Mission and objectives

Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPSD) supports the private sector and foundations to become transformative partners in development through research, advocacy for inclusive business, facilitation of public-private dialogue and brokering partnerships. IICPSD, established in 2011 in partnership with the Government of Turkey, is one of UNDP’s six Global Policy Centres. It leads UNDP’s global work on private sector and foundations and supports UNDP’s offices all over the world. The Center focuses on four thematic areas: 1. Inclusive Business; 2. Private Sector Engagement in Skills Development; 3. Impact investing; 4. Resilience and Crisis Response. The Center also hosts four global initiatives: Business Call to Action, SDG Philanthropy Platform, Global Islamic Finance and Impact Investing Platform and Connecting Business Initiative.

Context

The Tech4R initiative is planning a second stage of their activities and requires support in translating existing materials from Turkish to English. The documents consist of reports, Information papers, and briefs.

Task Description

The Tech4R initiative is looking for an online volunteer to help translate documents on disaster resilience from Turkish to English. The online Volunteers will have to translate 5 to 10 pages maximum.

Competencies and values

Living conditions and remarks