We offer an exciting set of tasks with responsibility in a small and motivated team as well as the possibility to bring in own ideas.

//  Main tasks

As part of the team, his/her specific tasks include:

• Organise and follow-through of work in the area of Aid Effectiveness and Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Security, including supervising studies, organising networking and information sessions, corresponding with members, partners etc., preparing inputs for website
• Prepare and disseminate minutes from meetings, and input into conference reports
• Support organisation of the Platform Annual General Assembly
• Support event organisation such as meetings, conferences, workshops (previous interns have helped to organise and report from CFS 37, ShareFair, HLF4 Busan)
• Support Secretariat activities where needed

//  Requirements

• Advanced university degree in Agriculture and Rural Development or related fields
• Fluency in English with excellent writing and spoken skills
• Good German language skills
• Experience or keen interest to work in the area of international development cooperation
• Interpersonal and intercultural competencies

//  Location and duration

Starting period: 12 August 2013

Length of assignment: 6 months

Compensation: 950 €/month

Location of assignment: Bonn, Germany

Important: Based on GIZ internal rules any internship will have to start no later than 6 months after graduation!

//  Contact

Please send a brief CV and a letter of motivation to Sonja Phelps at (This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) .

Closing date for applications: 2 June 2013

//  Main tasks

The intern supports the Platform´s communication activities. Specific tasks include:

• Support to manage the contents and further development of the website, incl. social media and knowledge exchange tools
• Assist in the compilation of electronic newsletters
• Responsible for online conferencing (WebEx) and Twitter messaging
• Prepare the production of print publications such as reports, posters etc.
• Support the preparation of Platform events (previous interns have helped to organise and report from CFS 37, ShareFair, HLF 4 Busan, the Platform´s Annual General Assembly)

//  Requirements

• First level university degree in communications, rural development, political science or related field
• Excellent English language skills, with a capacity to draft and edit text for the Platform website
• Basic German language skills
• Experience or keen interest to work with an online content management system, ideally Joomla
• Experience or keen interest to work in the area of international development cooperation
• Interpersonal and intercultural competencies

We offer an exciting set of tasks with responsibility in a small and motivated team; we expect commitment and enthusiasm.

//  Location and duration

Starting period: 12 August 2013

Length of assignment: 6 months

Compensation: 950 €/month

Location of assignment: Bonn, Germany

Important: Based on GIZ internal rules any internship will have to start no later than 6 months after graduation!

//  Contact

Please send a brief CV and a letter of motivation to Sonja Phelps at (This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) .

Closing date for applications: 2 June 2013

//  Why be a host? 

For a focal point the AGA provides an opportunity to showcase Platform activity at the doorstep of his/her institution, advocating for ARD-related matters and bringing in an illustrious crowd of donors and partners. For the host institution it is also the opportunity to point the attendees to other areas of their expertise and connecting individuals. Members and partners of the Platform gather at the AGA to exchange experience, discuss joint initiatives for the forthcoming year and plan ahead to address critical questions around the issues of agriculture and rural development.

The 2012 Platform AGA held in January 2013 was hosted by The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The role of a host for the 2013 AGA is still vacant - and members are encouraged to come forward and take the lead.

//  Source

Platform Annual General Assembly

//  Keeping Platform momentum

Nikita is a seasoned expert in agricultural research and agricultural development issues and brings with him four years of interactive experience with the Platform. While appreciating the wide range of themes the Platform members engage in, Nikita also believes that determination and focus should be strengthened. For the year ahead, he sees a strong role for the Platform in shaping the post-2015 debate in the area of rural development, food security and nutrition.

In terms of enhanced collaboration of Platform members, Nikita would like to look at concrete means to facilitate a closer integration of knowledge networks that exist within member organisations and have the Platform’s reach expanded beyond focal points. “I want to see our younger colleagues be hooked up with one another via the Platform”, Nikita explains. “They are doing the technical work related to our different work streams. So it is them who can benefit tremendously from the Platform”.

//  Background

Thomas Tiedemann joins the Secretariat from Africa, where he had been working for the European Commission Civil Society Fund (CSF) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia since 2007 - first as deputy programme manager, then as programme manager. His latest project was a civil society assignment in Rwanda. He has extensive experience studying rural development as well as working in developing countries in Africa.

//  Tasks

The Task Leader provides policy and strategic support to the Board, Steering Committee and member organisations towards the implementation of the Platform's work programme. He is responsible for facilitating the Platform’s engagement in various thematic agriculture and rural development policy areas, supporting the Platform’s processes and outputs, as well as providing policy advice to its members and quality control. The task leader will further develop the networking and knowledge synthesis associated with both the Platform’s thematic outputs and members’ own initiatives.