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UNRWA, with support from the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, is seeking two young social media experts and bloggers (Arabic & English) for UNRWA’s High-Level Conference on 2 June 2015 at UNHQ in NYC.
We need your help to amplify the conversation to those around the world. Main duties: Live-tweet the event; answer questions coming in from followers and share those with the conference chair; write a post event summary and blog post. You will be working under the supervision of UNRWA’s Social Media Manager.
We will accept one blogger/social media user to blog in Arabic and one to blog in English. This is an exciting opportunity for people interested in digital engagement and digital diplomacy to be one of the official Digital Ambassadors for UNRWA’s High-Level Conference at UNHQ.
UNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and protection to a population of some five million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in human development pending a just solution to their plight. UNRWA services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance, and emergency assistance.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: no later than 20 May 2015
Those selected will be provided with a stipend to cover travel, food and drink expenses during the day.
Attending the conference is free.