The past year has been a busy one for us at Glocal Internationbal Development Studies, involving our first full year of academic courses and internships, as well as a number of special events and field trips. September began with a bang, as our first cohort of students set off to undertake their internships in a variety of NGOs located throughout Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, the Dominican Republic, Burundi and Israel. October saw the entrance of our second cohort of Glocal students for the commencement of Glocal’s first full academic year.
Adding a number of new courses to our roster, students explored a range of actors and development themes through ”Mapping the World of Development”, and immersed themselves in project cycles and benchmarks of progress in ”Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation”. We also inaugurated this year with a bimonthly seminar series, welcoming such guests as The Honorable Paul Hunt, Canada’s ambassador to Israel, and Alan Doran, Business and Finance Adviser for Oxfam GB. The end of December marked the close of the first internship cycle, and by January students began their final seminar, bringing their personal and professional experiences from the field back to the classroom for in-depth exploation with their peers.
By March a new semester was underway, and students were busy once again –engaged in a series of full-day workshops where they explored the complex realities of the work of development organizations here in Israel (see Bustan article page 5). In May we were proud to see the graduation of our first cohort of students, and to celebrate, we hosted our first ever end of year event. A stellar networking success which linked Glocal students to those in Hebrew University’s Public Health and Agriculture programs, the event also opened Glocal to the wider development community in Israel (see final event article page 4). By June it was time to say goodbye. Our second cohorts of students have finished their first academic year and are getting ready to head off to their internships in the field, and we begin preparations for another exciting academic year. In the following pages, we invite you to explore Glocal Community-Development studies - read about our first round of internships, learn about our outreach work in Israel, and celebrate with us as we highlight the achievements of our students at home and in the field!
Glocal Staff
