Study Group on NGOs and Development
The Humanitarian & Development NGOs domain at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations convenes a study group on NGOs and Development.
The next study group session, titled Measuring NGO Performance: Difficulties, Dilemmas and A Way Ahead, will be held on Tuesday, November 24 at 4:00 pm in the Hauser Center conference room (Belfer L-4 at the Harvard Kennedy School). The discussion will be framed by Professor Alnoor Ebrahim, Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Megan Steinke, Director of Organizational Planning & Change Management at Save the Children U.S.
NGOs and Development study group meets every other week. November 24 will be the last session of the fall semester; we will restart study group sessions in February 2010 for the spring semester. The goal of the study group is to consider and debate issues related to emerging paradigms in development, evolving roles of NGOs, and specific management, leadership and governance challenges.
The study group brings interested students together with practitioners dealing with these questions in real time, and academics investigating similar questions. The idea is to create a climate for genuine discussion and lively exchange, in which all participants come to the table with a commitment to share, listen and reflect.
The study group is a space for building relationships, exchanging ideas and connecting real-world challenges to scholarly study of NGOs and their role in development. Guests will serve as resource people and catalysts of discussion.
To join the study group, contact ramaswami_balasubramaniam@hks10.harvard.edu
I am an Educationist and social worker in South India. Ihave been associated with many NGO s.Iwish to attend NGO,s Study Groupe programme in U>S>A>
Dr. Yohan,
Thanks so much for your interest. We hold study group meetings every other week and members are usually students or staff affiliated with universities in the Cambridge, MA region. We are also open to visitors who want to drop in on one or another study group meeting. We have not had sufficient interest from outside of this geographic area to develop options for people to engage in the study group virtually, but we are certainly open to that.
Sherine Jayawickrama