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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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  1. Eleanor Davey

    Constructive memory and collective knowledge: information gaps in humanitarian action

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 2 August 2012

    A week spent at the HPG/PRDU Advanced Course on Conflict, Crisis and Transitions, held in York for the third year running, was a week invested in reflection. The aim of the course is to provide space and constructive support for practitioners and policy-makers to think about conflict, crisis, and transitions. It covers a host of challenging issues, from humanitarian action to durable solutions, international law and transitional justice, stabilisation, mediation, evaluation.

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  2. UN Observer Group Makes Rounds in Homs, Syria on 21 April 2012
    UN Observer Group Makes Rounds in Homs, Syria on 21 April 2012

    Crowds of locals surround the recently-dispatched UN monitoring team as they walk through the streets of Homs, Syria. Pursuant to an authorization by the Security Council, the team of six unarmed observers were deployed to Syria on 16 April, tasked with reporting on the cessation of violence between Government and opposition forces.
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: UN Photo/Neeraj Singh
    Source: UN multimedia

    Syria crisis: the humanitarian response

    Event - Round-table - 15 June 2012 11:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    This closed-door roundtable on the Syria crisis brought together leading humanitarian aid agencies and senior figures with direct experience of humanitarian work in the country. The purpose of the meeting was to examine the response of the international community and consider its impact on the civilian population. 

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  3. Kabul calling: Transition in Afghanistan

    Event - Public event - 16 May 2012 11:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    This event has been scheduled to take place ahead of the NATO summit in Chicago where world leaders will gather to discuss Afghanistan. 

    ‘Kabul calling’ will bring together panels in London and Kabul to provide an alternative agenda to the one in Chicago by focusing on the humanitarian implications of the withdrawal of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from Afghanistan. 

    Panellists will explore the humanitarian consequences of the troop drawdown; discuss how a political settlement can best be facilitated and what form it should take to secure the most favourable humanitarian outcome for the Afghan people; discuss what ‘transition’ will mean for Afghans. 

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  4. London open day workshop on managing risk in insecure contexts: Pathways to resilience and peacebuilding

    Event - Workshop - 23 February 2012 09:00 - 17:30 (GMT+00)

    The London Open Day Workshop will build on the Geneva Open Day held in January to examine strategies for more effective harmonization of different humanitarian, risk management and conflict/fragile states programming, in order to create an enabling environment for resilience and peace-building before, during and after complex political emergencies.

    Simon Levine and Samir Elhawary will be presenting during the workshop.

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  5. Somalia conference needs to clear the way for effective relief efforts

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 22 February 2012
    'It is, therefore, imperative, irrespective of the direction taken at [the London] conference [on Somalia], that the political community takes heed of these concerns and commits to ensuring that all sides of the conflict adhere to international humanitarian and human rights law, and that the neutral and independent character of humanitarian relief is both supported and respected.'
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  6. Advanced course on conflict, crisis and transitions

    Event - Course - 9 November 2011

    The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute and the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York are partnering to offer a yearly ‘Advanced Course on Conflict, Crisis and Transitions’, a week-long programme targeting mid-career and senior professionals.

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    Finance - man holding cash

    A man holding a pile of cash.
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Flickr/World Bank
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    Budget Strengthening Initiative

    Projects - April 2010 to March 2015
    The Budget Strengthening Initiative supports fragile and conflict-affected states to build more effective, transparent and accountable budget systems.
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