Access to Public Information Mapping – Venezuela

Volunteering

Overview

Systematize publicly available information related to access to public information in Venezuela.

You have:

• Academic background or demonstrated interest in human rights, law, public administration, governance, social sciences, technology, information management or related fields.
• Experience in desk research, information mapping, data collection, or systematization of qualitative information.
• Ability to identify, review, and organize publicly available sources in a structured and consistent manner.
• Familiarity with human rights principles, including a human rights-based approach, gender equality, and non-discrimination.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and ability to work collaboratively in an online, multicultural environment.

Contract

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The OHCHR is the UN’s lead entity on human rights, promoting and protecting the full range of rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It works to set global human rights standards, raise awareness, empower people to claim their rights, support governments in preventing abuses, and integrate a human rights perspective across all UN programmes.

Since 2019, the Office has been operating in Venezuela, providing independent assessments of the human rights situation, monitoring and analyzing trends, integrating human rights and gender equality into UN programming, cooperating with civil society, engaging with authorities, and reporting to the Human Rights Council and the High Commissioner.

Access to public information is essential for transparency, accountability, and the protection of rights. In Venezuela, limited availability and quality of public information hinders rights monitoring and evidence-based engagement with institutions.

This online assignment strengthens OHCHR’s technical assistance by building a repository that maps available public information, identifies gaps across sectors, and incorporates gender and vulnerability considerations. The assignment is fully remote and promotes inclusive and collaborative participation.

Online volunteers will collaboratively contribute to the systematization of publicly available information related to access to public information in Venezuela, with a human rights-based approach.

The assignment consists of the development of one structured repository that organizes existing public information using agreed criteria stablished in a dialogue with OHCHR team.

Activities will include:

• Identifying publicly available information produced by Venezuelan public sector institutions related to access to public information.
• Collecting and systematizing information using standardized categories, such as responsible institution, sector, type of information, date of publication, format, and level of accessibility.
• Organizing information according to priority sectors relevant to human rights, to be defined in coordination with the OACNUDH team.
• Applying a human rights-based approach, including consideration of transparency, accountability, participation, non-discrimination, and gender equality.
• Ensuring that all sources used are open, public, and do not involve confidential or sensitive information.

The sole deliverable is a structured, user-friendly repository that provides an overview of the situation of access to public information in prioritized sectors in Venezuela, suitable for use in technical assistance and analytical work.

• Academic background or demonstrated interest in human rights, law, public administration, governance, social sciences, technology, information managment or related fields.
• Experience in desk research, information mapping, data collection, or systematization of qualitative information.
• Ability to identify, review, and organize publicly available sources in a structured and consistent manner.
• Familiarity with human rights principles, including a human rights-based approach, gender equality, and non-discrimination.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and ability to work collaboratively in an online, multicultural environment.

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