CTR and GPPi launch new research program on natural disaster relief and preparedness
January 2008-December 2009
The Center for Transatlantic Relations in partnership with The Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin (GPPi) launched a new research and dialogue program entitled "Raising the bar: Enhancing transatlantic governance of disaster relief and preparedness" in January 2008. The research and dialogue program is supported by a two-year "Transatlantic Methods for Handling Global Challenges" grant from the European Commission. The new research and dialogue program seeks to promote enhanced transatlantic coherence and cooperation in humanitarian action by creating an 18-month research and dialogue project based on a unique network of transatlantic organizations combining the analytical community with organizations directly involved in humanitarian response. Placing possible synergies, transatlantic cooperation, and multilateral coordination at the center, the program pursues three objectives: First, to provide an in-depth analysis of the current state of the humanitarian policy debate and the relevant institutional setup in the EU and the U.S.; second, to compare doctrines, programming principles, geographical and sectoral priorities of the EU and the U.S. and propose specific areas where these principles and priorities can be made coherent; and third, to foster a transatlantic multi-stakeholder dialogue on humanitarian policies on the basis of the emerging European consensus on humanitarian aid. The “Raising the bar” project builds on a two-pronged approach of applied research and the Transatlantic Dialogues in Humanitarian Action (TDHA), a multi-stakeholder conference series bringing together EU and U.S. policy-makers, representatives of think tanks, NGOs, academia and the private sector. Research and dialogue will be closely integrated and implemented in parallel. The idea is to inject interim research results into the planned dialogue sessions to foster substantive debate while at the same time also leveraging the expertise and experience of dialogue participants towards the research process. To visit the project page, please click here. |
