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| Track I: Rethinking Foreign Aid |
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| Track II: Debating Education |
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| Track III: Solving Health Challenges |
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| Track IV: Rebuilding Post-Conflict Societies |
| Panel 1: Civilian-Military Relations in Non-Permissive Environments |
COORDINATOR
Yll Bajraktari, Harvard Kennedy School
In July 2007 the Department of Defense (DOD) and InterAction officially promulgated a set of "Guidelines for Relations Between U.S. Armed Forces and Non-Governmental Humanitarian Organizations in Hostile or Potentially Hostile Environments." Both sides have made a commitment to observe these Guidelines, and DOD intends to observe the Guidelines in its dealings with the broader humanitarian assistance community. Developed by a working group chaired by the US Institute of Peace, the Guidelines are currently being disseminated internationally and implemented. In the future the working group will promote international consideration and adoption of the Guidelines. The panel will discuss composition of the Guidelines, the impetus behind their creation, and the impact they are having on the relationship between the NGO community and the Department of Defense. |
SPEAKERS
- Moderator: Yll Bajraktari, Harvard Kennedy School
- Janine Davidson, Director of the Consortium for Complex Operations, Office of the Secretary of Defense
- Beth Cole, Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations, US Institute of Peace
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| Panel 2:
Integration and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Societies: Strategy for Development |
COORDINATORS
Tu Chi Nguyen and Ryutaro Murotani, Harvard Kennedy School
Our panel focuses on the effect of reconciliation on development and vice versa. We would like to explore two aspects of reconciliation. One is international integration where countries develop by opening up and participating in the international community. The other is how countries resolve their ethnic or religious conflicts through development assistance and collaboration in development projects. We would like to take a case-study approach to the panel, discussing the situation in several countries that either have shown progress in development through successful reconciliation, or are still in struggle. We hope that the analyses of examples will draw out lessons on the successes and difficulties of reconciliation and its importance in development. |
SPEAKERS
- Brian Vogt, National Democratic Institute
- Amara Konneh, Edward S. Mason Fellow in Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School
- Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
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| Panel 3:
Developmental Relief: Relief that Empowers Communities' Future |
COORDINATOR
Peter Howard, Harvard Kennedy School
The Developmental Relief Panel will focus on two areas within the relief field:
1. How to do high-capacity relief that meets the immediate needs with an approach that keeps long-term development in focus. In other words, how to do relief that doesn't set up detrimental precedents for development...or to say it positively how to do relief that empowers local leaders beyond the crisis stage.
2. How to sustain financially and otherwise, trained and experienced staff for humanitarian assignments and the concept of cross-training development workers who can respond quickly and efficiently to disasters but with an eye toward development.
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SPEAKERS
- Moderator: Peter Howard, Catherine Reynolds Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
- Sarah Sywulka, Director of Relief, Food for the Hungry
- Oren Schlein, CEO of Robin Hood Asia and former UNDP Official
- Peter Morris, Team Leader, Technical Assistance Group (TAG), USAID/OFDA
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| Track V: Developing Private Sector Solutions |
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| Track VI:
Assessing other Challenges and Opportunities
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