Programme
Introduction
The NOHA Intensive Programme (IP) is the first component of the NOHA Masters Programme. Each year a specific theme is developed for the participants (students, guest speakers and NOHA staff) to serve as a central element with which all the regular component parts can be approached against the background of an general contemporary theme. This year’s theme is the concept of humanitarian space and the threats and challenges it faces in the 21st century.
The objectives of the IP are to introduce students to:
- the concept of humanitarian action;
- the main actors working in the field of humanitarian action;
- key contemporary humanitarian issues and challenges;
The structure of the IP can be presented under four intertwined pillars:
I Introduction to NOHA, its educational activities with particular emphasis on the
Master’s programme and its research identity;
II Humanitarian Principles and Actors;
III Contemporary Humanitarian Issues in general;
IV Humanitarian space: threats and challenges
Humanitarian space: threats and challenges in the 21st century
Humanitarian space is basically the area in which humanitarian aid workers can do their work unhindered while being able to uphold the humanitarian principles of neutrality, impartiality, humanity and independence. Humanitarian space can have both a physical as well as a metaphysical meaning. Physically speaking, humanitarian space is the designated area in which aid workers alleviate suffering, e.g. refugee camps and safe havens. Metaphysically speaking, humanitarian space represents the liberty for aid workers to work unhindered according to their humanitarian principles, without fear to become confronted with violence, extortion, intimidation etc. Humanitarian space is in this context not a geographically determined area, but a principled phenomenon surrounded by a multitude of actors and continuously rapidly changing circumstances. In this space the four humanitarian principles can be more specified into
- Free access to and communication with those in need of aid;
- Independent needs assessment and evaluation of humanitarian necessities;
- Independent control on the distribution of aid goods and services;
- Independent monitoring of aid and proper final evaluation mechanisms;
- Proper guarantees for the protection of victims of manmade or natural disasters.
During the Cold War humanitarian aid workers worked independently from military (peace keeping) troops and kept firm distance from governments. They were mostly active in camps on the edges of conflict zones or in governmentally controlled safe areas. As a consequence, humanitarian space was a small but well defined area (both physically and metaphysically) and humanitarian aid a strictly delineated number of activities.
All this changed after 1991. Due to the geopolitical changes, the lesser respect for / relevance of the sovereignty of (weak) states and borders per se, media coverage of disasters as a result of which domestic pressure grew on governments to act and a mushrooming number of humanitarian organizations the humanitarian space widened up. Simultaneously, however, the newly widened humanitarian space got increasingly challenged. Intra-state warfare between troops and gangs with no knowledge of or respect for International Humanitarian Law, the profitability of endemic violence, the deliberate targeting of populations and aid workers, humanitarian interference by states and their military and NGO’s with suspected hidden political agendas and the blockage of effective co-ordination mechanisms are to be mentioned.
These developments have posed serious threats to the humanitarian space, threats that also at the beginning of the 21st century have not been dealt with. Fundamental questions need to be addressed, such as: who is humanitarian, are the humanitarian principles in need of revamping, what is the core business of humanitarianism and what is the maximum ‘stretch’ it can cope with; how should we deal with the tension between the need for humanitarian action and the role of sovereignty (the emerging norm of Responsibility to Protect)? All these issues will be dealt with in the various presentations, interventions and activities during the IP by both the NOHA staff and the invited guest speakers.
Thursday the 2nd of September 2010
15.00 – 21.00 Arrival of Participants in Warsaw and registration
19.00 Light Dinner for students (sandwiches) at the Radomska student hostel
Friday the 3rd of September 2010: Introduction to NOHA
Place: Mirror Hall, Staszic Palace, Polish Academy of Science, 1st floor (Sala Lustrzana Polska Akademia Nauk, Pałac Staszica), Street: NOWY ŚWIAT 72
09.30 – 10.00 Welcome Addresses and introduction to Intensive Programme
Chairperson: Dr. Elzbieta Mikos-Skuza and Dr. Joost Herman
Speakers:
- Prof. Włodzimierz Lengauer -Rector University of Warsaw
- Introduction to the University of Warsaw
- Prof. Franciscus Zwarts – Rector University of Groningen
- International networks in the EHEA
- Dr. Pat Gibbons, NOHA President – NOHA
10.00 – 11.00 Keynote Speech:
Chairperson: Dr. Pat Gibbons
Keynote speakers
Mdm. Michèle Striffler (EU-Standing rapporteur for Humanitarian Aid):
The EU political view on the protection of humanitarian space
Mdm. Janina Ochojska (Polska Akcja Humanitarna/Polish Humanitarian Action):
Humanitarian Space – Practical experience
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 – 12.30 Introduction to NOHA (Past, present and future)
Chairperson: Dr. Izabela Łęcka
Speaker: Dr. Julia Gonzalez, Secretary General NOHA
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.30 Introduction DG Humanitarian Aid (ECHO)
Chairperson: Dr. Izabela Łęcka
Speaker: - René Guth, Head of Unit ECHO B/3, DG Humanitarian Aid (ECHO)
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee
16.00 – 17.30 Introduction to the NOHA Institutions (Teaching & Research)
Chairperson: Dr. Elżbieta Mikos-Skuza
- NOHA Erasmus Mundus Master of Excellence – Dr. Cristina Churruca
- NOHA Faculty and Fall schools – Dr. Catherine Gourbin
- NOHA Academy (NELINT) – Dr. Joost Herman
- NOHA Enlargement – Dr. Markus Moke
- NOHA Research – Dr. Inga-Lill Aronsson
- NOHA PhD trajectory – Prof. Dr. Julia Gonzalez
- NOHA Flagship projects/Think-tanks – Prof. Dr. Marie José Domestici-Met
- NOHA Advisory Council – Dr. Pat Gibbons
- NOHA Summer academies, – Renata Vaisviliene LLM
- Discussion and Question & Answer Session
18.30 Dinner (buffet) at the restaurant “Browarmia” (Old Brewery), Street: Królewska 1 (in front of the main gate of the University of Warsaw)
Saturday the 4th of September 2010: NOHA Master Programme
Place: A2 (level -1), Collegium Iuridicum II, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, Street Lipowa 4 (next to the Universitary Library)
09.00 – 09.30 Introduction to NOHA Modular Programme Semester I
09.30 – 11.00 Introduction to NOHA Optional Programme Semester II
- Discussion and Question & Answer Session
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 – 13.00 Introduction to NOHA Semester III and Erasmus Mundus Partners
Chairperson: Dr. Cristina Churruca
- Beirut (Lebanon)
- Bangalore (India)
- Columbia, New York (USA)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Introduction NOHA Erasmus Mundus Partners (15 min each)
Chairperson: Dr. Cristina Churruca
- Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)
- Javeriana (Colombia)
- Monash (Australia)
- UWC (South Africa)
- Panel Discussion all EM Partners
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee
16.30 – 18.00 Introduction NOHA Alumni Group
- Discussion and Question & Answer Session
18.30 Dinner (buffet) at the restaurant “Browarmia”
21:00 Integration Night – Organised by NOHA Alumni Group
The place is called Klubojadalnia Eufemia.
Address: Krakowskie Przedmiescie 5 - underground of the Academy of
Fine Arts.
* Description: Club-cafeteria Eufemia is a new point on the cultural
map of Warsaw. It is a place suitable to meet, have afternoon coffee, but also to participate in the discussion happening in film projection, or a concert
http://www.myspace.com/klubojadalniaeufemia
Sunday the 5th of September 2010: Humanitarian space, workshops and research
Place: 2.3|2.4|2.6|2.8|3.3|3.4|3.6|3.8|1.2|1.3, Collegium Iuridicum II
09.30 – 11.00 Humanitarian workshops by NOHA Faculty members
Jana Hertwig (RUB)
Ban on Cluster Munitions: Humanitarian and Legal Challenges
Bastiaan Aardema (RUG)
Handling cultural differences in aid delivery
Enrique Eguren (UD)
Programming Protection in HA
Izabela Łęcka (UW)
Humaniatarian aspects of poverty in Africa
Pedro Valenzuela (UU)
The humanitarian crisis in the Colombian conflict
Galia Glume (UCL)
State humanitarianism and the politicisation of humanitarian action
Hans Joachim Heintze (RUB):
Access to victims and humanitarian space – the case of Haiti
Pascal Gauttier (Aix)
Europeans actors for human security
Rossitza Barakova (Aix)
Non State actors: a challenge to IHL
Neringa Mickeviciute(VU)
Dealing with international crimes: new developments and new challenges. Case studies
Jovita Praneviciute, VU)
Blurring boundaries of humanitarian space: analyzing PRTs Role in Afghanistan
Sulagna Maitra (UCD)
To protect or not to protect
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 – 13.00 Humanitarian Workshops by NOHA Faculty members
Jana Hertwig (RUB)
Ban on Cluster Munitions: Humanitarian and Legal Challenges
Bastiaan Aardema (RUG)
Handling cultural differences in aid delivery
Enrique Eguren (UD)
Programming Protection in HA
Marek Madej (UW),
Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in counterterrorism and counterinsurgency – implications for law of war and humanitarian law of armed conflicts
Pedro Valenzuela (UU)
The humanitarian crisis in the Colombian conflict
Galia Glume (UCL)
State humanitarianism and the politicisation of humanitarian action
Hans Joachim Heintze (RUB)
Access to victims and humanitarian space – the case of Haiti
Pascal Gauttier (Aix)
Europeans actors for human security
Rossitza Barakova (Aix)
Non State actors: a challenge to IHL
Neringa Mickeviciute(VU)
Dealing with international crimes: new developments and new challenges. Case studies
Jovita Praneviciute, (VU)
Blurring boundaries of humanitarian space: analyzing PRTs Role in Afghanistan
Sulagna Maitra (UCD)
To protect or not to protect
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 16.30 Poster Presentations on NOHA Faculty Research
18.30 Dinner (buffet) at the restaurant “Browarmia”
Monday the 6th of September 2010: Presentations on dimensions of Humanitarian Space
Place: A2 (level -1), Collegium Iuridicum II
09.30 – 11.00 Challenges and threats to the principles of Humanitarian Space
Chairperson: Dr. Andrej Zwitter
Speakers and topics:
Dr. Joost Herman
Principle challenges and threats to Humanitarian Space
Marta Wytrykowska (Polish MFA)
Humanitarian Assistance from the perspective of Polish MFA
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Challenges and threats to the principles of Humanitarian Space
Chairperson: Prof. Maria Magdalena Kenig-Witkowska (University of Warsaw)
Speakers and topics:
Larissa Fast (Kroc Institute)
Violence in Humanitarian Space
Ad Beljaars (Dutch Red Cross)
Humanitarian Principles in Humanitarian Space
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 16.00 Challenges and threats to the principles of Humanitarian Space
Chairperson: Dr. Elżbieta Mikos-Skuza
Speakers and topics
Arjan Hehenkamp (MSF Holland)
NGO perspectives on the protection of humanitarian space
Mrs. Kathrin Schick (Director VOICE)
NGO and European perspectives on the protection of humanitarian space
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 18.00 Challenges and threats to the principles of Humanitarian Space
Chairperson: Prof. Roman Kuźniar
Speakers and topics
Gen (ret) Ton Strik
Civil-Military relationships in Humanitarian Space
Mrs. Hanna Schreiber (University of Warsaw)
The role of culture in Humanitarian Space
18.30 Dinner /set menu Restaurant with Polish cuisine „Przy Trakcie”
Address: Królewska 2, Warszawa
Tuesday the 7th of September 2010: Presentations on dimensions of Humanitarian Space and introduction to simulation exercise
Place: A2 (level -1), Collegium Iuridicum II
09.30 – 11.00 Humanitarian Space: actors and processes
Chairperson: Dr. Markus Moke
Speakers
Leon Willems (Director Press Now),
Konstanty Gebert (Gazeta Wyborcza),
The influence of the media on the preservation of humanitarian space
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Humanitarian Space: actors, processes, principles
Chairperson: Prof. Edward Haliżak
Speakers
Dr. Patrycja Grzebyk (University of Warsaw):
The respect for and challenges to IHL in Humanitarian Space
Dr. Agnieszka Bieńczyk-Missala (University of Warsaw)
Rights based approach to humanitarianism
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 – 15.30 Humanitarian Space: actors and processes
Chairperson: Dr. Izabela Łęcka
Speakers:
Chamutal Eitam and Adriaan Ferf (University of Groningen / Humanitarian Consultancy)
Evaluative practices and organizational learning in humanitarian action organizations to enhance access to humanitarian space
Grzegorz Gruca (Polish Humanitarian Action)
Advantages and obstacles of humanitarian processes – Polish Humanitarian Organization experience
15.30 – onwards possibility to explore Warsaw (guided tour).
Wednesday the 8th of September 2010: Simulation exercise and intercultural sensitivity
Place: A2, Collegium Iuridicum II
09.00 – 09.30 Introduction to the simulation exercise Humanitarian Space and Disaster Risk Reduction
Place: 2.3|2.4|2.6|2.8|3.3|3.4|3.6|3.8, Collegium Iuridicum II
09.30 – 11.00 Humanitarian Space and Disaster Risk Reduction (Simulation Exercise)
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Humanitarian Space and Disaster Risk Reduction (Simulation Exercise)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Humanitarian Space and Disaster Risk Reduction (Simulation Exercise)
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee
Place: A2, Collegium Iuridicum II
16.30 – 17.30 2nd semester mobility information: meeting with the NOHA Links/programme coordinators about the 2nd semester exchange.
18.30 Dinner /set menu
Restaurant with Polish cuisine „Przy Trakcie”
Thursday the 9th of September: Presentations on dimensions of Humanitarian Space and Simulation Exercise
Place: 2.3|2.4|2.6|2.8|3.3|3.4|3.6|3.8 Collegium Iuridicum II
09.00 – 11.00 Humanitarian Space and Disaster Risk Reduction (Simulation Exercise)
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 – 13.00 Humanitarian Space and Disaster Risk Reduction (Simulation Exercise)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Humanitarian Space and Disaster Risk Reduction (Simulation Exercise)
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30 – 18.00 Humanitarian Space and Disaster Risk Reduction (Simulation Exercise)
18.30 Dinner /set menu
Restaurant with Polish cuisine „Przy Trakcie”
Friday the 10th of September: Presentations on dimensions of Humanitarian Space and Simulation Exercise
Place: A2 (level -1), Collegium Iuridicum II
09.30 – 11.00 Final Presentations, debriefing and Evaluation of Simulation Exercise
Speakers: Dr. Markus Moke & Dr. Andrej Zwitter
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 – 13.00 Final Presentations, debriefing and Evaluation of Simulation Exercise
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 15.30 IP evaluation and closure
Speakers: Dr. Elżbieta Mikos-Skuza & Dr. Joost Herman
Departure Participants
