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SUMMARY:Multilevel Water Governance
DESCRIPTION:Course Introduction:\n\n\n\nWater provision and governance of water involve complex systems and the coordination of different stakeholders at all levels of government. Adding to the challenge are the political and institutional contexts of the country. In many contexts\, reforms for effective water management are hampered by an unclear allocation of roles and responsibilities\, territorial fragmentation and limited capacity at the local level. \n\n\n\nFrom 6 to 17 September 2021\, The Hague Academy for Local Governance will organise a two-week\, practice-oriented training course to address water governance. Leading international experts and practitioners will provide unique insights into international best practices and water governance tools. Participants will learn to actively apply the five building blocks required for sound water governance: \n\n\n\nPowerful administrative organisationLegally embedded systemAdequate financing system and economic analyses of water servicesSystematic planning approachParticipation of stakeholders\n\n\n\nIn addition\, understanding the theoretical concepts and international cases\, participants will visit several Dutch examples of water projects. These field visits will focus on private-public cooperation and the approach of Integrated Water Resource Management. You will also learn first-hand about how to deal with high-water levels\, manage dikes\, increase flood safety and address environmental concerns. \n\n\n\nKey Information\n\n\n\nThis training will take place from 6 to 17 September 2021 in The Hague.The application deadline is 30 July 2021.The scholarship application deadline is 11 March 2021.Group discounts are available if you participate with three or more colleagues.For general inquiries\, please contact info@thehagueacademy.com This link opens in a new tab or call +(31) 70 37 38 695.\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives\n\n\n\nThis course will help you to: \n\n\n\nAcquire the knowledge\, concepts and principles of integrated\, multilevel water governance;Identify instruments for increasing social and financial accountability of water management and water services;Increase insight in the legal\, political and institutional framework affecting water governance in your context;Become acquainted with assessment tools and new approaches for dealing with the challenges of water governance;Broaden your knowledge of international best practices in the field of multilevel water governance.\n\n\n\nBy participating in this course you will meet colleagues from other parts of the world\, exchange experiences with experts and visit many examples of Dutch water management. You will link international best practices and tools with your own working context and think about practical solutions for the challenges you face in your home country. \n\n\n\nAfter this course\, you will receive a professional certificate of completion from The Hague Academy for Local Governance. \n\n\n\nIntended Audiences\n\n\n\nThis course is intended for policymakers and technical staff of organisations responsible for water management at different levels. The course is also aimed at programme managers and advisors working for donor and development organisations. Read the experiences of a former course participant. \n\n\n\nExperience\n\n\n\nVarious field visits will be organised as part of the training\, focusing on private-public cooperation and examples of Integrated Water Resource Management. Participants will also learn first-hand about how to deal with high water levels\, manage dykes\, increase flood safety and address environmental concerns. \n\n\n\nPractical information\n\n\n\nThe course fee is € 3.595-. This includes all training-related costs\, as well as drinks\, lunches\, training materials and travel during the training programme. Travel to and from The Hague and accommodation are not included. Group discounts are available if you participate with three or more colleagues in this course. Email us for more information. The course language is English. \n\n\n\nFor questions or more information about this course\, please direct your inquiry to info@thehagueacademy.com This link opens in a new tab or call +31(70) 37 38 695. \n\n\n\nFunding Opportunities\n\n\n\nParticipants in our courses are predominantly funded by their own employer (municipalities\, Ministries\, NGOs and training or research institutes) or by a donor or development agency. If you are looking for additional funding opportunities This link opens in a new tab\, there are a few organisations you could approach. \n\n\n\nNuffic Scholarships\n\n\n\nThe Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers scholarships for training courses in the Netherlands. These scholarships seek to develop and strengthen the skills\, instincts\, and abilities of professionals to enable their organisations and communities to succeed in an ever-changing world. The Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education (Nuffic) is the programme manager. \n\n\n\nPlease note that the scholarship application deadline for this course is 11 March 2021. For more information regarding deadlines\, eligibility and application procedures\, please visit our Scholarships page.  \n\n\n\nApplication Procedure\n\n\n\nThe Multilevel Water Governance course will take place in The Hague from 6 to 17 September 2021. The application deadline is 30 July 2021. Incomplete forms will be neither accepted nor considered in the selection process. \n\n\n\n\nMORE INFO & REGISTRATION
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/multilevel-water-governance/
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SUMMARY:Fundraising P2P: Initial Conversations
DESCRIPTION:More info will follow soon…
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/fundraising-p2p-initial-conversations/
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SUMMARY:How Europe’s (anti-)migration policies are fuelling a humanitarian crisis
DESCRIPTION:On the 9th of September\, IHSA and KUNO present key humanitarian concerns highlighted in a special journal issue on ‘Politics\, humanitarianism and migration to Europe’. \n\n\n\nWhen some one million people crossed the Mediterranean in the course of 2015 to seek refuge\, European countries called it a crisis. Yet the real crisis was created by European immigration and asylum policies and by the challenges they posed for aid providers. The Covid-19 pandemic has worsened the violence experienced by people seeking safety in countries such as Italy\, Greece\, France\, Belgium\, Germany\, Norway\, and the UK. \n\n\n\nPolicies such as strengthening border controls\, the externalisation of borders\, and a focus on smuggling and trafficking rather than on the causes of forced migration all result in humanitarian crisis. The new reality affects humanitarian organizations\, including the criminalisation of assistance provision\, as well as the rise in resistance and activism by newly created volunteer groups. \n\n\n\nThe International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA)recently published a special issue of International Migration journal\, based on contributions to their conference in The Hague (2018). Sadly\, the humanitarian concerns arising from migration to Europe are still very relevant today. On the 9th of September\, IHSA and KUNO present key findings from the special issue on ‘Politics\, humanitarianism and migration to Europe’\, to discuss the humanitarian challenges raised. \n\n\n\nSpeakers include: \n\n\n\nSusanne Jaspars – Research Associate\, SOAS University of London: Introduction to the key themes identified in the special issue.Marta Welander – Executive Director\, Refugee Rights Europe: Presentation on refugee experience in Europe (focussing on France)\, micro-practices and the politics of exhaustion\, with a brief update on the current situation.Francesca Pusterla – Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA): Presentation on the criminalisation of solidarity or assistance to asylum seekers in Italy\, and the changing policy context.Thea Hilhorst – Professor of Humanitarian Aid\, ISS Erasmus University: Humanitarian responses and political action\, including citizen and volunteer group actions and advocacy by more established humanitarian actors.\n\n\n\nFollowed by a discussion with:\n\n\n\nPascale Moreau\, Director of the Europe Bureau of UNHCRAdil Izemrane\, Co-founder and director Movement on the Ground\n\n\n\nA good read is this blog of Susanne Jaspars and Thea Hilhorst. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/how-europes-anti-migration-policies-are-fuelling-a-humanitarian-crisis/
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SUMMARY:A Rule of Law Approach to Accelerating Climate Action
DESCRIPTION:Climate change and the loss of biodiversity are exacerbating inequality\, hampering sustainable development\, and threatening the enjoyment and exercise of human rights worldwide.  While the growing climate crisis will affect all of us\, the consequences will be felt differently and disproportionately by women and girls\, vulnerable groups\, and future generations. \n\n\n\nThe rule of law is an important tool in achieving effective climate action and facilitating the realisation of SDG 13. A rule of law approach to climate action\, in line with Sustainable Development Goals 13 and 16\, can help accelerate transformative\, sustainable\, and low-carbon development. Fair\, effective and equitable legal frameworks can pave the way to resilience and adaptation to climate change. \n\n\n\nThe rule of law can also empower communities to take the lead in climate action\, helping to ensure that champions for climate action have a voice in setting climate and biodiversity-related policies that help reduce inequalities and eliminate climate-related drivers of conflict. \n\n\n\nOccurring in the run-up to 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change\, the event will explore the links between Sustainable Development Goals 13 and 16 and highlight the ways in which the rule of law can accelerate fair\, inclusive and just climate action to help achieve the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement. \n\n\n\nAmong the event’s panel of experts who will present innovative approaches to sustainable development to address climate change and its negative impacts are: UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment Dr David R. Boyd; UNFCCC Adaptation Committee Member and Chief Negotiator for Chile’s COP-25 Presidency Julio Cordano; World Resource Institute’s Director of Climate Negotiations Yamide Dagnet; Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development Policy Analyst Luigi di Marco; UNFCCC LDC Group National Focal Point for Sudan’s High Council of Environment and Natural Resources Hana Hamadalla Mohamed; University of Nairobi School of Law Professor Patricia Kameri-Mbote; and IFAD’s Director of the Environment\, Climate\, Gender\, Youth\, Nutrition and Social Inclusion Division Jyotsna Puri. \n\n\n\nAll4Climate – Italy 2021 is a series of events taking place in Italy this year. Its goal is simple: to make 2021 a landmark year for climate ambition. Launched by the Italian Ministry for Ecological Transition in collaboration with the World Bank Group’s Connect4Climate and with the participation of the Lombardy Region and the Municipality of Milan\, All4Climate aims to foster proactive dialogue on the challenges of the climate crisis and deliver on the objectives of the Paris Agreement. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/a-rule-of-law-approach-to-accelerating-climate-action/
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SUMMARY:Film "BLIND TRUST: Leaders & Followers in Times of Crisis" - Live Panel and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:The Film:\n\n\n\n“BLIND TRUST: Leaders & Followers in Times of Crisis” is about the work of Vamik Volkan who grew up as an ethnic minority on the divided island of Cyprus\, home for two warring ethnic groups – the Turks and Greek. After training to be a psychiatrist in Turkey Volkan founded the “Center for the Study of Mind & Human Interaction” at the University of Virginia and\, over the next four decades\, brought enemy groups together for dialogue in traumatized regions around the globe. Based on his fieldwork\, he has created a new vocabulary for understanding group emotion\, one based on shared trauma\, its transmission across generations\, and the task of collective mourning. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us! Hear first-hand experiences of young peace-builders from areas around the world and how they reflect on the work of Dr. Volkan from their youth perspective. \n\n\n\nOn September 9 at 6 pm CET\, you can join the live panel discussion and engage in a Q&A via Zoom. You can find the link on the platform under Q&A. \n\n\n\nYPI is a youth-led organization that promotes the inclusion of youth in peace and reconciliation processes. Established in 2014\, YPI empowers youth to be partners in peace and to be recognized as such. YPI connects youth in (post-)conflict regions\, engages youth in dialogue and peace-building activities\, and creates a platform to advance inclusive peace. \n\n\n\nYPI’s flagship initiative is the Young Leadership Experience (YLE): a year-long program in which 8 Israelis and 8 Palestinians develop themselves personally and professionally by attending training\, workshops\, conferences\, and dialogue sessions to become leaders in their communities and beyond. \n\n\n\nPlease consider making a donation via the platform’s Store. This event is free but you can donate to YPI and the film’s completion so we can continue our essential work. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/film-blind-trust-leaders-followers-in-times-of-crisis-live-panel-and-qa/
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