In November, the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoU) between our organization ADRA Slovakia and the youngest faculty of Comenius University - Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences (FSEV UK).The purpose of the MoU is long-term cooperation, especially in areas such as: participation in non-curricular activities and non-formal education, deepening theoretical and practical experience in the field of humanitarian aid, development cooperation and management skills on specific projects in the form of internships, placements, volunteer stays, as well as consulting in the creation of final theses of students, but also support for scientific research activities in the field and solving specific global challenges or problems in the form of practical projects. For example, concrete cooperation in the design and implementation of Global and Development Education projects, guest lecturing, co-organising conferences and seminars, etc.
One month later, on 10 December to be precise, one of the agreed areas of the Memorandum and cooperation will be implemented at the FSEV, namely in the framework of the organizing Seminars on human rights humanitarian aid. The main theme of the event is to get to know and discuss - How the EU and the UN protect human rights and dignity through humanitarian and development projects of NGOs.
During the evening seminar will be presented and practical experience discussed and knowledge of how NGOs preserve the dignity and human rights of beneficiaries in their projects, directly by people on the ground - project/programme managers, field coordinators. Examples of subtopics that will be touched upon in the seminar, and where human rights play an important role, možno spomenúť: začlenenie ľudskoprávneho prístupu do humanitárnych projektov a politík (tzv. human rights based approach); inklúzivný prístup k zraniteľným skupínám; uplatnenie „Do No Harm“ prístupu v teréne; hotovostná podpora beneficientov (tzv. cash based assistance); uplatnenie základných humanitárnych noriem (tzv. Core humanitarian standard); human rights vs. security; the functioning of clusters (specifically the protection cluster), prevention of violence against women, etc.
The aim of the event is: to share and discuss with students and therefore future policy makers, managers, scientists or humanitarian and development workers, what the reality looks like when it comes to human rights in humanitarian projects - what has been achieved and what needs to change
The panel discussion during the seminar will feature three female panellists and the moderator will be Daniel Kaba from ADRA Slovakia. The event is under the auspices of the Dean of FSEV UK: doc. Lucia Mokrá. Maria Sliacka, Secretary of the MVRO Platform (bringing together thirty Slovak humanitarian and development organizations) and Barbora Vlasová, Regional Director of Charity of the Czech Republic (with an emphasis on the Southeast Asia region, mainly projects in Cambodia), and Nedjma Ouerdane - Gender Advisor at the Austrian branch of CARE, have confirmed their participation as guests (speakers and panelists).
Basic information about the event:
Event: Human Rights in Humanitarian Aid Seminar
Date: 10 December, Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: the Faculty of Science and Technology of Charles University, Mlynské luhy 4, 821 05 Bratislava, SR
Organizers: doc. JUDr. PhDr. Lucia Mokrá, PhD. D., Ph.D. / FSEV Charles University and Mgr. Prof. Daniel Kaba, LL.M. D. / ADRA Slovakia.
More info at: www.fses.uniba.sk a www.adra.sk
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