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Payson Summer Institute 2008Public Policy:
Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation

ONE Summer & FOUR GREAT locations!
ONE Summer & FOUR GREAT Locations!

Participation Forms

Participants must complete all the required forms for participation in order to take part in these courses.

Courses

Methods of Evaluation

Location: New Orleans
Dates: June 2, 2008 – June 13, 2008
Open to Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Introduction to Human Aspects of Complex Emergencies

Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Dates: June 30, 2008 – July 11, 2008
Open to Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Course Description:
This course, administered in partnership with the International Center for Migration and Health (ICMH), (hyperlink to www.icmh.ch) will focus primarily on disaster relief and reconstruction. Individual lessons address a variety of subtopics such as rapid assessment, psycho-social health, reproductive health, monitoring and evaluation, relief organizations, communicable diseases, and management of IDP and refugee situations. Class will be broken up into morning (9am to 12pm) lectures and afternoon (2pm-5pm) guest lecturers and fieldtrips to places such as the UN, the Red Cross, UNOCHA, UNHCR, the WHO, the ICMH, etc. The course is open to both undergraduate and graduate students and is worth three credit hours.

Food Aid and Food Security in Humanitarian Settings

Location: Rome, Italy
Dates: July 14, 2008 – July 25, 2008
Open to Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Course Description:
This course will explore the dynamics of the use of food aid, the largest single componnt of humanitarian emergencies. The course will review policies that guide the use of food aid, as principal controversies surrounding the use of food aid in emergency and transition settings. The course will also explore assessment techniques used to gauge the vulnerability of affected populations and their needs for food-based interventions. Lastly, the course will explore the food aid managment system and its logistics. Field visits will be conducted to the principal UN agencies involved in food aid as well as diplomatic missions that determine food aid policies.

Program Management- HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and TB in Developing Countries

Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Dates: July 28, 2008 – August 8, 2008
Open to Graduate Students Only

Calendar

June 2nd – June 13th
New Orleans – Methods of Evaluation
June 30th – July 11th
Geneva – Introduction to Human Aspects of Disasters and Complex Emergencies
July 14th – July 25th
Rome – Food Aid and Food Security in Humanitarian Settings
July 28th – August 8th
Nairobi – Program Management – HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and TB in Developing Countries

For more information:

Email: summer@tulane.edu
Fax: +1(504)-865-5241
Phone: +1(504)-865-5240