There are three basic approaches to assessing the impact of disaster and defining relief assistance requirements after a disaster: the damage done, the needs of the affected population or the rights which the survivors have to achieve life with dignity. Each approach has advantages in assessing post-disaster needs. Each approach overlaps with the other two, but each represents a different theoretical view of what should take place following a disaster. Further, each approach tends to be used by more...

NGOs in Romania are experiencing a phase of transition as regards the level of responsibility they have been assuming so far. The magnitude of such responsibilities is expected to increase creating a need for a monitoring institution.

This review places the European donors and NGOs as guides for Romanian NGOs. The paper further studies the viabilities of Romanian NGOs functioning under the experienced umbrellas of their European superiors.

Founded in 1924, IWA is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization working across cultural and political boundaries to advance creative approaches to conflict analysis, conflict management, and post-conflict peace-building

This paper was presented at the 7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government in Austria in June 2007 by Musoni Protais, the Rwandan Minister of Local, Administration, Good Governance, Social Affairs and Community Development. The paper describes the situation after the conflict, draws out the main challenges that the government of Rwanda faced between 1994 and 2007 and discusses the programs it undertook to foster civic engagement.