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University of Groningen
Overall Course Manual Joint Master's Programme in
International Humanitarian Action
H-AID Humanitarian Analysis and Intervention Design Semester 2
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1.- University of Groningen – NOHA Groningen Groningen and its university Groningen, a city of about 180,000 inhabitants, is the cultural, commercial and business capital of the province of the same name in the north of the Netherlands. The city was founded over 950 years ago. The surrounding countryside offers many sights within easy reach: woods and meadows to the south, the Frisian lakes to the west, the sea, the islands and dunes of the Wadden tidal flats, and the unique wetland to the north. The city is a centre of trade and commerce especially in relation to Germany and Scandinavia. It has two large hospitals of which the University Hospital is one of the largest in the Netherlands. Groningen has several (movie) theatres and museums; bookshops specialising in all European languages, and art galleries. Its industry includes sugar, tobacco and coffee factories, and the printing of schoolbooks. However, Groningen is most of all a university city: the presence of staff and students can be felt in all aspects of city life. Besides the university there are dozens of other educational facilities, from an agricultural school to an art academy. The University of Groningen was founded in 1614. In that year, the Provincial University for City and Countryside opened its doors, with Ubbo Emmius as the first Rector Magnificus. Initially, four Faculties were created: Theology, Law, Philosophy and Medicine. In 1815, Groningen, together with Leiden and Utrecht, became a university governed by Act of Parliament. Nowadays the university is a classical, general university offering more than fifty different fields of study. No other university in the Netherlands offers so extensive a range of subjects. At present the University of Groningen comprises the following ten faculties: Theology, Law, Medicine, Mathematics and Science, Arts, Economics and Business, Behavioural and Social Sciences, Philosophy, Spatial Sciences, and Management & Organization. All these faculties offer full university degree courses. The University is one of the oldest research universities in Europe boasting more than 100,000 graduates since its inception in 1614. Currently some 20,000 students are enrolled in more than 90 regular and international master’s programmes, and about 850 students are studying for their PhD. Every year more than 1000 international students find their place in Groningen. In fact nearly half of the 850 PhD students who are currently doing their research in Groningen are overseas students. Besides the co-operation agreements at University level, the faculties participate in many European and international networks and run their own exchange programmes, NOHA being one of them. NOHA Groningen contact information: Amaranta Luna Arteaga NOHA Programme coordinator University of Groningen Faculty of Arts Oude Kijk in't Jatstraat 26 9712 EK Groningen, NL phone: +31-50-3632420 www.rug.nl/let/noha e-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
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University facilities for students Facilities relevant all students of the University are:
The University Library, which is situated opposite the Academic Building in the city centre. (http://www.rug.nl/bibliotheek/index ). The central library is open all week, also some hours during the weekends.
Computer facilities (including an e-mail address and Internet access for all students). The Language Centre of the University of Groningen is a department of the Faculty of
Arts which is engaged in providing language education in classes or via self-study (http://www.rug.nl/talencentrum/index )
University paper (UK), a weekly journal, including international pages, to be found in electronic version on http://www.ukrant.nl/
The University also offers sports facilities and organises cultural courses. International guests are strongly encouraged to join in these activities.
Announcements related to the course programme or offered to students of the University of Groningen are on an ad hoc basis announced on NOHA Blackboard. On the web pages for students of the University, also a calendar with interesting lectures, films and discussions can be found, amongst which organised by Studium Generale Groningen (http://sggroningen.nl/ ).
The Centre for Study Support and Academic Skills (in Dutch: SO, Studie Ondersteuning) www.rug.nl/studyskills The aim is to guide students through their studies, making the process as smooth as possible. Therefore several workshops are organized. > Read more about these activities.
The Student Service Centre (SSC) of the University of Groningen is responsible for study support, counselling, provision of advice and other services for students of the University. The student counsellors at the Student Service Centre deal with matters that you may wish to address or that must be arranged outside your degree programme. These matters may include study delay (through illness, committee work or circumstances beyond your control), legal matters (admission, student grants, registration, et cetera), complaints (the counsellors can fulfil a mediating and advisory role for students), questions concerning study choice, or personal and confidential matters. (www.rug.nl/ssc)
Sport facilities: If you stay less than six months, you can get a special International Students Sports Card. Ask your faculty or institution for a proof of enrolment and take it to the Sports Centre to become an ACLO member.
Electronic learning environment
Through the IT network of the university students have access to a large number of IT facilities. Access to several services is possible via your student number: a username/password combination. The majority of IT services are offered through the Student workplace. This is a collection of applications used by many students (for example e-mail, office programs). General questions or comments about or incidents concerning IT services in general can be askes at service desks. For the NOHA Network a specific electronic learning environment is developed, which students can access via their NOHA blackboard account. Mr. Jarno Hoving is the IT manager of this specific programme and can be asked for help with regards to access. The content is provided by the NOHA staff and lecturers. https://noha.rug.nl
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Teaching style & student support In Dutch higher education, great value is attached to independence, individual opinions and teamwork of students. Students are expected to make an active contribution and work independently. A large portion of all study programmes is dedicated to team work, as via writing papers, working in groups to analyse and solve specific problems, and acquiring practical work experience through internships. The main role of the teaching staff is to assemble structure and discuss the teaching material that makes up the body of knowledge. Students themselves must make sure that they absorb knowledge and actively filter it, thereby making it their own. 2.- Introduction Course coordinator: Prof. Dr. Andrej Zwitter [email protected] Program coordinator: Amaranta Luna Arteaga [email protected] Credits: 30 ECTS Period: 1st February to 30th June 2016 Venue & hours: see schedule per week Georgia Field Trip: 23
rd April – 2
nd May.
Find detailed course guides for all course modules on NOHA blackboard: https://noha.rug.nl
THE SECOND SEMESTER SPECIALIZATION IN GRONINGEN The second semester specialization of Groningen consists of 6 core modules that together form one 30 ECTs course titled: Humanitarian Analysis and Intervention Design. The causes and consequences of man-made and natural disasters and the optimal strategies for humanitarian action cannot be analysed in isolation of each other. They have to be studied in relation to each other, by a staff well aware of the intricacies of the subject, since most disasters and conflicts are complex in terms of causes, coping mechanisms and long term reconciliation and reconstruction. Historical, political, legal, demographic, environmental, economic and social factors often all play their role in complex emergencies. Many actors may be involved, such as the local population, national authorities, international relief agencies, etc. These complex emergencies need straightforward tools to analyse them to acquire the deep insights necessary to fulfil the humanitarian objective under the principle of “do no harm”. During the second semester specialization of the University of Groningen you will train critical thinking and problem-solving skills to address the above-mentioned challenges. The reference point is the Comprehensive Security framework, which is steered by an interdisciplinary approach to the subject. The Comprehensive Security framework provides students, researchers and practitioners with an assessment tool for complex emergencies (man-made and natural) and the means to design adequate programs and projects. You will learn to perform snap-shot analyses of the needs and security situations – regarding food, health, the environment as well as social, political and economic dimensions – on various levels: from a regional to a state to a local level assessment. In addition, you will be trained in stakeholder and problem tree analysis, as well as matters of evaluation and learning, and intervention
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design. In addition, experts will give you an insight into food and health security needs and you will be provided with a methods course a especially designed for humanitarian action. At the same time you will also learn how to apply these skills in real-time disaster events. More specifically, during the second semester in Groningen you will learn and practice with the necessary steps of needs assessment, stakeholder analysis, and analyzing humanitarian problems so that you can deliver a sensible project proposal for interventions that include considerations of quality assurance (i.e. monitoring and evaluation). The general structure of the course The second semester option in Groningen follows four paths for active learning and practice:
1) Lectures by and discussions with (guest) experts and practitioners which require active preparation and input by the students;
2) Self-study and team work that help you prepare the grounds for a project proposal for intervention in accordance to the ECHO proposal guidelines;
3) Real-time disaster response simulation exercises; 4) A Field trip to Georgia to explore the practice of humanitarian and development aid and
to meet practitioners and policy makers in the field. The second semester consists of 6 core modules (each of which encompass 5 ECTS, which makes in total 30 ECTS):
1. Context Analysis and Stakeholder Analysis (Prof. Dr. Andrej Zwitter)
2. Humanitarian Intelligence: Information, Context and Intervention (Dr. Chris Lamont)
3. Humanitarian Intervention & Humanitarian Engineering (Prof. Dr. Joost Herman & Prof. Dr. Andrej Zwitter)
4. Georgia Field Trip (Bastiaan Aardema, MA & Relinde Reiffers, MA)
5. Qualitative Research Methods for Humanitarian Action (Dr. Ajay Bailey)
6. Humanitarian Supply Chain Management (Dr. Kirstin Scholten & Nonhlanhla Dube, MSc)
1. Course material The core reading of the course is the book Humanitarian Crises, Intervention and Security: A Framework for Evidence-Based Programming that has been especially written for this course. In addition, a collection of chapters, articles, and policy papers will be assigned in the individual modules. The references of the required literature will be posted on the virtual learning environment NOHA Blackboard or in the module guides. In addition, links to the literature and resources for self-study will be provided. If this is not possible (due to copy right regulations or other reasons), students are expected to search for the literature themselves, for example, by means of the library catalogue or other academic search engines. To save the environment, consider carefully whatever texts you wish to print on paper. Keep an electronic database with literature (the University will offer additional courses of how to do this, e.g. Endnote, Refworks or Zotero), and find a way to have a proper back-up system, to prevent getting a lot of stress after a computer crash!
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3.- Module description Module: Context and Stakeholder Analysis Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Andrej Zwitter ([email protected]) Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Andrej Zwitter ([email protected]) Credits: 5 ECTS Period: Semester 2, Block 1 Humanitarian action happens most of the time in complex and volatile environments. Complex emergencies, the convergence of conflicts and natural disasters, put humanitarians at risk. This is why, before any action can be taken, one needs to understand the context into which one inserts oneself as well as the interactions between stakeholders. These interactions can be beneficial, neutral or hostile to the humanitarian organization one represents. This core module gives an introduction into context analysis and stakeholder analysis. Its aim is to provide the students with (1) the understanding of the importance of proper context- and stakeholder analysis for the design and execution of humanitarian projects as well as with (2) the skill necessary to conduct both quick and in-depth assessments. Module: Humanitarian Intelligence: Information, Context and Intervention Coordinator: Dr. Christopher K. Lamont ([email protected]) Lecturers: Dr. Christopher K. Lamont ([email protected]) Credits: 5 ECTS Period: Semester 2, Block 1 Humanitarian action constitutes responses to complex crises, both natural and man-made. As such, an ability to synthesize information from the field and an understanding of the political context in which interventions occur are important antecedents to any humanitarian endeavour. This core module complements the Context and Stakeholder Analysis module by focusing on these antecedents to intervention which often translate into obstacles to humanitarian access or poor intervention design. To be sure, governments, militaries, non-governmental organizations and other private actors active in the humanitarian field are tasked with interpreting vast amounts of information emerging from the field. This information then informs negotiation or force deployment strategies for securing humanitarian access. This core module equips students with tools to understand and interpret rapidly evolving developments within complex crises and produce policy relevant research outputs. Its aim is to provide the students with (1) an understanding of the complex political environments in which crises are nested and obstacles to information gathering and access (2) the skill necessary to conduct applied social research, relevant to policymakers and actors in the field, with a focus on rapidity, accuracy and policy relevance. Module: Humanitarian Intervention & Humanitarian Engineering Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Andrej Zwitter ([email protected]) Prof. Dr. Joost Herman ([email protected]) Lecturers: various Credits: 5 ECTS Period: Semester 2, Block 1 & 2
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The course aims to help students develop insights and skills in designing evidence-based meaningful humanitarian interventions that are embedded in a thorough quality assurance framework. A thorough context and causal analysis of humanitarian problems is a prerequisite to arrive at these meaningful interventions. In this course, students will thus be introduced to and practice with ways to make the step from assessing and analysing humanitarian crises towards designing a meaningful and high-quality humanitarian intervention (i.e. a humanitarian aid project or program). Module: Field Trip to Georgia Coordinators: B.L. Aardema, MSc, MA ([email protected]) Relinde Reiffers, MA Amaranta Luna, MA Credits: 5 ECTS Period: Semester 2, Block 1 & 2 The Field Trip module consists of several preparatory sessions, the study tour and a final assignment in order to delve deeper into the practical context of Disaster Analysis and Intervention Design concerning a real-life humanitarian work-field case. It is intended to offer students the possibility to apply their theoretical knowledge and skills to a practical humanitarian situation and verify the possibilities and impossibilities of humanitarian interventions. In that sense, it builds upon other second semester modules such as “Context and Stakeholder Analysis” and “Humanitarian Intelligence: Information, Context and Intervention”, while providing more reference background for the modules “Evidence-Based Programming” and “GIS”. As such, the Field Trip offers an ideal opportunity to relate theory to practice and practice back to theory. Since students who decide to join the Field Trip module are required to pay part of the travelling costs, substitution of this module by an elective module is possible provided that the elective has been recognised and accepted by the Board of Examiners of NOHA Groningen as a suitable module for the Orientation Period at the University of Groningen and that it fits with the ambitions and situation of the student. Module: Qualitative Research Methods for Humanitarian Action Coordinator: Dr. Ajay Bailey ([email protected]) Credits: 5 ECTS Period: Semester 2, Block 2 The objective of this course is to provide in-depth training in qualitative methods. The course is meant to take the student right through the qualitative research cycle within their own research projects. The course is adapted to suit the application of qualitative methods in various humanitarian settings. The course will start with a reflection of the research questions prepared by the students and then move on to learn the design and conduct of in-depth interviews, focus groups and participant observation. Then qualitative data management training will include transcription, translation and coding. Further data analysis is carried out with use of computer assisted qualitative data analysis software. Finally students will learn different ways to write and present qualitative data.
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Module: Humanitarian Supply Chain Management Coordinator: Dr. Kirstin Scholten ([email protected]) Lecturers: Dr. Kirstin Scholten N. Dube, MSc ([email protected]) Credits: 5 ECTS Period: Semester 2, block 2 This core module introduces the students to the basics of humanitarian supply chain management and further explores how Geographical Information Systems (GIS) can be used for the humanitarian field. Students will be introduced to the general field of supply chain. Besides using academic and secondary written sources students will get the opportunity to collect basic insights in the principles and application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Students will learn how to find and collect spatial data, and how to visualize spatial information. This will help to facilitate the process of data transformation into information for decision making.
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4.- Schedule per week Module 1: Context Analysis and Stakeholder Analysis (AZ) Module 2: Humanitarian Intelligence: Information, Context and Intervention (CL) Module 3: Humanitarian Intervention & Humanitarian Engineering (JH, AZ) Module 4: Georgia Field Trip (BLA & RR) Module 5: Qualitative Research Methods (AB) Module 6: Humanitarian Supply Chain Management (KS, ND)
Week Program component Date, time Location
Week 5/23 1 February
Introduction session Lunch Module 4 – intro session Library introduction Practical information session Module 1 Second semester alumni session Greet and meet drinks
Thursday 11.00-12.00 Thursday 12.00-13.00 Thursday 13.00-14.00 Thursday 14.00-15.00 Thursday 15.00-17.00 Friday 10.00-13.00 Friday 14.00-17.00 Friday 17.00
H1312.0007 Uurwerker H1312.0007 University Library (4
th
floor) H1312.0007 UCG 4345.0210 A901 Uurwerker
Week 6/24 8 February
Module 1 Individual meetings Refworks workshop Individual meetings Module 1 Individual meetings Individual meetings Module 3 - Guest lecture T. Wilp (German Red Cross/ICRC) Module 4 – deadline for registration PC elections - deadline
Monday 10.00-13.00 Monday 14.00-17.00 Tuesday 11.00-12.30 Tuesday 13.00-17.00 Wednesday 10.00-13.00 Wednesday 13.00-17.00 Thursday 13.00-17.00 Friday 10.00-13.00 Friday 17.00 Saturday - Sunday
H1313.0338 NOHA office University Library, room 123 NOHA office H1313.0338 NOHA office NOHA office UCG 4345.0210 Via e-mail Online poll
Week 7/25 15 February
Module 1 GUEST LECTURES – to be confirmed
Monday 10.00-13.00
H1313.0338
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Week 8/26 22 February
Module 1 Module 2 Module 2 Module 2
Monday 10.00-13.00 Monday 14.00-17.00 Wednesday 10.00-13.00 Friday 10.00-13.00
H1313.0338 H1315.0049 H1313.0338 UCG 4345.0210
Week 9/27 29 February
Module 1 Module 2 Module 2 GUEST LECTURES – To be confirmed
Monday 10.00-13.00 Monday 14.00-17.00 Wednesday 10.00-13.00
H1313.0338 H1315.0049 H1313.0338
Week 10/28 7 March
Environmental module Environmental module Module 2 Environmental module
Monday 10.00-13.00 Wednesday 10.00-13.00 Thursday 10.00-13.00 Friday 10.00-13.00
H1313.0338 H1313.0338 UCG 4345.0210
Week 11/29 14 March
Module 1 Module 2 GUEST LECTURES – To be confirmed 1
st block evaluation session
Module 4 – 1
st preparation meeting
Monday 10.00-13.00 Monday 14.00-17.00 Friday 10.00-11.00 Friday 11.00-13.00
H1313.0338 H1315.0049 Turft 06 Turft 06
Week 12/30 21 March
Lecture free week EVALUATION WEEK
Week 13/31 28 March
Easter break
Week 14/32 4 April
Guest lecture? GIS workshop? Or Reconciliation lecture? Module 4: deadline payment field trip fees Course evaluation week
!!!!! Friday 17.00 Monday to Friday
Online evaluation
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Week 15/33 11 April
Module 5 Module 4 - group assignment deadline Module 5 Module 5 Module 5 Module 5
Monday 09.00-17.00 Monday 17.00 Tuesday 09.00-17.00 Wednesday 09.00-17.00 Thursday 09.00-17.00 Friday 09.00-17.00
Blackboard
Week 16/34 18 April
Module 5 Module 4 - 2nd preparation session Module 6 Module 5 Guest lecture – Chamutal Eitam (PhD) Module 5 Module 4 - Georgia Field Trip
Monday 10.00-13.00 Monday 14.00-17.00 Tuesday 14.00-17.00 Wednesday 10.00-13.00 Thursday 15.00-18.00 Friday 10.00-13.00 Saturday
Train departure from Groningen station
Week 17/35 25 April
Module 4 - Georgia Field Trip
23rd April – 2nd May
Georgia
Week 18/36 2 May
Lecture free week Module 4 - Georgia Field Trip Module 4 - final assignment deadline Module 3 - Literature review
Monday Friday 23.59 hrs Tuesday - Sunday
Arrival to Groningen Blackboard Blackboard
Week 19/37 9 May
Module 3 Module 3 Module 3 Module 3 Module 3
Monday 09.00-17.00 Tuesday 09.00-17.00 Wednesday 09.00-17.00 Thursday 09.00-17.00 Friday 09.00-17.00
Week 20/38 16 May
Monday - holiday Module 6 Module 6 Module 6 – video deadline
University buildings closed Tuesday 14.00-17.00 Thursday 14.00-17.00 Sunday 23.59hrs
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Week 21/39 23 May
Module 6 Module 6- Warehouse simulation (outside) Module 6 - Peer Assessment deadline
Wednesday 14.00-17.00 TBA Sunday 23.59hrs
Week 22/40 30 May
Module 6 Module 6 – guest lecture or visit to supplier
Monday 13.00-15.00 TBC
Week 23/41 6 June
Module 6 Simulation exercise
Monday 13.00-15.00 TBA – three days
Brussels
Week 24/42 13 June
Module 6 Module 6 - Preparation assignment deadline Module 6 - Response simulation Farewell drinks
Monday 14.00-17.00 Wednesday 08.30hrs Wednesday 09.00-17.00 Wednesday 17.00-19.00
Week 25/43 20 June
Lecture free week EVALUATION WEEK
Week 26/44 27 June
Lecture free week EVALUATION WEEK Course evaluation week
Online evaluation
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5.- Maps Harmonie Building, Oude Kijk in ‘t Jatstraat 26
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University College building (UCG) Hoendiepskade 23/24 9718 BG Groningen
A900 & A901 locations
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Location A weg 30 There are also lectures at the A-weg. Route description from the Harmonie building:
Walk through the small revolving door to “de Laan” (street behind the Harmonie Building) and turn left in the direction of the city centre. Then walk straight ahead to the Lutkenieuwstraat. At the end of this street turn right. You are now in the Brugstraat, walk over the bridge and keep walking on straight ahead (A straat, A-weg). The building is on your right hand (near the roundabout) where the A-weg will convert into Hoendiep. The entrance is at the back. A-weg 30, 9718 CW Groningen tel: +31(0)50 3635920 (information desk) Opening hours: Monday-Friday 08.00 - 18.00 hrs
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Faculty of Law – Turftorenstraat
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Location of University buildings can be found in the following website: http://www.rug.nl/staff/location/
