Monday, February 26, 2007

Addendum to February

Dear All

Please find below details we have just received of another event taking place in London in March.

Many thanks

Laura

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HPN Network Paper Launch Meeting - 'Accountability in Humanitarian Action'
Monday 19 March 2007 13.00-14.30 pm, Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London

One of the most frequently heard criticisms of humanitarian action is that it is unaccountable and unregulated. In response, a wide range of initiatives has been launched to improve quality and accountability. The Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) invites you to a meeting to discuss the findings of HPN Network Paper 58, Concerning accountability in humanitarian action.
The paper by Austen Davis asks whether schemes designed to improve accountability really are the solution to the problems humanitarianism faces today. It proposes a more productive route for reform to ensure the conditions for building and maintaining authentic NGOs with a sense of mission, detailed internal accountabilities and open relations with the
general public and media.

Speaker: Austen Davis, former Director General of MSF Holland.
Moderator: Paul Harvey, Research Fellow, ODI.
Respondents to include:
* Nicholas Stockton, Executive Director, Humanitarian Accountability Project - International.
* John Mitchell, Head, Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP).

There will be time for informal discussion and networking after the meeting.

If you would like to attend, please send an email stating your name, organisation and contact details to: hpn@odi.org.uk

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