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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20211216T170000
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SUMMARY:Cancelled: The Hub's Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:We are very excited to invite you to The Hub’s Holiday Party on the 16th of December from 17:00 onwards. The party will be held at the café at Humanity Hub City Centre and will take the form of a potluck\, so make sure to bring your most delicious signature dish to share! We will enjoy each other’s food while drinking\, dancing\, and having fun in the picture corner.  \n\n\n\nThe theme of this year’s Holiday Party is “Wear your ugly holiday sweater!” and that is not without a real Ugly Sweater Competition! Make sure to wear your most hideous holiday sweater and you might even win a prize.  \n\n\n\nPlease save the date & register for this event! The final program will soon be announced. We hope to see you all there.  \n\n\n\nOf course\, we will keep a close eye on the evolving Covid regulations and we will keep you updated on any changes. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/holiday-party/
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SUMMARY:Centre For African Justice\, Peace and Human Right's 4th Annual Conference on Sexual Violence Against the Male Gender: A Perspective on Forced Migration
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Centre’s advocacy efforts to raise awareness on conflict-related sexual violence against boys and men; and with the aim to bring the issue to the forefront of the international community’s agenda\, CAJPHR organises Annual Conferences on Conflict-related Sexual Violence against the Male Gender. \n\n\n\nThis year’s Annual Conference is devoted to “Conflict-related Sexual Violence against the Male Gender: A perspective on Forced Migration” \n\n\n\nDue to the COVID-19 Pandemic and related travel restrictions\, we will be having a virtual conference this year. Which will be held on December 18 at 14:00 CET. \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/centre-for-african-justice-peace-and-human-rights-4th-annual-conference-on-sexual-violence-against-the-male-gender-a-perspective-on-forced-migration/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220111T160000
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DTSTAMP:20250610T114602Z
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SUMMARY:Member Onboarding Session
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to new members!\n\n\n\nThe Hub team will be hosting a monthly onboarding session to facilitate a soft landing within the community. \n\n\n\nThese sessions are also open to all other members\, especially to those who might want a refresher on onboarding procedures or to meet new members! \n\n\n\nThe sessions will last about 45min and will be virtual for the time being. \n\n\n\nNote: This event is for Hub members only. \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/member-onboarding-session-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220111T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220111T180000
DTSTAMP:20250610T114604Z
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SUMMARY:Community Drinks
DESCRIPTION:Dear Hub members\, \n\n\n\nWe are excited to invite all of you for this in-person event: Community Drinks at the Hague Humanity Hub’s Café. This is a perfect time to connect with new and current members of the Hub and seeing them off of the small screens\, and in a COVID safe way!  \n\n\n\nMore details to come soon! If you have any questions\, feel free to contact us at programming@humanityhub.net.  \n\n\n\nNote: this event is for Hub members only! \n\n\n\nWarmly\, \n\n\n\nThe Hub Team
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/community-drinks-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220112T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220112T163000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115049Z
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SUMMARY:Partos event: Basic PME Course
DESCRIPTION:Are you a development professional eager to learn how to build a Theory of Change and accompanying M&E framework? Then consider joining the upcoming 3-day basic Planning\, Monitoring\, and Evaluation training starting 12 January 2022. Next to three days of training\, you’ll receive two individual coaching sessions. Partos and Adriaan Korevaar from Shape Your World are now offering this course in a highly interactive online fashion. \n\n\n\nThe number of places is limited so make sure to sign up before 21 December via the form on this page if you’re interested in joining. \n\n\n\nFor whom is this course?\n\n\n\nFor program managers\, starting M&E staff\, and policy advisors from international non-profit organisations. You will learn the essentials of using a Theory of Change (ToC) for your program design implementation and M&E. This starts from the design phase and leads you through the monitoring and evaluation framework with a focus on learning and improving. \n\n\n\nSet up of the course\n\n\n\nThe course will comprise 3 half-day interactive online sessions and 2 individual coaching sessions. During the training days\, you learn and practice with the principles of the Theory of Change (ToC)\, a roadmap that shows how and why an initiative will lead to the desired results. The focus of the personal coaching sessions in between training days will be to help you build your own specific TOC and M&E framework. \n\n\n\nWe will make sure that there is ample opportunity to connect with other participants\, so you are able to discuss and reflect on the topics this training is about. \n\n\n\nWhat we expect from you\n\n\n\nCome prepared with context information for the program you want to create a ToC for.Homework: in between the training days you are expected to apply the training to your program. You can expect 3-4 hours of homework in between online sessions. We suggest that you create a ToC and to make a monitoring plan with the help and feedback of your colleagues.Coaching: to help you move forward with application\, each participant can sign in for 2 coaching sessions with Adriaan Korevaar in between trainings.Interaction: during the workshop we expect you to actively contribute and interact with one another via break-out rooms. In between the training days we advise you to interact with the training colleagues.\n\n\n\nWhy would you follow this training?\n\n\n\nYou’ll receive teaching materials that focus on international aid and development organisations.There will be lots of attention for questions that you might have\, considering your own organisation and/or programme.In between the training days\, the trainer is available for coaching\, questions and advice.\n\n\n\nPractical details:\n\n\n\nNumber of participants: a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 15 \n\n\n\nDates (all meetings are online): \n\n\n\n12 January 2022\, 12.30-16.30 h \n\n\n\n21 January 2022\, 12.30-16.30 h \n\n\n\n2 February 2022\, 12.30-16.30 h \n\n\n\nplus two individual coaching sessions (on 18 or 19 January and 27 or 28 January) \n\n\n\nDeadline for registration: 21 December 2021\, 12.00 \n\n\n\nPrice: € 500\,- (incl. 0% VAT) for people working at Partos member organisations and € 650\,- (excl. 21% VAT) for non-members . When the training is full\, Partos members will get priority in following the course. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here for the basic PME course
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/partos-event-basic-pme-course/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T123000
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SUMMARY:Crisis-ready non-custodial sanctions and measures
DESCRIPTION:Probation agencies and others supporting the use and implementation of non-custodial sanctions and measures have been significantly impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and measures adopted by criminal justice systems and governments in combatting the spread of the virus in prisons and communities at large. While the focus has often been on mitigating the extreme risk of contagion in detention settings\, the adopted emergency and early release measures\, broadened use of alternatives to imprisonment and restrictions on movement\, in-person meetings and community services has posed challenges to probation work and shifted needs and risks for both probation staff and clients.   \n\n\n\nBased on research into the use and delivery of alternatives to imprisonment in the EU and the impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on probation in Europe\, Central Asia and South Caucasus\, PRI has developed the 10-point plan for Crisis-ready non-custodial sanctions and measures\, a tool that offers probation leadership\, practitioners\, policy makers and others involved in the delivery of non-custodial sanctions and measures across the world evidence-based and practical guidance on building and strengthening services that are flexible\, non-discriminatory and better able to respond to and adapt in the face of crises.    \n\n\n\nOn 20 January 2022\, PRI will hold an online event to launch the new 10-point plan\, discuss key findings from the conducted research and hear about the experience of non-custodial sanctions during the ongoing pandemic from varied perspectives. Speakers will include representatives of the International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation (IPPF)\, the Kyrgyz Probation Service\, as well as the project research teams.  \n\n\n\n20 January 2021 11:00 – 12:30 CET The event will be in English. Simultaneous translation to Russian will be available.  Register here\n\n\n\nThis event received IPPF funding in support of the Foundation’s goal to ensure that criminal justice systems equitably and effectively deal with the impact of COVID-19 on offenders who are in either custodial or non-custodial settings. \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/crisis-ready-non-custodial-sanctions-and-measures/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T170000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115238Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The (unsafe) situation in the Sahel and the implication on humanitarian aid
DESCRIPTION:Cordaid – Ellory Mahou\n\n\n\nThe humanitarian situation in the Sahel is deteriorating quickly and significantly. People’s needs across the region are now at unprecedented levels\, and their vulnerabilities are deepening and increasing due to escalating conflict\, rising food insecurity\, multiplying climate emergencies and the pandemic. During this webinar we would like to give an update about the situation in the Sahel and the implications of the unsafety and insecurity on humanitarian aid. \n\n\n\nOne of the experts that will share her story during this webinar is Anna Schmauder (Clingendael) – she focuses on governance and political orders in Mali\, Burkina Faso and Niger\, armed group dynamics (including jihadist) and the international response to the Sahel crises. \n\n\n\nMore detailed information on this webinar will follow. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/webinar-the-unsafe-situation-in-the-sahel-and-the-implication-on-humanitarian-aid/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T171500
DTSTAMP:20250610T115249Z
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SUMMARY:Wereld Café: shift the power@work
DESCRIPTION:Bottlenecks & Creative Solutions\n\n\n\nDuring the Wereld Café on January 20th\, this dream paper\, bottlenecks and creative solutions will be discussed with representatives of Dutch organisations and international partners that receive assistance. How do they view envisaged changes\, and would this work in their daily practice? Which best & worst practices are at hand and what are some of the difficult questions that need to be addressed? \n\n\n\nMore information \n\n\n\nSpeakers & Guests\n\n\n\nGuests include Moses Isooba (Director Uganda National NGO Forum This link opens in a new tab)\, Zohra Moosa (Director Mama Cash This link opens in a new tab)\, Maite Smet (Coordinator Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action This link opens in a new tab) and Bart Romijn (Director Partos This link opens in a new tab). The presentation is in the hands of Ama van Dantzig. This webinar is of interest to professionals working in the field of international cooperation\, both in the Netherlands and internationally. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/wereld-cafe-shift-the-powerwork/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T180000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115220Z
CREATED:20211228T072454Z
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SUMMARY:Conversations on the future of Europe in the world: The EU’s ‘Global Gateway’: from Brussels to Bishkek and beyond
DESCRIPTION:LINKS Europe\, in collaboration of The City of The Hague and with the support of The Hague Humanity Hub\, cordially invites you to a policy dialogue on the future of connectivity in the European Union: The EU’s ‘Global Gateway’: from Brussels to Bishkek and beyond. The event is the fourth in our series\, Conversations on the future of Europe in the world\, and aims to contribute to the debate within the framework of The Conference on the Future of Europe This link opens in a new tab. \n\n\n\nIn July 2021\, the 27 member states of the European Union’s European Council published conclusions tasking the European Commission and the bloc’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to put together a new global EU connectivity strategy. The document stressed the importance of both physical infrastructure and regulatory frameworks; high-impact and visible projects and activities globally; coherent and streamlined financing schemes; and ways to incentivise the private sector to finance and implement the strategy. Above all\, it reflected a desire of EU member states for a coherent and co-ordinated connectivity agenda that brings together the bloc’s institutions with that of the national governments.  \n\n\n\nChristening the project ‘Global Gateway’\, the European Commission has since allocated €300 billion to a multifaceted strategy\, “to boost smart\, clean and secure links in digital\, energy and transport and strengthen health\, education and research systems across the world”. Considering China’s immense and growing ‘Belt and Road Initiative’\, the EU’s aspiration for a strong and aligned connectivity strategy is unsurprising. But what must this strategy consider? What approaches should it take\, and where should its priorities lie? \n\n\n\nThis policy dialogue will look at the EU’s developing connectivity strategy – identifying areas of importance and potential pitfalls\, assessing different approaches\, and highlighting best practices – with the participation of experts and the general public.  \n\n\n\nThe event will be moderated by Mr Amit Arkhipov-Goyal\, Program Manager\, Elva Community Engagement and the speakers include Ambassador Terhi Hakala\, the EU Special Representative for Central Asia (pre-recorded speech); Dr Maaike Okano-Heijmans\, Senior Research Fellow\, the Clingendael Institute; and Dr Wouter Jacobs\, Academic Director of the Leadership in Commodity Trade and Supply Networks programme\, Erasmus University Rotterdam. \n\n\n\nProgramme: \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nMr Amit Arkhipov-Goyal\, Program Manager\, Elva Community Engagement \n\n\n\nOpening Remarks (pre-recorded statement) \n\n\n\nAmbassador Tehri Hakala\, the European Union Special Representative for Central Asia.\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nDr. Maaike Okano-Heijmans\, Senior Research Fellow\, The Clingendael InstituteDr. Wouter Jacobs\, Academic Director of the Leadership in Commodity Trade and Supply Networks programme\, Erasmus University Rotterdam\n\n\n\nParticipants in the policy dialogue will hear short presentations from the guest speakers\, after which everyone present will be asked to contribute their views on the topic in short 1–2-minute presentations\, followed by a general discussion. The opinions and ideas expressed in the meeting will be reflected in a short summary of proceedings\, which will be submitted for consideration within the larger Conference on the Future of Europe This link opens in a new tab. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place online 16:00-18:00 on Thursday\, 20 January 2022. \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/conversations-on-the-future-of-europe-in-the-world-the-eus-global-gateway-from-brussels-to-bishkek-and-beyond/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220125T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220125T163000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115452Z
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SUMMARY:Access to EU Funding 2022
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn about the following specific calls (application deadline dates behind each call): \n\n\n\nENERGY+CLIMATE \n\n\n\nInteroperable solutions for flexibility services using distributed energy storage – 26 April 2022Demonstration of innovative forms of storage and their successful operation and integration into innovative energy systems and grid architectures – 26 April 2022Demonstration of cost-effective advanced biofuel technologies utilising existing industrial plants – 26 April 2022Demonstration of complete value chains for advanced biofuel and non-biological renewable fuel production – 27 October 2022Decarbonising industry with CCUS – 26 April 2022Building and renovating by exploiting advanced materials for energy and resources efficient management – 30 March 2022Boosting green economic recovery and open strategic autonomy in Strategic Digital Technologies through pre-commercial procurement – 30 March 2022\n\n\n\nEDUCATION\, TRAINING\, EMPLOYABILITY \n\n\n\nCooperation partnerships in the field of youth\, sport\, VET\, school and higher education – 23 March 2022Capacity building – 07 April 2022Education for democracy – 20 April 2022\n\n\n\nJUSTICE\, GOVERNANCE\, DEMOCRACY \n\n\n\nCall for proposals for action grants to support transnational e-Justice projects – 15 March 2022Global governance for a world in transition: Norms\, institutions\, actors – 20 April 2022Artificial intelligence\, big data and democracy – 20 April 2022\n\n\n\nENTREPRENEURIAL\, INNOVATION AND INVESTMENT ECOSYSTEMS \n\n\n\nIntegration of social innovation actors in innovation ecosystems – 26 April 2022Towards more inclusive networks and initiatives in European innovation ecosystems – 26 April 2022Expanding Investments Ecosystems – 04 October 2022\n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/access-to-eu-funding-2022/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220125T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220125T170000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115440Z
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SUMMARY:(DUTCH) Online Symposium: Meer meten is Meer Weten of Meer macht?
DESCRIPTION:“Meer meten is meer weten\, of meer macht?” – Online symposium over digitale technologie en de rechtsstaat\n\n\n\nHet Platform Burgerrechten en het Netherlands Helsinki Committee organiseren op 25 januari “Meer weten is meer weten\, of meer macht?”\, een symposium over de inzet van digitale technologie door de overheid en de impact hiervan op het functioneren van de rechtsstaat. Experts geven lezingen over relevante thema’s op dit terrein\, waarna ruimte is voor een paneldiscussie over deze onderwerpen. Geïnteresseerden zijn van harte uitgenodigd om dit evenement online bij te wonen. \n\n\n\nDe overheid zet steeds vaker nieuwe technologieën zoals voorspellende algoritmes\, apps of surveillance apparatuur in als antwoord op maatschappelijke vraagstukken. Fraudeopsporing en criminaliteitsbestrijding\, handhaving op straat\, maar ook de aanpak van de COVID-19 crisis maken hier onderdeel van uit. De inzet van deze middelen gaat gepaard met een heilig geloof in digitale oplossingen. Deze nieuwe technologieën worden vaak ingezet zonder dat er kritisch wordt gekeken naar de gevolgen voor de grondrechten van burgers en de daadwerkelijke effectiviteit van het systeem. \n\n\n\nHet rechterlijk vonnis over SyRI bevestigde begin 2020 dat het gebruik van risicoindicatiesystemen kan leiden tot discriminatie en het onterecht bestempelen van burgers als potentieel fraudeur zonder dat zij zich hiertegen kunnen verdedigen. Dit vonnis bleek werkelijkheid in de toeslagenaffaire. Ondanks de lessen die we uit deze twee voorbeelden kunnen trekken blijft de overheid inzetten op het gebruik van algoritmes en risicoprofielen. Met het voorstel voor de Wet Gegevensverwerking door Samenwerkingsverbanden (WGS)\, door tegenstanders reeds tot ‘Super SyRI’ gedoopt\, wil het Ministerie van Justitie deze datakoppelpraktijken op vele terreinen de standaard modus operandi maken. \n\n\n\nOok zien we een (potentiële) botsing met grondrechten bij de stijgende inzet van gezichtsherkenning door overheden om o.a. handhaving makkelijker te maken. Waar dit in een recent verleden nog een dystopisch instrument leek\, zien we een verschuiving binnen de EU waarin de inzet van gezichtsherkenning binnen de nieuwe AI-wetgeving toch rechtsgrond lijkt te krijgen.    \n\n\n\nHoewel dit beleid vaak wordt bekritiseerd omwille van privacy\, is dit lang niet het enige grondrecht dat onder druk staat. Vaak is er ook sprake van een gebrek aan transparantie. Hierdoor wordt het onmogelijk je als burger tegen deze systemen te verdedigen. Als burger weet je niet of je op een lijst van de overheid staat en op basis van welke factoren terwijl je wel de consequenties ervan kan ondervinden. Zo wordt iedere burger bij voorbaat verdacht. Dit geeft de overheid een enorme informatiemacht die de checks & balances binnen onze democratie tart en de fundamenten van onze rechtsstaat raakt. De groeiende inzet van digitale middelen is dus niet alleen een technologisch issue\, maar tevens een rechtsstatelijk vraagstuk. In dit evenement zullen we hierover in gesprek gaan\, waarbij we specifiek kijken naar drie voorbeelden: de WGS\, de Europese Europol Verordening en het voorstel van de Europese AI-Verordening. \n\n\n\nWanneer: dinsdag 25 januari 1515-1700Waar: Zoom Wie: \n\n\n\nModerator: Joeri Buhrer Tavanier\, Programma Manager Nederlands Helsinki ComitéKeynote spreker: Tijmen Wisman\, Platform Bescherming Burgerrechten – “De inzet van technologie en de bescherming van burgers tegen willekeur”Panelleden:Nadia Benaissa\, Bits of Freedom: “AI verordening”Sarah Eskens\, universitair docent Law and Technology\,  Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: “Data-verwerkende bevoegdheden van Europol en hoe deze zich verhouden tot de rechtsstaat”Quirine Eijkman\, College voor de Rechten van de Mens: “Wet gegevensverwerking door samenwerkingsverbanden (WGS): (hoe) botst het met de bescherming van mensenrechten?”\n\n\n\n\nRegister here!
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/dutch-online-symposium-meer-meten-is-meer-weten-of-meer-macht/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220127T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220127T180000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115036Z
CREATED:20211207T155446Z
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SUMMARY:peace&justice café - The Hague in the World and the World in The Hague
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the first peace&justice café of the year\, together with professionals from the Hague’s ecosystem and (re)connect on our common goals.  This café will discuss the international profile of the Hague\, and explore how the work done in The Hague is making an impact worldwide\, and how internationals are contributing to The Hague.  Change-makers in the Hague and those who are part of peace and justice ecosystems all over the world will connect. The event is co-created by the Hague Humanity Hub and the City of the Hague\, where many hundreds of international organisations and NGOs are working to make a more peaceful and just world. \n\n\n\nFor more details and to sign up check here This link opens in a new tab
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/save-the-date-peace-and-justice-cafe-the-hague-in-the-world-and-the-world-in-the-hague/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220127T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220127T193000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115443Z
CREATED:20220119T091853Z
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SUMMARY:Israel's demonization of Palestinian human rights defenders
DESCRIPTION:The recent targeting of Palestinian civil rights organizations in the context of the so-called ‘war on terror’ has led to a rolling back of civil liberties. What implications is this having on the work of human rights defenders and what responsibilities do states and international organizations have to protect human rights defenders?  \n\n\n\nJoin us for a critical discussion as we analyze the recent targeting of Palestinian civil rights organizations in the wider context of the so-called ‘war on terror’ and the rolling back of civil liberties that it has led to. \n\n\n\nSpecifically\, we will discuss: \n\n\n\nthe circumstances under which these ‘designations’ were madethe implications this is already having for the work of human rights defenders associated with these organizationsthe responsibilities of States and international organizations to protect human rights defenders\, andhow the struggle of these 6 Palestinian organizations connects to other political and social struggles that we are facing today.\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nOn 19 October 2021\, six Palestinian civil rights organizations were designated by way of a military order as ‘terrorist’ organizations by the Israeli Minister of Defense Benny Gantz. These designations have been widely rejected by Palestinan and Israeli civil society organizations\, as well as by international human rights NGOs\, foreign governments and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. \n\n\n\nDespite these principled statements\, there have been no consequences – diplomatic\, economic or political – for Israel’s suppression of human rights defenders. The representatives of these Palestinian human rights defenders continue to fight for the  bare minimum political space necessary to be able to do their work. \n\n\n\nIsrael is not alone in pursuing this tactic. For the last 20 years\, governments across the world have instrumentalized the so-called ‘war on terror’ as a powerful tool to target\, isolate\, and deligitimize critical voices and political opposition. Civil rights have been rolled back and undermined in the process\, particularly amongst Muslim communities\, indigenous communities and people of colour. Accordingly\, surveillance\, political repression and so-called preventative policing have been normalized and intensified – always in the name of fighting terrorism and largely through the targeting of racialized communities. \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\nAhmed Abofoul\, Legal Researcher and Advocacy Officer\, Al Haq OrganizationSahar Francis\, Director\, Addameer OrganizationFuad Abu Saif\, General Director\, Union of Agricultural Work CommitteesChris Collier\, Consultant and expert on Human Rights DefendersNisha Kapoor\, Associate Professor in Sociology\, Warwick University\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\nJeff Handmaker\, Associate Professor in Legal Sociology\, ISS \n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\n\n\nOrganized by the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)\, Dutch Scholars for Palestine and Students for PalestineOpens external (Leiden)\, Access2Justice Lab\, Lectoraat Recht & Rechtvaardigheid Hogeschool LeidenOpens external\, International Lawyers (Geneva). This event is hosted by ISS. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/israels-demonization-of-palestinian-human-rights-defenders/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220202T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220204T170000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115121Z
CREATED:20211213T090803Z
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SUMMARY:2nd International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding
DESCRIPTION:The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (EnPAx™) and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) are delighted to announce that the Second International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding will be held virtually on February 1-4\, 2022\, convened in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)\,  the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform\, the Geneva Water Hub\, the Geneva Environment Network\, and the PeaceNexus Foundation. \n\n\n\nAfter carefully monitoring the evolution of COVID-19\, including the Omicron variant and various travel restrictions\, the Conference Organizing Committee decided to hold the conference virtually. \n\n\n\nThe conference consists of the following thematic tracks \n\n\n\nClimate change Rights and justice Public health Business and markets\, and Building the evidence base. \n\n\n\nThroughout the four days\, there will be plenary sessions\, an awards ceremony\, breakout sessions\, networking events\, and training courses.  \n\n\n\nThe process leading to the Second Conference—“The Road to Geneva”—was a consultative\, engaging practitioners\, researchers\, decision-makers\, and students from around the globe. \n\n\n\nPlease check out the preliminary version of the agenda.  To stay up to date on developments regarding the Second Conference\, including associated events\, please subscribe to our mailing list by contacting conference@environmentalpeacebuilding.org \n\n\n\nRegistration is now open and has no fee\, secure your spot here. For more information\, please contact conference@environmentalpeacebuilding.org.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister here!
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/2nd-international-conference-on-environmental-peacebuilding/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220203T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220203T170000
DTSTAMP:20250610T114606Z
CREATED:20210913T094958Z
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SUMMARY:Member Onboarding Session
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to new members!\n\n\n\nEvery month\, the Hub Team hosts a member onboarding session to welcome new members and facilitate a soft landing within the community. New members will learn more about what The Hub does\, what the Hub Team looks like\, how we can support them in their outreach and visibility\, and all the meeting services we have to offer. These onboarding sessions are also open to all other members\, especially those who might want a refresher on the onboarding procedures or to meet new members!  \n\n\n\nThe member onboarding sessions last about 45 minutes and will be virtual for the time being. Please note that this event is for Hub members only. \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/member-onboarding-session-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220203T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220203T180000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115458Z
CREATED:20220126T160027Z
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SUMMARY:CoFoE: Hard vs Soft Power: Is it time for an EU Army?
DESCRIPTION:LINKS Europe This link opens in a new tab\, in collaboration of The City of The Hague This link opens in a new tab and with the support of The Hague Humanity Hub This link opens in a new tab\, cordially invites you for a policy dialogue on the future of European defence and security\, titled: ‘Hard vs Soft Power: Is it time for an EU Army?’ The event is the fifth in our series of Conversations on the future of Europe in the world\, and aims to contribute to the debate within the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe This link opens in a new tab. \n\n\n\nSince its establishment\, the EU has relied on soft power and economic instruments as its foreign policy tools\, leaving hard power to its member states\, and the main Western military alliance\, NATO. The concept of a European army is hardly a new one but has by and large remained\, up to now\, abstract; however\, in light of the EU’s growing geostrategic ambitions\, what was once inconceivable is now starting to gain ground. \n\n\n\nIn her 2021 ‘State of the Union’ address\, the president of the European Commission\, Ursula von der Leyen\, noted that an EU defence force could be ‘part of the solution’ to the problem of a strategically autonomous EU. Following the heavily critiqued\, US-led withdrawal from Afghanistan last year\, this idea has once again started to gain traction. \n\n\n\nHowever\, what would such a development mean for the bloc? Has the EU truly exhausted its soft power instruments? What risks do such a development carry? Would it even be possible? And fundamentally\, how do EU citizens feel about such a significant change to the nature of the bloc? \n\n\n\nParticipants to the policy dialogue will hear short presentations from several guest speakers\, after which everyone present will be asked to contribute their views on the topic in short 1–2-minute presentations\, followed by a general discussion. The opinions and ideas expressed in the meeting will be reflected in a short summary of proceedings\, which will be submitted for consideration within the larger Conference on the Future of Europe. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place 16:00-18:00 on Thursday\, 3 February 2022\, virtually via Zoom. Registration is obligatory. \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nWill Murray – Senior Editor and Co-ordinator\, LINKS Europe\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nProfessor Rob de Wijk This link opens in a new tab – Founder\, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS)\, The HagueDick Zandee This link opens in a new tab – Head Security Unit/Senior Research Fellow\, The Clingendael Institute\, The HagueDr Daniel S. Hamilton This link opens in a new tab – Senior Non-Resident Fellow\, The Brookings Institution\, Washington DC\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions\, please direct them to office@links-europe.eu \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/cofoe-hard-vs-soft-power-is-it-time-for-an-eu-army/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220207T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220207T120000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115147Z
CREATED:20211213T093111Z
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SUMMARY:Online Course: Prevention and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence: The Role of Transitional Justice
DESCRIPTION:Brief Overview \n\n\n\nPrevention is a top priority in current international policy agendas on sustainable peace and development and global governance. The Sustainable Development Goals\, for example\, include in Goal 16 on peaceful\, just\, and inclusive societies the target of reducing all forms of violence. The UN Common Agenda\, in addition\, envisions a new agenda for peace based on an overarching approach to prevention. \n\n\n\nBy confronting the causes and consequences of massive human rights violations\, transitional justice can be an important element of these agendas. Aimed at breaking cycles of abuse and laying the foundations for peace\, justice\, and inclusion\, transitional justice has always sought to prevent the violations of the past from happening again\, particularly through the principle of guarantees of non-recurrence. Exactly how efforts to address the past can help societies to avoid future violations\, however\, is an under-explored part of the field. Furthermore\, it is even less clear\, and more contested\, whether and how transitional justice can help to prevent violence and violent conflict more broadly. \n\n\n\nAs the idea of prevention has been prioritized by the international community\, understanding the role of transitional justice has become more imperative. This course therefore provides a timely overview of the conceptual and practical links between justice and prevention\, drawing on specific country experiences. It will ask a series of questions aimed at exploring the preventive capacity of transitional justice: \n\n\n\nHow can transitional justice help to guarantee the nonrecurrence of all types of human rights violations\, but also to prevent different forms of crime\, violence\, and violent conflict more broadly?How does addressing common drivers and root causes of violence and abuses\, such as exclusion\, fragility\, and gender inequality\, contribute to a more peaceful future?What are the main constraints on the preventive impact of measures designed to address the legacies of past injustices? What steps can be taken to ensure that these measures in practice facilitate long-term structural change?What roles do different actors such as the state\, civil society\, donors\, and international organizations play in promoting prevention-oriented approaches to transitional justice that can be more integrated into broader peacebuilding and development interventions?How do contexts of ongoing violence or the absence of political transition affect the relationship between confronting past injustice and preventing its persistence or recurrence?\n\n\n\nThe course will look at practical examples of current\, past\, and paradigmatic transitional justice processes and their contribution to prevention. Country experiences to be discussed may include Colombia\, Kenya\, Sierra Leone\, Peru\, South Africa\, Syria\, Central African Republic\, Morocco\, and the Philippines. The aim is to provide course participants with a firm grounding in transitional justice efforts and insight into the challenges and opportunities of helping to avoid the recurrence of violations\, violence\, and violent conflict. \n\n\n\nFor over a decade\, the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) has offered a one-week in-person course in Barcelona in partnership with the Barcelona International Peace Center. In recent years\, the course has focused on “Prevention and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence: The Role of Transitional Justice\,” which engages participants in an in-depth examination of the relationship between transitional justice and the notion of prevention. In 2021 and 2022\, due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic\, the course has been reformulated as an interactive virtual platform. \n\n\n\nThe course runs from Monday\, February 7 through Friday\, February 11\, 2022 and involves 15 hours of online participation during 5 consecutive weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 pm Eastern time plus 3 hours for a group assignment outside the course hours. The course format includes a combination of online lectures\, breakout room discussions\, case studies\, and peer exchange of experiences. We have reformulated the course’s sessions\, shortening our schedule to allow participants more flexibility with their personal and professional schedules. It will be taught in English and a high proficiency level is required to fully benefit from attendance. Space will be limited. \n\n\n\nInstructors of include top level experts and practitioners\, such as Ruben Carranza\, Cristian Correa\, Roger Duthie\, Virginie Ladisch\, Kelli Muddell\, Anna Myriam Roccatello\, Howard Varney\, and Fernando Travesi\, among other guest speakers. The program is targeted at staff at multilateral agencies\, governments\, NGOs\, foundations\, universities\, and others involved in peacebuilding\, development\, conflict\, and post-conflict contexts around the world. \n\n\n\nDue to the pandemic\, ICTJ is subsidizing part of the course costs reducing its fee to US$ 800.00 (eight hundred dollars). \n\n\n\nTo apply\, please complete this online form This link opens in a new tab. \n\n\n\nDeadline for applications is Friday\, January 14\, 2022. \n\n\n\nFor more information about the application\, or any other inquiries\, please email Kelen Meregali at kmeregali@ictj.org. \n\n\n\n\nApply here!
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/online-course-prevention-and-guarantees-of-non-recurrence-the-role-of-transitional-justice/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220208T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220208T153000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115216Z
CREATED:20211214T130047Z
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SUMMARY:Coalition café - Dutch Coalition for Humanitarian Innovation
DESCRIPTION:From Prototyping\, to Practice\, to Platform \n\n\n\nDuring this (online) event we will present the results of the DCHI Makeathon and challenge our coalition to onboard on SOURCE2GATHER. \n\n\n\nThis platform is AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT THAT… HELPS THE HUMANITARIAN INNOVATOR WITH: \n\n\n\nCLEAR NEED ARTICULATIONPRE_PACKAGED PARTNERSHIP PROCESSA PROVEN INNOVATION TOOLKIT\n\n\n\nTimeline\n\n\n\n13.30 hr Replay the Makeathon \n\n\n\n13.45 hr Onboarding \n\n\n\n14.00 hr. Co-design online partnerships \n\n\n\n15.00 hr. Networking \n\n\n\n15.30 hr. Round up \n\n\n\n\nRead more and register
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/coalition-cafe-dutch-coalition-for-humanitarian-innovation/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220211T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220211T170000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115218Z
CREATED:20211214T130534Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to humanitarian communication
DESCRIPTION:In this training\, Emiel Martens\, assistant professor in Postcolonial Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam and Wouter Oomen\, PhD candidate in Humanitarian Communication at Utrecht University\, and together the directors of the Expertise Centre Humanitarian Communication\, will provide an introduction to the features and pitfalls of humanitarian communication and the importance of ethical communication on international development. \n\n\n\n\nRead more and register
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/introduction-to-humanitarian-communication/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220215T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220215T173000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115502Z
CREATED:20220211T123534Z
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SUMMARY:Hybrid Seminar on Social Accountability
DESCRIPTION:Join our Hybrid Seminar: Pathways for effective civic engagement? Findings on Social Accountability Initiatives in Morocco\, Tunisia and Lebanon’ \n\n\n\nAfter more than a decade after the “Arab Spring”\, we come together to review the efforts to strengthen the relations between the citizens and the States. This seminar will analyze the findings on reports for social accountabilities initiatives in Morocco\, Tunisia\, and Lebanon. We aim to answer the research question: “What does accountability look like for the people on the ground?”. The seminar will be moderated by Sylvia I. Bergh (Center of Expertise/THUAS and ISS/Erasmus University) and Ward Vloeberghs (Erasmus University College/EUC). Joining us as presenters are Hicham Jadaoun (Lebanon)\, Intissar Kherigi and Tasnim Chirchi (Tunisia) and Francesco Colin (Morocco\, and PhD researcher at ISS).This project was made possible thanks to a Research Innovation Facility grant from the ISS (International Institute of Social Studies\, Erasmus University in Rotterdam) and support by the Centre of Expertise on Global Governance/THUAS as well as Erasmus University College/EUC. \n\n\n\nWe warmly invite all THUAS\, ISS\, and EUC students and colleagues\, as well as any other interested students\, researchers\, and practitioners around the world to join us to critically reflect on the findings and what they mean for policymaking and development practice\, as well as future research!  \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/hybrid-seminar-on-social-accountability/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220216T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220216T180000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115448Z
CREATED:20220119T102326Z
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SUMMARY:The Justice Accelerator’s Demo Day 2022
DESCRIPTION:Can startups address legal concerns and wider problems of justice? What impact can innovations in the justice sector have compared to the courts? \n\n\n\nOn Wednesday\, 16 February 2022\, HiiL’s Justice Accelerator Demo Day 2022 will feature the 2021 cohort of innovators pitching unique solutions for addressing the justice gap in their respective countries and communities. \n\n\n\nThe event\, under the theme “Unlocking the justice potential in startups”\, brings together 18 startups to showcase their justice innovations to a virtual room full of potential investors\, entrepreneurs\, and the justice community\, while a panel of judges will assess each innovation in order to find the winners of this year’s Innovating Justice Challenge\, who will receive a grant of €20\,000\, €10\,000 and €5\,000\, respectively. \n\n\n\nGet inspired by justice & social entrepreneurs\, network with speakers\, jury members\, startups and investors and find out how to join HiiL or to get your startup running. \n\n\n\nFor more information about the Demo Day and the HiiL Justice Accelerator\, go to https://www.hiil.org/innovating-justice-challenge-2/demo-day/ \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/the-justice-accelerators-demo-day-2022/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220217T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220217T180000
DTSTAMP:20250610T114608Z
CREATED:20210913T095107Z
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SUMMARY:Community Drinks
DESCRIPTION:The Hub’s Community Drinks are a monthly event aimed at connecting and networking in a fun way! The drinks are the perfect opportunity to meet new and current members of The Hub and to wind down after a hard day at work. Depending on the COVID measures in place at the time\, the Community Drinks will be held either online or in person\, alternating between Humanity Hub City Centre and Humanity Hub Alexanderveld.   \n\n\n\nPlease note that this event is for Hub members only. \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/community-drinks-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220217T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220217T180000
DTSTAMP:20250610T114644Z
CREATED:20210913T111723Z
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SUMMARY:Comms Networking Coffee
DESCRIPTION:Connecting Communication Professionals\n\n\n\nThe Hub is organizing an online Comms Networking Coffee on Thursday the 17th of February from 16:00 to 17:00\, and you’re invited! The aim is to convene communication professionals from the Hub community for an exploratory networking session. Let’s meet and connect with each other! Next to informal networking in small groups (online breakouts)\, we will also explore if and how we could create space in the future to learn and support each other in our work on communications? \n\n\n\nWe would love to have you join us and we hope to see you on the 17th! \n\n\n\nNote: This event is for Hub members only. \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/p2p-communications-coffee/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220222T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220222T140000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115530Z
CREATED:20220215T130109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250610T115530Z
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SUMMARY:‘Stichting Europa’: The role of the non-profit sector towards Global Europe
DESCRIPTION:LINKS Europe\, in collaboration with The City of The Hague\, and with the support of The Hague Humanity Hub\, cordially invites you to a roundtable discussion on the theme: ‘Stichting Europa’: The role of the non-profit sector in pursuit of a Global Europe. The event is part of the sixth cluster of events in our series of Conversations on the future of Europe in the world and aims to contribute to the ongoing debate across the continent within the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe. \n\n\n\nThe EU has made its aspiration of becoming a geostrategic player clear\, with advocates frequently citing the strength and diversity of the bloc’s third largest global economy as its number-one asset on this journey. However\, NGOs\, think tanks and other civil society groups are also considered a part of this European patrimony. “NGOs are part of our DNA”\, European officials are often heard saying. Yet is the vibrancy and dynamism of the European third sector being used properly in the process of building global Europe? \n\n\n\nThis discussion shall address the role the non-profit sector is contributing towards the EU’s global ambitions\, and how the EU can better galvanise the sector’s wealth of skills and knowledge; how it can involve and empower non-profits to work towards common global goals; and the risks and benefits in doing so. During the discussion participants will also be invited to offer practical ideas on how The Hague’s rich civil society eco-system can contribute to this process in the future. \n\n\n\nThis event is a fully interactive discussion to allow those working in The Hague’s non-profit sector to share their views on the topics highlighted above – all participants will be expected to share their views before culminating in a general discussion. Participants are welcome also to submit longer written presentations\, which can be circulated during the meeting. The opinions and ideas expressed in the meeting and in the written presentations will be reflected in a short summary of proceedings\, which will be submitted for consideration within the larger Conference on the Future of Europe. \n\n\n\nThis roundtable will take place at 11:00-14:00\, with a short 30 minute lunch break\, on Tuesday\, 22 February 2022\, at The Hague Humanity Hub (city centre). \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/stichting-europa-the-role-of-the-non-profit-sector-towards-global-europe/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220222T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220222T153000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115541Z
CREATED:20220215T130249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250610T115541Z
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SUMMARY:Diaspora Communities and the future of Europe in the world
DESCRIPTION:LINKS Europe\, in collaboration with The City of The Hague\, and with the support of The Hague Humanity Hub\, cordially invites you to a Round Table Discussion on the theme: Diaspora Communities and the future of Europe in the world. The event is part of the sixth cluster of events in our series\, Conversations on the future of Europe in the world\, and aims to contribute to the on-going debate across the continent within the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe. \n\n\n\nThe Netherlands\, and in particular The Hague\, is home to many diaspora communities. While some are a result of decades-long migration waves\, others are relatively new\, arriving in the last few years. Some communities are well organised having various educational\, religious\, and civic structures\, while others are just slowly starting to organise. Diaspora communities are not always well-represented in decision-making at a local\, national and pan-European level\, despite being citizens of EU member states. \n\n\n\nSome of the challenges that face the EU today\, such as radicalisation\, an influx of illegal migrants\, and civic integration for newcomers\, affect the diaspora communities directly\, and their voices on these issues often do not reach policymakers at the EU level. Beyond that\, diaspora communities are not often part of debate on the future of Europe in the world\, being often marginalised to a subservient role of advocates of their “old country” in the “new country”. This opens them to criticism that they may be fifth columnists\, and less than loyal citizens. Whilst most often these criticisms are unjustified\, they make diaspora communities vulnerable\, and less keen to play an active role in the articulation of the EU’s future relationship with the world. This also often means that the important role that diaspora communities can play as bridge-builders to the countries in Europe’s neighbourhood and beyond is often either missed or distorted. \n\n\n\nHow can this change? How can the EU better engage with its diaspora communities when considering the future of the bloc on the world stage? Is there a role for local and municipal authorities in helping empower diaspora communities to fine-tune their contribution to the wider European debates\, especially on foreign\, defence and security policy? \n\n\n\nAfter a short introduction to the theme of the discussion all participants will be asked to speak for 2-4 minutes on the topic\, preferably from the perspective of the diaspora community that they are coming from. Participants are welcome also to submit longer written presentations\, which can be circulated during the meeting. The opinions and ideas expressed in the meeting and in the written presentations will be reflected in a short summary of proceedings\, which will be submitted for consideration within the larger Conference on the Future of Europe. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place 14:30-15:30 on Tuesday\, 22 February 2022\, at The Hague Humanity Hub. The working language will be English. Registration is obligatory. \n\n\n\n\nRegister This link opens in a new tab
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/diaspora-communities-and-the-future-of-europe-in-the-world/
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: ‘Security through Cooperation: To the Same End’
DESCRIPTION:LINKS Europe cordially invites you to the launch of a new book by Dr Walter A. Kemp\, titled\, ‘Security through Cooperation: To the Same End This link opens in a new tab’. \n\n\n\nThis book makes the case for why co-operation is the key to security within and between states\, and for dealing with complex threats and challenges to international peace and security. It argues that co-operation is not altruism or liberal internationalism\, rather it is in the self-interest of states. Drawing on both theory and practice\, it looks at how co-operation can be promoted within and between states as well as in the global community. It explains the concept of ‘co-operative security’ and its potential contribution to promoting integration against the current of fragmentation. Furthermore\, the book explores the potential impact of technology on cooperation. It makes an urgent call for new ideas and approaches to encourage people and states to work together to deal with complex threats and challenges. \n\n\n\nWe are delighted to welcome to this event Ambassador Kairat Abdrakhmanov\, the OSCE’s High Commissioner on National Minorities\, who will make opening remarks. This will be followed by a presentation by Dr Kemp\, in which he will introduce and discuss the book and its themes\, followed by questions and discussion. Copies of the book will be available to be purchased at the event. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place in person at The Hague Humanity Hub (City Centre) in The Hague\, on Tuesday 22 February 2022 at 14:30-15:30. \n\n\n\nWalter A. Kemp is Senior Fellow at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime\, and Strategic Policy Adviser at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. He teaches at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna\, Austria. \n\n\n\n\nRegister This link opens in a new tab
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/book-launch-security-through-cooperation-to-the-same-end/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220222T150000
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SUMMARY:Online Seminar: Countering China’s influence campaigns in Europe
DESCRIPTION:How is China influencing our political elites\, media\, civil society and academia? And what can we do about it? \n\n\n\nCompared to the efforts of Putin’s Russia\, Beijing’s political influence operations in Europe have received little attention. However\, the Chinese Communist Party’s influence campaigns pose a challenge to liberal democracy as well as Europe’s values and interests. \n\n\n\nOn February 22\, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and the Institut français des Pays-Bas have the pleasure to invite you to an online seminar reflecting on Chinese influence and explore Europe’s response options. \n\n\n\nA panel of experts will analyze the toolset deployed by China across different arenas\, reflect on the effects of Chinese political influencing efforts on American and European elite and public opinion\, and finally\, explore response options both at the national and European level. \n\n\n\nSpeakers include: \n\n\n\nJean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer\, director IRSEM at the French Ministry for the Armed Forces.Paul Charon\, Director for Intelligence\, Strategic Foresight\, and Hybrid Threats at IRSEM.Louk Faesen\, Strategic Analyst at the Cyber Policy and Resilience Programme\, HCSS.Lotje Boswinkel\, Strategic Analyst on Information Manoeuvre\, HCSS.\n\n\n\nFrench Ambassador to the Netherlands Luis Vassy will provide opening remarks\, and HCSS Deputy Director Michiel Rademaker will moderate the discussion. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/online-seminar-countering-chinas-influence-campaigns-in-europe/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220222T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220222T180000
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SUMMARY:The Hague Conversations on the Future of Europe in the World
DESCRIPTION:As part of a process in the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe This link opens in a new tab\, LINKS Europe\, in association with the City of The Hague\, and with the support of The Hague Humanity Hub\, are delighted to invite you to the final event in the series\, ‘The Hague Conversations on the Future Europe in the World’. The series has run successfully since September 2021 with several online\, in- person and hybrid events that have attracted the participation of hundreds of residents of The Hague\, as well as others in the rest of the Netherlands and beyond. The events were also accompanied by a podcast series. \n\n\n\nFor the event\, we are delighted to welcome as speakers and guests of honour: \n\n\n\nThe Mayor of The Hague\, Mayor Jan van ZanenThe Deputy Head of Cabinet to European Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica\, Ivo Belet\n\n\n\nAfter their presentations\, LINKS Europe will present an advanced draft of the paper ‘The Hague in Europe\, Europe in the World’\, which aims to capture the mood\, ideas and vision that emerged in the dialogue exercise\, ‘The Hague Conversations on the Future of Europe in the World’\, held in city from September 2021 to February 2022. There will then be a panel discussion with audience participation. After the event\, the report will be finalised and submitted to the EU as part of the Conference on the Future of Europe process\, ensuring the voice of the people of The Hague is heard in this important forum. \n\n\n\nThis event will be held on Tuesday\, 22 February 2022 from 16.00-18.00 at The Hague Humanity Hub (City Centre) and online. The event will be held under strict COVID-19 regulations\, which means that we are unfortunately very limited in the number of people that we can host in person. \n\n\n\n\nRegister This link opens in a new tab
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/the-hague-conversations-on-the-future-of-europe-in-the-world/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220224T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220224T170000
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SUMMARY:Just Peace Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Following the Just Peace Month\, The Hague Humanity Hub is developing Just Peace into a year-round platform. This platform aims to bridge the international sector and the public in The Hague and make organisations working on peace and justice more relatable to the public. With this platform\, we are facilitating more engagement and interaction opportunities with the public – be it inhabitants\, youth and students\, or anyone else.  \n\n\n\nDo you want to find out more about this platform? Are you interested in helping shape this Just Peace platform? Join the workshop by sending an e-mail to justpeace@humanityhub.net.
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/just-peace-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220225T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220225T123000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Youth inclusion in transitional justice policy in Africa 
DESCRIPTION:Impunity Watch  and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) are pleased to invite you to a virtual discussion and policy brief launch on Youth inclusion in transitional justice policy in Africa:  Recommendations and ways forward. \n\n\n\n​ \n\n\n\nThe discussion will be in English and French with live simultaneous interpretation. \n\n\n\nWhen \n\n\n\nFriday 25 February 2022 \n\n\n\n​ \n\n\n\n10:00-11:30 (GMT) – Bamako12:00-13:30 (GMT +2) – Bujumbura\, Johannesberg13:00-14:30 (GMT +3) – Addis Ababa\n\n\n\n\nRead more and register This link opens in a new tab
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/webinar-youth-inclusion-in-transitional-justice-policy-in-africa/
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