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Intern (Full Time)
Position: Intern Contract: full time, 3 to 9 months Location: Hamburg, Germany Start Date: July/August 2018 ABOUT US MzN International is a social enterprise, passionate about Doing Good, but convinced that it can be...
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Proposal & Business Development Executive (mid level)
Location: Hamburg, Germany You: An energetic, personable and motivated development professional with superb writing and business intelligence skills in the development and aid sector Us: A young social enterprise working closely with Transparency Solutions and other development and aid...
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Rohingya Crisis and Ecological Disaster in Ukhiya and Teknaf
At the end of September, MzN said goodbye to its Context program in Bangladesh. We are very happy to have had the opportunity to work together with a highly motivated team, many of whom...
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From NGO to social business : why and how
How does one go from being a traditionally funded development organization to a sustainable social enterprise? Leaders of development and aid organizations talk a lot about changing donor models, value for money, operational efficiency, new...
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Is there a better way?
A question that really drives great aid organisations Great innovators, from all walks of life, in every corner of the earth have build their impact on the world by relentlessly asking if there is a...
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10 Tips for writing better project proposals
The ability to write winning proposals is essential for all development and aid organisations. Despite the success of some organisations in exploring alternative funding streams, the capacity for attracting donor funds by winning bids remains...
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Top Tips for Impact Evaluation
International development is complex; it involves multiple stakeholders with different interests, goals and capacities. Within this pandemonium, there is a need to demonstrate the impact of what we do and how our interventions changed the...
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CONTEXT Programme – Final workshops, May 2017
We said goodbye to the CONTEXT Programme last month (well, almost. We still have one more graduation event to go!). We were joined in Dhaka by 36 disaster relief professionals for two four day workshops, covering...
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Why is transparency so important?
At MzN International, we always encourage our collaborators and clients to be more transparent with their work, and frequently, we are asked why this is so important. Transparency allows an organisation to not only showcase...
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Five tips for NGOs aiming at commercial contracts
Commercial contracts are a real source of income for many NGOs, yet they also remain a major challenge. Pursuing these opportunities is often viewed with skepticism about the impact on an organisation’s nonprofit mandate, its...
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Oxfam Uganda : Proposal Writing and Finance Training
This month, MzN International were in Kampala, where our Managing Director, Christian Meyer zu Natrup, facilitated a training on Proposal Writing and Nonprofit Finance for Oxfam Uganda. This training was specifically tailored to the needs...
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Business Development and Proposal Writing training in Yangon, Myanmar.
We have just returned from delivering our most popular course in Yangon, Myanmar and we are really happy with the feedback! The 2017 Myanmar Humanitarian Needs Overview published by the UN argues that ‘’about 218,000...
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CONTEXT Programme, Skills for Management & Leadership – T.M Abdullah al-Fuad
We spoke to Abdullah Al-Fuad, a participant in the CONTEXT Core Skills Programme of 2016, and later returning for Management & Leadership in 2017. Fuad was inspired to work in humanitarian response by his experiences...
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Training Participant Profile – Shakil Fardous, Bangladesh
We spoke to A.Z.M Shakil Fardous (Dhaka Ahsania Mission), a participant from workshop 1 of our core skills programme about his work with street children in Dhaka. Shakil stood out particularly for his passion and...
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Business Development and Proposal Writing training in Gaziantep
We have just completed another successful Business Development and Proposal Writing training in Gaziantep, Turkey this month! ‘’This course was built on real experience. In the proposal writing session, MzN did not focus on ”general”...
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CONTEXT Programme Bangladesh : Workshop 1 Report and Feedback
The Context Humanitarian Skills Development Programme offers ...
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The development sector is in crisis, and that’s a good thing.
The development sector is in crisis, and that’s a good thing. Christian Meyer zu Natrup Director of MzN International The criticism of the development and aid sector isn’t as constructive as it could be. The...
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Business Development and Proposal Writing – Bangkok and Amman, Autumn 2016
MzN have just returned from two weeks of capacity building workshops in Jordan and Thailand, where we brought our popular Business Development and Proposal Writing course to NGO staff. We started off in Bangkok, joined by...
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Training Report: Context Programme, Dakar, 17th-27th October
Last month, MzN International traveled to Dhaka to hold workshops with Cohorts Six and Seven of our Context Programme. The Programme – held in partnership with Oxfam GB – is designed to build the capacity and confidence...
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Beyond ‘ticking the box’: How can evaluation and impact assessments be done better?
Dr. Alexandra Yannias Walker, Project Manager at MzN International, provides expert advice on what current Monitoring and Evaluation practices lacks and what could be done to make them better. Why is Monitoring and Evaluation so...
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Feedback “Proposal Writing and Business Development Course” – Istanbul, May 2016
MzN International looks at feedback a little differently. We publish all of it (yes, the good and the bad) and it helps us to continuously refine and improve our courses. Have a look at what...