16/03/2015
Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) organized a workshop on “International Humanitarian NGOs and Emergency Aid” on March 6 to understand effects of Turkish Humanitarian NGOs on Turkish foreign policy and Turkey’s peacebuilding activities. In the workshop, general overview to humanitarian NGOs, emergency aid activities of international and Turkish NGOs and the issues of disaster management and response, logistics, distribution and sustainablity of emergency aids were handled.
Many key decision makers, high level government officials and academics such as Director of Istanbul Policy Center Fuat Keyman, Istanbul Policy Center Conflict Resolution and Mediation Stream Coordinator Bülent Aras, David Lewis from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Pınar Akpınar from Istanbul Policy Center, Anthony Beresford from Cardiff University and Arne Strand from Michelsen Institute participated to the workshop.
Representatives of several NGOs, academicians and students attended to the workshop which increased presence and capacity of Turkish humanitarian NGOs in Turkey’s peace oriented foreign policy were approached.