consortium: noha speaker: cristina churruca workshop 6 01/12 latin america and north america

Consortium: NOHA Speaker: Cristina Churruca

Workshop 6 01/12

Latin America and North America


NOHA

• Founded in 1993/1994 by 5 European Universities to establish a Master‘s Programme in Humanitarian Action (Today 7 universities Aix-Marseille/Deusto/Bochum/Dublin/Groningen/

Louvain/ Uppsala) providing a MASTER‘s in HUMANITARIAN ACTION

Advised and assisted by DG ECHO and DG EAC

• To fill a serious gap in the European educational landscape which had ignored humanitarian action as an important issue in Master Programmes


NOHA MUNDUS: International Partnership

Third-country Partners:• Monash University, Australia• Universidade de Brasilia, Brasil• York University, Canada• Universidad Javeriana, Colombia• Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia• Saint-Joseph University, Beyrouth, Lebanon• University of Western Cape, South Africa• Columbia University New York, United States


NOHA:7 European Members 3 Associated Members8 EM Partners

http://www.nohanet.org/


Setting up of a Partnership

• Objectives of the Partnership

• Selecting the partners

• Define the fields of cooperation and the role of third country institutions

• Mobility Scheme


Objectives of the Partnership

• To establish and develop a framework for cooperation and students and scholars mobility .

• To further the development of humanitarian action education through an agreed programme of joint research and training.

• To enhance the quality of European higher education by fostering co-operation with third countries in order to improve the development of human resources and to promote dialogue and exchange for a better understanding between peoples and cultures.


Selecting the partners in North America and South America

• Building on established links with excellent centres and looking for complementary programmes:– York University, Canada: Graduate Diploma

Programme in Refugee and Migration Studies,. – Columbia University , New York, USA: Humanitarian

Affairs Program– Universidade de Brasilia: Diploma Course on

International Law of Armed Conflict– Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia: Speciality in

Conflict Resolution


Defining the fields of cooperation

1. Challenge: Adapt the partnership to an existing programme structure

The third country higher education institutions provide an input during the third component of the NOHA Mundus programme (D. Research and Work Placement Component) during the months from June through to August

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Activities involved: • Participation in selected modules in each of the institutions:

– York: Summer School in Refugee Studies, – Colombia: Course on Conflict Resolution– New York: Seminar on Humanitarian System– Brasilia: Module on Human Rights and Humanitarian Action

• Early stages of research for the master thesis• Directed work with international and local organisations



Early stages of research for the master thesis :

• Third-country partner’s research priority options • Students apply for a third country partner institution

offering research priorities matching his/her Master Thesis.

• Research jointly supervised by local academics and NOHA scholars

• Home supervisor and partner supervisor.



2. Challenge: Implementing a cooperation framework• Bilateral agreements between NOHA and each partner

institution: Associate membership• NOHA Focal Points: In charge of information exchange

between the NOHA institutions and the third-country NOHA Partner institution for which he/she is responsible

• Partner Focal Point: In charge of information exchange between his/her Partner institution and the NOHA institutions

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Recognition of study period

Each of these institutions provides the student with a transcript of records which will allow full recognition of the period abroad.

The consortium has agreed that out of the total 30 ECTS credit

points awarded for the fourth element of the NOHA programme-research and internship- 15 ECTS credits will be awarded by the home institution for the presentation of the master thesis and the other 15 ECTS credit points will be recognized for the work being done at the third country partner institution.


Mobility Squeme

- 30 students per year (4 students per EU University plus 2 in a rotating system)

- 8 scholars, 1 per EU University plus 1 scholar selected by the NOHA Mundus Consortium for specific purposes

- Selection criteria include academic record, motivation, interest , language skills, research experience, professional experience and individual career projection.

- Languages of instruction main languages of humanitarian action: English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.


EM Action 3:

PROMOTES: European quality offer in higher education Improve profile, visibility and accessibility of European

higher education in the world

PARTNERSHIP: Sharing and learning together Specific European way of doing


Erasmus Mundus Action 3

• Added Value: Creation of an International Partnership: – Global reach – Learning and sharing experiences

• Constraints:– Academic constraints: Programme structure– Financial constraints:

• Number of Grants• European Grants poorly financed

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Recommendations

• For Erasmus Mundus Action 3 : – Increased partnership grant at least to match the number of

partners for management purposes– Increased the European students grants– Contemplate the possibility of offering partner institutions student

grants

• For Consortium: – Make full use of partners for research and teaching

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consortium: noha speaker: cristina churruca workshop 6 01/12 latin america and north america

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