François Rubio
Médecins du Monde

"Existe-t-il une exception des ONG françaises" (in French)

Friday, April 25
12:00 p.m.
336 Ingraham

Sponsored by the
Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies To the CIFS website

Mr. Rubio will turn a critical gaze towards the “French” NGO, which has developed more recently than similar organizations elsewhere in the international community. He will explore the relationship between this organizational jeunesse, and the strong French tendency towards work involving medical and emergency relief. In this manner, Mr. Rubio will seek to situate the “French” NGO within the broader world community of civil society organizations.

François Rubio is Legal Director for Médecins du Monde and specializes in not-for-profit law. He is also a professor at the Institute for the Study of International Relations in Paris, and is a frequent speaker at international conferences. Médecins du Monde is a non-governmental organization (NGO), based in France, that is active in improving access to health care for poor and excluded populations in Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and France. Additionally, MdM provides emergency medical assistance to populations stricken by war or natural disasters.
This talk is part of CIFS’
Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Speaker Series:
Over the next few semesters, CIFS will be continuing this series, begun in the spring of 2003, by inviting NGO representatives to our campus each semester. For more information, please visit our website or send us an email.

These talks are made possible in part by a grant from the
Area and International Studies Innovation Fund