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The Harvard Humanitarian is a monthly e-newsletter compiled by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) to publicize news, publications, and events in the Harvard community related to advancing responses to humanitarian crises of war and disaster. Please help us make this a robust resource by contributing your Harvard community news items via email. |
SPECIAL FEATURE
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Presenting the 5th Annual Humanitarian Action Summit: Climate and Crisis
The 5th Annual Humanitarian Action Summit: Climate and Crisis will take place on May 13-14, 2013.
The Summit, co-hosted by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and the Harvard University Center for the Environment, will provide a platform to explore approaches to addressing the human and material costs of climate change. Summit discussions will focus on the acute and chronic issues at the intersection of climate change and humanitarian action, including the impact of climate change on food security, forced migration, and conflict as well as the current technology, methods, and applications for monitoring and mapping climate change.
Additionally, the first day of the Summit will feature a panel discussion titled "Rethinking Humanitarian Aid," sponsored by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. The panel will discuss how humanitarian aid might be most effectively organized and delivered today.
To learn more about the 2013 Humanitarian Action Summit, please click here.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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The Humanitarian Response Intensive Course Taking Place April 16-28
Organized by the Humanitarian Academy at Harvard's Lavine Family Humanitarian Studies Initiative, the Humanitarian Response Intensive Course is offered each year to professionals from around the world. Participants will utilize knowledge of the humanitarian field gained in the classroom learning sessions (April 16-25) during a three-day field simulation exercise (April 26-28). Attendees will spend two nights in the forest and participate in a complicated disaster and conflict scenario. During the simulation, participants will work in teams representing different humanitarian nongovernmental organizations and will engage with a wide range of local and non-state actors (roles developed and filled by faculty, course alumni, and affiliates) to create a service delivery plan.
To learn more, please click here.
Register Now for the Humanitarian Action Evaluation and Implementation Science Summer Workshop
June 17 - 22, 2013
Boston, MA
The Humanitarian Action Evaluation and Implementation Science Summer Workshop is an intensive, hands-on opportunity for humanitarian professionals to develop a vital skill set in the development, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of humanitarian programs. This workshop consists of two consecutive courses (taken independently or together) for those interested in mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative), and information and communication technology used in the implementation of program monitoring and evaluation. The intended audience for this workshop includes NGO and UN workers, national and local government disaster preparedness planners, and other professionals involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation and monitoring of humanitarian programs. Course leaders include faculty from the Harvard School of Public Health, Northwestern University, and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.
To learn more and register, please click here.
Register Now for the Urban Humanitarian Emergencies Course
July 26 - 28, 2013
Harvard University Campus
The Urban Humanitarian Crises Course is a three-day course organized by the Humanitarian Academy at Harvard's Lavine Family Humanitarian Studies Initiative to train humanitarian professionals on the current issues and practices involved in this unique and expanding area of research and practice. The course faculty is experienced in humanitarian training and has on-the-ground experience with humanitarian crises in urban areas. The target audience of this event includes NGO and UN workers, national and local government disaster preparedness planners, and others involved in emergent-phase response to disasters and humanitarian crises. Course leaders include faculty from Oxford Brookes University, World Vision International, Action Against Hunger USA and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.
To learn more and register, please click here.
HHI Fellow Featured on MSNBC
Dr. Frederick "Skip" Burkle, Senior Fellow and Scientist at the Harvard, discussed disaster management in the context of relief for Iraqi civilians on MSNBC. To read the article, click here.
HHI Faculty Research on Conflict and Reconciliation in Cambodia Featured in the Harvard Gazette
 The Harvard Gazette recently featured HHI faculty Patrick Vinck and Phuong Pham's research on Cambodian attitudes towards the Khmer Rouge tribunals. Their research on Cambodia is a component of their broader work, which seeks to examine conflict and reconciliation in a number of countries.
To read the article, please click here.
To learn more about HHI's work with vulnerable populations, please click here.
HHI Faculty Speak at the Fourth Anniversary of the Humanitarian Studies Institute
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Dr. Vincenzo Bollettino, Executive Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, and Jocelyn Kelly, Director of the Women in War Program, delivered talks at the Fourth Anniversary of the Humanitarian Studies Institute in Colombia on the 14th of November. To view their talks, please click here.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Event times, dates, and locations listed here are subject to change without notice. Please contact the event host for more information.
Transitional Justice Toolkit - Healing a Traumatized Society
April 11, 2013
4-6 PM
Carr Center Conference Room (R-219)
This event is a part of the Spring 2013 "Human Rights and Transitional Justice Seminar Series" run by the Program on Transitional Justice at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. For additional information, please click here.
Designing International NGO Governance
Thursday, April 25, 2013
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Belfer, Weil Town Hall, Lobby Level
Alnoor Ebrahim will speak on the challenges of designing the governance structures of international NGOs engaged in policy advocacy. He will discuss cases of ten global organizations that have restructured the relationships between their international headquarters and their national units or members over the past decade. In doing so, they have innovated with the core problem of how to increase central authority while maintaining local legitimacy. This work is part of a research project jointly conducted with colleagues L. David Brown and Srilatha Batliwala.
To learn more, click here.
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About The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
HHI fosters interdisciplinary collaboration at Harvard University in order to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian strategies for relief, protection, and prevention; instill human rights principles and practices in these strategies; and educate and train the next generation of humanitarian leaders. In 2005, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative was established as a University-wide interfaculty academic and research center, supported by the Office of the Provost and the Harvard School of Public Health with the participation of faculty from Harvard schools and affiliated hospitals. For more information, visit www.hhi.harvard.edu. |
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