassador, as special representative for Ukraine reflects our commitment to restoring the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Absent a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine situation, which must begin with Russia’s adherence to the Minsk agreements, there cannot be business as usual with Russia.

While we are on guard against Russian aggression, we recognize the need to work with Russia where mutual interests intersect. Nowhere is that more evident than in Syria. Now that President Vladimir Putin has committed to the United Nations-backed Geneva political process for providing a new future for Syria, we expect Russia to follow through. We are confident that the fulfillment of these talks will produce a Syria that is free of Bashar al-Assad and his family.

Lastly, the flawed Iran nuclear deal is no longer the focal point of our policy toward Iran. We are now confronting the totality of Iranian threats. Part of this strategy entails rebuilding alliances with our partners in the Middle East, and in November we helped re-establish diplomatic ties between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. We will continue to work with our allies and with Congress to explore options for addressing the nuclear deal’s many flaws, while building a like-minded effort to punish Iran for its violations of ballistic missile commitments and its destabilizing activities in the region.

I am proud of what our State Department and Agency for International Development teams around the world have accomplished this year, and our progress will continue in 2018 and beyond. To that end, we have undertaken a redesign of the State Department to strengthen our teams’ ability to deliver on our mission.

Our redesign doesn’t involve simply shifting boxes on an organizational chart. Our changes must address root problems that lead to inefficiencies and frustrations. By making changes like streamlining our human resources and information technology systems, better aligning personnel and resources with America’s strategic priorities, and reforming duplicative processes, we are giving our people more opportunities to flourish professionally and spend more time confronting the global problems they have dedicated their careers to solving.

When I wake up each morning, my first thought is, “How can I and my colleagues at the State Department use diplomacy to prevent people around the world from being killed, wounded or deprived of their rights?” In spite of the challenges, I remain optimistic about the power of diplomacy to resolve conflicts and advance American interests. My confidence comes from the knowledge that our efforts are carried out daily by patriotic and dedicated State Department employees who make sacrifices to serve with patience and persistence and who, by advancing democratic values the world over, are protecting our citizens’ rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Rex Tillerson is the secretary of state.

Found on the Web: voice of america - перевод с английского на русский - Промт

translate.ru [undated] [JB - accuracy of this report uncertified by your PDPBR compiler; comments welcome.]

Image from, under the headline: VOA's use of medium wave relay in Moscow is "brain-dead," she writes (2012)

A recent non-partisan report by the Public Diplomacy Council called for a new Agency for Public Diplomacy within the State Department, 24-hour English-language broadcasts by the Voice of America, and a fourfold budget increase over the next five years.Последний беспристрастный доклад Совета Общественной Дипломатии призвал к созданию нового Агентства Общественной Дипломатии в рамках Государственного Департамента, круглосуточному радиовещанию "Голоса Америки"на английском языке и четырехкратному увеличению бюджета в течение последующих пяти лет.

"What happened this morning was that the command of the Lesotho Defense Force was acting after receiving several intelligence reports that amongst the police service, there are some elements who are actually planning to arm some of the political, party political youth fanatics who were on the verge of wreaking havoc," he told Voice of America."Что произошло сегодня утром, так это то, что командование Вооруженных сил Лесото приняло меры, получив несколько разведывательных отчетов о том, что среди сил полиции существуют некоторые элементы, которые действительно планируют вооружить некоторых политических, молодых фанатиков политических партий, которые были готовы устроить хаос", сообщил он Голосу Америки.

Americans have the Voice of America and the Fulbright scholarships.Американцы учредили "Голос Америки", стипендии Фулбрайта.

It has jammed Voice of America broadcasts since June 1989 and in the spring of 2001 began jamming Tibetan-, Uighur-, and Kazakh-language broadcasts from India and Central Asia.Оно глушит вещание «Голоса Америки», начиная с июня 1989 года, а с весны 2001 года стало глушить передачи из Индии и Центральной Азии на тибетском, уйгурском и казахском языках.

Lawmakers in Montenegro, which split from Serbia in 2006, approved NATO membership on April 28 and will formally join on June 5, Markovic told Voice of America radio last week.28 апреля законодательные органы Черногории, которая отделилась от Сербии в 2006 году, одобрили вступление страны в НАТО, и, как на прошлой неделе заявил Маркович в интервью «Голосу Америки», Черногория официально станет членом военного альянса 5 июня.

A recent voice of America story, citing Bloomberg, the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI), and the Russian Ministry of Energy, said that, yes, Russia is in fact the world’s largest producer, outpacing Saudi Arabia by a tiny margin.Недавно «Голос Америки», ссылаясь на Bloomberg, на данные Совместной инициативы по нефтяной статистике (JODI, Joint Organisations Data Initiative) и на российское Министерство энергетики, заявил: да, Россия - это мировой лидер по добыче нефти, и она немного опережает Саудовскую Аравию.

Voice of America, the fax machine, rock "n' roll, and the lure of Western capitalism helped to win over the people of the Soviet Bloc."Голос Америки", аппарат факсимильной связи, рок-н-ролл и соблазн западного капитализма помогли расположить к себе людей Советского Блока.

Soft-power instruments like the Marshall Plan and the Voice of America helped to determine the outcome of the Cold War.Такие инструменты мягкой силы, как План Маршалла и «Голос Америки», помогли определить исход Холодной войны.

The U.S. broadcasts news into foreign countries in several languages through Voice of America.США вещают на зарубежные страны на нескольких языках через такие радиостанции, как «Голос Америки».

Meanwhile, the authorities continue their assault on independent media through capricious licensing rules, interrogations, and, on occasion, revoking the permits of reporters for international broadcasters like the Voice of America.Тем временем, власти продолжают свои нападки на независимые СМИ через капризные правила лицензирования, допросы, а при случае, отмену разрешений репортеров из международных вещательных компаний, таких как "Голос Америки".

Even the most cold-hearted realists would agree that the failure of Communist censorship played a role in the collapse of the Iron Curtain: Voice of America, the fax machine, rock ‘n’ roll, and the lure of Western capitalism helped to win over the people of the Soviet Bloc.Даже самые убежденные реалисты согласятся с тем, что провал коммунистической цензуры сыграл свою роль в падении Железного Занавеса: "Голос Америки", аппарат факсимильной связи, рок-н-ролл и соблазн западного капитализма помогли расположить к себе людей Советского Блока.

Hungary Criticizes US State Department Liberal Cabal – OpEd

MINA,  eurasiareview.com

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The Hungarian government has slammed the “Obama-era State Department elite” for doing “grave harm to Hungarian-U.S. relations”, which will take years to repair.

Dr Zoltán Kovács, Hungary’s Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, made the remarks after former Deputy State Secretary Thomas Melia gave an interview to Hungarian weekly Heti Világgazdagság, in which the American claimed Hungary has been going in “the wrong direction” since Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s conservative government came to power in 2010. “We are just as frustrated as many Hungarians that the government has made the country less democratic, silencing critics, be it NGOs, journalists or others,” alleged Melia. ...

“Here’s what’s sad: According to Melia, the ‘message of U.S. diplomacy to the people of Hungary is that the USA and Americans are their friends’,” Kovács continued. “Unfortunately, no. The message is that you have no respect for the free will of Hungarians. You look down on the Hungarian voter. And your so-called help comes off as condescending and ideologically-driven meddling in our affairs. “Thomas Melia, you and your cabal have done grave harm to Hungarian-U.S. relations. It will take years to repair them.”

Successes and challenges for the EU this festive season

Franz Jessen, Notes from the EU Delegation, The Philippine Star

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The EU’s cooperation programs with the Philippines, which amounts to €340 million for the period 2014-2020, are defined together with Government and according to its priorities to provide Filipino people with support for creation of more and better jobs, increased access to renewable energy, peace and development in Mindanao, improved justice system and access to healthcare. During the year there has been much talk about ‘conditionality’ of EU assistance. And yes, obviously the EU had conditions as regards to how grants are spent, one example is that we explicitly has requirements with respect to (the absence of) corruption in EU grants. Obviously none of the “conditions” prevent nor do they prevent the Philippines from having an ‘independent foreign policy’ nor do they ‘interfere’ in domestic policies. In fact the activities under discussion have always been conducted hand in hand with the relevant government authorities.

Within the areas of culture and public diplomacy, the Cine Europa film festival, which has become the largest and oldest running festival in the country, saw its 20th edition this year and reached audiences of more than 50,000 persons all over the country. We again held the European Higher Education Fair where Filipino students could meet directly with a large number of higher education institutions, including some of the best European universities. This year 34 Filipino students begun on Master or PhD studies in Europe, fully funded under the Erasmus+ program. And we launched a series of cultural symposia on literature, visual arts, architecture and film; initiatives to further strengthen people-to-people links and mutual understanding. ...

Lego tower built in Tel Aviv set to break Guinness World Record

jewishnews.timesofisrael.com

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The 118-foot tower was built from more than half a million Lego bricks donated by residents of Tel Aviv, in memory of a young cancer victim.

Construction of the tower next to the Tel Aviv City  of all was completed on Wednesday. It was built by a cadre of Tel Aviv municipal workers and local volunteers, according to AFP.

The structure has been named Omer Tower, in memory of Omer Sayag, who died of cancer in 2014 at the age of 8.

Sayag built Lego towers and other constructions throughout his illness, when he was too weak to play outside, the Jerusalem Post reported. Among his most complex projects was a replica of the Taj Mahal.

Sayag’s kindergarten teachers, Ben Klinger and Shirley Bardugo, conceived of the project to honour  the child’s memory, working in conjunction with an Israeli educational group, Young Engineers, according to the Post.

Lego blocks of all shapes, colours and sizes were used in Tel Aviv during the world record attempt. Credit: @GalitPeleg on Twitter (Head of Public Diplomacy at the Consulate General of Israel in New York. )

The Young Engineers were responsible for the technical challenges involved in creating a standalone tower of that height, including putting its individual sections together at the end.

The previous Guinness World Record of 115 feet was set in 2015 by the Italian subsidiary of Lego.

The municipality told AFP that it will submit proof, including photos taken from a drone, to Guinness.

Lego blocks of all shapes, colours and sizes were used in Tel Aviv during the world record attempt. Credit: @GalitPeleg on Twitter (Head of Public Diplomacy at the Consulate General of Israel in New York. )

Public diplomacy – The weakest link in Serbia-NATO relations

europeanwesternbalkans.com

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Public diplomacy is one of the most important areas NATO is dealing with to provide support in making important political and military decisions, but also to inform the public about the degree of cooperation with a particular country. However, in Serbia, the public is not sufficiently informed about the activities carried out within such cooperation, and the field of public diplomacy is rated as “the weakest link”.

The NATO Military Liaison Office was founded in Belgrade in 2006, in the same year when Serbia became part of the NATO Partnership for Peace Programme. According to the official website of this organization:

“The Office facilitates Serbia’s cooperation with the Alliance within the Partnership for Peace Programme and assists Serbia’s efforts in reforming the defence system through a joint Serbia-NATO Defence Reform Group.”

Then, it came to a qualitative change with regard to public diplomacy in January 2015, when the first Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) was endorsed, and the office was given the role to, in addition to supporting Serbia’s military reform, provide support in the areas of public diplomacy and political dialogue.

“The NATO Liaison Office provides support to the Government of Serbia and the academic community in the preparation and implementation of projects through the NATO Peace and Security Programme, and it also helps the NATO Support and Procurement Agency in the implementation of the current Trust Fund for the Safe Destruction of Outdated Ammunition,” reads the website of the Liaison Office.

When it comes to the aforementioned Individual Partnership Action Plan, special attention is given to this topic in one of its four chapters. The activities that the Serbian authorities should carry out either independently or in cooperation with NATO are generally presented as a permanent process.

However, the Professor of the Faculty of Security Studies in Belgrade, Darko Trifunović, talks about the real state of affairs in Serbian public in his statement for Demostat.

“Everyone who criticise pro-Russian orientation of Serbia is currently proclaimed a spy and NATO mercenary. There is no politician who could break this circle at this moment, as we have created a society in which you need a photo with Putin in order to win the elections,” he said.

That this is not only a sole impression of the representatives of the academic world proves the research of the Belgrade Center for Security Policy, whose results were presented in March this year. The survey showed that as many as 64 percents of citizens would vote against the NATO membership if it was to be decided on a referendum. These high percentages have not changed for years and vary between 60 and 75 percent.

The poll indicated that 47 percent of respondents opposed any kind of cooperation with NATO. On the other hand, only four percent of citizens support greater cooperation with NATO, whereas only five percent support the membership.

Sometimes the public and the highest state authorities in Serbia speak about the scope of cooperation. Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić said on one occasion that Serbia had held 44 military exercises with the United States and NATO members in the last five years, while in the same period Serbia had held only six military exercises with Russia.

“I think the figures clearly speak about what Serbia’s basic direction is,” Minister Dačić stressed.

About the concrete figures for the last two years, one could hear at this year’s Belgrade Security Forum from the Prime Minister Ana Brnabić.

At the panel where the Prime Minister spoke with the Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Rose Gottemoeller, it was said that, during 2016 and 2017, Serbia participated in 25 bilateral and multinational military exercises with NATO and the Partnership for Peace countries, which often remained in the shadow of the exercises we performed with Russia (4 in the previous two years).

Branimir Filipović, Deputy Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, spoke in an interview for the European Western Balkans about the fact that there was a problem with the disintegration of real facts and the way they were presented to the public. On this occasion, he emphasised that the area of public diplomacy was rated by the state authorities in Serbia as “the weakest link”, therefore, the preparation of the Strategic Guidelines for better informing on cooperation would be initiated.

Filipović also pointed out that – when it comes to public diplomacy and regarding the attitude of the Republic of Serbia towards NATO – Serbia had a clear commitment to objectively, timely and clearly convey to the public what was the essence of Serbia’s cooperation with NATO, what were the results and what was the Serbia’s interest in this cooperation.

“Therefore, it is not about promoting NATO, because this is not our task, nor does NATO expect that from us, but about one responsible activity, where the important sphere of foreign policy will be presented to the public in the best possible way, and the main criterion of such presentation are the truth and the facts,” says Filipović.

That public diplomacy is of great importance for Serbia-NATO relations, agreed the Assistant Secretary-General Tacan Ildem, who in an interview for the EWB said:

“Sometimes we can approach certain issues with emotions, not to find out the real facts. Sometimes these feelings could be emitted for various reasons, such as the past, but this should not be an obstacle for us to try to understand what NATO represents, what our role in cooperation with our partners is and how this cooperation can serve as a contribution to more security and stability in the Western Balkans,” says Ildem.

The need to reconcile the media image with reality is also emphasized by the Professor of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Dragan Đukanović, in a statement for EWB.

“It is very important to explain to the population about the real needs in relation to regional security – what are the risks and threats, as well as to evaluate objectively and not to present a priori opinion, but to consider the future of Serbia,” Đukanović says.

He points out that it is important to explain to the public the advantages of Serbia-NATO cooperation.

“For instance, membership ensures an increase in foreign direct investment in the new member states, and in this way, Serbia would better integrate with its immediate environment,” Đukanović notes.

He adds that it is necessary to work in different ways on equalizing the media image with the reality.

“As long as there is a discourse in the mainstream media that provokes the anti-NATO sentiments, there the problem will remain, despite the periodical note about its positive – for example, when it comes to the protection of the Serbs in Kosovo or through the public statements of our officials that emphasize the importance of NATO in this respect, which is objectively so,” the professor says, and concludes that improving the objective informing could also improve NATO’s rating in the public.

“Of course, one should also mention education, the consultations with professional military circles that are somewhat neglected when it comes to this perspective. I think that the younger generation of officers is the least in charge of such a matter,” Đukanović points out.

It remains to be seen whether, after the adoption of the mentioned Strategic Guidelines for Better Publicity, the Government of the Republic of Serbia will have enough authority, strengths and will to ensure its implementation, so that its citizens will have an insight into the complete activities of Serbia and NATO, and based on facts, and not emotions, could understand the security needs of Serbia.