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Following successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
• Locate the concept of ‘localisation’ in humanitarian discourse and describe the contextual factors that influence its application in humanitarian response;
Analyse the concept of ‘localisation’ to appraise its relevance in disparate humanitarian contexts and for diverse humanitarian interventions;
• Distinguish the ‘localisation’ challenges for the strategic management processes for a range of human actors;
• Critically analyse the localisation strategies for a range of humanitarian interventions and propose actions for their enhancement; and
• Develop a framework to appraise the ‘localisation strategy’ of a humanitarian organisation.
The four components and their constituent parts are outlined below:
•Understanding the Humanitarian System:
o Evolution in the humanitarian system – key milestones
o The humanitarian stakeholder mix and their characteristics – BBR
o The State of the Humanitarian System – issues and challenges
•Localisation – a conceptual analysis:
o Concept analysis methodology
o Localisation defined and its key attributes
o Establishing a localisation conceptual framework
•Localisation – governance and management:
o Respecting contextual differences
o Governing humanitarian action at different societal levels
o Localising humanitarian management – issues and challenges
•Operationalising localisation:
o Theory of Change and Logical Framework Analysis compared
o Analysis of localisation agenda for contemporary humanitarian interventions
o Localisation innovations at different societal levels – option for consideration
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 25 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 6 |
Conversation Class | 20 |
Specified Learning Activities | 68 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 110 |
Online Learning | 14 |
Total | 243 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Class Test: At the end of the module, the students will take a short one hour test that encourages them to draw on their newly acquired competences to offer new insights to contemporary localisation issues. | 1 hour End of Trimester Exam | n/a | Graded | Yes | 20 |
Assignment: Each student develops and applies a localisation framework to a humanitarian intervention of his/ her choice. Students are required to critically assess the strengthens and weaknesses of localisation | Week 5 | n/a | Graded | Yes | 40 |
Group Project: Students will work in groups to analyse the localisation challenges for an International NGO. | Week 6 | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Journal: Students will be expected to maintain a learning 'journal' to monitor learning over the course of the online component. This journal encourages students to adopt an analytical approach to learning | Week 6 | n/a | Graded | No | 0 |
Seminar: This is a group assignment. Each group is requested to critically analyse an existing project and propose ways to strengthen the localisation of the project. Groups will be 'consultants' for an NGO. | Week 6 | n/a | Graded | Yes | 10 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
Students will received ongoing regular feedback as part of the learning process. • Journal feedback will be online to student individual accounts. • The group assignment on the NI field trip will be both peer reviewed and written feedback. The written feedback will be provided in advance of submission of the individual assignment on the NI project. • The portfolio project will be presented as a poster. it will be peer reviewed and written feedback will also be provided. • The consultant report that will be the product of the group assignment on an ongoing NGO projected will be evaluated by the module coordinator and the NGO will also be required to assess the quality of the students' work. • The end of module written test will be graded.
Name | Role |
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Professor Oonagh Breen | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Cyril Otieku-Boadu | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |