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HET Geneva blog

We have established the HET Geneva blog for conference participants in order to stimulate pre-conference discussions on education, training and professional development within the humanitarian sector.

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Recent blogs

Luis Hernando Aguilar's picture
HSI: Closing the gap between academia and the Humanitarian Community. A joint effort Universities, NGOs and the UN System.
12/10/2011
Luis Hernando A...

In 2008, in Colombia the need and possibility of creating working links between Universities, NGOs and the UN System was identified, given the demonstrated potential for research and training that exists among local Universities, and the importance of closing the gap between academic
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Jessica Camburn's picture
Some words from ELRHA's Director
12/10/2011
Jessica Camburn

We are delighted to be co-hosting this conference with CERAH. For the first time, we will be bringing together the global humanitarian and education communities to consider the education and professional development needs of the humanitarian workforce.

This is a...

Emily Whitehead's picture
Welcome to the HET Geneva blog
12/10/2011
Emily Whitehead

One of the specific objectives of the conference is to foster dialogue and links between the different actors with a view to discuss and critically assess the field of humanitarian studies education. We hope this blog will provide a platform for such dialogues before and after the conference. We...