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| − | '''Gwythian Prins''' is an academic who sits on the board of Britain's [[Charity Commission]].
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| − | ==Background==
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| − | From the [[Cabinet Office]] website announcing his appointment in May 2013 to the board of the [[Charity Commission]]:
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| − | :Gwythian Prins is Research Professor at the [[London School of Economics and Political Science]]. He is also visiting professor at the [[University of Buckingham]]. For over 20 years he was a Fellow in History at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and latterly University Lecturer in Politics. Much of his work has been in Africa or on strategic matters. During the latter 1990s he served as Senior Fellow in the Office of the Special Advisor on Central and Eastern European Affairs, part of the Office of the Secretary-General of [[NATO]], Brussels. He is currently a member of the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Strategy Advisory Panel. He has published on African history, medical anthropology, European politics and on military and strategic issues.
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| − | ==Views==
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| − | Prins 'discounts observations from some in the sector that the [[Charity Commission]]'s new board has insufficient experience of the charity world. Its members are there because of a personal commitment, he says, and are well able to understand the charitable activities of the country. | |
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| − | "It's a very vigorous board," he says. "Few of us know how it was before, but the commission is back to being what it should be - an intelligent and humane regulator. Done properly and effectively, regulation is the single best way to protect and comfort traditional charities. We have to deter the bad guys and thereby reinforce the good guys."
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| − | [[Category:Academics]]
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