Stakeholder Conference, 17 - European...

CONFERENCE REPORT - European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps Stakeholder Conference, 17th June 2011, Budapest, Hungary

ANNEX

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Annex I - Programme of the conference

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Annex II - List of participants N° TITLE SURNAME GIVEN NAME ORGANISATION COUNTRY

1 Mr. Abdelkader Mohmed Hungarian Red Cross Hungary

2 Mr. Aftab Mohammad Save the Children India India

3 Mrs. Albert Dominique European Commission EU

4 Mr. Almansa Fernando NOHA Spain

5 Mr. Babalola Hakeem African News Hungary Hungary

6 Mrs. Baczkó Zsuzsanna Hungarian Baptist Aid Hungary

7 Mrs. Bagdi Nora Menedékha'z Hungary

8 Mrs. Barakova Rossitza NOHA‐University Paul Cezanne France

9 Mrs. Bartels Wiebke German Red Cross Germany

10 Mrs. Bauwin Mathilde ADICE France

11 Mrs. Beaujolais Aurélie CLONG Volontariat France

12 Mrs. Becze Réka National Directorate General for Disaster Management Hungary

13 Mrs. Bosioc Daniela CEV‐The European Volunteer Centre EU

14 Mrs. Budai Csilla Relief International Hungary

15 Mrs. Burka Viktόria Association of Nonprofit Human Services of Hungary Hungary

16 Mr. Chaibi Denis European Commission EU

17 Mr. Chakraborty Partha Shubh United Nations Volunteers United Nations

18 Mrs. Csordás Ágnes Taita Foundation for African Children Hungary

19 Mrs. Dahl Marie Save the Children Denmark Sweden

20 Mrs. De Coll Agnes Hungarian Baptist Aid Hungary

21 Mr. Deen Gibril Mahatma Gandhi Hungary

22 Mrs. Dobai Zsuzsanna Mahatma Gandhi Hungary

23 Mrs. Domestici‐Met Marie‐José NOHA‐University Paul Cezanne France

24 Mr. Dostál Jakub Masaryk University Czech Republic

25 Mr. Eyassu Tadesse John Wesley College Hungary

26 Mrs. Ferreira Ana Fundação AMI Portugal

27 Mrs. Fodor Erika Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hungary

28 Mr. Forqcich Jozsef Caritas Hungarian Hungary

29 Mr. Gallagher Nicolas VSO International United Kingdom

30 Mr. Galtieri Francesco United Nations Volunteers United Nations

31 Mr. Gáncs Kristόf Hungarian Interchurch Aid Hungary

32 Mrs. Geges Adrienn European Commission EU

33 Mrs. Gelencsér Katalin Ministry of Public Administration and Justice Hungary

34 Mrs. Georgieva Kristalina EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection EU

35 Mrs. Gerics Orsolyia National Directorate General for Disaster Management Hungary

36 Mrs. Golfier Agnès France Volontaires France

37 Mrs. Grafjodiné Varga Gabriella National Directorate General for Disaster Management Hungary

38 Mr. Gyimesi Csaba Ministry of Defence Hungary

39 Mrs. Győri Enikő Minister of State for EU affairs EU/Hungary

40 Mr. Hegedüs Gábor DEKOM Hungary

41 Mrs. Héjj Rita Ministry of Public Administration and Justice Hungary

42 Mr. Held Markus European Commission EU


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N° TITLE SURNAME GIVEN NAME ORGANISATION COUNTRY

43 Mr. Hoefeld Michael German Permanent Respresentation to the EU Belgium

44 Mr. Hóvári János Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs EU/Hungary

45 Mrs. Inczédy Daniella Embassy of the Republic of Poland Hungary

46 Mr. Ivanov Entcho Gospodinov European Commission EU

47 Mrs. Jakó Viktória Artemisszio Foundation Hungary

48 Mr. Joerres Frank German Red Cross Germany

49 Mrs. Jonker Judith VSO Papua New Guinea

50 Mrs. Jozca Eva Corvinus University of Budapest Hungary

51 Mrs. Kezsmarki Adrienn Hungarian MFA Hungary

52 Mrs. Kiss Virag African‐Hungarian Union Hungary

53 Mr. Koláček Josef ADRA Czech Republic Czech Republic

54 Mrs. Kot‐Majewska Katarzyna MFA Poland Poland

55 Mr. Kunze Michael Germax Gerli GmbH Germany

56 Mr. Latorcai Csaba Ministry of Public Administration and Justice Hungary

57 Mrs. Lombarts Violeta Red Cross / EU Office Belgium

58 Mrs. Makai Dόra KIM Hungary

59 Mrs. McNeil Mary North Lanarkshire Arts Association United Kingdom

60 Mr. Medway Peter International Medical Corps UK United Kingdom

61 Mrs. Mester Zsuzsa Profilantrop Association Hungary

62 Mr. Michalopoulos Theodoros Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs Greece

63 Mr. Moreau Christophe French Red Cross France

64 Mrs. Móricz Anna Zita AEGEE‐PECS Hungary

65 Mrs. Mosolits Erika Foundation of Africa Hungary

66 Mrs. Mutombo Angelika Foundation of Africa Hungary

67 Mr. Nagy Ákos Hungarian Interchurch Aid Hungary

68 Mrs. Nasz Adrienn Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hungary Hungary

69 Mrs. Nemésio Luisa Fundação AMI Portugal

70 Mrs. Novakova Irina European Commission EU

71 Mr. Orosz Tamás Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hungary

72 Mr. Ozan Grégoire Europe by Satellite Belgium

73 Mr. Patrick Neil Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hungary

74 Mrs. Pejlová Pavlína ADRA Czech Republic Czech Republic

75 Mrs. Pelly Isabelle Save the Children United Kingdom

76 Mrs. Péntekné Kövesdi Kata National Directorate General for Disaster Management Hungary

77 Mrs. Petes Beáta Babuka Nonprofit kft Hungary

78 Mrs. Pitcz Zsofia Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hungary Hungary

79 Mr. Potter Jonathan People In Aid United Kingdom

80 Mr. Quigley Malcolm VSO Ireland

81 Mrs. Radwan Malgorzata Embassy of the Republic of Poland Hungary

82 Mr. Reicher Peter Hungarian Volunteer Sending Foundation Hungary

83 Mrs. Rigman Cristina Pro Vobis National Resource Center for Volunteering Romania

84 Mr. Ronzi Flavio IFRC ‐ Zone Office Europe Hungary

85 Mr. Rouyez Eric Ministère des Affaires Etrangères France

86 Mrs. Russ Catherine Save the Children UK United Kingdom

87 Mr. Schiavi Lorenzo Ministère des Affaires étrangères et Européennes France


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N° TITLE SURNAME GIVEN NAME ORGANISATION COUNTRY

88 Mr. Seymour Perry RedR United Kingdom

89 Mr. Simonyi Gyula BOCS Foundation Hungary

90 Mr. Solymari Daniel Magyar Maltai Meretetszolgalat Hungary

91 Mrs. Szűr Zsófia Alliance Française de Szeged Hungary

92 Mrs. Trautmann Henrike European Commission EU

93 Mr. Valera Pena Angel Euronews Spain

94 Mr. Velasco Corrochano Victor Manuel Solidaridad International Spain

95 Mrs. Wallmeier Edith Arbeiter‐Samariter‐Bund (ASB) Germany

96 Mr. Yakimov Yulian UN and Global Issues Directorate, MFA of Bulgaria Bulgaria

97 Mr. Yovkov Peter Bulgarian Red Cross Bulgaria


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Annex III - Presentation of key-speakers

Ms. Enikő Győri is Minister of State for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2010). She earned her degree at the University of Economics, Budapest, Faculty of International Relations in 1992, PhD in 2000. In 1997 she participated at the course offered by École National d’Administration (ENA). She undertook traineeships at the French National Assembly (1998), at the Council of Europe (1998), and at the European Commission (1995). She was a Member of the European Parliament (2009-2010), member of the Economic and Monetary Committee, Head of EU Staff of Fidesz Political Group in the Hungarian National Assembly (2003-2009), Ambassador of the Hungary to Italy (1999-2003), Adviser on EU affairs of the Hungarian National Assembly (1992-1999). She was Lecturer at ELTE University in Budapest and Eszterházy Teachers’ College in Eger.

She was Hungarian member of the working group on “European politics” of the European People’s Party (2005-2009), President of the Italian Forum of Budapest (2004-), Member of the Board of the Political Science Review, Hungary (2007-) and Director of Free Europe Centre (2004-2009) and published amongst others ' National Parliaments and the European Union', Osiris, 2004; Reports on Latin-America and on the US in the weekly HVG and is co-author of several publications about European integration. She is married and has two children.

Ms. Kristalina Georgieva is the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response. Before joining the European Commission in February 2010, she has held various positions at the World Bank. She started working there in 1993, initially as Environmental Economist, then as Senior Environmental Economist. She continued as Sector Manager on Environment for the East Asia and Pacific Region, and later became the Director in charge of World Bank environmental strategy, policies and lending. In 2004 her work took her to Moscow, where she was World Bank Director for the Russian Federation, responsible for a large portfolio

of World Bank projects in tax administration, customs, education, health, environment and regional development. In 2007-2008 she held the position of Director for Sustainable Development and, finally she was appointed Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the World Bank Group. At this post, she acted as the interlocutor between the World Bank’s senior management, its Board of Directors and the 186 countries that make up the World Bank Group shareholders.

She has obtained her M. A. in Political Economy and Sociology at the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her PhD in Economic Science was granted by the same university for her dissertation on Environmental Policy. Between 1977 and 1993, she worked as Associate Professor at the University of National and World Economy. During this period she was also a Research Fellow at the London School of Economics, and spent one year as Visiting Professor at Fiji’s University of the South Pacific and the Australian National University. In 1991 she went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she did post-graduate research in environmental policy, co-led a course on economies in transition, and consulted on environmental policy in Eastern Europe. She has served as a board member of several educational and environmental organizations. She is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria. She has more than 100 publications on environmental and economic policy topics, including a textbook on microeconomics. She was born in Sofia in 1953. She is married, and has one child. In addition to her native Bulgarian, she is fluent in English and Russian, and she is learning French.


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Mr. Jonas Hóvári is Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2010). He earned his diploma at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Faculty of Arts- Departments of History and Turkish Studies in 1979. He obtained PhD degree in history (Ottoman Studies) at University of Pécs in 1997. He is Honorary Associate Professor in 2006. He worked as a research fellow at the Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences between 1979-1992, and as a lecturer at the Janus Pannonius University, Pécs, Faculty of Arts, and Department of History from 1984.

He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992, has worked as a desk officer in the Central Asia and Transcaucasia Section of the Department of CIS and as the adviser to the Political State Secretary until 1997. He was the Head of the Secretariat of the Political State Secretary between 1998 -2000. He was the Head of Section of Middle East Peace Process at the Department of Middle East and Africa between 2004 -2007. He worked as seconded diplomat to the Slovenian EU Presidency in Ljubljana between 2007 - 2008. He served as Deputy Head of Mission between 1997-1998 at the Hungarian Embassy in Tel Aviv, later as the Ambassador of Hungary between 2000 - 2004. He was the Ambassador of Hungary in Kuwait City between 2008 -2010.

Ms. Henrike Trautmann is Head of Unit "Policy and Implementation Frameworks" in DG ECHO, charged amongst other things with setting up the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps. She has spent the last 15 years as an official of the European Commission, focussing on external relations and humanitarian aid issues, working both on operational (Sudan, West Africa) and policy-oriented files. She holds an M.A. in History and Film Studies from Free University Berlin, and worked in publishing and public relations before joining the European Commission. She is married and has two children. In addition to her native German, she is fluent in English and French.

Ms. Catherine Russ is Senior Humanitarian Learning and Development Advisor at Save the Children and also works for the Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA) professionalisation project. She is an education and training specialist with expertise in learning programme development particularly in humanitarian and post-disaster settings and adapting learning methodologies for differing cultural settings. Her capacity building work goes back over 12 years in a variety of NGOs and INGOs; her previous role was as Learning Programme Director at RedR where she oversaw programmes delivered in a range

of countries and evaluated field training in countries including Sri Lanka, Sudan, Pakistan, Chad and Haiti.


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Mr. Fernando Almansa is a Doctor in Civil Engineering by Universidad Politécnica of Madrid; he has a Degree on International Conflict Resolution as well as a Senior Executive Business administration degree by ESADE Business School. He has done additional Studies in Political Sciences at UNED and has complemented studies on Humanitarian leadership at Harvard and ESADE Business School. He lectures in different Spanish Universities on Humanitarian Ethics Fernando Almansa is currently NOHA’s Chief Executive Officer NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Assistance – Association of Universities), position that he took in October 2010 when he left his position as Humanitarian Director of Oxfam International, (2003 – 2010), During that period he was in charge of

coordination of major emergencies around the world, including the Asian Tsunami 2004. Before joining Oxfam international he was Director of the International Co-operation of INTERMON OXFAM (Spain) and Executive Director of PROSALUS (Madrid). He has field experience, and has combined his cooperation work with other activities as Senior Executive Coach at ESADE Business School. Fernando Almansa has been a member of the National Council of International Co-operation of Spain, Catalonian Council of International Co-operation, member of the Board of the Spanish NGO Platform, and Representative of the Spanish NGO Platform, in the Liaison Committee NGO's European Commission. Currently he combines his job as NOHA CEO with a part time job as professor and Management Coordinator at NOHA Master in Deusto University, Bilbao.

Mr. Christophe Moreau was born in Paris, France, on July 21th 1968. He worked for French NGOs from 90 to 2004 before to join the movement with the French Red Cross in 2006. Experienced in field operations in post conflict and conflict area (Iraqi Kurdistan in 91, Bosnia and Serbia in 92), refugees camp (Mauritania in 93), he joined the Headquarters in France to enhance HR policy through training, briefing and debriefing. In 95 was named as Human Ressources Manager for field operations. He introduced the professionalization of the HR policy in both the NGOs he worked for, through managing evolution of profiles and skills from volunteers to professionals.

Trained at the Social Management Institute-Paris (IGS Paris) in Human Ressources Management in 98/99. Trainer in Human Ressources for the BioForce development Institute after his NGOs experience, he joined then the French Red Cross in the beginning of 2006 as Human Ressources Manager for international Operations. Involved in security issues at the French Red Cross as Safety and Security Adviser in addition of his HR mandate. He’s designing and managing safety and security training session since 94. From 94 to now, went on several field of operations for short term missions as HR or Security (Afghanistan, Bosnia, Burundi, Karabagh, Kosovo, Haiti, Indonesia).

Mr. Peter Yovkov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria on 7 May 1969. Graduated Russian language school and Sofia University, Arabic Philology and Arab studies, Master of Science. From 1995 to 1998 worked as an interpreter, office administrator at the Bulgarian Construction Company Technoexportstroi Ltd., Lybia. Started with the Bulgarian Red Cross in 1999 at the International Department, managed a number of humanitarian and development projects in Bulgaria supporting vulnerable and marginalized groups. From 2001 to 2006 also acted as a National Coordinator of Participatory Community Development programme with Roma and other marginalized groups. In parallel worked as Restoring Family Links Officer at the Bulgarian Red Cross.


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From 2006 – 2007 worked as a Participatory Community Development (PCD) Regional Coordinator at the Regional Delegation of the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies for Central Europe, covering PCD projects with Roma communities in the countries of Former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Romania. Since 2007 working at the Bulgarian Red Cross International Cooperation Department, since 2010 as a Head of Unit “Coordination of European projects and Programs”, since 1 January 2011 as Acting Head of International Cooperation Dept. at the Bulgarian Red Cross. During 2006 – 2008 had a number of consultancy missions to Tajikistan on behalf of the Finnish Red Cross to introduce and facilitate a Participatory Community Development Programme implemented by the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan (RCST). Member of the Regional Disaster Response Team managed by the Europe Zone Office of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Mr. Nick Gallagher is Head of Volunteering at VSO International, based in London. Prior to this he has held roles including Deputy Director the VSO Federation; Deputy & Interim Director, VSO Canada; Director of Volunteer Recruitment, VSOUK. He has also served as Country Director of VSO Eritrea. Nick’s first role in the NGO sector was as Coordinator of the UK Platform of the EC-NGO network, a position he took up after a career in public sector management in health and education. Nick holds a degree in Biomedical Sciences from King’s College, London, where he trained as a Dentist. In his spare time he is Musical Director of the choir of a well known church in central London.

Ms. Cristina Rigman has worked for the past 8 years for the development of volunteerism in Romania holding various positions within Pro Vobis – the National Resource Center for Volunteering. Since 2009 she has been in charge with the development of the organization, its strategy and its new services and programs, managing also the external relations and the international programs that Pro Vobis is involved in. She has been leading the initiative of establishing a national umbrella organization for volunteering in Romania, which has been created in June 2010, when she was elected President of the VOLUM Federation. Cristina is member of the steering group on EYV 2011 in Romania and co-chair of the working group on Volunteering Infrastructure of the EYV 2011 Alliance on behalf of CEV (European Volunteer Center). She has served for the past 6 years as a board member of CEV.

Cristina holds a BA in Political Science and an MA in Community Development from Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and is currently pursuing her PhD in Sociology at the same institution, focusing her research on Concepts of Social Responsibility in Romania. She was awarded several scholarships to institutions such as the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies in Baltimore MD, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC. In 2009 she graduated the European Program in Civil Society Leadership, a joint initiative of the Stockholm School of Economics (Institute for Economic Research), Heidelberg University (Center for Social Investment), Vienna University (Institute for Nonprofit Research), and Trinity College Dublin (Center for Nonprofit Management).

Mr. Mohammed Aftab is the Head of Child Protection in Save the Children India, managing child protection programmes across ten states in the country. He has over twelve years of experience in many parts of India on child protection issues. He has a background in humanitarian and social work, holding a Masters in Social Work from the University of Delhi and he was a volunteer with the National Social Scheme during his studies. He is an expert on designing capacity building programme for and imparting training on child protection issues to humanitarian workers and government officials in India. He is also a member of Save the Children’s Global Task Group on Capacity Building on Child Protection in Emergency (CPiE).

He has extensive experience of working on child protection in emergencies, having worked in several responses to natural disasters and humanitarian crises, such as the Orissa Super-Cyclone in 1999, the


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Gujarat earthquake in 2001, the communal conflict in Gujarat in 2002, the Tsunami in 2004, Kashmir earthquake in 2005 and the Bihar floods in 2008. In his current capacity within Save the Children India, he also has served, as a coach under the prestigious Child Protection Trainee Scheme run by Save the Children UK. He has provided coaching to nine Child Protection Trainees in the last five years. Aftab lives in New Delhi with his wife and two children.

Ms. Judith Jonker is a VSO volunteer working as a social worker in a provincial hospital in Papua New Guinea where she is setting up a mental health department. After receiving her MSc in Psychology at Utrecht University in 2005 she worked in Sri Lanka as a development trainee for AIESEC after which she started the MA in Humanitarian Aid (NOHA) at Groningen University (2006-2007). She did an internship for a psychosocial project with Caritas in Aceh, Indonesia in 2008. After which she started working in child protection services in the Netherlands. In 2009 she worked as a trainee for DG ECHO of the European Commission and stayed working there as an assistant policy officer until 2010 when she left for Papua New Guinea.

Mr. Víctor Manuel Velasco Corrochano has graduated in Economics and Business administration and holds a master degree in International Cooperation. Humanitarian worker since 1998, he has been serving in several NGOs and UN Agencies, in different countries and contexts (Philippines, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Colombia, Kosovo, Palestine, Haití and Ecuador) as a Specialist in Humanitarian action and Food Security. Amongst others he has been active as Project coordinator in Nicaragua in a food security programme, Emergency projects after Hurricane Mitch and earthquake in El Salvador; Programme manager in projects in Kosovo (2001); .Head of emergency

projects in Mindanao, Philippines ; emergency and rehabilitation programme manager in Colombia and Programme Officer for United Nations Volunteers UNV in Philippines and Honduras. He now works for 'Solidaridad Internacional Spain' in Madrid coordinating humanitarian action programmes.


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Ms. Daniela Bosioc, Policy and Project Officer at the European Volunteer Centre (CEV). Daniela is Romanian and she has a history of over 11 years working with volunteer organisations. She joined the CEV team in April 2011 as Policy and Project Officer, after working for four and a half years with the United Nations Volunteers programme in both its headquarters and field offices in Sudan. This experience built upon seven years of working in the youth and volunteering sector in Romania and Spain, in local and European programmes. She holds a masters degree in management of international cooperation, NGOs and volunteering. Mr. Peter Reicher is the director of the Hungarian Volunteer Sending Foundation, which he established in 2003. His goal is to integrate Hungary in the community of volunteer sending countries and develop the national mechanisms needed to make the participation of Hungarian volunteers in the global struggle against poverty sustainable. As a result of the Foundation’s efforts, the degree of acceptance of international volunteer work in Hungary keeps growing both in society in general and at the decision-makers' level. In the HAND alliance, the assembly of Hungarian development and aid organizations, Reicher was initially chairman of the supervisory board and later elected to the board of directors. As a delegate of this alliance, he was a member of the Brussels-based Concord financial working committee between 2004 and 2009.

Since 2008, Reicher has been a member of the board of directors of FORUM, the worldwide federation of international volunteer-sending organizations. In 2009, he was host of FORUM’s annual conference held in Budapest. Peter is 45 years old, married and has three children. He is the executive manager of a Hungarian energy firm and his activity in the Hungarian Volunteer Sending Foundation is purely pro bono. Earlier, he worked for the Hungarian branches of HP, Xerox and SAP.

Ms. Marie Dahl has a specific interest and accumulated experience in child protection and education in emergencies. Within these areas she has worked on interagency coordination and networking, emergency preparedness, assessment and response, proposal development, capacity building and manual writing. The majority of her practical work experience, both voluntarily and employed, has involved children and youth from preschool age to late adolescence. She has worked both in direct contacts with children and young people, as well as on the organisational and advocacy level.


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Ms. Isabelle Pelly interest in the humanitarian and development sector began aged 18 when she spent a few months volunteering with disabled youths in Nepal at the Learning and Development Centre (LDC) on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Her undergraduate degree in Human Sciences, where she focused on anthropology and demography strengthened her interest in this field, and she then complemented this with a Masters in Environment and Development at the London School of Economics. At the time her interests were focused particularly on South Asia, so she spent 2 days a week volunteering in London for Children in Need India, an NGO which focuses on nutrition, healthcare and education to support mothers and children to break free from the inter-generational cycle of poverty. She was already eager to head to the field, but realised that her Indian counterparts at CINI were in a much better position to lead programmes there than her! So, following her Masters,

Isabelle decided to build up her experience in the sector by applying to the European Commission internship scheme in Brussels. She was placed in DG ECHO, in a unit focusing on Humanitarian food Assistance, and this move has oriented her career ever since! After nearly a year working on DG ECHO’s humanitarian food assistance policy, Isabelle was keen to get some operational experience and was offered an opportunity as a replacement desk officer working on drought preparedness in the greater Horn of Africa. Knowing what donors want turned out to be an excellent way of making the transition to field work, and after a number of frustrations; Isabelle was offered a post with Save the Children in Haiti, immediately following the January 2010 earthquake. She spent 7 months there, in the deep end, as a Food Security and Livelihoods programme manager, and then moved to Zimbabwe to perform a similar role. This career progression has been paralleled by a significant shift from in-kind food assistance to a much broader range of tools, particularly the use of cash, which Isabelle has been exposed to in both policy and practice. In her current role she is now based with Save the Children in London, working on developing the organisation’s internal systems to improve operational and technical delivery of cash programming.

Mr. Michael Kunze is General Manager of GERMAX Gerli GmbH, an international operating consultancy based in Aachen, Germany. He has an engineering background and is an experienced management consultant, who has been working in the field of management consulting to private and public organisations for more than 20 years. Mr Kunze regularly works as senior consultant and team leader in monitoring, evaluation and study assignments for the European Commission (DG ECHO, DG DEV and DG HR) and is acquainted with the planning, monitoring and evaluation methodologies used by the European Commission and other international organisations. He has led numerous large-scale institutional performance reviews and evaluations, many of which involved extensive stakeholder surveys and in-depth qualitative and quantitative analysis work.

Mr Kunze is member of the German Society of Evaluation (DeGEval) and actively contributes to the development of evaluation and monitoring methodologies and standards in the development and humanitarian aid sector for various public institutions and development organisations.


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Mr. Jonathan Potter is the Executive Director of People In Aid, a UK-based not-for-profit committed to helping humanitarian and development organisations to enhance the quality of support and management they give to their staff and volunteers. People In Aid has a global membership and a wide-ranging portfolio of work (research, certification, conferences, trainings, information-exchange, networking) supporting improvements in HR and people management practice.

Jonathan has led People In Aid’s growth since 2001, chaired EPN (the Emergency Personnel Network) until 2009, and is currently Humanitarian Chair of ELRHA (Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Action). Jonathan was in business throughout Africa and the Middle East before changing to the not-for-profit sector in 1991. He worked at ActionAid-UK and subsequently as Director for External Affairs for BESO, a volunteer-sending agency. Jonathan has a degree from Oxford University in oriental studies and a Masters in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Mr. Encho Gospodinov, Special Adviser to Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, has a long career in journalism and humanitarian diplomacy. For almost two decades years he worked as a war correspondent, diplomatic and political commentator and Deputy Chief Editor for the biggest Bulgarian weekly POGLED. He covered some of the most dramatic events at the end of last century: military conflicts in Africa, Middle East, Central America and Asia. As a reporter and columnist he also witnessed the dissolution of the Soviet Union, attended all major political summits and East-West disarmament negotiations. Authored a book on the Middle East conflicts. In 1991 he joined the ICRC first, and then moved to IFRC. For 20 years he worked in the field (7 years as Communications expert and Head of IFRC Regional delegation in Budapest), dealing with all humanitarian crises in 15 Central-and-

Eastern European countries, coordinated the IFRC operations during the conflicts in Former Yugoslavia. Prior to that, he worked in Armenia after the 1988 earthquake. From 1999 to 2007 he was the IFRC Permanent Observer to the UN General Assembly in New York, working closely with various UN agencies, with the EC team, high level government representatives and various NGOs. Starting as a Red Cross volunteer, he worked for long years with thousands of volunteers in the field. After New York he moved to IFRC HQs in Geneva, working as Director/USG for Policy and Communications. He speaks Bulgarian, English, Russian, Serbian, Macedonian and Croatian.


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Mr. Markus Held has joined the European Commission in May 2011 to work as a focal point for the European Humanitarian Aid Corps at DG ECHO. Prior to this appointment, he has been involved since 2003 in the EU NGO sector working on the civil society input to the 'then' European Constitutional Treaty and since 2004 serving as director of a major EU NGO network developing and promoting voluntary action and civic engagement across Europe. In this position he led the successful European-wide campaign towards the European Year of Volunteering 2011. Before coming to Brussels he has gained extensive experience in voluntary organisations at grassroots level coordinating community projects in Germany, France and Bolivia. Markus is German and holds degrees in Education, Social Sciences, European Politics and Public Management from universities in Berlin, Paris and London. He has published articles on Civil Dialogue and on Engagement Policies in the EU

and lectures at university level on EU integration and project management. In his different positions he has enjoyed gaining expertise in training and facilitation to create participative processes for learning, knowledge development and common action.


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Annex IV - Pilot project fact sheets (3) European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps - Call for proposals 2011 Pilot projects (Close: 20 April 2011) Building humanitarian talent, capacity and solidarity through a European Humanitarian Volunteer Programme Pilot Project 1: Save the Children UK (SC UK)

Applicant organisation

• Save the Children UK (SC UK)

Partners • Network of Humanitarian Assistance ‘NOHA’ (BE) • Institut Bioforce Développement (Bioforce) (FR)

Associated organisations: • Caritas Czech Republic; Save the Children Denmark; Johanniter Germany

Special features

• Focus on building humanitarian talent and professionalization of future humanitarian aid professionals

• Comprehensive learning and development programme • Detailed and realistic proposal based on large experience of partners • Partnership bringing together experienced NGOs from the humanitarian field and the ECHO

funded NOHA network of universities

Overall budget

• 607,142 EUR • EC: 425,000 EUR EC (70%) • Own funding: 182,142 EUR (30%)

Total duration of action

• 15 month

Volunteers involved / Deployment

• 30 Volunteers: 20 at 'Level 1': Volunteers with limited overseas experience; 10 at 'Level 2': Volunteers who have completed NOHA Masters or Bioforce accredited training

• Deployments of volunteers: Level 1: 2 placements of 4-5 months; Level 2: 1 placement of 9-10 months.

• All volunteers are deployed alongside an experienced humanitarian professional who acts as a coach

• First deployment expected: 5 months after actual project start (~ Oct 2011) • Place: "Countries with ECHO operations" • Focus of deployments: Preparedness and recovery activities

Activities and expected results

1 ) Development of training curricula as part of a European Humanitarian Volunteer Programme with a European dimension • Partners to review their training tools and materials and, where needed, tailor them to the

project; establishment of a 12-month training programme based on 'Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies' (CBHA) core humanitarian competencies; volunteers will be trained either as 1) Generalist Project Officers (15 volunteers) or 2) Specialized Logistics Officers (15 volunteers); at least 4 Member States involved in this.

2 – Selection and training of 30 European Humanitarian Volunteers • Partners will establish guidelines for selection and ensure wide spread of candidates

(including from new EU Member States); • Target: Volunteers from at least 7 Member States. • Two levels of volunteers selected:

Level 1 (20 volunteers): Volunteers with limited overseas experience; 1-year programme split into 2 placements of 4-5 months; 3 training modules (pre-departure / mid-term / post-return) Level 2 (10 volunteers): Volunteers who have completed NOHA Masters or Bioforce accredited training; 1-year-programme with 1 placement of 9-10 months; 2 training modules (pre & post deployment)

• Volunteers will be trained against curricula (cf. 1- above); that are a blend of the modules

developed by the partners such as SC UK inter-agency 3 part Emergency Operations Programme; a number of the 40 Bioforce courses for international development and NOHA's


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5 credit Humanitarian Studies. Trainings will focus amongst others on induction to the European Humanitarian Volunteer Programme, Humanitarian Studies; Emergencies Foundation Course (a simulation-based training that includes hostile environment security & first aid training), project management applications, logistics applications; people management & leadership skills; 'money management'; technical logistics and supply chain. During the first deployment a number of distance learning modules are offered (health, nutrition, food security & livelihoods, protection, monitoring & evaluation (amongst others)

3 – Deployment of European Humanitarian Volunteers to humanitarian contexts • Placements within SC UK programmes and programmes implemented by the associated

organisations. Focus of deployments: Preparedness and recovery activities; • Targets:

- At least 90% of volunteers are deployed in humanitarian operations in third countries for a minimum of 4 months each. - At least 30% of deployed volunteers are involved in preparedness activities. - At least 30% are involved in recovery activities. - At least 4 European NGOs are involved in the deployment of volunteers

• Local support provided during placements by coaches who are humanitarian professionals (see 4) below). Each volunteer will have a personal development plan to track their development and assignments against the CBHA core humanitarian competencies.

• Preparation and follow-up of volunteers according to SC UK standards (including medical checks, criminal record checks, etc).

• Assignments depending on type of volunteer (see above) - can include developing a proposal, conducting research, writing donor reports, conducting evaluations, running training, supporting distributions, procurement, etc.

4 – Coaching of volunteers during the field deployment, involvement and capacity building of local organisations

• At least 20 coaches recruited who are humanitarian aid professionals working with the host

agencies; at least 75% are from host country or region to provide connection with local community; will be trained (according to SC UK modules) online by Programme Manager and Coaching Advisor and will receive support; 75% of volunteer assignments will include capacity building with local organisations and volunteers, e.g. through workshops or 'buddy' schemes. Separate budget is foreseen for these activities; at least 10 local organisations are involved in some activity / capacity.

5 – Lessons learnt and recommendations to provide inputs for the launch of the full programme in 2012 • Lessons collected through evaluations at different stages of training; particular focus on post-

deployment de-briefings / trainings; mid-term evaluation by project team; end-of-project evaluation through external consultant.

Ideas for follow-up

• Selection hubs created across Europe • Development of alumni network for volunteers upon completion of the programme • Encourage EU agencies to host volunteers in third countries • Extension of the programme from solely an operational focus to include technical sectors

such as Nutrition; food security and Livelihoods, Health and WASH


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Pilot Project 2: French Red Cross


• French Red Cross (F)

Partners • German Red Cross (D) • Austrian Red Cross (A) • Bulgarian Red Cross (BG)

Associated: • International Federation of Red Cross / Red Crescent Societies (CH)

Special Features

• Building on large experienced of the organisation in volunteering and humanitarian aid • Volunteers treated in a highly professional way such as any Red Cross staff deployed

Overall budget

• 575,122 EUR; • EC: 402,585 EUR (70%); • FRC contribution: 102,355 €EUR • Partners contribution: 70,182 EUR


• 15 months (from September 1st 2011)


• 21 volunteers • 6 months deployments starting 9 months after project initialisation (~May 2012) • Place: 'On demand of National Red Cross Societies' / deployment to existing missions in the

field (mainly DIPECHO / ECHO) • Target: Young qualified and inexperienced volunteers with ambition to work in humanitarian

sector • Pre or post disaster humanitarian aid operations


1 – Identification and recruitment • Develop job profiles with National Societies and IFRC; • Criteria for selection of volunteers: ~25 years of age; relevant studies or professional

experience; professional ambition to work in humanitarian sector • National Societies run recruitment campaign and select candidates according to job profiles

and target group • Project coordinator proposes final selection taking into account identified hosting missions

expressed by Red Cross Societies in humanitarian aid zones 2 – Training and preparation • Development of specific training path based on IMPACT training developed by IFRC

(International Mobilization and Preparation for ACTion) including modules on understanding international humanitarian aid; international humanitarian law; understanding EU and EU hum. Aid operations; and specialized modules according to future deployment as field projects or organisations support and depending on university / professional expertise background of volunteers

• Promotion of 'young people as actors of change' • 2*5 days residential course in Modane (France) in RC training centre • E-learning modules available for volunteers • Visits of Geneva (RC and UN institutions) and Brussels (ECHO, other EU institutions) • At end of second training session development of individual career tracks for each volunteer 3 – Deployment of 21 volunteers, each 6 months in pre or post disaster zones • Database of possible hosting missions and IFRC standard requirements of security

management will be established at separate workshop • Types of projects: DRR projects; post emergency projects; organisational development

projects (in hosting National Societies branches or youth departments) • Volunteers assigned in approval with 'sending' NS and 'receiving' NS • Mentors and key advisors will be identified in the receiving NS to accompany the volunteers

during their deployment; a separate 'stress management' reference person will monitor the development of the deployment of the volunteer (via Skype)

• NS responsible for administrative and legal requirements for expatriation of their volunteers as well as pre-expatriation check-up following general RC practice


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• Volunteers will exchange virtually with each other during the time of deployment • Regular memos to the Head of Delegation about progress of the deployment • Post deployment exit interview at receiving organisation and check-up back home at sending

NS. 4 –Capitalisation • Volunteers will provide experiences during period of mission online (website / blog, etc) • Volunteers will write end of missions reports • Evaluation of volunteers' experience, lessons learned and skills developed through

questionnaire / evaluation with volunteers and mentors • Evaluation of impact on Volunteer, Mentor, Receiving NS and European sending NS will be

measured • 3-day workshop after deployment to share experiences and recommendations for the future


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Pilot Project 3: VSOI (Voluntary Service Overseas International) Nota bene: This project is on 'reserve' list; expected to be funded early 2012


• VSOI (Voluntary Service Overseas International, UK)

Partners • VSO Netherlands (NL) • Pro Vobis - National Resource Centre for Volunteering (RO)

Special features

• Focus on local organisations and capacity building • Sophisticated tailored volunteer training • Developing a 'Personal Development Plan’ for the volunteers (assessment of learning/

progress) and accreditation of their learning by universities (and under ECTS) • Development of volunteer management training and accreditation for partner organisations • Development of equally valid parallel face to face and virtual assessment and selection

processes • Interactive project website with mentoring, social networking to promote problem solving

Overall budget

• 684,756 EUR; • EC: 425,000 EUR (62,07%); • Own contribution: 259,756 EUR (37,93%)


• 15 months


• 40 volunteers • Duration of deployments depending on context and type of volunteers • First deployment: 3-4 months after start • Places of deployment: To be updated before effective start of the project • Target: 'Volunteer Experts' • Disaster preparedness and post conflict recovery placements


1 – Targeted pan-European recruitment campaign • Using partner networks, universities, specialized NGOs and dedicated websites such as

www.aidworkers.com as well as a dedicated project website to recruit volunteers 2 – Development of Best Practice Standards for Volunteer Selection in humanitarian aid situations • Draws on frameworks such as Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian

Assistance (ELHRA) competency framework focusing on difference between usual VSO development placements and placements for the European Humanitarian Volunteers

• Develop assessment tools for recruitment of volunteers, especially where no face to face interview is possible

• Develop use of multilingual online assessment tools 3 – Development of standards of volunteer management of Humanitarian Volunteers, including possible accreditation • Based on 4-level Volunteer Management System developed by Pro Vobis assessing

organisations' quality in working with volunteers with regards to task management, performance management, personal development of volunteers, conflict management and others; and the '9 steps in volunteer management' approach: Preparing organisations for involvement of volunteers; recruitment; selection; orientation and training; motivation; supervision; recognition; evaluation; relationship between volunteers and paid employees

• Consultation and research with 15 local projects to adapt standards to European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps.

4 – Development of training curricula and material for volunteer management organisations • 2 trainings developed for organisations in Europe and for hosting organisations in the field

based on 9 steps volunteer management process. • Adapting Pro Vobis volunteer organisation's training to the volunteering reality and tradition in

hosting country; reality of civil society in these countries etc.


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http://www.aidworkers.com/


• 20 local organisations consulted prior to design curriculum and deliver trainings • Trainings based on volunteer management standards (cf. 3) and experience of VSO in less

fragile developing countries

5 – Development and delivery of competence based training to the volunteers to be deployed • Pre-deployment:

o 2-3 moderated online training on generic aspects of working overseas; introduction to the competency based 'Personal Development Passport' for European Humanitarian Volunteers' to reflect learning and development during their placement

o 5 days face to face training (Netherlands) focusing on specific skills, behaviour, EU issues and others

• On-arrival in-country: o 1-week-in country training by VSO programme officer + external specialized

trainers on specific humanitarian and security issues) • During Placement

o Continuous mentoring by volunteer who already returned o Continuous self-reflection of volunteers through 'Personal Development

Passport' 6 – Development of accreditation mechanism for the volunteers undergoing training in this programme • In collaboration with a UK and other higher education institutions ( all still to be recruited) • Accrediting volunteers' experience • Volunteers expected to receive 30 UK Higher Education credits at level 6 equivalent to 15

European credits under the European Credit Transfer System 7 – Special Project Website Available in 5 languages

• Placement offers will be published there • Online intercultural assessment tool to assess whether volunteers meet selection standards • Online learning tool used for 3-weeks-pre-departure moderated training (cf 5); online

discussion on understanding humanitarian aid context; EU dimension of humanitarian aid. Operations; self-awareness and reflection

• Online collaboration tool / Social Network: Linking current European Humanitarian Volunteers with each other and with former volunteers; later also other practitioners, university etc; to allow problem solving through sharing of experiences and expertise; promote mentoring

8 – Matching volunteers to placements • Volunteer placements developed by local organisations • Volunteer selection through special project website, assessment tools of soft skills and hard

skills needed for the available placements • At least 10 local organisations involved in matching decisions

9 – Operational deployment • 40 volunteers deployed

10 – Monitoring, evaluation and project management • External evaluation provided to feed into recommendations for future voluntary corps.

Ideas for follow-up

• Further use of project website to create a 'European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid community' • Establishment of expected volunteer training and management content and standards to

ensure quality across all deployment under EVHAC scheme • Creation of volunteer learning and development accreditation mechanism for all volunteers

deployed under EVHAC scheme


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Annex V - Dialogue Sessions – Statements and suggestions of participants Some examples for creative processes during the sessions…

Round 1: Why did I choose to be here today and what do I want to get out of this conference ?

Understand better proposals and what is foreseen for EUHAC

Added value to strengthen volunteering

to * to avoid duplication

Concertation (coordination between) K (C?), NGO, MS

get connections with all partners

keep actions focussed on independence of aid


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to have more knowledge and adequate information about how to help the victims of disasters

to learn from professionals to be more professional in our humanitarian volunteer sending works

how can EVHAC help the media to send sight information about African affairs to people

Hear plans and experience

learn opportunities

share experience as volunteer / NOHA GRAD etc.

networking

info

learn about

cross European synergies, promote

good volunteering practices

how to get European volunteers to work with humanitarian NGOs

learn about pilot projects

how can Hungarian RC find projects in the future

we want to ensure EVHAC is not overlapping existing initiatives

want to ensure the EC funds costs of volunteer employments.

I would like to ensure training of EUHAC volunteers are de‐linked to the extent that orgs that do not have training capacity but do have deployment capacity can benefit from using trained volunteers

Kataryzna (Polish MFA): general interest and upcoming Presidency

Theodore (Greek MFA): general interest (started during Greek Presidency 2003 and recent involvement in providing humanitarian assistance to Benghazi)

Nora (Hungarian NGO): interest in volunteerism and to know more about this project

Sophie (Hungarian NGO): to know more about the project

Vivag (Hungarian NGO): interest to improve humanitarian services

future evolvement of EVHAC

follow‐up of the projects

new tips of volunteering

practical information for research

EVHAC strategy clarification

exchange between the organisations

cooperation between NGOs and the government

connection between universities and volunteer sector

the role of volunteering and education

understand EVHAC and how member states can be involved, including in civil protection

have practical experience but want to understand theory and structure

share experiences from South (India) and from m* volunteers

understand what volunteering means / with humanitarian works as a professional

understand the role EVHAC can play as a stepping stone to a humanitarian career


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gain experience

share experience from the field

recommendations

status of EVHAC

get involving establishing up EVHAC

Why here?:

project improvement

personal interest

delivery partners

BG govt wants to be close

What to get?:

information about projects

other country´s ideas

meet people / project orgs

better understand projects and org

where are we now ?

what is the next ?

interest strong

collect information and ideas

exchange

networking

interest to shape

solutions to "know how" (for) sending and training volunteers for international operations

Round 2 (1) What main lessons learned from my experience in humanitarian aid and / or volunteering would I like to share ?

volunteering needs to be mutually beneficial for volunteers and hosting organisations

young volunteers need to be carefully selected and trained

older volunteers can be very useful but needs to be physically fit

personal motivation needs to be strong

difficult to find volunteer for international work

difficult to find the time for volunteering

volunteering must be demand driven

volunteers should work together with local people

there should be a good communication between European organisations and the local organisations

volunteering is 2 side, you have to motivate the volunteers

being prepared


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minimum age qualification

security issues, no conflict zones

how to ensure sustainability of the projects

need to share knowledge and customising it with local community

contributions from the professional backgrounds to the discussion

we need involvement of different fields to make humanitarian aid work to be successful

training is key

linking training and deployment ‐ good preparation of the missions

involve groups: company, schools, rely on organisations that have the right experience to better control the process

involve locals, reciprocity of volunteering

professionalisation of the field

lessons learned and valorisation of the experience

not to keep humanitarian aid as external intervention and link it closely to community based response capacities

what specific added value can volunteers bring?:

motivation

external expertise

new partnerships

surge capacity

commitment and motivation are key determinants of success

dreamers don't last true (value) ‐ calibrating expectations is important

effective preparation of volunteers is essential to realise their operation and potential

involve actors outside gov´t

involve beneficiaries more

EVHAC is brilliant for transition between recovery and response and preparedness

structuring and counselling in the large pool

volunteer management systems

preparation

responsibility

pool of people is still limited

security

important to strengthen HRM measures at the local of sending organisations

volunteering should involve local volunteers and address the needs

on the spot / back office UNV work two foldedness of sending international volunteers training national authorities ‐ problems

structure problems ‐ different levels of work

identify meaningful assignments

community engagement element


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local capacity strengthening

coordinate a humanitarian project or an organisation in Africa from a distance doesn't work. We have to be there personally and work with them (Africans) personally for a quite long time, show haw we work and what we want.

there we use the media to reach the victims

ROUND 2 (2): What are the main messages that we would like to convey with the European Humanitarian Aid Corps?

volunteering

training (pre & post)

preparations

adequate selection

open to everybody

value ‐ added

experience ‐ professionalism

recognition

give you hand and heart

strengthen human *, solidarity

support people in need

join humanitarian force

bond to the others

skill volunteering

export yourself to help others

be a world citizen

have you ever helped ? How you can get involved

EC aid is not just a transfer of money but person to person engagement and solidarity

EC aid is neutral

EC aid is active

European history of conflict and disaster informs the need for global engagement and support of those in crisis

invest in building tomorrows humanitarian leadership

solidarity with human force

help us help you

building capacity in Europe and in the rest of the world

sharing skills changing lives

each one has something to bring

growing together

creating a common value based and harmonisation of certain standards. At the same time acknowledge diversity and different ways of getting there

Europe cares, you can make a difference


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it is up to you to make a difference

Europe supports, you act

volunteering, everywhere

Solidarity in action

not replace local volunteers

strengthen local volunteers, mobilisation and management

deploy volunteers in the existing structure of humanitarian aid organisation, strengthening the coordination without creating a separate operation body

solidarity

togetherness

professionalism

well organisation

achievement

sustainability

reciprocity

be seen as a friend

trust

EC aid is not just a transfer of money but person to person engagement and solidarity

EC aid is neutral

EC aid is active

Europe's history of conflict and disaster informs the need for global engagement and support of more in crises

Remarks: transcriptions from participants information harvesting sheets, sometimes difficult to

read (* stands for a word that could not be transcribed)


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VI - Council conclusion on the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (17 May 2011)


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VII - Follow-up and evaluation of the DG ECHO conference (Budapest, 17 May 2011) Summary results of the follow-up survey: DG ECHO has conducted a brief survey (web-based) amongst the conference participants. The results show a generally high degree of satisfaction. Over 90% of the responding participants stated to be overall satisfied or very satisfied with the conference. The issue of being able to network was the most important feature to the participants (86 % of the participants stated this), followed by getting insights into the pilot projects (71 %) and learning about the state of play concerning the Humanitarian Aid Corps (52 %). The majority of the sessions were seen as very useful by the participants. However, the Vision-Workshop was not seen as very useful by a large proportion of respondents (48 %). The logistics of the conference including venue, meals and technical equipment received a very good evaluation of the participants (95 % stated that they have been satisfied). Results of the survey in detail: (A) Participants to the survey Number of responses to the survey: 21 Type of respondents: Which of the following stakeholders do you represent?

Number of responses 21

No answer 0

Percentage

of responses

Number of

responses

NGO / civil society organisation 47,60% 10

National / sub-national government

23,80% 5

International organisation 19,00% 4

Business 4,80% 1 Research / university 4,80% 1

EU institution 0,00% 0

Other (please specify) 0

Active volunteer: Do you currently volunteer?

Number of responses 21

No answer 0

Percentage

of responses

Number of

responses

Yes 57,10% 12

No 42,90% 9

Don't know 0,00% 0


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(B) Evaluation by participants: 1. Please rate your overall satisfaction with the conference.

Responses counted 20

No answer 1

Not satisfied at

all Satisfied Very

satisfied

number of

responses I am... 5,0% (1) 0,0% (0) 5,0% (1) 50,0%

(10)40,0% (8) 20

2. Which of the following did you find most useful at the conference? (Please tick the most useful ones)


No answer 0

percentage of

responses

number of

responses Meeting and networking opportunities

85,70% 18

Insights into the pilot actions

71,40% 15

Information provided about the current state of play concerning the Humanitarian Aid Corps

52,40% 11

Discuss issues of importance to my current work

33,30% 7

Possibility to brainstorming and shape the next steps of the Corps

28,60% 6

Feel a European spirit

23,80% 5

Possibility to increase skills for my work field

9,50% 2

Possibility to interact with the Commissioner

4,80% 1

Other (please specify) 1

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3. How useful / insightful did you find the following sessions? Responses counted 21

No answer 0

Highly useful /

insightful Useful /

insightful Not very useful /

insightful

Not useful / insightful

at all No opinion

Number of

responses Opening address

and keynote speech of

Commissioner Georgieva

28,6% (6) 57,1% (12)

9,5% (2) 0,0% (0) 4,8% (1) 21

Dialogue café session

25,0% (5) 65,0% (13)

5,0% (1) 5,0% (1) 0,0% (0) 20

Presentation of successful pilot

actions

23,8% (5) 61,9% (13)

9,5% (2) 0,0% (0) 4,8% (1) 21

Reactions from the field: Panel discussion of volunteers /

volunteer organisations

33,3% (7) 47,6% (10)

14,3% (3) 4,8% (1) 0,0% (0) 21

Feedback from open public consultation

28,6% (6) 47,6% (10)

19,0% (4) 0,0% (0) 4,8% (1) 21

Vision workshop: Messages and

brand of the Corps

19,0% (4) 19,0% (4) 47,6% (10)

0,0% (0) 14,3% (3) 21

Conclusions session

9,5% (2) 57,1% (12)

4,8% (1) 9,5% (2) 19,0% (4) 21


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4. How would you rate the logistics around the conference (conference venue, meals, technical equipment…)?


No answer 0

Highly

satisfactory Not

satisfactory at all

Number of responses

Logistics were 66,7% (14) 28,6% (6) 4,8% (1) 0,0% (0) 21

5. What is your opinion on the following statements?


No answer 0

Totally agree Agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Disagree Totally disagree

Number of

responses The interaction

with conference organizers from

'Downtown Europe' before, during and

after the conference was

helpful

38,1% (8) 42,9% (9) 14,3% (3) 0,0% (0) 4,8% (1) 21

The duration of each session was

appropriate

23,8% (5) 61,9% (13)

14,3% (3) 4,8% (1) 0,0% (0) 21

The individual presenters had

adequate time to present their

expertise

19,0% (4) 52,4% (11)

9,5% (2) 14,3% (3) 4,8% (1) 21

The conference material sent

before the event was useful

23,8% (5) 47,6% (10)

28,6% (6) 4,8% (1) 0,0% (0) 21

The length of the conference (1 day)

was adequate

23,8% (5) 57,1% (12)

4,8% (1) 14,3% (3) 0,0% (0) 21

There was enough

opportunities to network

28,6% (6) 52,4% (11)

14,3% (3) 4,8% (1) 0,0% (0) 21

The format of the sessions was

appropriate and conducive to move the process further

19,0% (4) 42,9% (9) 19,0% (4) 14,3% (3) 4,8% (1) 21

The conference has increased my

interest in the subject

42,9% (9) 28,6% (6) 23,8% (5) 0,0% (0) 4,8% (1) 21


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6. Is there any other thing about the conference you want to let us know?

Number of responses

5

No answer

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Free text comments and suggestions of the participants: Everything was well arranged

It would have been useful to receive a list of the participants with very short profiles upfront (as it was done for the speakers).

My appreciation for the work done by the Hungarian hosts, the speeches by Ms Györi and Mr. Hóvári The most motivating and lively exercise was the Dialogue Cafe. I wish this session was longer. I would have liked to have the opportunity to have an organized discussion between all three consortia chosen to implement pilot projects, but I assume this can also be done after the implementation, so the three experiences are brought together to draw appropriate conclusions on the options and feasibility for EVHAC

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