FIELD ENGINEERS ET BEREDSKABSKORPS INGENIØRER UDEN GRÆNSER

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1 FIELD ENGINEERS ET BEREDSKABSKORPS INGENIØRER UDEN GRÆNSER

2 Indhold Profil 3 Foreningen 4 Ingeniører uden Grænser 4 Organisationen 5 A. Sekretariatet B. Associations 5 5 Opgaven 6 Korps af Field Engineers 7 Kvalifikationer 7 Opgavernes art 8 Considerations 9 Examples of references 12 Bilag 14 A. Foreningens vedtægter 14 B. Artikler, kommentarer fra diverse blade 14 C. Curriculum Vita - FN 14

3 Profil - Ingeniører uden Grænser Profil Næsten hver aften ser vi menneske- eller naturskabte katastrofer i TV. Vi har vænnet os til billeder af sammenstyrtede huse, oversvømmede byer, invaliderede og grædende mennesker. Vi er blevet immune og zapper videre. Men de mennesker katastrofen rammer, kan ikke zappe videre. Her er det virkelighed, en virkelighed der handler om overlevelse. Men hvad sker der så derefter? Hvordan får de et liv efter overlevelse? Hvordan får de et trygt sted at bo igen, rent vand, ordnede sanitære forhold, skoler, hospitaler og en infrastruktur der virker? Foreningen Ingeniører uden Grænser er en teknisk humanitær organisation, hvis formål er, at stille teknisk assistance til rådighed i områder, der er ramt af menneske- eller naturskabte katastrofer. Organisationen Ingeniører uden Grænser har som opgave at tilvejebringe og vedligeholde et frivilligt ingeniørberedskab, der kan; stille ingeniørviden og kapacitet til rådighed. vurdere og beskrive situationer i forbindelse med interimistisk genoprettelse af infrastrukturer, forsyninger, genbosættelser og andre påtrængende, livsbevarende funktioner yde assistance til andre hjælpeorganisationer Vort budskab er at - Sikre Liv efter Overlevelse Vi er et netværk af ingeniører og teknikere der, med udgangspunkt i vor viden og erfaring, har et fælles ønske om at kunne hjælpe de mange der har overlevet en menneske- eller naturskabte katastrofer. Vi søger konstant nye medlemmer til dette netværk, både til organisationens arbejde i Danmark, men i særdeleshed til de mange jobs og projekter i udviklings- og katastrofe områder, der bare ligger og venter på at vi gør noget ved sagen. Eksempelvis har vi behov for: Field Engineers, der har en dokumenteret erfaringsgrundlag fra tidligere arbejder i udviklingslande, som har organisatorisk flair og lederskab samt er villig til med kort varsel at tage et kortvarigt engagement i et katastrofeområde i forbindelse med assessments eller operationel ledelse. Ingeniører og teknikere i vores medlemsregister der vil stå til rådighed og villige til at tage en tørn i en periode i et udviklingsprojekt - i nærområder. Ingeniører (rådgivere) der er villige til at stille deres viden til rådighed, er i stand til at kommunikere via Internettet og samarbejde med en lokal repræsentant for et bestemt projekt i et udviklingsområde fra hjemmekontoret. IngeniørHuset Frederiksborggade 8 2 th, 3400 Hillerød Created Revised: Printed Side 3

4 Foreningen - Ingeniører uden Grænser Foreningen Ingeniører uden Grænser Foreningens navn Foreningstype Organisation Ingeniører uden Grænser / Engineers without Frontiers Hjælpeorganisation Non Govermental Organisation Teknisk Humanitær Støtte Organisation Stiftelsesdato 3. april 2001 Adresse Frederiksværksgade 8 2, 3400 Hillerød Kontakt Telefon: mail@ewf.dk Hjemmeside: Formand Steen Valeur-Meller Bank Den Danske Bank Vedtægter Vedtaget på den ekstraordinære generalforsamling d. 4 april 2002 Idégrundlag Myndighed Sekretariatet Medlemsorganisationer Ingeniører uden Grænser er en upolitisk teknisk humanitær NGO organisation, hvis formål er at stille ingeniørviden og teknisk assistance til rådighed i områder ramt af menneske eller naturskabte katastrofer, uden skelen til nationalitet, race eller religion. Den øverste myndighed er generalforsamlingen. Generalforsamlingen vælger en bestyrelse til at varetage foreningens interesser og organisatoriske forhold. Varetager den daglige drift af organisationen Ingeniører uden Grænser med ansvar overfor bestyrelsen og i overensstemmelse med foreningens formålsparagraf. Dansk Flygtningehjælp EWB-International IngeniørHuset Frederiksborggade 8 2 th, 3400 Hillerød Created Revised: Printed Side 4

5 Organisationen - Ingeniører uden Grænser Organisationen Engineer s wit hout Fr ont ier s Ingeniør er uden Gr ænser Fr ed er iksvær ks gad e 8 2 t h Hil l er ød Ph one Homepage: Associations Dansk Flygtningehjælp EWB-International Execut ive commit t ee The society of Engineers without Frontiers Sekr et ar iat PublicRelation Information & kommunikation Pre Qualification papers Press relations Information materials Administration & Økonomi Economy & Office services Financial department Members contingent Correspondence Medlems akkvisition F un d r aising I nt er na ti ona l W or k s H um a n R e s so ur c e Member registrations Information Membership relations Network contacts Funds Companies Information s material Campaigns Info-Meetings Emergencies and assessments Project coordination Field operation & Personnel Planning & Logistic Project RFP Travel Humanitarian organizations International relation Profile Database -Field Engineers - Field Technician Job descriptions Personnel & employment Legal relations Insurance conditions Courses / Field Works A. Sekretariatet Foreningens sekretariat har mandat til at gennemføre foreningens formål og varetager organisationen Ingeniører uden Grænser daglige drift og aktiviteter. B. Associations Ingeniører uden Grænser er en tilsluttet medlemsorganisation til Dansk Flygtningehjælp. I samarbejde med Colorado University er vi medstifter af Engineers without Borders international (EWB-International) som består af: Ingenjörer och Naturvetare utan Gränser-Sverige (EWB-Sweden) Ingegneria Senza Frontiere, Italia (EWB-Italy) Engineers Without Borders - Greece (EWB-Greece) Ingeniería Sin Fronteras(EWB-Spain) Ingeniører uden Grænser (EWF-Denmark) IngeniørHuset Frederiksborggade 8 2 th, 3400 Hillerød Created Revised: Printed Side 5

6 Opgaven - Ingeniører uden Grænser Opgaven At opretholde et kvalificeret beredskab bestående af et netværk af ingeniører, teknikere og andre specialister, der med kort varsel kan planlægge og gennemføre den bedste strategi for at sikre liv efter overlevelse, og hvis virke og funktion er baseret på teknisk humanitært arbejde i katastrofeområder herunder; sikre at ingeniører og teknikere kan være til rådighed i et katastrofeområde når nødhjælpsorganisationer, diplomatiske repræsentationer eller Ingeniører uden Grænser har behov herfor sikre de udsendte har den nødvendige ekspertise og uddannelse tilvejebringe midler til finansiering af organisationens drift og internationale nødhjælpsarbejde gennemføre optimal information og medlemspleje. Udgangspunktet er et effektivt internationalt engagement, funderet i en slagkraftig teknisk og faglig støtte organisation der kan bistå andre humanitære organisationer med teknisk viden samt yde optimal støtte til udsendte ingeniører og teknikere i Ingeniører uden Grænser. Field Engineers er nøglepersoner i Ingeniører uden Grænser. Det er de ingeniører der på et tidligt stadium i et katastrofeområde, detektere og beskrive situationen i forbindelse med udvikling og interimistisk genoprettelse af infrastruktur. Udarbejde assessments og på et teknisk faglig niveau assistere hjælpeorganisationer med koordinering og operationel ledelse i forbindelse med genbosættelse og andre påtrængende livsbevarende funktioner, der kan medvirke til en bæredygtig udvikling og opretholdelse en menneskeværdig tilværelse. Ingeniører uden Grænser kerneområder tager udgangspunkt i dette ingeniørberedskab hvor Field Engineers spiller en central rolle: Et korps af Field Engineers stand by assessments i katastrofeområder, logistik planlægning, operationel ledelse, supervision mv. Et Field Medlems register for medlemmer der ønsker en længere varig deltagelse i humanitært hjælpearbejde i et katastrofeområde. Teknisk assistance - feasibility studies, analyser og synteser i forbindelse med genoprettelse af infrastruktur, genbosættelse og andre påtrængende livsbevarende funktioner i nærområder. Kompetenceopbygning af livsbevarende tekniske og administrative sektorer i udviklings- og katastrofeområder, koordinering og samordning af nødhjælp i forbindelse med en nærområdeindsats. Økonomisk støtte til humanitære bæredygtige udviklingsopgaver og projekter i forbindelse med nærområdeindsatser. IngeniørHuset Frederiksborggade 8 2 th, 3400 Hillerød Created Revised: Printed Side 6

7 Korps af Field Engineers - Kvalifikationer Korps af Field Engineers Kvalifikationer En Field Engineer er en ingeniør - eller en person med en anden teknisk baggrund - der gennem sit virke har opholdt sig og arbejdet i et udviklingsland i en længere periode, har en bredt fagligt som organisatorisk erfaringsgrundlag, leder egenskaber og en brændende entusiasme for humanitært arbejde. Korpset af Field Engineers kræver særlige kvalifikationer, herunder teknisk snilde, lederskab og overblik. Det er alene Ingeniører uden Grænser Human Resource Technical Advisory Committee (HR-TAC) der indstiller og godkender Field Medlemmer til Field Engineers. At stille teknisk assistance til rådighed i områder, der er ramt af menneske- eller naturskabte katastrofer stiller store krav til de udsendte medlemmer og specielt stiller det krav til, at vi som organisation også kan stille et hold erfarende senior ingeniører (Field Engineers) til rådighed. Field Engineers skal på egen hånd kunne tage ud i katastrofeområder - enten i en standby emergency situation, som leder i et genopbygningsprojekt eller i et assessment-teams (en eller flere ingeniører og andre teknikere) til at vurder og beskrive situationer samt formulere en strategi for det videre arbejde. At være medlem af korpset medføre ikke alene udsendelse til særlige og specifikke opgaver af kortere eller længere varighed, typisk fra 14 dage til 2 måneder eller som teamledere på længere ophold, men at man også er villig til at tilslutte sig en særlige gruppe der er på emergency standby i tilfælde af at en katastrofe indtræffer er at der er optræk til en sådan. De mest anvendte faggrupper vil være teknikere med baggrund i en håndværkeruddannelse, miljø eller humanister der er i stand til at vurdere og beskrive situationer og i fokusområder, rådgive andre hjælpeorganisationer, herunder assistere lokale teknikere i en katastrofesituation. For at få betegnelsen Field Engineer kræves det, at du har en anerkendt ingeniør eller har anden teknisk uddannelse og kan dokumentere at: Du taler og skriver engelsk flydende (andre sprog vil være et plus). Været beskæftiget i en periode på mindst 3 år i udlandet. At du er samarbejdsvillig, har stor ledererfaring, overblik, du er forhandlingsvant og er i stand til at håndtere krisesituationer. For at blive udsendt gennem ingeniører uden Grænser som Field Engineer skal du kunne dokumentere at du som et minimum har; Dansk statsborgerskab (kun et krav hvis finansieringen er i henhold til Dansk udviklingsbistand regler). Du har været beskæftiget i et udviklingsland i én periode på ikke mindre end 3 år eller har tilsvarende erfaring der kan godtgøre niveauet. Haft ingeniørarbejde og ansvarsområder der spænder fra praktisk arbejde i marken til projektledelse og administration. IngeniørHuset Frederiksborggade 8 2 th, 3400 Hillerød Created Revised: Printed Side 7

8 Korps af Field Engineers - Opgavernes art Opgavernes art Hovedparten af arbejdet for udsendte Field Engineers består i assessments, supervision og ledelse af lokalt teknisk personale. Hertil kommer opgaver med styring og administration eller opbygning og organisering af lokale tekniske administrationer, genbosættelser mv. De vigtigste ansvarsområder vil være: vurdere og beskrive situationer i forbindelse med interimistisk genoprettelse af infrastrukturer, forsyninger, genbosættelser og andre påtrængende, livsbevarende funktioner planlægning og organisering i katastrofeområder i samarbejde med andre internationale hjælpeorganisationer at skabe kontakt til og forhandle med lokale myndigheder og lokale samarbejdspartnere. supervision og træning af lokalt teknisk personale være med til at gøre offentlige myndigheder, fonde og virksomheder interesserede i at sponsorere eller bistå i gennemførelsen af et specifikt hjælpeprojekt. medvirke til at synliggøre vore aktiviteter og intentioner i Danmark såvel som overfor det internationale samfund IngeniørHuset Frederiksborggade 8 2 th, 3400 Hillerød Created Revised: Printed Side 8

9 Korps af Field Engineers - Considerations Considerations One of the positions treasured within EWF volunteers is the Field Engineer. A very special member and position held in EWF. You can be on a emergency assessment team, a team supervisor in connection with project and reconstruction programs or be on the home office management team. To be considered as a Field Engineer, you must be a senior there have worked abroad in developing countries, have a broad experience with demonstrated leadership, organizational experience and a committed enthusiasm. You will be asked to be a member of our emergency tasks force group - on stand-by duties. As a Field Engineer you may be asked to do public-speaking in connection with fundraising events, engage in courses for overseas field volunteers - to name just a few - but it is up to you if you have the time and are willing. If you're energetic, committed, and wish to stress your qualification for the position as a Field Engineer volunteering with EWF, you have to fill out an extended Data Submission Form where you can list your skills, interests, and availability. Initially, you will be registered as a Field Member and if we find that you are a candidate for a position as the Field Engineer in EWF, then we will definitely be in touch. Terms of employment vary from organization to organization, from job location to job location and the experience and knowledge of the volunteer and his previous record in humanitarian work. Volunteer on mission abroad are normally given a volunteer contract. This entails a contractual agreement for a specific time period - there can be anything from one to 14 days to twelve months or more. For long time contract, volunteers will normally receive a monthly indemnity to help cover their fixed costs at home and to help them to re-integrate after a mission. In the field, volunteers also receive an allowance for personal expenses here, covering costs of living and accommodation in the project country as well as all transportation costs to and from the project. Each volunteer is normally also offered an insurance policy to cover health above the national health service program and including luggage, private and professional liability, repatriation, accidents and flights. Duration and payments. The minimum duration of a field posting can span from 3 to 12 months or more, depending on the location, condition and the requirement. Most organization prefers that people make themselves available for 12 months however it is not a requirement. Field Engineers and assessment specialist are often sent on shorter missions from weeks to months. Field team members, through an aid organization, are normally paid an honorarium of approximately 800 to 1000 per month. Basic travel, IngeniørHuset Frederiksborggade 8 2 th, 3400 Hillerød Created Revised: Printed Side 9

10 Korps af Field Engineers - Considerations insurances, housing and living expenses in the field are provided for by the individual organization. Field staff through a Danida or UN/EU organization is paid in accordance with their internal employments regulations, which is normally considerably more, depending on the type and place of assignment. Working hours vary considerably depending on the project and the period. During an emergency, work can be hectic and long hours of work may be required. However, time is normally set aside for the necessary rest and relaxation. Professional Background EWF teams consist of people with different backgrounds, from Engineers to technical assistants of various skills and from a variety of technical backgrounds, such as construction, mechanics electrician, environmentalist, water and sanitation. Project managers normally Field Engineers - need not only skills required for the management of project including finances, but also to a strong background in personnel and recruitment people and to manage locally recruited staff. Working Experience Field Members. In addition to relevant education, EWF requires good work experience and we expect at least two years of experience. For technical team members a minimum of two years is also required. First timer will normally be attached to a senior for a period until it is clear that he can work on his own. All though it is not a prerequisite, previous travel and working experience in developing countries is definitely a good background for an EWF field mission. In the final analysis, it is EWF recruitment panel there determinate the fitness and level of experience required for candidate to fill a position. Motivation. People join EWF for various reasons, but there are a couple of things they have in common. They want to dedicate part of their life to assisting people in need. They are genuinely interested in people from other cultures. They want to pass on their knowledge, experience and skills to others; and they are willing to invest personally by being away from family and friends for six to twelve months and settle for an indemnity that does not equal the kind of salary they can earn back home. Character. Working for EWF can be demanding. Essential qualities of an EWF team members include flexibility, adaptability, initiative, responsibility, being a team player and able to cope with stress. Besides these practical considerations, there is the intangible benefit that working for an aid organization is a challenging and rewarding personal and professional experience that allows you to help people who really need help. EWF is a technical humanitarian organization that mobilizes engineers to engage in socially responsible projects around the world. This is only made possible by voluntary contributions of time and technical expertise. To become a volunteer Field member of the organisation EWF, you must first apply for a Field Membership through EWF online application form. IngeniørHuset Frederiksborggade 8 2 th, 3400 Hillerød Created Revised: Printed Side 10

11 Korps af Field Engineers - Considerations Exceptional volunteers with demonstrated leadership and organizational experience and committed enthusiasm is a valuable access to building EWF are encouraged to apply. Being a volunteer Field member, it is understood that, you sign-on to do volunteer for works for the organization and possible work as a delegate in connection with reconstruction, and competence development in a disaster area if not othervice stated. If that is not the case, you can, as a Field Member, be a regular a member of an emerging engineering network group with various disciplines willing to contribute their skills to the field over the Internet - to communities in less developed areas, without the need for travel. Basicly you assist as a Consultant in field projects from your own homebase. As a resident in a country outside Denmark you may even be selected to be a representativ for EWF for the country you are currently living. In either case you need to be acceptet as a Field Member. If you wich to be on the roaster for possibly stationing in an aid project in a third world contry or a disaster area you should consider the following: Are you able to live and work in cultures very different from their own and will be expected to have personal qualities, which demonstrate adaptability, tolerance and an inclination to learn as well as to give? Are you able to work in places where communication, services, hygiene and climate may be difficult? Do you have the ability to cope with isolation - it is essential, although many may find themselves working with other expatriates? Are you able to live in and cope with the living condition of the locals? Although not a prerequisite, previous overseas experience may be a useful indicator that some of these criteria have been met. When you are accepted as a Field Member, we will be looking at your CV data submission form to evaluate whether you meet the qualification to be upgraded and registered as a Field Engineer in EWF. If that is the case, we will contact you. Applying to become a member If you think you have the profile that would suit EWF, fill out the online application form and press the submit button. Upon recving your application for membership, we will forward an and ask you to return the following documents: Membership fee registration form (payable through an InternetBank) Data submission form for our register Your Curriculum vitae One Passport Photo. We should note, that we are unable to register you in our member database and complete the processing of your application until we receive all above documentation from you. All applications are thoroughly reviewed by our Human Resource Technical Advisory Committee (HR-TAC), and you may be notified in due time, in case a job is available. Participation in EWF projects and activities is exclusively on a voluntary basis. IngeniørHuset Frederiksborggade 8 2 th, 3400 Hillerød Created Revised: Printed Side 11

12 Korps af Field Engineers - Examples of references Examples of references Uddrag af reference projekter gennemført af Field Engineers registreret i Ingeniører uden Grænsers database: Harbour supervision of an electrical contract including a 10 MVA diesel power plant and a 13.8 kv distribution system, quantity surveying, commissioning in Saudi Arabia. Danish Refugee Council and Unicef: Logistical Management for getting aid from stocks in Kenya to bush location in southern Sudan. Activation of local Sudanese to construct a feeding center (location: Akon) with a capacity of 700 children and mothers a week. Evaluating aid needs in various south Sudanese locations affected by the civil war and drought. Municipal Waste Collection Service in Istanbul, Turkey, start-up operation of transportation equipment for municipal waste, hospital waste incinerator with energy recovery by steam turbine and generator. Layout specifications regarding incinerations plant for hazardous and toxic waste to be built in Israel. Consultancy to the Asian Development Bank, concerning a Feasibility Study Mission, on the subject of Rural post harvest technology for paddy in Burma, including project plans for Burma s rural rice storage, handling, processing and logistics. Was participating as the expert in post harvest technology. Post Harvest technology Research project, investigating rural grain storage systems and techniques, comparing storage and drying techniques in South East Asia with African techniques for maize and paddy. Hydrologist, environmental and agriculture engineering project for design and installation of operational monitoring stations, river catchment s areas and ground water abstractions, including studies and modelling of the influence on the flow and drag down of water levels in the rivers and analysis and reporting of the sediment transport and nutrient loads to the marine areas. Ghana: Strengthening of Water Resources Information for the Hydrological Services Department of Ghana, HSD. The project includes analyses of existing human and technical resources available within the HSD and development of training programmes in utilisation of historical and new hydrological data for planning purposes. Lithuania: Survey, design and implementation of Constructed Wetlands and Low Cost Operated Sewage Treatment for communities in Lithuania. Fact-finding, design and implementation on the trans-boundary river project General Management of Surface Water Resources in Lithuania. of sustainable utilisation of the surface water resources. Uganda: Senior energy advisor for the Engineering Department, responsible for the research, testing and implementation of renewable energy technology in the health sector, training of hospital technician to maintain hospital equipment and renewable energy installation, set IngeniørHuset Frederiksborggade 8 2 th, 3400 Hillerød Created Revised: Printed Side 12

13 Korps af Field Engineers - Examples of references up a implementation guide-lines and maintenance programme to facilitate maintenance, Setting-up total camp preventive and corrective maintenance program, which included the initial start-up of a Work Control System, Material Control System, Warehouse System, Facility Inspection programming, Service call system and workshops facilities. Construction Project coordination between the Ministry of Public Work and Housing and a 1664 unit - turnkey - High Rise Apartment Scheme in Dammam, consisting of 8 building clusters complex. Totaling some 720,000 sq. m. housing area. Each Cluster with a footing of sq. m., carrying four towers, 18 stories high, containing 3 floors of parking and commercial areas, at an estimated cost of US $ 850,000,000 Coordinating site supervision activities with the design office and Client's requirement into a coherent project management and supervision consultant multi-project operation, including setting-up, negotiating and implementing payment procedures, construction scheduling, net-work planning, monitoring procedures, equipment and material approval procedures, project control procedures, quality control and acceptance procedures, handling over procedures, etc. and to advise contractors of proper documentation s and construction procedures in Saudi Arabia. IngeniørHuset Frederiksborggade 8 2 th, 3400 Hillerød Created Revised: Printed Side 13

14 Bilag - Examples of references Bilag Følgende bilag er er vedlagt; A. Foreningens vedtægter B. Artikler, kommentarer fra diverse blade C. Curriculum Vita - FN IngeniørHuset Frederiksborggade 8 2 th, 3400 Hillerød Created Revised: Printed Side 14