ENSn4634 Environmental NGOs and Society

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Jan Haverkamp (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Kristína Markechová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 2. 11. 8:00–18:00 M011, Tue 3. 11. 8:00–18:00 M011
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! HEN634 Environmental NGOs &&!NOW( HEN634 Environmental NGOs )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
1. Students understand the basic role in society of NGOs in general and environmental NGOs more specifically.
2. Students understand the main differences in roles of environmental NGOs in different societies (USA / Canada, Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, international / global / UN level).
3. Students understand the difference between local, national and international civil initiative.
4. Students know the situation under which environmental NGOs work in CZ and Europe.
5. Students know where to place different NGOs on the line non-violent – violent, extreme – main stream and other social indicators.
6. Students can form and express a well-founded opinion about who they would support or oppose under which circumstances.
7. Students understand the dynamics of NGO organisation.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- identify the basic roles that NGOs play in society and the boundaries of their activities in relation to the state power and the market sector;
- identify and describe the different roles that NGOs play in different types of societies;
- be able to identify the difference between a local, national and international non-governmental non-profit organisation and understand the differences in structure with this characteristic;
- describe the factors that influence the efficiency of NGOs activities;
- prepare and realize research on selected NGOs, both in terms of basic and applied research (typically evaluation);
Syllabus
  • 1. Thursday 8 October 2020, 10:00 - 11:45
  • (on-line session)
  • Introduction and basis
  • Introduction in the way this seminar will be run
  • Mapping own experiences with and present position towards environmental NGOs
  • Stakeholders in environmental debates
  • Mapping stakeholders in several key environmental debates
  • Positioning the role of NGOs in these debates – Force Field Analysis
  • 2. Thursday 15 October 2020, 10:00 - 11:45
  • (on-line session)
  • Principles, tools, dynamics and organisation of environmental NGOs I
  • Tools environmental NGOs have at their disposition
  • Underlying principles of non-violence, direct and symbolic action, relation of NGOs to the law
  • Some history of the NGO movement
  • 3. Thursday 22 October 2020, 10:00 - 11:45
  • (on-line session)
  • Environmental campaigns
  • The Model for a Generated Campaign
  • Analysis of some case campaigns
  • 4. Monday 2 November 2020, 10:00 - 17:00
  • (full day face-to-face session)
  • History of the environmental movement
  • Presentation of case stories of campaigns
  • Freedom of movement / repression of environmental NGOs
  • People in environmental NGOs
  • Motivation and roles in environmental NGOs
  • Working with volunteers
  • Environmental NGOs and gender issues
  • 5. Tuesday 3 November 2020, 10:00 - 17:00
  • (full day face-to-face session)
  • Principles, tools, dynamics and organisation of environmental NGOs II
  • Financing of NGO activities
  • Organisation structures of NGOs
  • Our position towards environmental NGOs I
  • debate on the role of NGOs
  • short NVDA training (Non-Violent Direct Action)
  • 6. Thursday 19 November 2020, 10:00 - 11:45
  • (on-line session)
  • Our position towards environmental NGOs I
  • finding our own position towards environmental NGOs
  • preparation for group-essay
  • 7. Thursday 26 November 2020, 10:00 - 11:45
  • (on-line session)
  • Space for still open issues and questions
Literature
  • See the IS documentation section for this course: READER
Teaching methods
The methodology is highly interactive. This means on the basis of short introductions, students research the field. Interactive methods are used to deepen insights. As final work, students produce in teams of 3 or 4 a position paper on one of 10 given central actual questions facing the NGO world in society. The result is discussed in a final oral examination.

Assessment methods
Team (3-4) produced position paper with discussion during oral examination.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1423/podzim2013/HEN634/44059285/?lang=en
Ir. Jan Haverkamp studied biochemistry, energy policy and nuclear physics at the University of Leiden, and environmental sciences, social and environmental psychology and communication psychology at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He worked 10 years in the development of environmental NGOs in East Germany, Czecho-Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine, Albania and Croatia before he emigrated to the Czech Republic. There, he worked for organisations like the NGO computer network Econnect, Hnutí DUHA / Friends of the Earth CZ, EPS (Environmentální právní service – now Frank Bold) and as campaigner and campaign director for Greenpeace Czech Republic. Since 2004 he was free-lance consultant for organisations like the World Information Service on Energy (WISE/NIRS), Greenpeace and others. From 2007 to 2012 he worked as EU policy advisor on nuclear energy for Greenpeace in Brussels and between 2012 and 2017 he was expert consultant nuclear energy and energy policy for Greenpeace in Central and Eastern Europe and other Greenpeace offices. From 2017 he works for WISE Netherlands and Greenpeace as senior expert nuclear energy and energy policy. He is co-founder and vice-chair of the watchdog organisation Nuclear Transparency Watch, based in Paris and Brussels. He lived 17 years in the Czech Republic, 4 years in Gdansk, Poland and since 2017 in Amsterdam. He is 60 years old, has a 28 year old son in the Netherlands, a 25 year old daughter and two grandchildren in the Czech Republic.
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