Noor Sultan

Board candidate for Middle East & North Africa

Board requirements questionnaire

1. 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

2. Are you an individual Member or a representative of a Member Entity?

Individual member

3. Do you have consistent access to internet and a computer?

Yes

4. Do you have 15 hours per month to dedicate to your work as a Board Member?

Yes

5. 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

6. 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

1. Strong collegial networks, preferably international in scope
2. 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

3. Skills in content development for educational materials
4. Ordination or formal leadership within a faith community
5. 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.