I find myself in the situation to write this article because my previous professional activity fueled my interest in what is referred to as “the development field” – a term that my husband still enjoys challenging me on to explain in concrete terms. I always had a deep interest for how to enable government policies…
Hello! I am Emily, from London. I was studying in The Hague last year at ISS, down the road from Oxfam where I did an internship in the impact measurement team for five months. And now I have just finished my Masters in public policy here in Barcelona (it was a two-year Masters programme where…
Photo: Classes taking place in the court yard, while other children are playing – Tandang Sora High School, Quezon City, Philippines Alumni blog by Raluca Herman The World Bank (WB) delves more deeply into its education-for-poverty reduction agenda in the upcoming World Development Report (WDR) 2018 Realizing the Promise of Education for Development, arguing…
Junior Project Coordinator Oxfam Novib Academy Starting date as soon as possible (1 year) 32 hours Based in The Hague Introduction of Oxfam Novib Oxfam Novib is a worldwide development organization. We are a proud member of Oxfam, a global confederation that has a shared commitment towards reducing poverty and striving for a just world.…
The last day of my internship at Oxfam Novib after 4 months being a part of Governance and Financial Flow unit has arrived. The experience has been very much enriching to say the least. My main task in this internship was to conduct desk research on corporate tax avoidance structures of multinationals that negatively affect…
Interested or involved in student-NGO collaborations? Explore the Practical guide for successful student-NGO collaborations here. This practical guide has been developed based on the outcomes of the Share-Net Netherlands round table “Promising Practices: Linking students and NGOs”, which was organised in November 2015 to discuss promising practices of student-NGO collaborations, including their challenges…
Release by Share-Net July 17, 2017 Share-Net Netherlands kindly invites you to the 6th annual meeting “Linking Research, Policy and Practice – Students and NGOs”. This meeting will bring together policymakers, practitioners and researchers working on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in international development and students who have finalized, or who are…
A green-screen, Ultra HD cameras, studio lamps: this was not an ordinary day at my internship at Oxfam Novib. Over the last couple of weeks, I have been working on our ‘online Pub quiz project’. During the Even it Up campaign, our so-called ‘Tax heroes’ (aka our volunteers) and experts of the Tax Justice network…
What happens after interning at Oxfam Novib? The Alumni blog series is all about students who have finished their internship as part of the Oxfam Novib Academy. I recently graduated with an MA in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies in the Hague. During my Masters degree, I interned at Oxfam Novib with…
Over the past 5 months, I had the chance to reflect on agribusiness investments in fragile states and the role of NGOs, using Oxfam as a case study. The following blog post highlights the results of my research. Agribusiness investments in fragile states are likely to continue to increase over the next years. While this…
Last week on May 8, us the Oxfam Academy students, had an interesting workshop delivered by our fellow intern, Saskia Geurtzen. The topic was about innovation. A term which is so often used today by organizations or businesses whose importance goes further to not only create competitive edge, but as a requirement to survive in…
Did you know that secure land rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities are a tested, cost-effective and practical solution to climate change? Indigenous Peoples and local communities are protecting rainforests, pasturelands, alpine deserts, small farms and wetlands all across the world. However, without secured land rights, they are vulnerable for eviction and land grabbing…
