General
Description of assignment title
Proofreading and editing texts for GWOPA Reports
Assignment country
Germany
Expected start date
Invalid Date
Sustainable Development Goal
6. Clean water and sanitation
For how many hours per week will the volunteer be required?
11 – 15
Host entity
UN-Habitat Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance
Type
Online
Duration
2 weeks
Number of assignments
1
Details
Mission and objectives
The Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) is a programme of UN-Habitat and contributes to the agency’s work plan. GWOPA’s vision is that water and sanitation operators help each other to achieve universal access to sustainable water and sanitation services through not-for-profit peer support partnerships. These partnerships result in public operators – the target of support – with strong technical, financial and management capacity, able to provide a sustainable, high-quality service to all. GWOPA’s mission is to promote the effective use of not-for-profit partnerships between water operators to realize its vision. GWOPA will be the global leader in Water Operator Partnerships (WOPs) promotion, facilitation and coordination, and the principle source for WOPs knowledge and guidance so that effective WOPs contribute to meeting national and global water and sanitation objectives including those relating to the Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals and the Human Right to Water. GWOPA’s strategy has two objectives: 1) Guiding Global Growth of WOPs: GWOPA’s 2013-2017 strategy is to move to large-scale adoption of WOPs. To achieve this GWOPA will undertake activities in four strategic areas: a. Knowledge Management: developing guidance material for WOPs, global trend analysis on WOPs and utilities, case studies on WOPs and documentation of best practices and lessons learnt. b. Branding of WOPs: creating a clear and meaningful WOPs brand, establishing a global framework for benchmarking and certification of WOPs and establishing clear practices to which water operators can aspire in implementing WOPs. c. Communications: through communications, networking, sharing information and disseminating knowledge products, GWOPA will promote WOPs and utilities. It will lead global coordination and advocacy for WOPs and mobilize greater political prioritization of WOPs. d. Alliance Strengthening: growing the WOPs alliance by partnering with
Context
GWOPA is a global network that supports water and sanitation utilities in helping one another. We seek one online volunteer to support the proofreading of the GWOPA Website before its finalization. Online volunteer will gain valuable experience with GWOPA that supports water and sanitation utilities, further enhancing their understanding of the sector’s challenges and solutions. Develop and strengthen their skills in research, writing, editing, proofreading, and knowledge products such as case studies, reports, and briefs.
Task type
Writing and Editing
Task description
Proofreading and editing of the GWOPA’s two reports ensure proper citations and credits, as well as support formatting and layout. We estimate that the total workload for this assignment will involve proofreading and editing approximately two weeks. – GWOPA Assembly Report: 9 pages – GWOPA Enablers Report: 27 pages The online volunteer’s workload is expected to be around 10 hours per week. An online volunteer will support at least seven days or so to complete several tasks over the next two weeks. The number of publications may vary, but we will ensure that the workload remains manageable for our volunteers.
Assignment requirements
Required experience
1. Required experience English language (Oxford English) 2. Volunteers familiar with the terminology used in the water and sanitation and international development sector would be preferred
Languages
English, Level: Mother tongue, Required
Other information
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