Dear First-Year EPDers,

Thanks to those of you who were able to join Jenny McGill and several of our amazing second-year EPD students for our workshop briefing session yesterday, Monday 3/15. While Jenny provided an overview of the workshop and encouraged first-years to help us identify clients and develop projects for next year, the second-years shared insights from their workshop experience and provided tips on how to get the most out of the workshop experience. Links to a recording of the session and the presentation slides are included below.

To help us start planning for next year's workshop, please complete the quick 3-question workshop survey included below. This will help us gauge your interests in particular regions, topics and organizations. Also feel free to email us with any suggestions of potential clients or projects.  

Finally, please save the date for the workshop final presentations! Our workshop teams will be presenting highlights of their work during a Zoom conference on Wednesday, April 14 and Thursday, April 15. We strongly encourage you to attend some of these presentations. They will give you an excellent idea of the worskhop experience, and our second-years will appreciate your support. The presentation schedule will be available soon and we'll send the Zoom links later. 

Best wishes,
The EPD Team
 

Workshop Briefing Session Recording 
To access the recording of the EPD Workshop Briefing Session held on 3/15, follow this link:
https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/rec/share/uecTJR00KTpMf9s9Y1wze0zQ8YiynCBdsIyywT5zf0__Vn4V7F-MuTfYxqoZP3d_.nGvkqiMbXP347FdA 

Workshop Briefing Session Slides 
To review workshop briefing slides, follow this link:
http://cglink.me/2e9/d1c962cf5699dc8907dfe8193efa6253a3ceaf6e6f238bd01a8a33231c9b92b63

Workshop Survey
To access our brief 3-question survey, follow this link: 
https://tinyurl.com/workshopsurvey2021

SAVE THE DATE! Workshop Final Presentations - Wednesday, April 14 and Thursday, April 15 
Support our second-year EPDers and join them as they present the highlights of their work in a  Zoom conference on Wednesday, April 14 and Thursday, April 15. Workshop clients, faculty advisors, members of the Columbia/SIPA community, SIPA alumni and the general public are warmly invited and encouraged to join any sessions of interest.

This year's workshop clients include: Booz Allen Hamilton, Brookings Institution (two projects), Development Alternatives Inc., Inter-American Development Bank, Marketshare Associates, Middle East Children’s Institute (Palestine), United Nations Capital Development Fund (Senegal), United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Children’s Fund (two projects in India and Sub-Saharan Africa), United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, WEEMA International (Ethiopia) and the World Food Programme Centre of Excellence against Hunger and Malnutrition (Ivory Coast).