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Ashoka Arab World Terms of Reference for Arab World Social Innovation Forum – AWSIF Intern Background: Ashoka is the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs—men and women with system changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems. Social entrepreneurs are individuals with innovative solutions to society’s most pressing social problems. From its regional office in Cairo, Ashoka Arab World creates a competitive, entrepreneurial, and globally integrated citizen sector and develops the profession of social entrepreneurship. Ashoka currently works with 68 Ashoka Fellows located in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Position Title: AWSIF Intern Reports to: AWSIF Coordinator Employment: Full-time Office hours: 9 am to 5 pm (unless assigned to stay later fulfilling work requirements) Working days: Sunday through Thursday, with weekends on Friday and Saturday. Work-related obligations sometimes require weekend attendance.
Arab World Social Innovation Forum (AWSIF): The Arab World Social Innovation Forum (AWSIF) is a region-wide physical platform for the enhancement of social innovation in the Arab world. The Forum will leverage Ashoka’s longstanding support and pioneering of social entrepreneurship to connect guests to the latest high-impact social initiatives and partnerships, making the event a reference for social innovation and change in the Arab World. In AWSIF Ashoka brings together social innovators, businessmen, representatives of international foundations, entrepreneurs and policy makers with the purpose of gathering around the idea of Arab society where every individual – man, woman and child – is a changemaker, an individual who can pinpoint social needs and take it upon themselves to answer this call to action. Ashoka’s determination with organizing AWSIF is to shift the culture and mindset of how we contribute to our societies. In form of panels, round table thematic discussions, inviting key note speakers, showcasing the work of Ashoka fellows, honoring people