Winter Short Courses January 13- 31 2012
The Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) at the American University in Cairo (AUC) is offering the following three short courses during the month of January 2013
1. Community Interpretation: Practice and Policy in Migration Transit Countries (January 13 -17, 2013)
Course Description: This course will bring together students of both migration studies and translation and interpretation studies, along with field practitioners in international agencies, NGOs, and governmental entities that provide services to migrants and refugees, for co-learning and interdisciplinary knowledge production on the intersections of migration and interpretation policy and field practice. The course will examine key legal and rights concepts in migration and asylum, as well as 'community interpretation' theory and practice in legal, medical, mental health and aid settings for migrants and asylum seekers in transit countries. Cases will emphasize the MENA-HOA migration trajectories, with examples from other regions incorporated as needed. Over the course, students will build frameworks for analysing planning, coordination, training, and evaluation policies of interpretation and translation practice in migration and asylum field settings.
About the Instructor: Alice Johnson is the Director of the Cairo Community Interpreter Project (CCIP), a training and outreach program of the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies at AUC. She has worked as Spanish-English community interpreter and popular education trainer for over 17 years. She has trained field interpreters working in aid agencies and NGOs in various countries, including Egypt, USA, Turkey, Hong Kong, Tanzania, Thailand, and others, and has provided technical assistance to various organizations on multi-language and interpretation planning and coordination, as a tool to improve service outcomes for refugee and migrant populations.
2. From Arab Winter to Arab Spring: Refugee and Migration Movements in the Middle East and North Africa( January 20- 24, 2013 )
Course Description: Population displacement has featured prominently among the main socio-economic and political challenges faced in MENA for decades, yet it has not featured as prominently in the general study of the region. MENA hosts the world's largest and longest-standing refugee problem: that of Palestinian refugees, in addition to large numbers of displaced Sudanese, Iraqis, Somalis, and most recently and pressingly, hundreds of thousands of Syrians. This course will analyze the trends, causes, and consequences of asylum and migration for individuals and societies in MENA during the Arab "Winter," i.e. before the Arab "Spring." It will then assess the impact of the popular uprisings on displacement movements, as well as policies and practices to address them. How has the protection regime in MENA fared in the wake of the Arab Spring? Will the human rights discourse which has pervaded the uprisings in MENA have a positive effect on advocacy for refugee and migrant rights? What will the impact on the political changes be on policies towards displacement in the region? These are among the questions the course will set out to address.
About the Instructor: Shaden Khallaf is currently teaching at the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) of the American University in Cairo (AUC), after having worked at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), where she most recently acted as policy officer and advisor on Middle Eastern humanitarian and political affairs. She has professional experience and academic background in international human rights law, globalization, democratization, and gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa. Throughout the Middle East, she has worked on refugee status determination, refugee women and child protection, monitoring detention conditions, finding durable solutions, the securitization of asylum and migration across the Mediterranean, coordination in humanitarian relief operations, post-conflict reconstruction, and human rights advocacy. Shaden also has experience analyzing political transformations, and has been focusing in 2012 on assessing the impact of the Arab Spring on asylum, protection, and human rights in the MENA region.
3. DO NO HARM (January 27 -31 , 2013 )
Do No Harm' Background: How can assistance in conflict settings interact with the conflict itself? It was known that assistance is sometimes misused during conflicts to pursue political and military advantages. A number of international and local NGOs have collaborated over six years through the Local Capacities for Peace Project, in order to understand and prevent this phenomenon, resulting in Do No Harm frameworks. Assistance can be a significant factor in the context of conflict, impacting inter/intra-group relations and conflicts. Concepts of Do No Harm can help assistance programs better understand the complexity of the environments in which they work, how assistance decisions affect inter/intra-group relationships, and design more effective and informed assistance strategies. Today, Do No Harm concepts are widely used in the humanitarian and development communities as an effective tool in peace and conflict impact analysis, but can also be applied on any context where assistance programs may interface with existing inter/intra-group tensions on the ground.
Course description: This course will provide participants with an understanding of Do No Harm frameworks and principles in assistance programs, built upon the Local Capacities for Peace project. During the course, participants will analyse previous aid practices implemented in the field, and identify best practices for applying Do No Harm principles in assistance program design and implementation. The course will also include an overview of aid sector standards of practice, including codes of conduct, Sphere minimum standards, and Humanitarian Accountability Partnership Standards (HAP).
The design of the course is participatory, including case studies, group discussions, simulations, documentaries, and exercises to put learning to practice.
About the Instructor: Sahar Elsaadany is a trainer and advisor for various aid and assistance organizations. She completed her postgraduate studies in International Organization and Refugee Studies, with Master Studies in Conflict Transformation and Peace Building. She has worked with various organizations, including UNHCR, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the UN Development Program Rule of Law program, Redr UK, and other NGOs, delivering courses on humanitarian standards of practice, including 22 courses focused on Do No Harm frameworks. She has worked in Egypt, Western Sudan, Iraq, Malaysia, Western Sahara and Pakistan.
Eligibility for all courses:
The courses are offered for graduate level students, researchers and practitioners in the field of migration and refugees. The maximum number of participants in each course is between 25-30.
All courses are conducted in English and no translation facilities are provided. Participants should have a sufficient command of the English language.
Application procedure for all courses:
To apply for the courses, please fill out the application below and attach your most recent CV and send to [log in to unmask]: Att. Naseem Hashim and Carla Gazal and visit the CMRS Short Course web page for more information: http://www.aucegypt.edu/GAPP/cmrs/outreach/Pages/ShortCourses.aspx . Applicants may apply and be accepted to more than one course. Please do not hesitate to contact [log in to unmask] if you have any difficulty with the application process.
The deadline for submitting course applications is DECEMBER 20, 2012.
Applicants accepted for the course will be notified by email maximum by DECEMBER 23, 2012.
Venue of the courses
The courses will take place on the Tahrir Campus in Downtown Cairo, Main Campus.
Course fees:
The tuition fee for each course is $500 USD.
Participants are expected to pay a 30% of the total fees ($150) as a deposit by December 31st. Please note that the deposit is non-refundable.
More information on payment method will be provided to accepted participants
Tuition fees will cover course material and 2 coffee breaks per course day.
Accommodation costs for those interested in staying at the recommended hotel will be announced shortly. Any other expenses are not included.
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