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   John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator visits refugee camp in Chad

   John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, holds a meeting at the refugee camp in Chad
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   Credit: UN Photo/Olivia Grey Pritchard
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   The politics of humanity: the reality of relief aid

   Event - Public event - 20 March 2013 18:00 - 20:00 (GMT+00)

   In conversation with the BBC’s Mike Wooldridge, Sir John Holmes, former UN Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), will be discussing some of the most controversial episodes of his tenure as ERC and the morally complex choices confronting those responsible for the provision of humanitarian aid to people in need of assistance and protection.

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   Blurred vision: Why aid money shouldn't be diverted to the military

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 21 February 2013

   On the face of it makes sense. You are more likely to be able to reduce poverty in a country that isn’t at war than you are with bombs and bullets flying over your head, right?

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   For humanitarian workers, the Taliban is a key to access in Afghanistan

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 1 February 2013

   As international troops withdraw from Afghanistan, aid agencies will experience a titanic shift in their security infrastructure and be forced to reassess how they access those in need. Though the Taliban have a complex and predominantly hostile view of such agencies, those that wish to continue working in Afghanistan must learn to understand and negotiate with them. Yet, until now, little substantive research has been conducted on the Taliban to understand how to effectively engage with them.

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   Choosing partners in security and justice programming: The need for pragmatism

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 16 January 2013

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   Talking to the Taliban

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 12 December 2012

   As international troops withdraw from Afghanistan and prepare to hand over security in 2014, HPG’s newly published research based on scores of interviews with the Taliban provides a rare insight into their relationship with aid organisations.

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   ICRC team at a Kabul checkpoint

   Afghanistan: An ICRC team at a Kabul checkpoint manned by one of the numerous armed groups active in the city in 1994
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   Credit: © ICRC / Thierry Gassman
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   The other side: humanitarian engagement with the Taliban in Afghanistan

   Event - Public event - 11 December 2012 11:00 - 12:30 (GMT+00)

   This event launches a new report into how aid agencies engage with the Taliban to gain access to Afghans in need of assistance. It offers a valuable and rare insight into how the Taliban view humanitarian and development assistance. The report draws on dozens of interviews with Taliban militia and leaders and conversely, investigates the approaches used by aid agencies to gain access to populations in Taliban-held territory.

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7. Review and analyse potential challenges of support to strengthen resilience to improve connectedness strategies in transitional settings

   Projects - December 2012 to December 2013

   GiZ has expressed an intention to review and analyse the potential challenges of support to strengthen resilience to improve the connectedness in transitional settings GiZ and HPG are interested in building on a successful cooperation to initiate research work on reviewing and analysising the potential challenges involved in assisting and improving resilience

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   Talking to the other side: Taliban perspectives on aid and development work in Afghanistan

   Publication - Briefing papers - 10 December 2012

   HPG Policy Briefs 50

   Ashley Jackson and Antonio Giustozzi

   As international troops withdraw from Afghanistan this Policy Brief sheds light on how aid agencies engage with the Taliban to gain access to Afghans in need of assistance.

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9. New partnerships, new perspectives: blog from Beijing

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 23 November 2012

   This week represents a milestone for the Humanitarian Policy Group following the launch in Beijing of ‘Crisis, Recovery and Transitions’, a course targeted at mid-level and senior career professionals from the humanitarian and development sector. 

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    Advanced course 2012

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    Advanced course on crisis, recovery and transitions - 2012

    Event - Course - 16 - 23 November 2012

    The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute and the National Institute of Emergency Management at the Chinese Academy of Governance (NIEM-CAG) are partnering to offer the first ‘Advanced course on crisis, recovery and transitions’, a week-long programme targeting mid-career and senior professionals. The course is supported by the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) at the University of Canberra and by the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York.

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