Etikuma 2002: What governance for European humanitarian agencies ?

Location : Greater Lyon Council
20 rue du Lac
F - 69003 LYON
Metro/Train station : Part-Dieu (5 minute walk)

Dates : December Monday 9 th and Tuesday 10 th

Subject
Following a seminar on the ethics of humanitarian aid organised in 1997, and
then in 1999
the first ETIKUMA conference on Codes of Conduct in humanitarian aid,
Bioforce and the
Humanitarian Aid, International Cooperation and Development Masters have
decided to use
the opportunity of ETIKUMA 2002 to allow international humanitarian actors
to reflect on the
ethical coherence of their actions.

The aim of this second conference is to debate on the key aspects of the
notion of
governance for humanitarian organisations. It will be an opportunity for
different European
aid agencies to exchange on their modes of governance with regard to their
beneficiaries,
members and donors. ETIKUMA should provide a space to study the practical
aspects of the
issue, namely those concerning the implementation of programmes, financial
and human
resources management.

The conference will bring together representatives from European and
North-American
NGOs, International Organisations, universities and experts in the field.

Steering Committee

Representatives
Michel CHAURETTE, Director, Centre Canadien d'Etude et de Coopération
Internationale
(CECI)
Benoît MIRIBEL, Director, Institut Bioforce Développement
Philippe RYFMAN, Director, DESS (Master) Coopération, Développement
International et
Action Humanitaire, Université Paris I

Steering Committee
Alain BOINET, Director, Solidarités (France)
Etienne DE LEEUW, ACODEV (Belgian NGOs' federation)
Vincent ECHAVE, Board member, Médecins Sans Frontières Canada
Stefan HAGELÜKEN, Managing Director, Terra-Tech (Germany)
Luciano LOÏACONO-CLOUET, Handicap International (France)
Olivier LONGUE, Director, Accion Contra el Hambre (Spain)
Jonathan POTTER, People In Aid (United Kingdom)
Kathrin SCHICK, Director, VOICE
Farid YAKER, ENDA Tiers-Monde (Sénégal)

Partenaires
Aventis Pasteur
Centre Jacques Cartier
Chaire Lyonnaise des Droits de l'Homme
Région Rhône-Alpes
Fondation Mérieux
Grand Lyon (Greater Lyon Council)
Laboratoire Marcel Mérieux

Programme

Monday December 9 th
8 h 30 Reception
9 h 00 Opening speech
Anne-Marie COMPARINI, Chairman, Région Rhône-Alpes
Gérard COLLOMB, Chairman, Greater Lyon Council
9 h 15 Symposium objectives
Philippe RYFMAN et Benoît MIRIBEL
9 h 45 Introduction and issue at hand
Jean-Christophe RUFIN
10 h 15 Evolution of the principle of governance
Ecole Normale Supérieure Lettres Sciences Humaines
10 h 45 Presentation of ENDA Tiers-Monde's system of governance
Farid YAKER
11 h 15 Break
11 h 30 Presentation of Accion Contra el Hambre's system of governance
Olivier LONGUE, director
12 h 00 Presentation of a mode of governance developed for Canadian NGOs
Michel CHAURETTE, director, CECI
12 h 30 Presentation of afternoon workshop themes
Philippe RYFMAN et Benoît MIRIBEL
12 h 45 Lunch break
14 h 30 Atelier 1 - Qualities and shortcomings of systems of governance
implemented within humanitarian agencies: approaches and aims,
comparison with existing corporate modes of governance.
Following on from the plenary session presentations on modes of governance
completed by the examples given by the resource persons, this workshop will
deal with the advantages and shortcomings of modes of governance already
existing within NGO structures.
Atelier 2 - What tools can be used to efficiently contribute to improving
the
governance of humanitarian Agencies ? (Boards, ethics committee, laws,
standards, codes, policy statements .)
This workshop will look at how the various tools that already exist may or
may not
contribute to improving the governance of an NGO.
Atelier 3 - Analysis of the decision-making processes within humanitarian
agencies: what level of accountability ? And to whom ?
Who decides what and according to which criteria ? This workshop will aim at
specifying how decisions are made in NGOs and if the decision-making process
represents a specific mode of governance.
16 h 30 Break
16 h 45 Presentations of workshop reports and debate
18 h 30 Talk by Jean-Christophe RUFIN on the subject « The issue of human
rights in
contemporary conflicts », in partnership with the Lyon Human Rights Chair.
20 h 00 Cocktail

Tuesday December 10th

8 h 30 Reception
8 h 45 Presentation of morning workshop themes
Philippe RYFMAN et Benoît MIRIBEL
9 h 15 Atelier 4 - What ethical reference for Humanitarian actors ?
Aid workers, be they expatriate or national staff, paid or voluntary, play a
key role
in the implementation of systems of governance. Taking into consideration an
environment where these aid workers are so diverse, this workshop will
attempt
to identify the fundamental characteristics which are important for the
professional recognition of these actors.
Atelier 5 - What is the overall aim of implementing systems of governance ?
Following on from the previous day's discussions, this workshop will aim to
sum
up the main issues and identify the overall aim of implementing systems of
governance for NGOs. Which tools will efficiently contribute to improving a
governance approach (audits, certification, .) ?
Atelier 6 - The donors, at the heart of the system of governance ?
How to take into account the wishes of private and public donors and the
interests of the target populations for a system of governance with NGOs ?
11 h 15 Break
11 h 30 Presentations of workshop reports, round-table on the two-day
symposium
propositions. Debate between speakers and participants.
12 h 45 Closing speeches
Philippe RYFMAN et Benoît MIRIBEL
13 h Lunch break
14 h 30 Informal discussion between organisations wishing to follow up on
the
conference.

Each workshop will be run by 2 facilitators and include guest resource
persons.
The rapporteurs from each workshop will each have 10 minutes in the plenary
session for their presentations.

Registration form

Please, send back to : Marie PERROUDON, Bioforce
By post : 44 bd Lénine - 69694 Vénissieux cedex - France
By fax : 04 78 70 27 12
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