Non-Governmental Organizations, humanitarian Action and international Development

Code Cours
2324-IÉSEG-M1S1-ENT-MA-EI11UE
Langue d'enseignement
English
Matières
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Responsable(s)
J.BAYLE-CORDIER
Intervenant(s)
S.GALLAND
Niveau
Master
Année de formation
Période

Présentation

Objectifs
At the end of the course the student should be able to:

- Conduct a professional activity inside an international organization
- Demonstrate commitment to quality in a professional environment
- Adhere to the values of the company in which they work
- Design and implement specific and systematic organizational processes and practices to contribute to achieve and promote ethical and social outcomes in and around the organization
- Deal with the various aspects of a problem
- Produce professional quality documents
Présentation
- Overview of international and regional socio-political paradigms: hunger, health care, demography, environment, Human Rights, gender equality etc. (International Development Index, Sustainable Development Goals…)
- Framework of international development and humanitarian assistance, stakeholders and their mandates, historical and current challenges
- Public (UN agencies such as UNDP and UNICEF, ECHO, USAID) and private Financers
- Project management in international intergovernmental or non-governmental organizations (assessment, project planning and budgeting, proposal to donor, logical framework, implementation, impact evaluation…)
- Types of involvement as employee or volunteer, career perspectives ,
- Examples of case studies: UNDP, Oxfam, Care, the Red Cross Movement, Action Contre la Faim…

Modalités

Organisation
Type Amount of time Comment
Présentiel
Cours interactif 10,00
Cours magistral 6,00
Autoformation
Recherche 8,00
Lecture du manuel de référence 2,00
Travail personnel
Group Project 7,00
Charge de travail personnel indicative 2,00
Overall student workload 35,00
Évaluation
The group project is a case study of a humanitarian project and it may be presented to the class. The final exam is partly composed of MCQ.
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Contrôle continu
Présentation orale 0,20 1 20,00
Examen (final)
Examen écrit 1,00 2 50,00
Autres
Projet Collectif 4,00 3 30,00
TOTAL 100,00

Ressources

Bibliographie
Orwell, George (1933). Down and Out in Paris and London. Penguin Modern Classics -
Riddell, Roger (2007), Does foreign Aid really work? OUP Oxford -
Ryfman, Philippe (2007) Non-governmental organizations: an indispensable player of humanitarian aid. 31-03-2007 Article, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 865 -