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DESCRIPTION:Transnational NGO Initiative and Moynihan Institute of Global A
 ffairs present:Minar\nPimple\, Senior\nDirector for Global Operations\,&nb
 sp\;Amnesty\nInternationalAmnesty\nInternational’s Efforts to ‘Move Closer
  to the Ground’: the ‘Why’ and ‘How’ of\nIts Global Transition ProgramInte
 rnational\nNGO’s\n(INGOs) are rapidly changing to stay relevant in a new g
 lobal context. Come\nlearn about Amnesty International’s recent change pro
 cess: the Global\nTransition Program (GTP)\, also known as ‘Moving Closer 
 to the Ground’. Minar\nPimple\, Senior Director for Global Operations in A
 mnesty International\, a\nlongtime Indian social movement activist and vis
 iting Moynihan TNGO Fellow will\ndiscuss the current context and catalysts
  prompting these changes\, as well as\nAmnesty’s lessons from GTP. He will
  also cover the critical need for changes in\nthe areas of culture and beh
 aviors during Amnesty’s next strategic phase\,\ncalled ‘Fuerza’\n(Spanish 
 for ‘force’).\n\n\n\nMinar\nPimple has\nfocused on the consequences of soc
 ial discrimination\, marginalization and\nexclusion due to the caste syste
 m in India since his youth. He was the founder\nand executive director of 
 YUVA (Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action) in India\,\nMinar also\nwas th
 e Founder Chair of Oxfam India. He led the Peoples Decade for Human\nRight
 s Education\, as well as the Human Rights Cities program at the UN\nDevelo
 pment Program (UNDP). More recently\, he was the Regional Director of the\
 nUN Millennium Campaign for the Asia Pacific region. He currently is Senio
 r\nDirector at Amnesty International for Global Operations\, where he lead
 s the\norganization’s ambitious roll out of 15 Regional Offices across the
  globe\,\namong others\, as part of Amnesty’s large organizational change 
 process.Open to the public. Lunch will be served.&nbsp\;For\ninformation o
 n accessibility\, or to request accommodation\, please contact Marc\nAlber
 t 315-443-9248.&nbsp\;Sponsored by the&nbsp\;Transnational NGO Initiative 
 at the Moynihan&nbsp\;Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\; 
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SUMMARY:TNGO - Minar Pimple - Amnesty International’s Efforts to ‘Move Clos
 er to the Ground’: the ‘Why’ and ‘How’ of Its Global Transition Program 
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Transnational NGO Initiative and Moynihan I
 nstitute of Global Affairs present:</p><p><strong>Minar\nPimple\,</strong>
  <em>Senior\nDirector for Global Operations\,&nbsp\;Amnesty\nInternational
 </em></p><p><strong>Amnesty\nInternational’s Efforts to ‘Move Closer to th
 e Ground’: the ‘Why’ and ‘How’ of\nIts Global Transition Program</strong><
 /p>International\nNGO’s\n(INGOs) are rapidly changing to stay relevant in 
 a new global context. Come\nlearn about Amnesty International’s recent cha
 nge process: the Global\nTransition Program (GTP)\, also known as ‘Moving 
 Closer to the Ground’. Minar\nPimple\, Senior Director for Global Operatio
 ns in Amnesty International\, a\nlongtime Indian social movement activist 
 and visiting Moynihan TNGO Fellow will\ndiscuss the current context and ca
 talysts prompting these changes\, as well as\nAmnesty’s lessons from GTP. 
 He will also cover the critical need for changes in\nthe areas of culture 
 and behaviors during Amnesty’s next strategic phase\,\ncalled ‘Fuerza’\n(S
 panish for ‘force’).<p>\n\n</p><p>\n\n</p><p><strong>Minar\nPimple</strong
 > has\nfocused on the consequences of social discrimination\, marginalizat
 ion and\nexclusion due to the caste system in India since his youth. He wa
 s the founder\nand executive director of YUVA (Youth for Unity and Volunta
 ry Action) in India\,\nMinar also\nwas the Founder Chair of Oxfam India. H
 e led the Peoples Decade for Human\nRights Education\, as well as the Huma
 n Rights Cities program at the UN\nDevelopment Program (UNDP). More recent
 ly\, he was the Regional Director of the\nUN Millennium Campaign for the A
 sia Pacific region. He currently is Senior\nDirector at Amnesty Internatio
 nal for Global Operations\, where he leads the\norganization’s ambitious r
 oll out of 15 Regional Offices across the globe\,\namong others\, as part 
 of Amnesty’s large organizational change process.</p><p>Open to the public
 . Lunch will be served.&nbsp\;</p><p>For\ninformation on accessibility\, o
 r to request accommodation\, please contact Marc\nAlbert 315-443-9248.&nbs
 p\;</p><p><strong><em>Sponsored by the&nbsp\;Transnational NGO Initiative 
 at the Moynihan&nbsp\;Institute of Global Affairs</em></strong>&nbsp\; </p
 >
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