EJB TEAM MEMBER CANDIDATE 2016 QUESTIONNAIRE
Name: Najib
Al Awar
You can contact me on: My email: najibossawar@gmail.com My Facebook: Najib Al Awar My Skype: najib.al.awar
#1 ‘’By 2030 CISV International wants to reach twice as many people as today.“ This is the new vision of CISV International that was approved by the members. How should Junior Branch contribute to reach this vision and how could we measure the success?
We cannot deny the fact that Junior Branch is a big promoter of CISV. The simplest example is that JB has had generations of NJRs and JBers for years that have all been in CISV, and this is ongoing. But JB has two powerful traits that will further help achieve CISV’s vision: inspiration and motivation. I believe that JB can have more local projects that involve the small community, and by promoting these events properly, people will want to be involved. They will see how JB works and will get motivated and inspired (just like we were when we first started CISV or JB) to spread the word, help out, or ideally, join CISV and JB. And as EJB Team, we should make sure that the projects are happening and communicate them to the different neighborhoods. As for measuring the success, I see three main points (in ascending order): • Quantity: how many people know about CISV, and this can be measured in the number of camps a year (an increase in camps and events means more people are aware of CISV). • Quality: how productive and creative are the people that know about CISV, and how much are they contributing to the educational purpose of CISV (i.e. better more involving camps).
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Commitment: how much time are the people we are reaching willing to give to the organization and take higher positions in it.
This is also reflected in the four growth areas of CISV; foundation, resources, profile, impact. Having more productive and committed people will grow all four areas i.e. you need all of quantity, quality and commitment to grow the areas.
#2 The EJB Team goals for the upcoming year are Involvement, Innovation, and Integration. Choose one of these goals and speak about how you want to help develop it this year.
All three goals are important and complement each other, but the one I most relate to and want to help develop this upcoming year is Innovation. One of JBs’ main traits is that it’s an open space for new ideas and projects. The people behind the ideas and projects have always impressed me and helped me develop an innovative mindset. In my opinion, innovation should take place on two levels: the old and the new. Starting with the old, some neighborhood workshops are getting repetitive or redundant and many topics and activities are being reused. They should be kept alive and new, so for that I propose the new; I think that in neighborhood workshops, the JBers should have a space to express new ideas and possible projects, and get proper feedback on them. This can be done by generating the ideas in an open space in the workshops, and passing this idea to another neighborhood. Then the idea will be developed on all levels (logistics, planning, facilitation, etc.) and passed on to another neighborhood to try and apply it or further develop it. This way the idea will pass through different people and cultures that will help not only create new innovative ideas and projects but also a stronger bond between neighborhoods. These ideas can then be shared to the rest of the JB world to be applied. But these are just a few of my concrete ideas, the innovation goal has a lot more to offer.
#3 Why do you want to join the EJB Team?
Joining the EJB Team is not something to be taken lightly and needs time and commitment. Knowing that I have the time and commitment, I want to join the EJB Team for the following reasons: •
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The mutual development of both the EJB Team and myself as a person and as a JBer. I don’t see the EJB Team as four puzzle pieces that are supposed to fit but more as four entities that come from diverse cultural background, that merge together to form this team. I feel that I can bring a lot to the team such as energy, ideas, etc. and also benefit from it. I have ideas and passion for JB and working on the EJB Team will allow me to express them. I have grown in JB, gotten inspired by people in it, and now I would like to be the person who can inspire and continue being inspired by the people around me. I want to work on an International level to know more about different people and cultures but also to bring my own ideas to them and teach them about my own culture. I know that there is work to be done but I also know that there will be fun and I am here for both.
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