 “25 Years On: the development of health and welfare NGOs in the BEARR region” For our anniversary conference we shall be looking at what has changed in the context of NGO work in the last 25 years in the countries of our region, and how NGOs have managed to adapt (or not in some cases) to meet the new challenges and opportunities. We will also look at prospects for the next few years in these rapidly-changing times. We have sought to invite colleagues who have worked with us over a long period – as partners, grant recipients, conference speakers and in other activities. We are delighted that so many old friends are able to join us, and look forward to introducing them to colleagues in the UK and elsewhere. If you would like to attend, please complete the booking form here. When and where: 11 November 2016, at CAN-Mezzanine, 32-36 Loman Street, London SE1 0EH Programme (a printable version can be downloaded here) 9.00 Registration and coffee 9.30 Welcome and Introduction Robert Brinkley, Chairman of The BEARR Trust 9.45 Overviews Chair: Robert Brinkley Dr Eleanor Bindman, Post-doctoral Fellow, Queen Mary University of London Elena Topoleva, Director, Agency for Social Information (ASI), Moscow 11.00 Coffee 11.30 Staying the course: evolution and survival Chair: Michael Rasell, BEARR Trustee Anna Garchakova, Belarusian Children’s Hospice, Minsk Arkady Tyurin, Director, ‘Put Domoi’ (The Road Home), St Petersburg 12.30 Buffet lunch 13.45 Embracing change: new directions, new mechanisms Chair: Marcia Levy, BEARR Trustee Anna Bitova. Centre for Curative Pedagogics, Moscow Nino Dvalidze, Vice-Rector of Ilia State University, Tbilisi; Director of its Child Development Unit 14.45 Tea 15.15 New directions: technology, format and funding Chair: Robert Scallon, BEARR Trustee Charles Buxton, INTRAC, Bishkek Yaroslav Minkin, STAN, Ukraine 16.15 Concluding session: Chair: Nicola Ramsden, BEARR Trustee 16.30 Close and networking reception Participants are invited to stay after the conference to enjoy a glass of wine and further opportunities for networking. * in the countries BEARR deals with: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus. Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan. For details of the speakers at the conference, click here. |
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