programme officer, culture and development east africa, tanzania

Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA), is an East African initiative that was established by six founder members in Tanzania.

CDEA’s vision is an East African Community where cultural values and norms form the social basis, context and purpose for development. We do this through:
• Capacity Development of Arts and Cultural Civil Society Organizations with focus on improving the governance of the culture sector
• Process facilitation of multi-stakeholder dialogues that include local government, national government and cultural agents around improving the cultural institutional infrastructure
• Research, documentation, communications and publications
• Hosting regional conferences to enhance networking between cultural sector stakeholders and knowledge development around culture and development

We exist to mobilize and support civil society in East Africa to participate in evidence-based policy advocacy to place culture at the centre of human development

Your Tasks Job Specification for the Programme Officer: Performance Objectives: Arts Dialogue Space
1. Moderate critical debates between Artists in Tanzania and the East African region
2. Support CDEA to identify inspirational artists to provide public lecturers to artists in Tanzania
3. Identify and screen arts documentaries that capture the creative process in Africa
4. Network with artists meeting at the Arts Space at CDEA
Innovation and Learning
1. With support from an IT specialist, facilitate Artists in Tanzania to navigate the internet to research on knowledge that can add value to their creativity
Arts Marketing
1. Support CDEA to manage the Arts exhibition space at CDEA
2. Support CDEA to find new markets for CDEA's arts products
Cultural Events Management
1. Support CDEA to plan its Theme Nights Information Management 1. Produce a bilingual (English/Kiswahili) on-line resource newsletter on Arts and Culture in Tanzania and East African region and link with various cultural websites in Tanzania for posting.
2. Manage CDEA's website, and Facebook and Twitter accounts.
3. Monthly update the Southplanet portal on performing arts, literature and dance in Tanzania
Networking and Advocacy 1. Write stories on events of the Culture and Governance Programme to be covered in regional newsletters such as the Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa (OCPA) and Arterial Network newsletters. 2. Build relationships with cultural reporters in media in Tanzania and in the East African region working in traditional and new media. Budding Writers Club 1. Coordinate the Budding Writers Club 2. Participate in conceptualizing ideas of CDEA Budding Writers project. 3. Identify resource mobilization opportunities and shares information with the Executive Director and CDEA Board of Directors

Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA) is a new organization that was incorporated in October 2011 and has an office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We define culture as the ‘arts and creative industries,’ ‘heritage’ and ‘cultural identities’. We vouch for the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions. We believe that the social unit of development is a culturally defined community and the development of this community is rooted in the specific values and institutions of this culture. We define development as the expansion of choices not just growth of material production. We see culture as the purpose of development and not just a facilitator or an impediment to economic growth or social development. We have three programmes namely: Culture and Governance; Documentary and Future; and, Institutional Strengthening.
CDEA’s Documentary and Future programme is the Social Enterprise arm of the organization. The Documentary and Future Programme aims to enhance the link between our cultural heritage and modern culture through the arts and creative industries- printed word, music and film. While we have a social duty to promote the continuity of local cultures, old traditions meet new creativity every day in cites around the world, contributing to the preservation of identity and diversity. Through this we intend to innovatively capture the Dar es Salaam’s rhythm and package it into products that can be marketed to a range of target audiences. The aim of adopting market-oriented options into CDEA is to promote for self reliance and sustainability of the organization.

CDEA’s Vision
CDEA is a self reliant and sustainable organization that facilitates multi-stakeholders in East Africa to place cultural values, norms and systems at the centre of development
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CDEA’s Mission
We exist to facilitate multi-stakeholders in East Africa to use culture as a resource to stimulate innovation and find solutions for sustainable production and lifestyles
CDEA’s Core Values
 Respect for the diversity of cultural expressions
 Professional excellence, innovation, sustainability
 Integrity, credibility, transparency and accountability;

If this is you, and you are interested in this volunteer position, please send your application and see CV before September 15th 2013.

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