Statement at UNHCR’s 2003 Executive Committee

On September 29, 2003, at the 54th session of UNHCR’s Executive Committee, High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers convened a panel discussion entitled “Implemention of UNHCR 2004.” The process dubbed “UNHCR 2004” followed closely on the heels of UNHCR’s Global Consultations on International Protection and was intended to focus more closely on UNHCR’s position within the United Nations system and its relationship with states and non-governmental partners. One of the participants in this panel discussion was the Honourable Omar Ramadhan Mapuri, Minister for Home Affairs of the United Republic of Tanzania. Tanzania hosts more refugees than any other African country. More than half a million refugees, mostly from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, live in UNHCR camps in the west of the country. Minister Mapuri’s statement, reproduced below with his permission, reflects many of the frustrations of refugee-hosting countries in the developing world.Le 29 septembre 2003, à la 54e session du Comité Exécutif du UNHCR, le Haut Commissaire Ruud Lubbers convoqua une table ronde du nom de « Implementation of UNHCR 2004 » (‘Mise en oeuvre de UNHCR 2004’). L’initiative appelée « UNHCR 2004 » suivit de près une autre initiative du UNHCR « Global Consultations on International Protection » (‘Consultations globales sur la protection internationale’), et avait pour objectif d’examiner de plus près la place qu’occupe le UNHCR dans le système des Nations Unies et sa relation avec les états et ses partenaires non gouvernementaux. Un des participants à cette table ronde fut l’honorable Omar Ramadhan Mapuri, le Ministre des Affaires intérieures de la République Unie de Tanzanie. Il faut savoir que la Tanzanie abrite plus de réfugiés que n’importe quel autre pays africain. Plus d’un demi million de réfugiés – principalement du Burundi et de la République Démocratique du Congo – habitent dans les camps du UNHCR situés dans l’ouest du pays. Les propos du ministre Mapuri, que nous reproduisons ici avec sa permission, reflètent beaucoup de frustrations que connaissent les pays du tiers monde abritant des réfugiés

Q methodology and a Delphi poll: a useful approach to researching a narrative approach to therapy

Q methodology and a Delphi poll combined qualitative and quantitative methods to explore definitions of White and Epston's (1990) narrative approach to therapy among a group of UK practitioners. A Delphi poll was used to generate statements about narrative therapy. The piloting of statements by the Delphi panel identified agreement about theoretical ideas underpinning narrative therapy and certain key practices. A wider group of practitioners ranked the statements in a Q sort and made qualitative comments about their sorting. Quantitative methods (principal components analysis) were used to extract eight accounts of narrative therapy, five of which are qualitatively analysed in this paper. Agreement and differences were identified across a range of issues, including the social construction of narratives, privileging a political stance or narrative techniques and the relationship with other therapies, specifically systemic psychotherapy. Q methodology, combined with the Delphi poll, was a unique and innovative feature of this study

Report of the National Law Student Conference on Legal Education: Availability of Legal Education and Placement of Law Graduates

I Saab Aerostructures tillverkning av flygplansdelar, används icke strukturbundet material, det vill säga material som inte har en angiven kvantifierad förbrukning per tillverkad enhet eller material vars angivna kvantifierade förbrukning per tillverkad enhet inte stämmer överens med verklig förbrukning. Personal på inköpsavdelningen vet i vissa fall inte var ett specifikt icke strukturbundet material förbrukas, alltså vilka tillverkningsavdelningar eller flygplansdelar som förbrukar materialet. Likaså saknas övergripande och gemensamma rutiner för hur material som klassas som icke strukturbundet material planeras och lagerstyrs. För att identifiera problemområden i materialförsörjningen genomfördes en flödeskartläggning för att identifiera vilka olika typer av icke strukturbundet material som används i Saab Aerostructures produktion samt hur dessa lagerstyrs mellan lager och buffertlager i produktion. Under flödeskartläggningen definierades sex olika materialgrupper tillhörande icke strukturbundet material. För att lagerstyra de identifierade materialgrupperna av icke strukturbundet material används idag åtta stycken lagerstyrningsmetoder. Saab Aerostructures har anlitat tredjepartslogistiker för att sköta merparten av dagens lagerstyrning. Lagerstyrningsmetoderna skiljer sig åt beroende på tredjepartslogistiker och materialgrupp av icke strukturbundet material. Resultatet från genomförd kartläggning och analys påvisar att det finns förbättringspotential i flera utav dessa lagerstyrningsmetoder, samt att det är möjligt att reducera antalet lagerstyrningsmetoder genom att använda samma lagerstyrningsmetod för snarlika materialgrupper av icke strukturbundet material. Genomförd analys påvisar även behovet av ett förbättrat informationsflöde mellan beredning, inköp och produktion, när det gäller hanteringen av icke strukturbundet material. Konkreta åtgärder i form av rekommendationer, för att förbättra lagerstyrningen av icke strukturbundet material, presenteras i slutet av denna rapport.

Consensus Development at NIH: What Went Wrong

A close observer identifies the Science Court concept as inspiring consensus development conferences at the National Institutes of Health and describes the extent to which they have followed the model. Professor Jacoby also argues that, if the model were more closely followed, conference objectives would be better realized

Citizens’ Consultations on Europe: French Citizens’ Panel October 25 to 27, 2018, Paris Review report

The following document analyses the French Citizens’ Panel, held in the context of Citizens’ Consultations on Europe. The report first presents the project, by stressing the method used to select the participants, then it takes into account the feedback of the participants as part of the evaluation and finally it gives some guidelines to think about the lessons to be learnt from this first French Citizens’ Panel

Embracing the political in technology and transition studies: a response to Philip Vergragt and Bram Bos

This article is a short reaction to the comments of Vergragt (Found Sci, 2012) and Bos (Found Sci, 2012) on my article “Sustainability transition and the nature of technology” (Paredis in Found Sci 16(2–3):195–225, Paredis 2011). I start by situating current transition research in the sustainability debate. The relation between the two is simultaneously specific and vague: specific about processes at work during transitions, vague about the content and direction of the change. I then move on to a discussion of how a better conceptualisation of technology could strengthen the transition framework. I want to thank the two reviewers for their critical remarks, that stimulated me to better explain my position