ECHO Annual Partners Conference

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ECHO Annual Partners Conference

• Tuesday 9 December 2008
• Presentation on the NOHA Alumni Community
• Goossen Hoenders (NOHA Alumnus)
• Programme Manager at Save the Children
  (Netherlands)
• Pat Gibbons (President NOHA Board)

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Outline

• Introduction
• NOHA an overview
• The NOHA Alumni Community
• Future possibilities
• Conclusion

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Network on Humanitarian Action

• NOHA is a network of universities
• Established in 1993 to provide education in
  Humanitarian Aid
• NOHAs product base has evolved to meet the
  educational needs of the disparate and dynamic
  humanitarian stakeholder mix

Masters
Think tanks
Advanced courses
NOHA Products
Awareness seminars
Joint research
Summer school
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NOHAs Resource Base/ Family

• 9 core European universities with strong national
  networks
• The NOHA faculty comprising 60 academics
  committed to interdisciplinary education
  (teaching and research)
• The NOHA Advisory Council linking universities to
  the broader humanitarian community
• The NOHA Mundus Programme promoting shared
  knowledge between NOHA and non-European scholars
  and students.
• The Marie Curie Programme advancing innovative
  research
• The NOHA Alumni working at the coalface
  throughout the globe, applying and informing the
  education

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The NOHA Alumni Community (1)

• Founded in 2003
• Open to all NOHA alumni and students
• Objectives
• An active community of NOHA alumni
• regular formal and informal interaction,
  communication and cooperation through the use of
  the online facilities and through face-to-face
  meetings
• Well established link between NOHA Practitioners
  and NOHA Academia

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The NOHA Alumni Community (2)

• Objectives continued
• A strong interaction between the NOHA Alumni
  Community and the Humanitarian/Development sector
  
• To promote the NOHA Alumni Community as a
  platform of expertise

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The NOHA Alumni Community (3)

• Managment Committee
• Website
• Site events
• Face-to-face meetings
• External communication

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Future

• Ideas for the future
• Promote information-exchange
• Facilitate knowledge-sharing
• Facilitate the development of professional
  careers
• Redesign website

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NOHA Alumni Community

• Lets start networking!!!
• Go to
• www.noha-students.org

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Thank you for your attention

• Questions?