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DESCRIPTION:How Do Human Rights Change an NGO’s "Driving Force“? Perspectiv
 es of a Plan International Country Director What motivates transnational N
 GOs (TNGOs) these days? What are their driving forces? Survival\, politics
 \, a shift in values? Increasingly\, a human rights framework determines h
 ow TNGOs think and function. This talk will offer the personal perspective
  from a country level leader in Plan International\, a major child-focused
  development NGO. Mr. Gomez was the Plan Country Director in Guatemala fro
 m 2004 through 2009. Before that\, he was Plan’s Regional Director for Cen
 tral America\, as well as Country Director in Sri Lanka and Colombia\, his
  home country. He transitioned to a transnational NGO career after having 
 worked in the private sector for Exxon Mobile in Colombia.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:TNGO Initiative presents: Ricardo Gomez
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:How Do Human Rights Change an NGO’s "Driving F
 orce“? Perspectives of a Plan International Country Director What motivate
 s transnational NGOs (TNGOs) these days? What are their driving forces? Su
 rvival\, politics\, a shift in values? Increasingly\, a human rights frame
 work determines how TNGOs think and function. This talk will offer the per
 sonal perspective from a country level leader in Plan International\, a ma
 jor child-focused development NGO. Mr. Gomez was the Plan Country Director
  in Guatemala from 2004 through 2009. Before that\, he was Plan’s Regional
  Director for Central America\, as well as Country Director in Sri Lanka a
 nd Colombia\, his home country. He transitioned to a transnational NGO car
 eer after having worked in the private sector for Exxon Mobile in Colombia
 .&nbsp\;
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