The Ombuds Blog: ENOHE Annual Conference in Germany

January 24, 2009

ENOHE Annual Conference in Germany

The European Network of Ombudsmen in Higher Education will hold its seventh annual conference in Hamburg, Germany, on March 26-28, 2009. The conference is cosponsored by the University of Hamburg and the Ombudsman of the German Research Foundation. The theme for the 2009 conference is, “ENOHE Conference 2009: Lost in Transition? Defining the Role of Ombudsmen in the Developing Bologna World.”

Jenna Brown, Denver University Ombuds, will chair a plenary session on Students and Quality: Ombudsmen and Institutional Guidance. Dolores Gomez-Moran, George Mason University Ombuds, is the rapporteur for a workshop on International Networking: Ombudsmen as Contact Points. (ENOHE Conf Info.)

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Organizational Ombuds serve as a confidential, independent, neutral and informal dispute resolution resource for a specific entity. They are accessible to a defined population and can advocate for fairness. These unique characteristics distinguish Organizational Ombuds from Classical Ombuds, mediators, arbitrators, and other alternative dispute resolution professionals. The term "Ombuds" is shorthand for "Ombudsman," "Ombudsperson" and "Ombuds Officer," which also are used widely.

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Croatia -- pravobranitelji

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Norway -- ombudet

Poland -- Rzecznik

Portugal -- provedor

Russia -- омбудсмен

Spain -- ombudsman organizacional

Sweden -- studentombud

Switzerland -- ombudsmann

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January 24, 2009

ENOHE Annual Conference in Germany

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