Noor Sultan
Board candidate for Middle East & North Africa
Board requirements questionnaire
- Do you have demonstrable qualifications and / or experience in one or more of the following areas?
- Financial management and Treasurer duties
- Fundraising, grant writing, and grant reporting
- Legal issues and compliance for non-profits
- Staff supervision and strategic plan implementation through programming
- Board governance and management
Please explain:
I am currently working as an executive director of Bedayaa Organization (Egypt &Sudan)
For the last 4 years I have been managing the organization’s programs and the staff
These years of experience exposed me to deal with programming, fund raising and reporting. So I have experience in the following:
- Fundraising, grant writing, and grant reporting
- Staff supervision and strategic plan implementation through programming
- Are you an individual Member or a representative of a Member Entity?
Individual member
- Do you have consistent access to internet and a computer?
Yes
- Do you have 15 hours per month to dedicate to your work as a Board Member?
Yes
- Explain what it means to you politically to be a Global South-centered organization, member-led, and intersectional?
As an LGBT activist coming from the global south and taking part in the queer movement In Egypt & Sudan, I believe in the participatory and intersectional approach
- Can you provide spiritual leadership within and on behalf of our organization ? Please explain.
Yes
As a leader coming from Muslim background, born and raised in Muslim countries, taken to consideration my understanding to the context in MENA, I can provide guidance to board and the organization’s members when it comes to the context in MENA, also I am ready to represent the organization in the different platforms.
Desirable Qualities
- Strong collegial networks, preferably international in scope
- Experience in one or more of our programmatic areas:
- Creating Religious Dialogue
- Training and Educational Resources
- Media and Global Messaging
- Human Rights, Policy, and Legal Advocacy
- Regional Networking and Outreach on Behalf of GIN
- Creating Safer Spaces and Skills for Maintaining Groups/Movement Work
- Skills in content development for educational materials
- Ordination or formal leadership within a faith community
- Public speaking skills
If you have some or many (J) of the desirable qualities, please explain below.
Based on my experience in MENA region, I can work on the Regional Networking and Outreach on Behalf of GIN.