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Global Bioethics Initiative (GBI)

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: Hygiene&Health
  • Region: North America
  • Location: New York, USA
  • Internship Title: Program Coordinator
  • Duration: 3-9 months
  • Number of Interns: 3-4
  • Special Requirement: Interview required
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Unacceptable
About
Global Bioethics Initiative (GBI) is a international, non-profit organization co-founded in 2011 by Ana Lita, Ph.D. and Charles Debrovner, M.D. GBI is dedicated to fostering public awareness and understanding of bioethical issues, and to exploring solutions to bioethical challenges. Through its events and activities, GBI seeks to keep the international community, policy decision-makers, the media, and the general public informed and aware of important bioethical issues. Such awareness is essential for making informed decisions and fostering public debate. It is through such debate that old practices and beliefs are challenged, and new social norms are formed. Using various platforms, we at GBI are able to promote our motto “Doing bioethics in real life!”

Mission
Global Bioethics Initiative (GBI) is dedicated to fostering public awareness and understanding of bioethical issues, and to exploring solutions to bioethical challenges.

Goals
GBI has established four goals to achieve its mission:

To promote interdisciplinary research and provide the public with information pertaining to bioethical issues
To engage a broader audience in public debates on emerging medical technologies and their potential impact
To collaborate with policy makers, including those at the United Nations (UN) and its agencies to identify solutions to global health problems
To encourage international debates at the intersection of health, biotechnology and medicine

GBI is a member of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), a global initiative that aligns institutions of higher education with the United Nations in furthering the realization of the purposes and mandate of the organization through activities and research in shared culture of intellectual social responsibility.

GBI has been associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) since December 2014. DPI aims at facilitating the exchange of information and the development of partnerships within the United Nations as well as with nonprofit organizations around the world. Many of the issues addressed by GBI, including reproductive rights, human organ trafficking, and the ethics of population aging, are important to other United Nations and United Nations-affiliated agencies.

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations nominated Global Bioethics Initiative for Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the United Nation’s central platform for debate, reflection, and innovative thinking on sustainable development. GBI is one of only a few organizations to receive such a status. In this capacity, GBI will be able to offer policy recommendations directly to those who craft and initiate legislation and participate in intergovernmental meetings of the United Nations.

Activities
GBI organizes panel discussions, conferences, and summer school programs to facilitate public understanding of current bioethical issues. For information about events click here.
GBI leverages the knowledge and experience of experts and other professionals in government, academia, and private industry, as well as its Board and Advisory Board members.

Location
With offices at 777 UN Plaza, Unit 3D, New York, New York, 10017, GBI overlooks the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
Internship Tasks
● Advancing the understanding of various issues by conducting research
● Learning how to blog recent articles in bioethics
● Learning how to plan, organize and conduct events
● Improving the ability to communicate with stakeholders, sponsors and donors
● Learning various administrative skills including updating and managing websites (wordpress)

Requirements
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing)
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
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