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If you have a question about this talk, please contact Annette LaRocco. Talk will be followed by drinks reception in the Alison Richard Building. The Centre of Governance and Human Rights (CGHR) has launched a practitioner seminar series, partnering with expert speakers from key organisations to delve into the gritty realities of what working in field like human rights and international development really involves. This speaker will provide a unique viewpoint, especially for students of the social sciences, by challening them to think about humanitarian assistance from an engineer’s perspective, as well as provide insights for putting ideals into practice. Gino Henry Gino Henry is a Chartered Engineer with an MSc in Irrigation Engineering. He is now an independent consultant based in Cambridge, principally involved in water supply and sanitation. He has worked in Albania, Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Kenya, Kosovo, Liberia, Malawi, Macedonia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Peru, St Helena Island (South Atlantic), Syria & Venezuela, mostly on disaster relief assignments for a range of NGOs. Gino is a member of RedR (Registered Engineers for Disaster relief). He is also now involved in the training of young engineers and contributes to the ‘Community Water Supply and Sanitation’ MSc at Cranfield University and the ‘Master of Disaster Management’ programme at the University of Copenhagen as well as helping to run courses for EWB (Engineers without Borders) Cambridge and others. To help us with organisation, please register your interest by emailing: aal33@cam.ac.uk. Doing Good in Tough Places – CGHR Expert Practitioner Series The sphere of work known variously as the ‘Third Sector’, ‘Development and Humanitarian Aid’ or simply – doing good in tough places – is notoriously impenetrable, and frustratingly difficult to navigate for the uninitiated. For somebody hoping to pursue a career within this field, the range of agencies and institutions, initiatives and centres is at the very least bewildering. Most areas intersect, and organisations work with an array of crosscutting issues and contexts. Yet what at first glance can appear to be a morass of very similar organisations doing generally related things, is in fact often sharply delineated, with different sectors requiring surprisingly different competencies and operating under quite specific mandates. Working as an international human rights advocate would demand a different skill set and working environment from a project officer of a first phase emergency response – and both would have relatively different routes to entry. And a Master’s degree isn’t always the best option. Cambridge University educates and trains many of the best young minds in the country and provides a critical insight into the issues surrounding international politics, security, development and humanitarianism. But with little clarity around what is involved in working in this sector, attempting to translate this theoretical knowledge into a meaningful start to a career can be a minefield. With this in mind, the CGHR series will allow students to listen and speak to a selection of high-level experts working in these fields, and address key issues and questions. There will be four one-and-a-half hour seminars throughout Lent 2013, designed to equip students with an in-depth and critical look at what each area involves; the type of work carried out, contingent challenges and essential competencies. The first hour will introduce the speaker, chaired by a discussant from CGHR , and will open up to the audience in the second hour to provide the opportunity for students to engage with the topics discussed. This talk is part of the Centre of Governance and Human Rights Events series. This talk is included in these lists:
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