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Gareth Evans Shares Insights with the International Crisis Group Passion Project Team

March 24, 2015
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Corina Ajder, Suluck Fai Lamubol, and Lucia Sobekova (all MPA '16) meet with Professor Gareth Evans about the International Crisis Group. Photo: Corina Ajder/SPP

Passion Project team members Corina Ajder, Suluck Fai Lamubol, and Lucia Sobekova (all MPA ’16) met with Distinguished Visiting Professor Gareth Evans to gain insights into their project partner, the International Crisis Group (ICG). From 2000-09, Evans was the president and CEO of ICG, an international NGO focused on conflict prevention and resolution.

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The Linkage Project Partners with Passion Project Team to Improve Aid Delivery in Conflict Regions

March 24, 2015
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The Passion Project team meets with The Linkage Project co-founders Andrew Bergman and Toly Rinberg. Photo: Daniel Vegel/SPP

One Passion Project team is tackling how to turn new analytic methods for data on internally displaced persons (IDP) in conflict regions into actionable policy with their partner, The Linkage Project.

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Passion Projects Provide SPP Students with Opportunities for Learning in Action

March 17, 2015
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Photo: Daniel Vegel/SPP

Representatives from the European Stability Initiative (ESI), Human Rights Watch (HRW), and The Linkage Project traveled to Budapest to participate in a Passion Project workshop with SPP students on Saturday, March 14.

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Passion Project Team Gains Perspective on Issues Surrounding Greek Refugees

March 5, 2015
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The Passion Project team working with the Greek Forum of Refugees (GFR) visits the GFR office in Athens. Photo: Zoe Kostitsi-Papastathopoulou

Passion Project teammates Zoe Kostitsi-Papastathopoulou (MPA ’16), Chia-You Kuo (MPA ’16), and Mariyana Petrova (MPA ’16) travelled to Athens to meet with their client, the Greek Forum of Refugees (GFR), for the first time. “It was important to get to know the organizational structure, how it operates, and who works there,” commented Petrova.

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SPP Students and Clients Advance Their Passion Projects

March 4, 2015
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Nuruddin Ahmed, Shaileshwori Sharma, and Balint Nemeth discuss their project with UN Habitat's Liz Paterson. Photo: SPP/Daniel Vegel

The School of Public Policy (SPP) at CEU organized a day-long Passion Project Planning workshop on February 28. Representatives from three Passion Project clients (International Crisis Group (ICG), UN Habitat, and the UN Office of the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide & Responsibility to Protect) traveled to Budapest to meet with teams of SPP students.

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