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Kinga Göncz Appointed to UN Panel on Health Technology Innovation and Access

November 23, 2015
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SPP Visiting Professor Kinga Göncz has been appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to a distinguished panel on health technology innovation and access. The panel, which is co-chaired by Ruth Dreifuss, former president of Switzerland, and Festus Mogae, former president of Botswana, has been tasked "to ensure that everyone can access quality treatment at affordable costs while also incentivizing innovation and the development of new technologies such as vaccines, medicines and diagnostics."

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How a Basic Income Program Provides Much More than a Basic Income

November 20, 2015
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"Basic income empowers people," declared Marcus Brancaglione, co-founder of ReCivitas, a Brazilian NGO that managed an innovative universal basic income (UBI) project in a small community on the rural periphery of São Paulo, Brazil.

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SPP Trains Young Policy Advisers, Expanding Its Network

November 13, 2015
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The Policy Advisers Course for Eastern Partners, co-organized by SPP, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) from November 11-13, 2015 supported 20 young political advisors to play a stronger role in shaping democratic institutions and defining the future trajectory of their nations.

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SPP Students Share Summer Internship Experiences

November 6, 2015
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SPP students gathered for the inaugural SPP Lunch & Learn to learn more about the recent internship experiences of two second-year MPA students, Lucia Sobekova and Saman Sardar. Ann Gagliardi, the SPP Director of Career Services and Alumni Relations, introduced the event, which was entirely organized by SPP students.

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Why is the World Willing to Tolerate Mass Atrocities, asks Yasmin Sooka

November 5, 2015
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"What makes for a good victim and a good cause? Why is some life sacred and some not? Why does the world take so long to count the dead?" These are just some of the questions that Yasmin Sooka addressed, and tried to answer, during a compelling conversation with SPP Professor of Practice Robert Templer at the School of Public Policy at Central European University on November 4.

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