NGO/Grassroots Refugee Networks

Alliances with academics will be crucial in fostering this network, which will struggle against the isolation within which many NGOs work.  NGOs will give input on current issues that could benefit from academic attention and receive information on the results of research relevant to their work.  In Canada, the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) will provide the hub for this dialogue by: (a) incorporating regular academic participation in its biannual national consultations; (b) working with academic-NGO liaisons to ensure ongoing communication; (c) hosting rotating graduate student interns at the CCR office; and (d) organizing an international conference of NGOs. Internationally, it is expected that a number of key regional NGOs will function in a similar way as the Refugee Research Network continues to develop.
 

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Remittances update -- Africa General

Posted Thu, 2010/03/11 - 01:20 by kaduuli

 Remittances update

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Global Integrity releases 2009 report on corruption

Posted Wed, 2010/02/24 - 12:14 by kaduuli

 Global Integrity released its 2009 Report on corruption on 23/02/2010.

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South Africa to send 22 Ugandans home

Posted Tue, 2010/02/02 - 13:25 by kaduuli

 

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Open Centres for Migrants, Asylum Seekers, and Refugees in Europe

Posted Fri, 2010/01/08 - 18:39 by Thomas Bobby Cameron

INTRODUCTION:

I am in the process of completing a literature review on the Open Centre in Europe. This research is a part of my Major Research Paper for the Master of Arts in Public Policy program at Ryerson University. I have listed this as a forum topic to allow other researchers who know of key pieces of literature on this topic to post the titles here. I have attached my research proposal to this forum as well as copy and pasted it below. Thank you for your input on this matter. Please feel free to comment or critique any information posted here. I can be contacted at thomas.cameron@ryerson.ca

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Think piece on research clusters

Posted Mon, 2009/11/02 - 15:13 by Oana Petrica

Scholars writing on research clusters seem to agree that the diversity of the geographic concentration of interconnected universities, research centers, private companies, suppliers, service providers, NGOs in a particular field tends to benefit the productivity of research clusters (Descrochers, Sautet, Hospers, 2008, p. 243). In fact, they support the idea that the larger the diversity in a cluster, the better.

Sudanese Refugee Shares his Story of Escape to Israel

Posted Sat, 2009/10/03 - 18:39 by cuneoss

Gabriel Kuol is a refugee from Sudan who has been residing in Jerusalem for the past three years. The nephew of John Garang, former Vice President of Sudan and founder of the South Sudan Liberation Movement, he is a charismatic leader who refuses to give up on his people and country.

Due to increasing levels of violence directed at African refugees by the Egyptian authorities, it is estimated that 17 000-20 000 displaced persons, largely from Sudan and Eritrea, have fled from Egypt into Israel since 2007. Here, Gabriel describes his escape.

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