The Fifth Round Management and Leadership Workshop

Routing@20August 26, 2025

The Fifth Round Management and Leadership Workshop:

By 7^th January-14^th January 2020, 28 administrators (8 males and 20 females) raised their skills in Management and Leadership Workshop. In that workshop, 28 administrators have participated. Mr. Thomas James Vas was the master trainer and Mr. Farhad Sharifi and Mr. Mahdi Rasekh were translators who have facilitated the proses of presentation. On the first day of the workshop Child Protection was the subject of the presentation. Proposal Writing was another subject which was presented in the second and third days of the workshop which was admired by the audience. During the fourth and fifth days of the program, the School Auditwas presented by presenters. This subject really helped the participants to compare between Afghanistan’s schools and education administrations in other countries, especially in India. Participants also understood the similarities and differences between teaching methods, auditing methods, logistic standards, and methods of raising the quality of educational administrators.

The Fourth Round Management and Leadership Workshop

Routing@20August 26, 2025

The Fourth Round Management and Leadership Workshop:

According to the requests of Advocacy and Research Committees’ members, on November 30, 2019, Herat Female Managers Network held the fourth round Management and Leadership Workshop for 32 female managers who were the members of those committees. The first presenter was Mr. Wasi Saidi the head of WASA Organization. He had a presentation by the title of “Ways and Skills of Advocacy” Then Mrs. Sakina Hosaini a Civil Councilor of Herat Province started speaking. In order to motivate the women, she narrated the story of her life and shared the experiences of her success with them. Her speeches were impressionable for audiences. The second section of the workshop started with a presentation by the title of “Scientific skills of Research” by Mr. Hamed Wahidi the University Teacher of Sociology faculty. The program finished at 3:00 P.M.

The Third Round Management and Leadership Workshop

Routing@20August 26, 2025

The Third Round Management and Leadership Workshop:

To greet from 25^th of November, The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Herat Female Managers’ Network hold a workshop about “Prohibition of Violence against Women and Children”, “The Law of Access to Information” and “Kinds of Violence at Girls Schools” On November 21, 2019. This program was hold for 29 female principals of girls’ schools from city and Enjil district. The workshop presenters were Miss. Farishta Yaqubi, Civil Activist, and Mr. Hamid Reza Zaher the Civil Activist and the founder of SOACS.

The Second Round Management and Leadership Workshop

Routing@20August 26, 2025

The Second Round Management and Leadership Workshop:

On November 13, 2019 Herat Female Managers Network held the second round Management and Leadership Workshop for 41 female headmasters from local schools of Enjil District. Anila Barakzai, a member of MSO stated a presentation by the title of “The Roles and Duties of Headmasters at School”. Then, the second presenter Mrs. Zhala Hakkak the deputy director of MSO had a presentation about “Self-confidence”. In the afternoon, Mrs. Roma Omid the executive director of MSO had a presentation about “Skills of Leadership”.

During the program Mrs. Faeqa Alizada the Herat Mostofi (state accountant) who is the head of Capacity Building Committee of HFM Network came and declared useful and motivational words for audience.

The First Round Management and Leadership Workshop

Routing@20August 26, 2025

The First Round Management and Leadership Workshop:

The first round Management and Leadership Workshop was held for 25 female managers who were invited from different local schools of city and Injil, Gozara and Karukh districts. Mr. Homayoon Popal a member of MSO was the first presenter of program who started his presentation by the title of “Critical Thinking”. Then Mss. Hajar Moradi another member of MSO presented a presentation by the title of “Crisis Management”. At 1:30 Pm Mr. Ruhollah Azhad the Herat Head of Education who voluntarily requested to have a presentation about “Women in Leadership” started to present

BMZ II Project

Routing@20August 25, 2025

BMZ II Project

Education is a ray of light in the darkness and It certainly is a hope for a good life. Education is a basic right of every Human on this Planet. Having education in an area helps people think, feel, and behave in a way that contributes to their success, and improves not only their personal satisfaction but also their community. In addition, education develops human personality, thoughts, dealing with others and prepares people for life experiences. It makes people have a special status in their own society and everywhere they live in. One of the objectives of Management Studies Organization (MSO) is to have active participation in providing opportunities for getting better education for everyone. So regarding this, MSO is implementing promoting the reintegration of refugees and internally displaced people in their regions of origin in Afghanistan by improving education, employment opportunities and peace education project (BMZ II) under the financial assistance and technical guidance of Action Aid Afghanistan (AAA) in districts of Karokh and Koshke Robat Sangi. The BMZ II project is conducted to create opportunities for balanced and gender-free access to high quality education and social peace education for different sections of society, especially for refugees and internally displaced families. This project is conducting preparation for Konkur, Remedial / Science and Society Peace Reconciliation classes in both male and female section from 10 to 12 grade. The number of direct beneficiaries are 515 students (290 girls and 225 boys participating in 7 classes in Karokh and 3 classes in Koshke Rabat Sangi.). It is important to mention that all of 46 students from 2021 classes which also participated in 2022 classes for two months passed Konkur exam successfully.

Accompanying in Difficult Time (Round 2)

Routing@20August 25, 2025

Accompanying in Difficult Time (Round 2)

The second round distributing of food packages and medicine packages started on August 13, 2020. The medicine package which includes 23 different medicines were handed out to the head of the COVID-19 Program and director of the public health dept. in the presence of Mr. Rasekh, JRS Project Director, Mrs. Roma Omid, MSO Executive Director. Dr. Hassin, the head of the COVID-19 Program thanked JRS and MSO for their support at the time of COVID-19 Lockdown.

The second step was the distribution of food packages to surveyed and registered families. According to the daily plan, the distribution committee called about 50 families to come to the head office of MSO to receive their food ration packages and it took 3 weeks to complete the distribution. Among the beneficiaries list, there are many families who are struggling in finding the basic needs of their lives and they are the most suffered families of the Covid-19 Quarantine Period.

The pictures of Accompanying in Difficult Time (Round 2)

Accompanying in Difficult Time (Round one)

Routing@20August 25, 2025

Accompanying in Difficult Time (Round one)

On 16 March 2020 that ten cases of COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Herat province, for controlling the crises situation, the government quarantined the Herat province and as a result, most of the people faced with the bad economic situation. The MSO decided to conduct a program by the name of the “Accompanying in Difficult Time” to prepare and distribute food packages to 344 needy families in Herat province who have already been surveyed by members and colleagues of the Institute of MSO so that these needy families in the current crisis be supported.

On June 25, 2020, the first food Caravan went to Zanda Jan District with food packages which were consisted of: rice, oil, sugar, and tomato paste and distributed for 60 families with the presence of Mr. Mahdi Rasikh and Mr. Farhad Sharifi the representatives of JRS, Mr. Habibullah Joyanda the representative of work and social affairs, Mr. Atayee mayor of Zanda Jan, and members of MSO. These packages were conveyed and distributed in Zanda Jan in three phases: on June 25, 2020, on July 4, 2020, and on July 5, 2020.

The second caravan of food packages transferred to Karokh District on June 29, 2020. These food packages were distributed to 40 needy families who were surveyed before.

On July 30, 2020 food packages distributed to the people Injil District and 82 poor families who were surveyed before received the packages.

12 families from Gozara District and 150 families from Herat city who had received cards were asked to come to the MSO office and receive their packages.

Herat Female Managers Network (HFM Network)

Routing@20August 25, 2025

Herat Female Managers Network (HFM Network)

Herat Female Managers Network (HFM Network) is title of the 6-month project which was implemented by MSO in Herat province, Afghanistan in 2019. The target group or the direct beneficiaries of establishing the HFM Network through this project were; at least 100 women who are the managers and administrators working in public, private, and non-government institutions or sectors in Heart Province, Afghanistan. The overall activities of this project were focused on three arias which are as follows:

Capacity-building Committee: Where all and every member could be admitted voluntarily.
Advocacy Committee: With at least 30 members, among which there can be the civil activists, men or women, who are not the members of the Organization or the Network.
Awareness-raising Committee: With at least 20 volunteer members.
And Research Committee in which more than 30 members ore voluntarily working.

Herat Female Managers’ Network project started in July 2019 by MSO with the financial support of JRS to provide these female managers an opportunity to get together, raise their voices, and advocate for one another. During these six months of the project, the foundation of the HFM network was formed, policies and strategies followed, plans and programs were practiced and developed. Based on the achievements and according to the demand of network members, MSO prepares a proposal to continue the project in 2020. The project continued seven more months, but after that the team of MSO are working voluntarily.

Outcome:

Consequently; during three years of Network life, more than 150 woman managers were joined to the Network and work eagerly in committees. Also 13 Leadership and Management workshops were conducted for managers, headmasters, and civil activists, more than 20 advocacies were done by Advocacy Committee to solve different problems, most of the Network members were invited to different medias to be introduce as active women of the society, and many researches were done about different subjects by Research committee of the Network. Furthermore, especial days such as: International Woman Day, International Human Rights Day, International Teacher Day and were celebrated.

the pictures of Herat Female Managers Network

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Routing@20March 3, 2022

Job Location: Herat

No. Of Jobs: 1

Job Title: Integrity Facilitator Social Audit

Nationality: Afghan

Employment Type: Full Time

Salary: According to Project Budget line

Organization: Management Studies Organization (MSO) موسسه مطالعات مدیریتی

Years of Experience: Minimum 1 years in community

Contract Duration: Ten months

Gender: Male

Education: Minimum Bachelor degree

Close date: 7 March, 2022

About Management Studies Organization (MSO):

The Management Studies Organization (MSO) is registered in the Ministry of Economy of Afghanistan with the registration number 4693 in March 27, 2019. The overall goal of the MSO is to provide humanitarian and volunteer services for active contribution in reconstruction and development of Afghanistan through strengthening democracy, good governance, and social justice

Program Summery

Integrity Watch Afghanistan as the premier anti-corruption Afghan non-for-profit organization has been implementing Social Audit since 2018 in Afghanistan. To scale up the program and build organizational capacity of local CSOs, Integrity Watch Afghanistan has partnered with local CSOs to implement its Social Audit Program. Integrity Watch Afghanistan will provide technical and financial supports to local partners to implement the Social Audit Program in the relevant provinces. The Program will bring more coordination between communities and duty bearers, increase transparency and accountability in the public service delivery, enhance the quality of public services through collaborative information sharing and problem solving by community members. The aim of this program is to make officials more responsive to community’s grievances, encourage communities to support public service delivery and advocate for policy change at local and national levels.

Duties and Responsibilities

Integrity Facilitator (IF) leads, guides and is directly in contact with Provincial Integrity Network (PIN) members in the district or provincial levels. PIN is consist of representatives from academia, youth and women, CDC and local CSO members. The PIN members will conduct audit in health, education or humanitarian aids areas to enhance public participation, highlight community grievances and therefore build mutual trust between communities and duty bearers. The IF will help in mobilization of PIN members, conduction of Social Audit, facilitations of advocacy events in the district and provincial levels. The main purpose of an IF is to PIN members to ensure transparency and resolve problems identified during Social Audit.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Facilitate means to assist communities in establishing processes to facilitate the selection of PIN members

Provide support to PIN members during Social Audit and engage in trust building processes with local officials

Follow up PIN activities and regularly attend monthly meetings at district, provincial advocacy meetings with officials

Facilitate and coordinate PIN members monthly meetings

Do the data entry, and make sure that the database is reflecting accurate and in-time field data for Social Audit.

Facilitate establishment of strong relationships with local stakeholders (local officials, community members and civil societies) in the district and provincial levels

Explore and seek local opportunities to solve the identified problems

Facilitate and participate in the advocacy meetings with officials to regularly share the Social Audit findings with them

Reporting to local partner regularly about the progress of the activities from the field

Any other program related tasks, as instructed by the local partner

Capacity Building:

Participating in local partner’s workshops to build personal and professional capacity

Indicators for Success:

Utilizing the latest tactics and skills of leadership at work

Being updated and aware of PIN members’ activities

Strengthening rapports with community councils, CSOs, Government and other stakeholders

Being fully engaged in the advocacy meetings with officials

Putting efforts on cultivating Social Audit in local levels especially amongst youths and garner their support

Efficiently leading and guiding the team to meet the minimum fix rate appointed by Integrity Watch

Getting the job done in a timely manner while adhering strictly to principles of transparency, accountability and integrity

Actively participating in PIN member meetings once in a month

Requirements:

A bachelor in any field

At least one year of work experience in the community

Able to communicate in English, Pashto and Dari in written and oral

Have good understanding of Office package and database

Have a good knowledge of corruption in the public services and be inspired to fight against corruption

Have good oral communication skills

Able to establish good relationship with communities, and officials as well as civil societies in the district and provincial levels

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply by sending a CV and a covering letter that outlines how your experience and education relate to the skills and experience outlined in the Terms of Reference to: admin_hr@mso.af and as cc to info@mso.af

The deadline for application is March 7, 2022. However, interviews of suitable candidates may begin as applications are received. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.