Non-Governmental Public Action

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Programme

Director: Professor Jude Howell

Public action by and for disadvantaged people, undertaken by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other non-government actors, is increasingly significant at local and international levels. This research programme will develop existing theory, generate new empirical data and develop beneficial links between researchers and users. Projects will include international comparative work and transdisciplinary research.

The ESRC NGPA programme officially ended in September 2009 and the final conference of the Non-Governmental Public Action Conference Organising for Social Justice was held on the 14th and 15th of January 2009 in Westminster, London. More information However while most research is now completed, individual researchers continue to publish their research and develop this further. Latest publications The ESRC Programme Director, Professor Jude Howell, has been awarded an ESRC Director's Fellowship for 2009-2010.

What's new Recent events in Washington and New York Civil Society, Security and Aid post 9/11: Challenges, Tensions and Dilemmas Tuesday 2 March New York alumni event. More information Wednesday 3 March at the Institute for Public Knowledge. More information Thursday 4 March lunchtime seminar presentation by Jude Howell and Jeremy Lind. Further information from cshr@columbia.edu Public lecture discussion on  Civil Society, Aid and Security took place on 24th February 2010. More information The lecture was followed by a book launch for publications resulting from the NGPA Global War on Terror project.   Project websites 'Global War on Terror': non-governmental public action and aid Community Connections Helping Cross Community Groups Self-Evaluate.  This website was established as a result of the NGPA project Measuring Bridge Building: the evaluation of small scale reconciliation projects in Northern Ireland Some Recent Publications Civil Society Under Strain:  Counter- Terrorism Policy, Civil society and Aid post 9/11, editors Jude Howell and Jeremy Lind published by Kumarian, forthcoming January 2010 'Counter-Terrorism, Aid and Civil Society Before and After the War on Terror'  by Jude Howell and Jeremy Lind published by Palgrave Macmillan. 'Co-operatives and poverty reduction: Evidence from Sri Lanka and Tanzania'. by Johnston Birchall and Richard Simmons.  Published by Co-operative College. www.internationaldevelopment.coop A Reflective Process for Development - A Pathway to Meaningful Partnership Relationships by Nora McNamara and Stephen Morse.  This booklet launched on 3rd February 2010 aims to be a guide to reflecting on relationships between, NGOs, individuals, governments and donors Participatory Democracy and Representative Democracy in Latin America, by Andrew Selee and Enrique Peruzzotti, Woodrow Wilson Center Press International and Practitioner Fellowship Publications A Land of our Own:  conversations with Dalit members of constituent assembly by Suvash Darnal, Jagaran Medical Centre translated by Prawin Adhikari (1,226KB pdf) International NGOs and Southern Advocacy: Case studies of two Oxfam campaigns in South Asia (1.3MB: pdf) Jeff Atkinson, Oxfam Participatory Budgeting in the UK: an evaluation from a practitioner perspective (250kb: pdf) by Kezia Lavan Tsunami in a Time of War:  Aid, Activism and Reconstruction in Sri Lanka and Aceh by Malathi de Alwes, ed. Eva Lotta Hedman published by International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo

Contents Introduction Who's who Research Projects and Research Findings Fellowships News and Related News Publications Events Key documents Useful links Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Quick links Centre for Civil Society 'Global War on Terror': non-governmental public action and aid Map showing geographical distribution of research projects Programme Specification (PDF) Programme Leaflet (PDF) Password protected documents for NGPA researchers. Third Sector Research Centre  - new centre hosted at the Universities of Birmingham and Southampton funded by ESRC, Cabinet Office and Barrow Cadbury Trust  www.tsrc.ac.uk Reports on NCVO/NGPA Cross Border Seminar series Research briefings Part time intranet editor post We are looking for a part time intranet editor based at LSE to make the Global War on Terror project website more interactive and to manage a new blog.  Hourly paid for about 8 hours per week May to September 2010 More information Job description Person specification

Address and contacts Non-Governmental Public Action Programme c/o Centre for Civil Society London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE Programme Administrator: Jane Schiemann Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7205 Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 6039 Email: i.j.schiemann@lse.ac.uk To contact NGPA and ESRC staff, please see: Who's who page.

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