Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA) is an international association of universities offering post-graduate level degree courses for humanitarian agencies and relief workers. The association was founded by five European universities in 1993; namely Aix-Marseille Université, University of Bochum, University of Deusto, Université catholique de Louvain and Oxford University. The NOHA Masters programme initiative was launched in 1993 under the auspices of the Erasmus-Socrates Programme with additional financial support from the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO). In 2015 the network had expanded to include twelve European and five global partner universities.
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- Humanitarian development studies in Europe ed. Julia González, Wilhelm Löwenstein, Mo Malek - 2000 "It is the demands of particular crises that have led to the demand and supply of educational teaching and research in the area. ... NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Assistance): Example of Integrated European Approach ..."
- Documents - Issues 425-449 -1998 Page 263 "4.5 Education and Training ECHO continued its support for the NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Assistance) diploma ... 1994 with the aim of enhancing the professionalism of relief workers by organising postgraduate-level university courses."
- The Humanitarian Challenge: 20 Years European Network on Humanitarian Action 3319134701 ed. Pat Gibbons, Hans-Joachim Heintze - 2015 "Two-thousand thirteen marked the 20th anniversary of the Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA). ... universities in the early 1990s: Aix-Marseille Universite ́, University of Bochum, University of Deusto, Universite ́ Catholique du Louvain .."