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SUMMARY:Rule of Law Training
DESCRIPTION:The Matra Rule of Law Training Programme is designed to strengthen institutional capacity in the field of rule of law within government organisations in Albania\, Armenia\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, Georgia\, Kosovo\, Moldova\, Montenegro\, North Macedonia\, Serbia\, Türkiye\, and Ukraine. Each year we offer (hybrid) training courses\, providing participants with insights into best practices across a wide range of rule of law topics. \n\n\n\nThrough interactive sessions that blend theory with practical skills\, as well as study visits\, our programme equips policy advisors\, members of the judiciary and other civil servants working in the government and justice sectors with the knowledge and skills needed to drive reforms within their respective countries. \n\n\n\nIn addition\, by taking part in the training programme\, participants become part of a large international network of alumni\, lecturers and public institutions in the Netherlands and in the target countries. This network serves as a platform for learning\, exchange and collaboration. \n\n\n\nThe Matra Rule of Law Training Programme is designed and delivered by the Netherlands Helsinki Committee\, Leiden Law School and The Hague Academy for Local Governance. It is financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands\, and administered by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) on behalf of the Ministry. For questions relating to the Matra Rule of Law Training Programme please contact us via matrarolt@nhc.nl \n\n\n\nThe following hybrid training courses are on offer in 2024-2025: \n\n\n\nIn 2024-2025 the following hybrid training courses are offered: \n\n\n\n1. Administration of Justice (full brochure) \n\n\n\nThis training will focus on the “judicial” dimension of Chapter 23. The training will focus on the fundamental principles of judicial organisation under the EU acquis – with a special focus on the case law of the EU Court of Justice – and groundbreaking case law of the European Court of Human Rights. Participants will also learn about best practices in the administration of justice in the Netherlands\, and the organisation and functioning of the judiciary. Participants will be introduced to the concept of independence and impartiality as developed in the robust case law of the European Court of Human Rights. Participants will discuss the legal framework regarding the principles of accountability and independence and the application of these principles; judicial culture as a backdrop against which courts function; the role of judicial councils and the role of precedent in legal practice. \n\n\n\nThis training will be held online from 02 to 13 December 2024 and will be held in-person from 20-31 January 2025. Applications are now closed. \n\n\n\n2. Integrity of Civil Servants (full brochure) \n\n\n\nPublic integrity is a core value of the European vision on good governance. It is essential for a well-functioning and transparent government\, and an important precondition for economic growth. This training will help participants developing integrity policies\, in order to ensure transparency\, accountability\, efficiency and ethical behaviour within government institutions. \n\n\n\nThis training will focus on three pillars of public integrity as defined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): system\, culture and accountability. Participants will discuss international and European standards\, while also learning about examples and practices from the Netherlands. How are integrity policies designed\, implemented and enforced? \n\n\n\nThis training will be held online from 27 January – 07 February 2025 and will be held in-person from 10 – 21 March 2025. \n\n\n\n3. Public Procurement (full brochure) \n\n\n\nThe acquis on public procurement includes general principles of transparency\, free movement of goods\, and non-discrimination. In addition\, specific EU rules apply for the coordination of awarding public works contracts\, services and supplies. Government contracts are of great economic and strategic importance and it is therefore necessary that systems are designed in such a way that conflicts of interest and corruption are prevented as much as possible. \n\n\n\nWith this training\, we want to increase knowledge of European regulations in the field of public procurement by looking at Dutch and international experience with regard to legitimacy and integrity of the purchasing process. Strong\, independent institutions protect the integrity of the system. This prevents inappropriate political or economic influence. This training also pays attention to gender responsive and transformative public procurement\, showing casing how public procurement can contribute to increasing gender equality. \n\n\n\nThis training will be held online from 27 January – 07 February 2025 and will be held in-person from 10 – 21 March 2025. \n\n\n\n4. Management of Public Services (full brochure) \n\n\n\nThis training addresses the question of how the public sector can be better organised to enable good public services. We look at the public sector from the perspective of multi-level governance: cooperation and coordination between multiple layers of government\, non-government actors and citizens for effective and efficient public services. Challenges surrounding decentralisation and privatisation (including public-private partnerships) are discussed\, including the financing of services. We also discuss the potential of digitalisation to make services more efficient\, transparent and accessible\, as well as accompanying challenges – for example regarding privacy\, data security and the digital divide. We discuss the importance of good personnel policy for well-functioning public institutions and services. We look at issues such as merit-based selection and promotion\, transparent performance assessments and offering training and development opportunities to government officials. \n\n\n\nThis training will be held online from 12 to 23 May 2025\, and in-person from 09 to 20 June 2025. Click here to apply. \n\n\n\n5. Management of Borders (full brochure) \n\n\n\nAll Matra countries share common challenges when it comes to migration\, asylum\, border management and organised transnational crime. The Western Balkans and Turkey are located on the crossroads of migration routes from conflict areas to EU member states\, while Armenia\, Georgia\, Moldova and Ukraine share common challenges in the field of border management and adjusting national legislation in order to meet the EU acquis. \n\n\n\nIn this training\, participants will strengthen their knowledge of EU asylum law and its interpretation by European courts. Sessions will be dedicated to the EU acquis\, including the EU return and readmission policy. In the field of border management\, participants will learn about Schengen legislation and the mandate of Frontex\, whiles sessions will also be held on the fight against organised crime. \n\n\n\nThe training will be held online from 12 to 23 May 2025 and in-person from 09 to 20 June 2025. Click here to apply. \n\n\n\n6. Human Rights \n\n\n\nDepending on the selected participants\, this training can be used in a number of ways to address fundamental and human rights. All government policy initiatives must be monitored for their impact on (human) rights and there must be mechanisms for monitoring and correcting practices that conflict with these rights. This training looks at mechanisms and policies that can be used to (better) safeguard internationally agreed human rights standards. Together with Dutch institutions active in this area\, we will exchange practical experiences with the participants and encourage them to reflect on the situation in their own country. \n\n\n\nThis training will be held online from 15 to 26 September 2025\, and in-person from 6 to 17 October 2025. \n\n\n\n7. (Functioning of) Democratic Institutions \n\n\n\nWell-functioning institutions that guarantee democracy\, the rule of law and human rights are essential for preserving the EU’s identity and values. They must guarantee and safeguard fundamental rights and freedoms. In this training we not only look at international standards (the role of the Venice Commission and the Council of Europe)\, but also at practice: how can civil servants themselves contribute to democratic policy and decision-making and increasing confidence in the government? How can organisations work more transparently? And how can the distance between the government and the citizen be reduced? \n\n\n\nThis training will be held online from 10 to 21 November 2025\, and in-person from 01 to 12 December 2025. \n\n\n\nThese training was held in 2023-2024: \n\n\n\nJudicial Cooperation \n\n\n\nIn this training we look at the importance of collaboration within the justice sector\, both at a national and international level. We will tailor the programme specifically based on the sectors in which the selected participants work. For example\, we look at the ways in which international cooperation between judges works (recognition of foreign judgments\, transfer of suspects). Regarding the enforcement of sentences\, we look at chain cooperation\, in which the fundamental values and standards of the EU are central. For example\, within criminal law\, the right balance must be found between punishment\, reintegration and the protection of victims and society. When it comes to punishment\, we will highlight the value of alternative sanctions to prison sentences. Within this training we pay special attention to cooperation between civil servants and civil society\, because Dutch chain cooperation within criminal law between government parties and civil society is highly developed and is often a revelation for experts from other countries. \n\n\n\nThis training was held online from 11 to 22 November 2024\, and in-person from 1 to 14 December 2024. \n	Register Here This link opens in a new tab\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/rule-of-law-training/
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SUMMARY:Local Climate Response Course
DESCRIPTION:The world is experiencing the impact of unsustainable growth\, affecting the climate\, people and natural resources. Local governments and their citizens are confronted with the exacerbation of existing problems such as air pollution or water scarcity. Moreover\, their security and livelihoods are threatened by drought\, floods and other natural disasters. In the face of these challenges\, local governments must develop strategies to respond to current and future climate events\, in partnership with the community. \n\n\n\nIn this course\, we will assess local climate vulnerabilities as well as adaptation plans and strategies. We will explore the policy implications of climate change projections across multiple sectors\, including the role that local authorities and stakeholders can play in building resilience. Furthermore\, the course focuses on the design and planning of sustainable climate adaptation policies that support communities and ecosystems. \n\n\n\nKey Information\n\n\n\nThis course is aimed at professionals who design\, implement and support policies for adaptation to and mitigation of the effects of climate change. Participants come from national\, regional and local governments\, knowledge institutes\, NGOs and donor and development organisations. \n\n\n\nThe course will take place in The Hague from 30 June 2025 to 11 July 2025.  \n\n\n\nThe course fee is € 3\,895*. This includes all training related costs as well as drinks and warm lunches during the training days. Group discounts are available if you participate with three or more colleagues. \n\n\n\nThis training takes place in The Hague\, Netherlands. \n\n\n\nAfter this course\, you will receive a professional certificate of completion from The Hague Academy for Local Governance. \n\n\n\n*Professionals working in local government or for local NGOs on the DAC list of ODA-recipient countries (OECD) may qualify for a reduced course fee. Contact us for details. \n\n\n\nLearning objectives\n\n\n\nThis course will help you: \n\n\n\nUnderstand key concepts of climate change\, climate adaptation\, mitigation\, risk and resilience; \n\n\n\nIncrease insight into climate change scenarios and policy implications; \n\n\n\nAssess climate vulnerabilities using well-established tools and methodologies; \n\n\n\nDesign climate policies and action plans; \n\n\n\nImplement and finance climate policies with stakeholders in your organisation and community; \n\n\n\nMainstream sustainability and climate actions in your organisation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Register Here This link opens in a new tab
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/local-climate-response-course/
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SUMMARY:KUNO Summer Course 2025
DESCRIPTION:Have you recently started working in the humanitarian field and are you looking for a solid kick-start? Or are you an experienced humanitarian professional looking for a thorough update? The KUNO Summer Course is there for you. \n\n\n\nWith an unprecedented number of humanitarian crises around the world\, the need for humanitarian aid has never been more vital. This summer\, we invite you to embark on a journey of learning and exploration into the intricate realm of humanitarian assistance. \n\n\n\nIn this two-day introductory course on humanitarian aid\, humanitarian academics and experienced humanitarian professionals will discuss relevant aspects of humanitarian work. A mixture of practical knowledge\, debates and working sessions\, will feed your brain\, enhance your efficiency as a humanitarian worker and strengthen your network. \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nThea Hilhorst\, Professor of humanitarian studies from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and president Humanitarian Studies Centre at Erasmus University Rotterdam\n\n\n\nPaul van den Berg\, Political Advisor Cordaid and chair visibility working group DRA\n\n\n\nRolf Wijnstra\, Senior Policy Adviser Humanitarian Aid & Diplomacy at Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs\n\n\n\nPia Zeinoun\, Research Lead at Oxfam Novib\, Netherlands. Vice-president of Embrace (Lebanon) and former Director of the Embrace Mental Health Center\n\n\n\nHenrieke Hommes\, Security Advisor ZOA\n\n\n\nEmiel Martens (UvA/EUR) & Wouter Oomen  (UU)\, Founders of the Expertise Centre Humanitarian Communication\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nPlease send an email to: kuno@kuno-platform.nl (please mention your name and organisation).Feel free to forward this invitation to colleagues who might be interested to join! \n\n\n\nFee\n\n\n\nParticipants from KUNO-members pay a contribution of €300 and participants from non-KUNO-members pay a contribution of €1\,000 for the Summer Course. This contribution includes course materials\, lunches\, networking drinks & a certificate. \n\n\n\nFull program\n\n\n\nClick here to see the full program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/kuno-summer-course-2025/
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SUMMARY:Refugees of Development’ and ‘Sacrifice Zones’: Humanitarian crisis in the Amazon\, capitalist expansion and state intervention
DESCRIPTION:Photo by Callum Blacoe on Unsplash  \nIn this Humanitarian Governance webinar\, Professor Marcel Hazeu (Federal University of Para\, Brazil) for a discussion on various humanitarian crises unfolding in the Brazilian Amazon. \nSantiago del Hierro Kennedy (PhD Researcher\, ETH Zurich)will follow the presentation with a reflection on how development initiatives interact with resource extraction\, widescale agriculture and encroachment on Indigenous territory in the Northern Andean Amazon. \nThe Amazon is central to international debates on climate change\, framed both as a vital carbon sink (‘lungs of the world’) and a contested space for green capitalism. Global and local policies have turned the region into a site of financial speculation\, greenwashing and geopolitical negotiation. \nHowever\, these discourses often obscure the severe humanitarian crises unfolding in the region\, where environmental degradation intersects with systemic violence and displacement. It is a zone of ‘necropolitics’\, environmental racism and sacrifice zones. Yet it is also a space of resistance. \nWithin this presentation\, Professor Hazeu will consider cases including: \n\nThe Indigenous Refugee Crisis and Displacement of Venezuelan Indigenous migrants (Warao)\nForced displacement and sacrifice of local communities due to large-scale economic projects including the industrial harbour-mining complex in Barcarena\nThe Yanomami Genocide  and state neglect and violence against Indigenous peoples\nCarbon markets and the loss of livelihood security for traditional communities\nDeforestation\, Fire\, Drought and Ecological collapse that threatens the socio-ecosystem.\n\nThese crises reveal patterns of omission\, neglect and denial by local and international actors\, contrasted with grassroots resistance. \n	Register Here This link opens in a new tab
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/refugees-of-development-and-sacrifice-zones-humanitarian-crisis-in-the-amazon-capitalist-expansion-and-state-intervention/
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SUMMARY:Summer Social
DESCRIPTION:On July 3rd at 17:30\, the community of The Hague will come together for an evening of good company\, great conversations\, and refreshing drinks — perfect for unwinding after a busy June & NATO Summit season.Whether you’re a longtime member or new to the community\, this is a chance to catch up and connect in a relaxed setting. \n\n\n\nDe Prael\, The Hague \n\n\n\nJuly 3rd\, 17:30 \n\n\n\n+1’s welcome \n\n\n\nYour ticket includes the first 2 drinks and shared snacks – just bring yourself and your positive energy! \n\n\n\nWho is it for? \n\n\n\nIf you are working in a professional capacity towards a more peaceful and just world\, you are welcome to join us\, whatever your role and sector. \n\n\n\nCome to the Summer Social\, relax\, and join this vibrant community committed to making our world fairer and more just – one connection at a time. \n\n\n\nWhy do I need to prepay? \n\n\n\nAs we’re working with an external venue\, we need to guarantee the bar a minimum take for our space\, therefore by prepaying\, we are reserving our place at the bar. Your ticket\, worth 16 euro (including Eventbrite fee)\, will cover 2 drinks and shared snacks! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n	Register Here This link opens in a new tab
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/summer-social-2/
LOCATION:De Prael\, Esperantoplein 20\, Den Haag\, ZH\, 2518 LJ\, Netherlands
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