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Project Title: MENAE Regional Peace & Good Governance Consultant Roster Consultancy Title: Peace and Good Governance Consutlant Location: Remote (ideally within similar time zones of MENA/Europe region) Background: Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action โ helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. Now, and for the future. Mercy Corps implements a variety of programming throughout the Middle East and Europe in response to the diverse humanitarian and long-term development needs of the region. Mercy Corps has ongoing programs in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Ukraine, and Georgia. Mercy Corps is committed to delivering high quality, high impact programming that reaches communities or individuals in need, wherever they are. Purpose / Project Description: As Mercy Corps works on growing its Peace and Good Governance (P&GG) portfolio in MENA/Europe, we are seeking to develop a pool of technical experts in P&GG areas with strong contextual knowledge and expertise in the region to support specifically our Business Development work and Technical Program Quality Support. Applicants will join our Regional P&GG consultants' rosters and broadly, consultant activities will be determined based on the needs of each assignment. However, scopes of work could take the form of literature review, analyses, inputs into strategic documents, and providing technical leadership and capacity building to country offices. Technical Coverage: This consultancy includes experts in the following Sub-sector areas: Local Government Strengthening: Service delivery, electoral process and election, violence prevention, political and legislative institutions. Countering Violent Extremism: Youth and conflict, intersection of governance and conflict. Civil Society Strengthening: Progress measurement, social accountability, political economy analysis, community mobilization. Behaviour Change: Behavioural governance, human-centered design. Conflict Sensitivity: Interest based negotiation and mediation, HDP Nexus. Youth Empowerment: Trauma healing, mental health and psychosocial health. Gender, Peace, and Security: Participation, protection, violence prevention, womenโs security. Digital Peacebuilding: Peace messaging. Technology for Governance: Stakeholder and crisis mapping. Natural Resource Management Mediation and Conflict Resolution: Reconciliation processes. Consultant Objectives: