Terms of Reference

Background: The post-2015 Development Agenda - the first major intergovernmental policy process and an unprecedented effort of a comprehensive global consultation guided by the UN Development Group has so far involved more than 1.3 million people to get their insights as to what the peoples most critical development issues are around the world. Large numbers of people have been reached youth, academics, experts, policymakers, entrepreneurs and interested citizens. IFMSA, as the largest student run organization in the world, and a NGO focusing on health, has put post-2015 development agenda at the center of its advocacy efforts with the goal of ensuring youth and health issues remain strongly represented in the next set of development goals. Between February and July of 2014 a crucial phase of the Post-2015 discussions will take place at UNHQ in New York. There will be a series of high level meetings under the auspices of the UN General Assembly notably one concerning women, civil society and the young in relation to Post 2015. In addition to this there will be ongoing negotiations under the UN Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals to agree goals and targets. To engage fully in this process it is imperative to provide continuity. To that end the aim would be to place an intern to input into the ongoing negotiations from a broad youth and health perspective particularly focusing on the social determinants of health. The intern would be able to provide valuable insights on the process as well as gain professional experience in the field of global health diplomacy. In this initiative, IFMSA is collaborating with UNAIDS supported PACT. PACT is a collaboration framework between youth led and youth serving organizations within the HIV/AIDS movement. Being part of the PACT, IFMSA intern will support the ongoing post 2015 initiatives of PACT, such as ACT2015. Description of duties: The applicant should: Attend ongoing negotiations and meetings related to Post-2015 at UNHQ, including but not limited to: o Meetings of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals o High Level meetings of the UN General Assembly. o The High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. o 47th Session on Commission on Population and Development Attend the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia in July Track negotiations and provide detailed analysis of positions to both IFMSA and The PACT, a collaboration across 25 youth-led and youth-serving organizations. Actively network with relevant stakeholders in the Post-2015 process to build relationships that can be leveraged for lobbying key positions.
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Promote the policy positions of the IFMSA and the PACT with relation to youth involvement, HIV, SRH and health in Post-2015. Assist in the organization of side events. Discuss plans and ongoing work on a weekly basis with the PACT post 2015 working group and the ACT 2015! Core team, and a senior member of IFMSA who will act as a line manager. Write monthly updates to the PACT and monthly updates for the IFMSA blog Submit a report after each of the Open Working Group and any other meetings and share with the IFMSA and the PACT Write a comprehensive report of all the activities between March and July at the end of last Open Working Group meeting (18th July) Take part in critical post 2015 action planing within the PACT including ACT 2015 at the International AIDS Conference in July

Skills: The applicant should have: ! Comprehensive understanding and knowledge of post 2015 process ! Broader understanding of concepts of health and health in all policies approach ! Global health diplomacy skills ! Background in SRHR and HIV ! Good judgment ! Analytical capacity ! Fostering engaging relationship built on trust ! Proactive, journalistic, anticipating approach ! Microsoft Office

Costs: The intern will provided with the stipend from UNAIDS of 900USD/month between March and July. For more information, please contact Josko Mise at president@ifmsa.org

c/o WMA B.P, 63,01212 Ferney-Voltaire CDEX FRANCE

Tel. +33 (450) 04 47 59

Fax. +33 (450) 40 59 37

www.ifmsa.org