- Nicholas van Praag
Nicholas van Praag is the Director of External Relations [ [http://www.unhcr.org/admin/ADMIN/3b52acb416.html UNHCR - Division of External Relations ] ] at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees [ [http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/4694f3222.html UNHCR - UNHCR ranked 16 in survey of business-philanthropy partnerships ] ] . He joined
UNHCR in 2006 and is responsible for framing the communications agenda and mobilizing financial support for the agency. He also has oversight of the agency's governance bodies and relations with a range of partners in and outside theUN system.Van Praag began his international career with the
European Commission in 1977 and joined UNHCR in 1981 where he served inGeneva [ [http://www.unhcr.org/admin/3b52ba132.html UNHCR - Administration ] ] ,Sudan , andWashington DC . He left in 1986 for theAga Khan Development Network and moved to theWorld Bank in 1990 where he held a number of positions including Head of External Affairs for Europe and Manager of External Affairs [ [http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/0,,contentMDK:20232505~pagePK:146736~piPK:146830~theSitePK:258599,00.html Europe and Central Asia - Nick van Praag ] ] for Europe and Central Asia.Van Praag studied political science and economics at universities in France (
Aix-en-Provence ), the UK (University of Keele ) and Italy (Istituto Affari Internazionali [ [http://www.iai.it/ IAI - Istituto Affari Internazionali - Home Page ] ] ).References
1.http://www.unhcr.org/admin/ADMIN/3b52acb416.html2.http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/4694f3222.html3.http://www.unhcr.org/admin/3b52ba132.html4.http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/0,,contentMDK:20232505~pagePK:146736~piPK:146830~theSitePK:258599,00.html5.http://www.iai.it
External links
(1)http://www.iprasummit.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=113&Itemid=1(2)http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_1195.pdf(3)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm3BtmqUdWY(4)http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/329ac7cacd8c9f683e9f270d84fc78e9.htm(5)http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=180396&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16(6)http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008/06/19/easterly-index-ranking-aid-agencies-hint-un-stinks/?mod=googlenews_wsj
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