Short Term Consultancy for the ForumCiv Artivism Fellowship

ForumCiv is Sweden’s largest civil society platform, with over 210 member organizations and a presence in Sweden, Colombia, Liberia, Kenya, and Lithuania. Since 1995, ForumCiv has supported civil society actors globally to enable people to organize, claim their rights, and drive sustainable change.

• Our vision:  A just and sustainable world where all people have the power to effect change.  
• Our purpose: To empower people living in marginalization, who organize to claim their rights and advocate for change that contributes to a just and sustainable world

ForumCiv seeks to procure the services of a qualified and experienced institution/consultant to co-create and co-implement the Artivism Fellowship. The Artivism Fellowship aims to empower individuals to use artistic expression as a catalyst for positive social change.

The aim of this call is for the recruitment of an institution/consultant to support with:

• The recruitment of Artivists
• Design and execute the residency program looking at both the content and the methodology.
• Coordinate the post-residency activities including mentorship, coaching and the selection of projects for seed granting.
• Execution of the final showcase for the artivists projects.
• Document the journey of artists in their ideas and projects executed.

To this end, the consultant(s) will analyze, evaluate, curate and propose special tailor-made course material for the residency and post residency activities.

It is proposed that the Artivism Fellowship take a residential form during the training Period for all the artivists to foster an environment that encourages collaboration, creativity and critical thinking.  The mentorship will be an hybrid of physical and virtual sessions tailor made based on participants needs and managed by the Consultant.