African Clean Cities Platform: Arabic Translation

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The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.

The Urban Basic Services Section of UN-Habitat is mandated to improve access to urban basic services, including sustainable solid waste management by collecting data on municipal solid waste management, improving policies and guidelines in partnership with local, regional, and national authorities, creating an enabling environment for promoting investments in sustainable waste management with a focus on the urban poor and increasing coverage of sustainable waste management services in communities.

Waste Wise Cities UN-Habitat’s Executive Director Ms Maimunah Mohd Sharif launched Waste Wise Cities (WWC) on World Habitat Day in 2018 with a call to action to cities and local governments to tackle the global waste management crisis and supports them in moving towards a circular economy. WWC aims to support cities and local governments in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to waste and as well as in implementing the New Urban Agenda. Currently, WWC has over 280 member cities worldwide, as well as over 60 Affiliates. Together with other partners, they form the Waste Wise Network.

African Clean Cities Platform The African Clean Cities Platform (ACCP) is a platform working for the same missions as WWC, though focusing on the African continent with the aim to realize clean and healthy African countries and cities by 2030. It was established in April 2017 jointly by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), UN-Habitat, and the City of Yokohama. Currently over 140 cities in 42 countries in Africa are participating. UN-Habitat is hosting the ACCP secretariat and supporting member cities in the assessment of MSW management data (using the Waste Wise Cities Tool, the monitoring methodology for SDG indicator 11.6.1) and the development of project proposals based on the generated data.

The objective of this assignment is to support the waste management team in tasks related to these waste management initiatives in Arabic, such as providing Arabic translation for its website.

We are seeking one Online Volunteer to support our work in Municipal Solid Waste Management by translating the contents of the new African Clean Cities Platform website from English to Arabic. To this end, the Online Volunteers are asked:

• To translate the document, which is approx. 20 pages of Word file, 8 slides of PowerPoint file, 2 sheets of Excel file long into Arabic. Quantities may increase.
• Ensure the translation is concise, in line with our communications guidelines, and fits the audience.

The selected Online Volunteers will be provided with the document in the original language and will receive guidance on the target audience and our communications guidelines, as well as other guidance as needed.

Candidates should be native in Arabic and fluent in English. Familiarity with
technical terms related to Municipal Solid Waste management will be considered an advantage. Previous translation experience is considered an asset.

A one-paragraph translation will be requested as part of the selection process.

Up to 2 years of previous writing and proofreading experience. Additionally Required strong interpersonal skills, the ability to communicate and work with diverse people; skills and an excellent ability to use computer software (word, PowerPoint, Excel, and experience with Microsoft Teams).