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Knowledge for Development Partnership (K4DP)

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: EESD
  • Region: Europe
  • Location: Vienna, Austria
  • Internship Title: International intern
  • Duration: 3-9 months
  • Number of Interns: 2-4
  • Special Requirement: Excellent English skills in speaking and writing are a must
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Acceptable
About us
K4DP aims to include stakeholder groups from all over the world to create, drive and implement the Agenda Knowledge for Development for better knowledge sharing and collaboration, increased competence in knowledge management, and better conditions for individual knowledge work.

National knowledge partnerships have been established to localize the agenda and set local, national and regional initiatives. Communication platforms are established to bring together the K4D community to learn, share, and perform better together.

Mission
The mission of K4DP is the global advancement of peaceful, wealthy, sustainable and inclusive knowledge societies and to foster global knowledge partnerships for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and successfully implementing the Agenda 2030.

Vision
It is our vision to be the world´s leading multi-stakeholder partnership in the field of knowledge for development in terms of competence, innovation, diversity, participation and impact on global and local level. K4DP shall be acknowledged by the UN, governments, regional bodies, cities, industry partners, academia, expert communities, and civil society.

We are globally connected and locally grounded.
K4DP unites different groups from all over the world to create, drive and implement the Agenda Knowledge for Development for better knowledge sharing and collaboration, increased competence in knowledge management, and better conditions for individual knowledge work. We will continue to listen to the people from all countries and to get in dialogue with them. Additionally we are collaborating with local partners to implement the Agenda Knowledge for Development in a growing number of countries and form National Knowledge Partnerships.
Internship Tasks：
● Assist with a project which is educational (education/research) in the field of Knowledge Management (KM) and Knowledge Society. 
● Communication and Social Media work
● Innovative IT Solutions, incl. Artificial Intelligence, Big Data
● Education/Learning Management
● Assist the Management Team in its strategic and operational work
● Support communication and outreach spanning from website to social media
● Research and analysis in various aspects of knowledge sciences and knowledge management
● Contribute to the educational and transformational programmes-K4D Challenges
● Support the preparation and implementation of events and conferences

Requirements：
● Excellent English skills in speaking and writing are a must
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing)
● Academic background could be Knowledge/ Innovation Management, or Business Administration, or Development Studies, or Communication Sciences, or Education Sciences, or Information Studies or comparable
● Strong interpersonal communicative skills and social media skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
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Relations
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Members
in 25 countries. Membership countries not specified.