Spring 2011 NGOs & Development Study Group

The NGOs & Development Study Group meets biweekly to discuss and debate issues related to emerging paradigms in development, evolving roles of NGOs, and specific management, leadership and governance challenges in the NGO world.  The study group brings interested students from across Harvard together with practitioners dealing with these questions in real time or with academics investigating similar questions.  This is a space for open discussion and lively exchange, where all participants come with a commitment to share, listen and reflect.  It is a place for building relationships, exchanging ideas and connecting scholarship with practice.

Each session is led by a guest who will launch the discussion on the topics listed below and serve as a resource person. This study group is convened by the Humanitarian & Development NGOs domain of practice at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations.

Join the second NGOs & Development study group session of the spring semester!
Humanitarian Action: Notes from the Frontline
Dr. Unni Krishnan
Disaster Response Policy Coordinator, Plan International
 
Disasters and conflicts devastate and leave lasting footprints. They reconfigure lives and reverse development gains. They often widen  social and political fault lines and compromise rights. Numerous factors amplify the vulnerability to disasters and their impact.  This session will provide an eyewitness and activist account of the social reality on the ground in humanitarian disasters, from the tsunami in Asia to the floods in Pakistan to the earthquake in Haiti, and will discuss national and international responses to those disasters.

This study group will be convened by
Ramesh Singh
Visiting Fellow, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
Former Chief Executive, ActionAid International
 
Tuesday, February 154.00 pm – 5.00 pm Belfer L-4 (ground floor, Belfer Building)Harvard Kennedy School

Dr. Unni Krishnan is a health and humanitarian worker and has twenty years of experience in humanitarian organizations such as ActionAid, Oxfam and Plan. Currently, he leads the emergency response efforts of Plan International and is based at their international headquarters in the UK.  Dr. Krishnan serves on the board of the Sphere Project and worked as a Task Force member of the Inter Agency Standing Committee that developed the international guidelines on mental health and psychosocial support in emergency settings.
This study group is organized by the Humanitarian & Development NGOs Domain of Practice at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations