The Paris Declaration embodied a new, broad consensus on what needs to be done to produce better development results. Its principles lay open the possible ways to undertake, which can be interpreted also as the major objectives of good aid: fostering recipient countries' ownership of development policies and strategies, maximizing donors' coordination and harmonization, improving aid transparency and mutual accountability of donors and recipients, just to name a few. Some of them should be implemented on donor level. However we, as CSOs implementing projects in the field, should as well make constant efforts to improve effectiveness of our projects, even the small-scale ones.

Time: 19-20 December 2011 r.

Venue: Centrum konferencyjne Wilcza, ul. Wilcza 9, Warszawa

Workshop will be held in ENGLISH

The aim of the workshop is to improve effectiveness of infrastructure and capacity building projects implemented by Polish NGDOs in achieving economic and human development.

WORKSHOP AGENDA

The workshop will be divided into two parallel modules (around 10 participants each):

Module 1. Infrastructure/ construction/engineering projects.

Module 2. Capacity building projects (so called “soft” projects).

Trainers:

Module 1.

John Hawkins, Engineers Against Poverty

About John Hawkins

John is a specialist in UK and international procurement policy and governance in the construction sector. He has extensive experience in researching the interaction between infrastructure procurement and social development, and in developing transparent procurement and contract policy for construction. Before joining EAP in November 2011, John was responsible for knowledge creation and transfer in civil engineering best practice at the Institution of Civil Engineers which included the development of NEC3 Contracts. John was recently the British Standards Representative on the International Standards Organisation (ISO) Construction Procurement Working Group. John holds an MSc in Public Policy and Management from Birkbeck College.

About Engineers Against Poverty

Engineers Against Poverty (EAP) is a specialist NGO working in the field of engineering and international development.

EAP has developed a reputation for producing cutting edge action research and is rapidly establishing itself as a leading agency in its field. EAP demonstrates a high level of innovation both in terms of its programme content and in the range of partners it has mobilised in support of its programmes.

As outlined in EAP’s development perspective, Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation (SETI) plays a critical role in meeting the challenges of sustainable development and poverty reduction. EAP works with partners in industry, government and civil society to identify innovative ways for SETI policy and practice to enhance its contribution to addressing these global challenges.

http://www.engineersagainstpoverty.org/

Module 2.

Nora Lester Murad, PhD

About Nora Murad

Dr. Nora Murad, since 2004 based in Jerusalem, Palestine, has a PhD from Fielding University in Santa Barbara, California, focused on social change and structural inequality; a Master of Arts degree in Intercultural Relations from Lesley University, with an emphasis on conflict management and training; a master’s degree in Human Services from Fielding University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Middle East Studies from the University of California in Los Angeles.

Nora moved to Jerusalem, Palestine in 2004 from the United States and worked with Palestinian non‐governmental organizations, international NGOs, and UN agencies doing participatory research, strategic planning, community development, organizational change, donor communications, organizational capacity assessments, impact evaluations, fundraising, and other projects. She founded Dalia Association (www.Dalia.ps), the first Palestinian community foundation and was the director from 2006 to 2010. Dalia Association seeks to reduce dependence on international aid by reforming aid to civil society; promoting local, diaspora and private sector philanthropy; and running “community-controlled grantmaking” programs that enhance civil society’s accountability to local communities.

Nora was co-author of “Putting the Istanbul Principles into Practice: A Companion Toolkit to the Siem Reap CSO Consensus on the International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness.” She was also a civil society delegate and presenter at the Busan Civil Society Forum and the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea in 2011. Nora has written extensively about development, aid and civil society issues, most recently publishing: “The Emperor’s New Clothes All Over Again: A Tale From Palestine,” in Development, 54(4), 514-9; and “Is Palestine Included in the Busan Partnership or Was the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness Just the Usual Haky Faadi?” in This Week in Palestine (forthcoming).

Before moving to Palestine, Nora was an assistant professor of cross-cultural understanding at Bentley College in Massachusetts, and she had a thriving consulting practice that facilitated anti‐racism, intercultural and organizational change work with community groups, hospitals, grant‐makers, government agencies and corporations. She also worked as a corporate cultural competence strategist for Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, and a diversity curriculum designer for J. Howard & Associates.

Logistics & registration:

Participation is free and includes onsite catering. Organizers will cover travel expenses and/or accommodation costs of participants.

To register please fill in attached registration form and send till 15th December (Thursday) on address: event[at]zagranica.org.pl

Registration form