From 5 to 9 October 2015 students of the first edition of HOPE- Master In Humanitarian Operations in Emergencies Managing Projects, People, Administration & Logistic in the field’s experienced a field simulation at the UNHRD base in Brindisi. UNHRD is a United Nations Human Assistance Network with bases throughout the world. In Brindisi there are structures for humanitarian […]
Emmanuelle Lacroix | 13th October 2015 Braving the rain at 7am to attend a workshop using role-play to illustrate the skills and behaviours required to handle conflict in the workplace, I wondered if it was such a great idea: would I have to take an active part part in role-playing when all I was wanted
Emmanuelle Lacroix | 22 Settembre 2015 I attended the “Tales from the humanitarian frontline” event at ODI to mark the World Humanitarian Day. Panel members were asked what drove them into aid work, and we were reminded of an old saying that aid workers would have been one of the three M’s: a mercenary, a missionary or a
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Isabel White | 6th July 2013 Twice a year I share my 25 years’ experience with ASVI students in London. When you have worked in a sector for that long, based on your years of experience, you inevitably take a different view to those who may be new to fundraising. It is easy to be cynical about
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Sandro Calvani | 13th June 2013 Some of the greatest innovators of our time including Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve Jobs (Apple) and Marck Zuckerberg (Facebook) have changed the world of business and of the market without having obtained first an academic degree in their education. Some of them attempted to obtain it but then became
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Laura Taraborrelli | 25th June 2013 From 25th until 27th of April the XXVIII general assembly of Amnesty International Italy – the Italian branch of the NGO fighting for human rights to be respected all over the world – took place in Rome. During the convention, international guests were invited to give a personal and
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Isabel White | 4th July 2013 I asked a fellow fundraiser recently what was his pet hate in the voluntary sector. By coincidence it was something I was also thinking about. He said “my pet hate is people or organizations who think that just because they are “doing good” that they deserve loads of
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Emmanuelle Lacroix | 07th July 2015 Following the launch of the CHS Alliance in Nairobi, I took part in a field visit, organised by our colleagues at ActionAid Kenya, to see accountability in action and hear feedback from community members, the main stakeholders of the quality and accountability agenda. The trip gave me a very timely and
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Marco Crescenzi | 15th September 2015 “How much is it?” asks Dona Raimunda, widow and mother of 8 kids. “Six palmas”, replies the cashier. At this point, the woman takes out some strange money from her purse. The trader collects the money and the woman walks away with her shopping bags. Brazil, one of the
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