Call for international volunteers : Assistant coordinator for artistic and cultural projects

Location : Casablanca, Morocco

Mission suggested by: Racines aisbl, culture for development (Culture is the solution).

Mission duration: 3 months  / 6 months / 12 months
Themes: human rights, individual freedoms, freedom of expression and creation, freedom of association and assembly, migration and forced displacement, gender-based violence, etc.

Racines aisbl 

Racines is an international non-profit association working to integrate culture into public policies for human, social and economic development. The association was born of the common desire of African, European and international cultural operators, who are convinced that the issue of culture is common to all countries. And that cultural action can provide solutions to the problems of peace, sustainable development and cultural diversity. To do this, the cultural operators came together to provide tools for diagnosis and decision-making (research, evaluation, mapping, etc.), advocacy to strengthen creative freedom (freedom of expression, status of the artist, authors’ rights, etc.), professionalisation of cultural operators around the world (training, networking, etc.), and joint work and exchanges between professionals from all countries.

Racines aisbl’s main projects

Article 20

article20.com is an international instrument for monitoring and measuring the state of freedom of association and peaceful assembly around the world. It assesses the application of article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association”.

article20.com has two components: The Observatory (ORAA20) and the Racines Index:

• The Observatory for Freedom of Association and Peaceful Assembly (ORAA20), which monitors these two freedoms around the world. It will make it possible to monitor abuses by States of these two universal freedoms.

• Racines Index: Biennial international ranking of countries according to their respect, application and protection of article 20 of the UDHR.

États Généraux de la Culture in the Mediterranean – EGCM

The Etats Généraux de la Culture in the Mediterranean is an attempt to organise Mediterranean cultural civil society in partnership with the public media, universities and cultural institutions. in the Mediterranean. An autonomous approach to constructive “civil subversion”.

The aim of the Etats Généraux de la Culture in the Mediterranean corresponds to the dictionary definition of “Etats Généraux”: an extraordinary assembly whose purpose is to deal with a crisis. The Mediterranean is facing several such crises. This first edition will focus on three urgent Mediterranean issues: youth, the environment and migration. 

On the programme: debates, meetings, workshops, live shows, screenings, masterclasses, etc.

Location: Corsica / Date: April 2024

Nachra TV – Satirical programme

Nachra TV is an imaginary and satirical newspaper. Sometimes the imaginary helps to better understand the reality.
Nachra TV produces imaginary interviews with Moroccan politicians, artists, influencers and other public figures.
To watch Nachra TV episodes: www.youtube.com/@NachraTV

ArtmApp – Cultural Agenda in Morocco

The application brings together all of Morocco’s cultural and artistic activities and events in a single website and mobile application.

The aims of the application are to:

• Provide a regular update of the artistic and cultural events available in the various Moroccan cities;
• Make it easier for the public to access information about cultural/artistic events available in their cities;
• Provide artists/organizations with a platform for publicizing their events/activities;
• Have a statistical tool for assessing the existing cultural offer (by discipline and also by geographical area) ;
• Support the professionalization of the artistic and cultural sector.

Description of the role
The volunteer will support the Racines aisbl team in setting up its various projects. He/she will be responsible for :
– supporting the team in organizing the various projects;
– supporting the team in translation assignments (English, French);
– updating the various Racines databases;
– assisting the communications team in writing content and managing social networks and newsletters (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok);
– carrying out research assignments (migration and mobility, gender-based violence, human rights, individual freedoms, freedom of association and assembly, etc.).
– supporting the team in drafting grant applications;

Profile requirements
– Students in human and social sciences, political science or communication;
– Thoroughness, efficiency and a sense of humor;
– Fluency in several languages is an asset. 

Interested candidates are invited to send the following documents to [email protected]:
CV + cover letter.