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'There's also an important moment where through the work of the UN envoy, there may be a path forward to moving Libya in a better direction'

Washington is actively working to re-establish a diplomatic presence in Libya, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, without specifying when the American embassy would be reopened.

Libya has had little peace since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi and after it split in 2014 between rival eastern and western factions. The last major bout of conflict ended in 2020 with a ceasefire.

The United States shut its embassy in Tripoli in 2014 and moved to its mission in neighboring Tunis following intensifying violence between rival factions. Richard Norland, the U.S. special envoy for the north African state, has operated out of the Tunisian capital, taking occasional trips to Libya.

"I can't give you a timetable other than to say that this is something we're very actively working on. I want to see us be able to re-establish an ongoing presence in Libya," Blinken said at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing.

Barbara Leaf, the top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East and north Africa, was touring the region, traveling to Jordan, Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia since last week.

In Libya, the U.S. State Department said Leaf would meet with senior Libyan officials to underscore U.S. support for UN-facilitated efforts to promote consensus leading to elections in 2023.

"There's also an important moment where through the work of the UN envoy, there may be, and I emphasize maybe, a path forward to moving Libya in a better direction including getting election for legitimate government, and our diplomats are deeply engaged in that," Blinken added.

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INTERSOS is an independent humanitarian organization that assists the victims of natural disasters, armed conflicts and exclusion. Its activities are based on the principles of solidarity, justice, human dignity, equality of rights and opportunities, respect for diversity and coexistence, paying special attention to the most vulnerable people.

Terms of reference

Job Title: Project Manager (multi-sector: Protection, Education and Health)

Code: 52-6508

Duty station: Libya: Tripoli/roving

If visa cannot be secured for Libya: remote management from Tunis

Starting date: 01/05/2023

Contract duration: 12 months

Reporting to: Program coordinator

Supervision of: Activity Manager/Coordinators and Reporting Officers > while sector supervision will technically be supported by sector coordinators in charge on following the particular project

Dependents: non-family duty station

General context of the project

In 2023, following more than a decade of conflict, Libyans and non-Libyans continue to struggle to cope and recover from the effects of the protracted crisis. Meanwhile, the migration flow continues. Various vulnerable groups in Libya are either left behind or at risk of being left behind, incl. women and girls, children, youth, elderly people, IDPs, returnees, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, persons with disabilities, and ethnic minorities.

The fragile economic and security situation, compounded by COVID-19 pandemic, led to reduced income and increased risks linked to livelihoods and security of tenure, which negatively affected peoples psychosocial wellbeing, increasing the risk to violence and abuse, particularly for women, children, and non-Libyans. A lack of legal documentation further exacerbates access to services. In 2023 UNICEF estimates that nearly 526,000 people (including nearly 200,000 children) require humanitarian assistance, with children on the move being the most vulnerable: more than 175,800 children in need of immediate protection and nearly 111,400 children at risk of losing access to education.

Libya remains both a destination and a transit country for asylum-seekers and migrants, hosting approximately 650,000 migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, including 78,000 children. Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, especially children, have restricted access to basic services due to the lack of legal documentation, restricting movement and accessibility to basic services, education and health services. The country is also home to approximately 160,000 IDPs.

The Baity Centres fill a gap in essential services for most vulnerable children and their families, through the provision of an integrated services package, including education (NFE), protection services (ICM and collective PSS) and health (screening and referrals). Protection mainstreaming is assured throughout all sectors. When applying a static/centre-based approach, the most vulnerable individuals cannot be fully reached. They do not come to the centres as they engage in daily survival related tasks and are exposed to other risks. Outreach is critical and the static approach must be combined with a mobile approach that can bring the services into more communities, and identify and referral of the most critical protection cases to nearby service centres for more specialized support/assistance. This is combined with capacity strengthening for local actors such as CSOs, orphanages staff, teachers on child protection, with focus on identification of children at risk, and referral pathways through training and mentoring/coaching. This capacity building enhances the suitability of the project, contributing to the HDP-nexus .

Project name: Support delivery of quality community-based integrated education, child protection and health services to Libyan and non-Libyan children and aim at promoting the wellbeing of children and parents as well as the enhancement of community cohesion.

Project duration: 01/05/2023 to 30/04/2024

Project name: Ensuring meaningful protection and education services to refugee, displaced and host communities children and adolescents, in Northern and Southern Libya

Project duration: 07/12/2022 to 06/10/2024 project is currently ongoing.

The 2 projects are complementing and contributing to INTERSOSs wider protection, education and health programs in Libya

General purpose of the position

The Project Manager (PM) is in charge of the implementation and the supervision of the activities of the project ensuring timely and qualitative planning, implementation, reporting and monitoring/evaluation of INTERSOS activities in compliance with sector specific SOPs, Sphere standards and good practices, code of conduct and ethical values chart.

The PM is responsible for an efficient financial management for the project in compliance with INTERSOS model and donor regulations, in addition to full oversight of the HR and logistics arrangement in cooperation with relevant departments.

Main responsibilities and tasks

Main responsibilities:

More specifically:

Ensure the full and timely implementation of the project pro-actively respecting deadlines for reporting:

Financial management and procurement:

Manage team and to provide relevant capacity building and on-job coaching to the project team:

Monitoring & evaluation:

Reporting:

Coordination and representation:

Perform any other related duties as required.

Required profile and experience

Education

Hold a Master degree in any relevant field

Professional Experience

Professional Requirements

Languages

Excellent written and spoken English Native Arabic would be asset

Personal Requirements

Interested candidates are invited to apply following the link below: https://www.intersos.org/posizioni-aperte/missioni/#intersosorg-vacancies/vacancy-details/64148d5c928a0f00262b7d81/

Please note that our application process is made of 3 quick steps: register (including your name, email, password and citizenship), sign-up and apply by attaching your CV in PDF format. Through the platform, candidates will be able to track their applications history with INTERSOS.

Please also mention the name, position and contact details of at least three references: two line managers and one HR referent. Family members are to be excluded.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the first interview.

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Project Manager (multi-sector: Protection, Education and Health ... - ReliefWeb

There are certain events that are highly symptomatic of a countrys situation. There are also national transitions that make any satirical treatment derisory since the facts themselves contain all the elements of a wry comedy scenario. Post-Gaddafi Libya is not short of exhibitions that navigate between tragedy and burlesque.

On 15 March, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that about 2.5 tn of natural uranium had been missing from a Libyan site in the Sebha region since the previous day.

According to Director General Rafael Grossi, UN inspectors searched in vain for 10 containers of the concentrate known as yellow cake at a location indicated by the Libyan authorities.

In Vienna, a Western diplomat describes the risks associated with this disappearance of uranium as limited but not negligible. Even though this is a matter of nuclear safety, this episode is reminiscent of someone who no longer remembers where they left their glasses.

Libyan General Khaled al-Mahjoub, commander of the communications department of Khalifa Haftars Libyan National Army (LNA) forces, quickly explained that the personnel in charge of monitoring the site were required to stand at a certain distance from the uranium, due to the lack of radiation protection.

On Facebook, he eventually posted an image showing 19 blue barrels and announced that the containers had been found about five kilometres from the depot towards the Chadian border.

The comical situation unfolds: a Chadian faction allegedly stole the merchandise believing it to be arms or ammunition and then abandoned it like rubbish. Although everything is officially under control, fears abound of chaos in Libya. The IAEA says it is actively seeking to verify the information.

The adventures of these containers demonstrate the difficulty in ensuring the protection of such sensitive sites in Libya, which have been in the grip of confusion since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, the guide who was once tempted to develop atomic weapons.

Not only are two rival Libyan camps fighting for political legitimacy from the east and west, but several factions from neighbouring countries Chad and Sudan have made the southern part of the country the ideal place to set up their rear bases.

The UN has been waiting since 2021 for presidential and legislative elections to be held.

The IAEA has been concerned about the deterioration of the storage conditions of the yellow cake barrels since 2011.

Considering the size and weight of the barrels, the agency had ruled out that these materials could be stolen.

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Libyas hide-and-go-seek of its uranium - The Africa Report

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Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) is expected to soon sign a $1B agreement with Libya's state-owned National Oil Corp. to rebuild the al-Dhara oil field in central Libya, and Honeywell (NASDAQ:HON) is set to unveil a $400M contract with NOC to design and build a refinery in southern Libya, NOC chairman Farhat Bengdara told The Wall Street Journal Thursday.

The al-Dhara field in central Libya was destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2015 and is now run by ConocoPhillips (COP) and TotalEnergies (TTE).

Libya is now seen as a "workable environment" for U.S. firms to operate with reasonable safety and more predictably invest than was possible a few years ago, the report said.

Western firms are ramping up their presence in the region as Europe increasingly turns to other sources for its energy needs after Russia cut off gas supplies last year.

Chevron (CVX) also is looking to seal an energy exploration deal in Algeria, WSJ reported last month.

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Last Sunday, the committee assigned by the Chairman of Railroads Libya, headed by Abrek Abdullah Gwaider, visited the locations of some of the machines and equipment of the Express Train Company in the Al-Jufra region.

It also visited sites the rail path in the Jufra region, the Sebha road, and the sites of the Chinese company CCECC, contracted with Railroads Libya, in the Black Mountains region. The committee was assessing damage and loss of equipment that has occurred since the 2011 revolution.

It also held several meetings with security authorities to discuss lost vehicles owned by the Express Train Company and the Chinese company.

Railroads Libya reported that the authorities showed full readiness to recover these mechanisms if they were found.

Railroads Libya hosts Tunisian engineering firm (libyaherald.com)

Railroads Libya holds meeting with Hill International in Greece (libyaherald.com)

BOT is the way forward for completion of Libyas railway project (libyaherald.com)

A railway system is fundamental to diversifying Libyas economy post-oil (libyaherald.com)

The Importance of Railways to Sustainable Growth, Transit Trade and Economic Development workshop Tripoli, 22 November (libyaherald.com)

Libyan Railways Implementation Authority invites International Federation of Railways to participate in November workshop (libyaherald.com)

Delegation from Libyas Rail Authority visits InnoTrans 2022 in preparation for workshop (libyaherald.com)

Libyan Rail Authority meets Chinese about restarting projects (libyaherald.com)

Libyas Railroad Authority tests old locomotive and 10 KM track from Khoms Port to Khoms station (libyaherald.com)

Egypt and Libya contemplating extending Egypts rail line to Benghazi (libyaherald.com)

Egypt to build rail line to Benghazi (libyaherald.com)

Libya to develop its coastal free zones with African states through its railway project and create partnerships with EU (libyaherald.com)

Russia considers resumption of work on Libyan railway (libyaherald.com)

Massive LD 50-billion development of Tobruk unveiled; railway to Sudan to be built (libyaherald.com)

Libya awaiting Chinese team for railway talks (libyaherald.com)

Railway will be resumed (libyaherald.com)

Russians in Tripoli for talks on Sirte-Benghazi railway project resumption (libyaherald.com)

Tripoli and Benghazi LRT systems progress (libyaherald.com)

Tripoli and Benghazi metro systems moving forward (libyaherald.com)

Details of foreign consortium to invest and implement Tripoli metro, bus and infrastructure project and its financing revealed (libyaherald.com)

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