ReliefWeb - Training Opportunities

ReliefWeb - Training Opportunities

ReliefWeb - Training Opportunities

Invitation to Webinar: Climate Mobility in the Asia-Pacific Region

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 05:00:58 +0000

The International Organization for Migration (IOM)'s Regional Data Hub for Asia and the Pacific in coordination with the Climate Action Unit is pleased to invite you to the upcoming event on “Acting on Climate Mobility in the Asia-Pacific region: Data and Governance Insights”, which will be held online on Thursday, 27 June 2024, 15:00–16:00 Bangkok Time (GMT+7).

This webinar will provide valuable insights into governance, policy, and data concerning human mobility in the context of climate change, disasters and environmental degradation in the Asia-Pacific region, with a particular focus on the Lower Mekong subregion. We will also discuss the challenges, gaps and recommendations for improving the current data and policy landscape.

How to register

REGISTER HERE

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Practicing Environmental Peacebuilding

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:58:19 +0000

Schedule:

Technical Check: on 28 August 2024 from 9:00 to 10:00 CEST
Online Live Sessions: from 2 to 11 September 2024, every Monday and Wednesday from 9:00 to 13:00 CEST

Who can register for this course?

This course is designed for peacebuilding professionals who want to make practical use of Environmental Peacebuilding in their work. It can be helpful for participants to already have basic knowledge of the concepts in peace and conflict work, on systemic conflict analysis and Reflecting on Peace Practice (RPP).
However, material for preparation can be provided by the trainer prior to the training. If you have any doubts whether you are sufficiently qualified for the course, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Depending on methods and topic of the training, we limit the number of available spaces to a manageable size (a maximum of 20 participants). Register early to reserve your place!

Content

• Understanding the relationship between environmental change, conflict and its resolution is essentially an investigation into the interconnection between two, heuristically divided, complex adaptive systems: ecology and societal conflict.
• While the exact causal relationships among climate, fragility, and conflict are inherently complex and sometimes contradictory, there is no doubt that climate change is having extreme effects on ecologies, livelihoods, resource use, economies, and health, gender dynamics, migration, and governance.
• Complexity-informed approaches, such as systems thinking, must therefore become the new norm across the triple nexus and complexity must be addressed through integrated or at least strategically coordinated programming. This participatory workshop therefore uses systems based tools to investigate the integration between environmental impacts, peace, and conflict.
• Echoing established work on collective action for systemic change, there is emerging evidence that strategic integrated programming in fragile, climate and conflict-affected situations can provide what is often called “co-benefits” across different sectors. In other words, the interconnectedness of different risk profiles in a climate-affected world, also presents new opportunities, if programing takes this interconnection into account. Systemic, not sectoral change must become the new norm.

Objectives

• Gain the ability to conduct a systems-based environmental peace conflict analysis
• Deliver programming support based on such an analysis that addresses environmental impacts, conflict and fragility together.

Key Concepts

• Environmental Peacebuilding
• Systems thinking
• Collective Action

Methodology

The course uses real-life cases, building on participants own experience, to build systems maps of environment, fragility, peace linkages and develops programing advice by finding leverage, and subsequently entry points into these systems.

In the course, participants use a variety of tools, including a digital learning platform, a video conferencing tool, and an online whiteboard. Participants should therefore have a good internet connection (1 Mbit down/upload or better). A headset is highly recommended.

Workload

Deliverables:

• A real-life environmental peace and conflict analysis and programming entry points (group work).
• After a successful participation, participants receive a certificate and become part of our alumni
  network.

Total expected weekly hours: 10 to 12 hours per week.

Please register to this training on our website.

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Community Dialogue Processes

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:55:24 +0000

Schedule:

Technical Check: on 12 September 2024 from 12:00 to 13:00 CEST
Online Live Sessions: from 16 September 2024 to 28 October 2024, every Monday from 12:00 to 14:00 CEST/CET.

Who can register for this course?

The course is designed for practitioners who want to expand and deepen their knowledge in the field of Dialogue, whether working as peacebuilders, development or aid workers, or human rights activists. This training is designed to allow participation alongside a regular job and from a variety of locations around the world.

Depending on methods and topic of the training, we limit the number of available spaces to a manageable size (a maximum of 20 participants). Register early to reserve your place!

Content

• Dialogue remains one of the most used methods in peacebuilding. It is versatile and can be adapted to almost any purpose. Dialogue plays a central role in conflict transformation. It can help people respond creatively to social and political conflict and lay the foundations for alternative futures. The basic assumption underpinning dialogue is that under appropriate conditions interpersonal contact is one of the most effective ways to improve communication, understanding and interaction between opposing groups.
• Community dialogue plays a pivotal role in fostering understanding, reconciliation, and sustainable peace within societies. It provides a platform for diverse voices to be heard, grievances to be addressed, and common ground to be found. Through open and respectful communication, communities can bridge divides, build trust, and collectively navigate towards peaceful resolutions to conflicts. Understanding how dialogue works, the ability to convene and facilitate dialogue, to design a dialogue process or to manage a dialogue project, are some of the core competences for peace work.
• Training peace workers in dialogue skills and competences is therefore an important task for advancing their work in peacebuilding.

Objectives

• Understanding principles of different dialogue approaches and terms
• Being able to design inclusive dialogue projects that take different needs, privilege and power differences
• into account and implement appropriate dialogue formats and facilitation methods, tools and skills
• Understanding group dynamics and the role and expectations on a dialogue facilitator
• Discern the complexity of different contexts and have come up with personal methods in dealing with complexity and difficulties
• Being aware of opportunities, but also limits of dialogue processes (within the participant's own contexts)

Key Concepts

This training will cover knowledge, skills and attitudes for dialogue.

• Knowledge: dialogue theories, approaches, models, processes, examples, case studies and best practices, contextualising and linking it with participants’ knowledge and experience.
• Skills: dialogue skills, communication skills (especially active listening skills), facilitation skills, reflection and reflexiveness (reflective practitioner approach). Role plays and simulations, practicing skills, feedback.
• Attitudes: self-awareness (awareness of our own biases), introspection, openness for learning, role plays, feedback.

Methodology

The training methodology is informed by the ‘Learning for Change’ approach, based on 5 principles:

• Interactive and participatory processes
• Linking theory and practice
• Reflective practitioner approach
• Adult learning methodology
• Learning through case studies and examples relevant to participants’ context.

In the course, participants use a variety of tools, including a digital learning platform, a video conferencing tool, and an online whiteboard. Participants should therefore have a good internet connection (1 Mbit down/upload or better). A headset is highly recommended.

Workload

Deliverables:

• Regular attendance and active participation in live sessions
• Contribution to reflection and discussion forums
• Participation in interactive exercises, role plays and simulations
• Regular reading and contribution to discussions on weekly topics in live sessions
• Constructive participation in small group tasks: facilitation, moderation, presentation
• Development of a case study, including actor analysis and designing a dialogue process for the chosen case study context
• Final presentation of the case study

After a successful participation, participants receive a certificate and become part of our alumni network.

Total expected weekly hours: 5 to 6 hours per week

Please register online on our website.

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Trauma-responsive Project Planning

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:53:19 +0000

Schedule:

Technical Check: on 27 September 2024 from 13:30 to 14:30 CEST
Online Live Sessions: from 2 to 23 October 2024, every Wednesday from 13:30 to 17:30 CEST

Who can register for this course?

The course is designed for people who have been working to understand the sources/causes/origins of trauma responses, the diverse impacts of trauma on individuals and collectively, and how those impacts - and responses to them - can sustain or interrupt cycles of harm. After establishing a broad foundational understanding of these dynamics (ideally in prior learning, though we will touch on this foundation at the opening of this course), people can focus on the specific application of that knowledge to project planning and management. As planners, designers, implementers, and evaluators of projects and programs in traumagenic circumstances, we do well to ask different questions that emphasise the realities of trauma responses in our planning, implementation, and evaluation processes. Team leaders, individuals working independently, facilitators and trainers, project designers, implementers, and evaluators can all benefit from this course that invites participants to focus trauma-responsiveness on project design and planning.

Depending on methods and topic of the training, we limit the number of available spaces to a manageable size (a maximum of 20 participants). Register early to reserve your place!

Content

The four weeks will begin with orientation in the group - including finding study pairs or triads - and the course material, which will include an assessment framework and readings that can enhance participants’ lenses for applying trauma responsiveness to project planning.

In the second week, the participants identify challenges, resources, and possibilities for trauma-responsive project planning, looking at specific ways the group has experienced trauma-responsive or trauma-clueless project and program management; participants are invited to work with the assessment framework using instructor-provided case studies and/or bring resources and cases that have been part of their experience.

In the third week, the conversations that emerge in the second week will continue, inviting small group work related to challenges, resources, and possibilities. That week, participants will create and share a 5-minute video or podcast, and will be responsible for listening to and offering feedback/questions to approximately 4 others’ short presentations.

In the fourth and final session, there will be room to discuss these final projects; acknowledge the possibilities, boundaries, and limitations for integrating trauma-responsiveness into peacebuilding projects; and close the training. All sessions (and self-guided learning) will involve some self-care and collective care practice.

Objectives

By the end of the training, participants will have:

• deepened their understanding of the meaning of being “trauma-responsive” and the implications for peace and conflict analysis, project planning and implementation, and organizational functioning
• engaged with a trauma-informed assessment framework related to their active and/or past projects
• explored and shared resources for understanding and addressing the intersections of trauma (collective, personal, relational, organizational, cultural, structural, historical, trans-generational) and their work realities
• considered possibilities, boundaries, and limitations – personally and professionally – for addressing the impacts of trauma
• practiced body-mind tools to reignite personal and team safety, dignity, and belonging in the face of chronic violence and uncertainty

Key Concepts

Being trauma responsive involves not only cultivating knowledge and capacity to speak about trauma and resilience in non-stigmatizing ways, but also engaging energy in meeting needs that emerge in the midst and aftermath of traumagenic circumstances.

Trauma responsiveness requires asking questions and taking action first and frequently within ourselves as practitioners. From this starting-with-self foundation, the participants can move to exploring organizational support for self-care and collective care.

While integration of care practices is essential to trauma-responsive project planning, so are structural efforts to meet justice needs, address historical harms, and practice sharing power: for example, who is in leadership (and not)? Who can participate (and not)? How do individuals and organizations acknowledge harm and work toward accountability and repair? What policies and processes support a just environment? What supports exist toward safety, belonging, dignity and shared power? How do we address gaps?

Methodology

The learning methodology centers participants’ experiences and questions they bring to the training and will adapt content to emergent questions. The trainers approach is grounded in about 20 years of theory and practice in multiple environments and centers the idea that a trauma-responsive learning community makes space to hold discomfort, with care and attentiveness to safety, dignity and belonging. The participants are invited to engage their own body-mind-spirit and experience in analytical, playful, and stress-relieving exercises; the approach makes space for unexpected learning and emergent themes, as well as the pre-planned content.

In the course, participants use a variety of tools, including a digital learning platform, a video conferencing tool, and an online whiteboard. Participants should therefore have a good internet connection (1 Mbit down/upload or better). A headset is highly recommended.

Workload

• Participants will be assigned 1-2 hours of readings, as well as questions to explore within a pair or triad, in between synchronous group learning sessions.
• Participants will produce a 5-minute podcast or video presentation to share with classmates communicating one of the ways they plan to apply our learning.
• As a final deliverable, participants may choose one of the following:
  a) Design a case study and accompanying questions that can help project team members sharpen their lenses toward trauma-responsive paths, practices and policies.
  b) Create a 2-page guide of key challenges and possibilities to shape trauma-responsive project planning.
  c) Evaluate a current or past project using the trauma-responsive organizational assessment questions.
  d) Creative option: participants may propose another way of integrating the course learning.

After a successful participation, participants receive a certificate and become part of our alumni network.

Total expected weekly hours: 5 to 7 hours per week

Please register online on our website.

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STEM ConnectHER 2024 Speaker Series: Charting a Successful Career in STEM

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 03:24:08 +0000

Calling all young women in STEM! Join us on July 26 for the upcoming STEM ConnectHER Speaker Session featuring inspiring leaders from Micron Technology, a world leader in innovative memory solutions. Dr. Subramaniam from Micron Women Leadership Network and Ms. Naidu from Micron India will share their career journey and how a positive mindset and adaptability helped them transform challenges into opportunities.

Speakers

• Dr. Esugasini Subramaniam, Director, TSE-SIG Global Operations, Supply Chain & Engineering, Micron Women Leadership Network
• Jhansi Jagannadham Naidu, Talent Acquisition Director, Micron Technology India

The Asia Foundation’s STEM ConnectHER program is a pan-regional network-of-networks to connect and support the next generation of women in STEM by providing them with access to mentorship and professional development opportunities. Learn more at https://stemconnecther.org/.

How to register

Register for free at https://www.tex.inc/taf/connecther-events.

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National Dialogue and peacemaking: From conflict to consensus

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 02:02:09 +0000

This is an eight-week online course which provides an in-depth understanding of National Dialogues and how to prepare, conduct and implement them. The course takes place from 19 September 2024 to 7 November 2024.

The course combines various learning formats, features leading experts and local practitioners, and immerses in real-world case studies.

The innovative course structure is comprised of three components in order to ensure a comprehensive learning experience:

1. An e-learning tool with five self-paced course units,
2. Five live facilitated peer-exchange sessions accompanying each unit,
3. Five live sessions with input from leading experts and a Q&A following each peer-exchange session.

For more information, please visit our website.

How to register

Please send your CV and an application form from our website to trainings@berghof-foundation.org with the subject line “National Dialogue and peacemaking online course 2024” by 31 July 2024.

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ILS HEAT Refresher 1-day Course

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 01:40:47 +0000

For those travelling to high risk and remote environments, it is critically important to maintain your personal security awareness and first aid knowledge.

Our one day residential skills refresher course is very practical. It utilises our huge training area to refresh many of the skills learnt on our ILS HEAT 3-day course, but also builds on those skills to provide a new, deeper level of knowledge.

On this course, learning is done through experience, delegates are immersed in engaging simulations that work across our three learning strands; 'human' security, 'hard' or physical security and first aid. Our simulations are then followed by a thorough, immediate debriefing process.

This training programme is suitable for those who completed the ILS HEAT training up to three years ago. We do accept delegates from other programmes but would ask that you contact us upon enrolment so that we can ensure this is the right training for you.

How to register

How to register

Book Online: https://www.locationsafety.com/training-calendar

Enquiries: info@locationsafety.com

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ILS HEAT 3-day course

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 01:39:46 +0000

Our three day ILS HEAT training (formerly known as SAFA) programme is delivered regularly in the UK (close to Gatwick Airport) and Kenya (close to Nairobi).

The course is delivered by a mixed gender team of professional security advisors and medics, using up-to-date theory and best practice principles on risk mitigation, informed by our ongoing risk advisory field work around the world.

Throughout the programme the instructors link three distinct topics:

Human Security

• The human factors that affect safety and security. Our team help delegates to understand the 'drivers’ to interpersonal violence, and their own attitudes and responses to it.

Physical Security

• Abduction, blast threats, vehicle check points, weapon effects; the ILS team explore and explain tactics employed by armed actors around the world. Delegates will learn how to reduce their personal and team vulnerabilities to these threats.

First Aid

• Basic Life Support for remote locations where access to definitive care is not easily accessible. The reality of delivering this kind of first aid can mean improvising equipment, and making difficult and pressured decisions.

At the end of the training, delegates will be able to:

• Conduct a context analysis and a personal travel risk assessment
• Explain their personal responses to risk
• Identify measures that reduce personal and team vulnerability to a range of threats
• Describe actions to take in the event of an incident occurring to reduce its impact
• List key protective equipment that can be used to increase personal safety
• Demonstrate how to communicate effectively during a critical incident
• Practice Basic Life Support

How to register

How to register

Book Online: https://www.locationsafety.com/training-calendar

Enquiries: info@locationsafety.com

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Qualified Safety Trainer (Training of Trainers)

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:48:57 +0000

Course Summary Description

An in-person training of trainers course designed for preparing the learner to independently plan and deliver adult learning activities using Danish Refugee Council materials within the framework of a personal safety training certification and refresher course. This personal safety training, capacity strengthening course is open to non-DRC staff intending to run personal safety, security and basic medical training such as Hazardous/Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) within their respective humanitarian organization or similar.

Learning Modules:

• Adult Learning Styles
• Training Methods & Aids
• Learning Objectives, Aims & Training Goals
• How to Communicate Better
• Presentation Techniques
• Course Coordination
• Training of Trainers for Medical Component
• Use of Scenarios & Roleplay
• Contextualizing Training
• Running Simulation Practical Exercises
• Running Skills Building Practical Exercises
• Participant Management

How to register

Please send an email to safetytraining@drc.ngo if you are interested in registering for this training event.

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Hostile Environment Awareness Training

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 07:03:27 +0000

Our Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) is a 3-day, residential course, designed for those who contribute to the world in challenging, remote, or hostile regions. In areas of poor governance, conflict, and natural disasters or facing threats of war, crime and conflict can result in real danger and medical facilities can be few, substandard, or remote.

HEAT participants learn to recognize, assess and avoid or handle risks. Should an incident occur, they are trained to respond according to best practices in the field that optimize and promote the likelihood of a positive outcome. The course is designed to be safe, encouraging and enjoyable, combining practical challenges with relevant theory, applicable to the contexts where national and expat staff are working. Our certified trainers support and coach participants during the training as well as the period after. This rounded approach enables you to apply learned objectives into daily practice.

TOPICS COVERED

• Mission preparations and disaster preparedness
• Medical accident response
• Performance under pressure/stress management skills
• Risk-reducing behavior regarding crime, corruption and other situations
• Communication skill-building
• Weapon awareness
• Gender-specific risks
• Handling detentions/interrogations

DURATION

3 days/3 nights

SPECIFICS

• Education level: MBO+ (secondary vocational education)
• Pre-training: not required
• Study load: 36 hours
• Teaching materials included in course costs

CHARACTERISTICS

• Mental
• Physical
• 3 days
• 3 nights

How to register

Please register by sending an email to: info@globalriskadvice.com or via our website: https://globalriskadvice.com/event/heat-training-21-23-july/.

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Programme/Project Monitoring & Evaluation for Accountability and Learning (PMEAL) - Online Certificate Course

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 04:18:53 +0000

Monitoring and Evaluation are crucial processes in supporting programme and project implementation, contributing to organizational learning, ensuring accountability, providing opportunities for stakeholder feedback to be captured and promoting evidence-based decision making. They assist in understanding whether a programme or project is on track and achieving its objectives and intended impact. By tracking progress and collecting data, project managers can identify issues early and take necessary remedial actions.

IDEAL Public Health and Development Consultancy (IPHDC), has organized this training which aimed at equipping participants with knowledge and skills for designing and implementing effective monitoring and evaluation within their humanitarian and development programmes/projects for accountability and learning.

When is the training?

15th to 19th July 2024

Who should attend this training?

Programme staff of UN, NGOs and government agencies including project managers, officers and assistants.

What are the key aspects of the training?

• Introduction to Programme/project Monitoring & Evaluation for Accountability and Learning (PMEAL);
• Principles and best practices in PMEAL;
• Developing effective M&E frameworks, tools and systems;
• Developing indicators for M&E;
• Data Collection, Analysis and Management in M&E;
• Documentation, Dissemination and Utilization of M&E information;
• PMEAL Human Resources and Capacity Building;
• PMEAL Budgeting;
• Organizational Learning & Decision Making from PMEAL;
• Accountability and Stakeholder participation in M&E;
• PMEAL Stakeholder Learning, Communication & Information Sharing.

What is the main training objective?

To equip trainees with the understanding of concepts, tools and processes for monitoring and evaluation of projects and programmes.

The training will build on existing best practices in Programme/project Monitoring & Evaluation for Accountability and Learning (PMEAL).

What learning approach and language will be used in the training?

The entire training will be facilitated in English. The training delivery method includes interactive online sessions, PowerPoint presentations, articles, publications, documentaries, quizzes and assessments.

For more information, send an email to training@iphdcinternational.org or call +254 (20) 2345572.

How to register

Interested individuals should complete our Course Application Form. Then pay the course fees after which they will be provided with the link to the course webinar and all the training reference materials.

For more information on our courses please click here

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Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) for Health Promotion - Online Certificate Course

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 04:12:17 +0000

Each year, a lot of resources are spent to address and modify human behaviour. While some intervention strategies are successful, many fall short of their intended goals. Research shows that those interventions most likely to achieve desired outcomes are based on a clear understanding of the targeted health behaviours and the environmental context in which they occur. Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) has been successfully used by various health promotion programs to improve the well being of target populations. It is a systematic, research-based and well-planned process that motivate people to adopt and sustain health promoting behaviours and lifestyles.

IDEAL Public Health and Development Consultancy (IPHDC), has planned a training aimed at improving the capacity of service providers, planners and decision makers of health-oriented programs to establish responsive Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) programs.

When is the training?

1st to 5th July 2024

Who should attend this training?

Program managers and officers of health-oriented programs in government, NGOs and UN agencies.

What are the key aspects of the training?

• Introduction to Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC).
• Understanding dynamics of health and human behaviour.
• Understanding audiences for SBCC through needs assessment.
• Strategic design and planning of SBCC program.
• Developing and pretesting messages and communication materials.
• Implementing and monitoring SBCC program.
• Evaluating the impact of SBCC programs.

What is the main training objective?

To build the capacity of trainees for improving health outcomes through targeted communication strategies aimed at positive behavior change among key populations.

What learning approach and language will be used in the training?

The training delivery method includes interactive online sessions, PowerPoint presentations, articles, publications, documentaries, quizzes and assessments.

For more information, send an email to training@iphdcinternational.org or call +254 (20) 2345572.

How to register

Interested individuals should complete our Course Application Form before Sunday 30th June 2024.

For more information on our courses you can visit our training page

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Project Cycle Management (PCM) - Online Certificate Course

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 04:06:59 +0000

Project Cycle Management (PCM) is the process of effectively planning and managing projects, programmes and organizations. It is used widely in the development and humanitarian sectors. Projects often times fail because they are badly planned and do not take into account some important factors, particularly the needs and views of stakeholders. PCM ensures that all aspects of projects are considered carefully especially at the formulation stage. A central value of the PCM method is that aspects of the project are reconsidered throughout the project cycle to ensure that any changes which have occurred are included in the project design. As a result, projects are more likely to be successful and sustainable.

PCM involves a set of planning tools which feed into the logical framework (commonly known as a log frame). The log frame is a matrix which gives a snapshot of the key elements of the project. Some donors require log frames to be submitted alongside project proposals. Log frames can seem quite complex to many people. Most organizations find it difficult to fundraise for their projects. This training will therefore, among other areas, serve to demonstrate the process of developing log frames and theories of change in order to increase the ability of development and humanitarian organizations to access such funding. The training will also furnish trainees with practical project management skills in all the key phases of a project.

By the end of the training, trainees will be able to understand how to manage the activities of a project throughout the identification, formulation, planning and implementation cycle.

Who should attend this training?

Programme staff of humanitarian and development agencies including project managers, officers and assistants.

What are the key aspects of the training?

• Introduction to Project Cycle Management (PCM);
• Key components of a project;
• Significant steps in project planning (needs assessment, problem analysis, objective setting and stakeholder analysis);
• The logical framework approach (LFA);
• Theory of change (ToC);
• Project Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) plan;
• Project Implementation plan (PIP);
• Project resource plan (PRP) and budgeting;
• Human resource management (HRM) in development and emergency projects;
• Sustainability mechanisms for development projects.

What are the main training objectives?

The following objectives will be achieved by the end of the training:

• To equip trainees with knowledge, skills and practices on project cycle management including programming, identification, formulation, financing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
• To introduce trainees to project management tools such as the Logical Framework Approach (LFA) as well as participatory approaches commonly used in projects;
• To strengthen participants competency in effective project management.

What learning approach and language will be used in the training?

The entire training will be facilitated in English.

The training delivery method includes in-person interactive lectures, brainstorming, groupwork, PowerPoint presentations, articles, videos, quizzes and assessments.

When is the training period?

8th to 12th July 2024

How to register

To register for the course, you need to complete our course application form then proceed to pay the training fees through any of the following options: bank transfer, Western Union or WorldRemit Internet Money Transfer. The deadline for registration is Sunday 7th July 2024.

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Organization Development and Systems Strengthening (ODSS) - Online Certificate Course

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 04:04:09 +0000

Humanitarian and development agencies play a very significant role in addressing the gaps in service delivery at community level. However, studies have shown that most of these agencies often lack requisite technical, financial and managerial capacity to effectively address these challenges. This has resulted in poor utilization of resources and consequently low impact from their interventions among target communities.

In order to bridge the prevalent institutional and programming capacity gaps of humanitarian and development agencies, IDEAL Public Health and Development Consultancy (IPHDC) has organized this five-day training on Organization Development and Systems Strengthening (ODSS). This approach is globally applied by funding agencies, intermediary organizations, capacity-building consultants and civil society organizations (CSOs).

What is the main training objective?

To strengthen institutional and programming capacity of humanitarian and development agencies for greater impact of their actions.

When is the training?

29th July to 2nd August 2024

Who should attend this training?

Administrators of development and humanitarian agencies, program managers, project managers and officers.

What are the key aspects of the training?

• Introduction to Organization Development and Systems Strengthening (ODSS).
• Project Management.
• Leadership and Governance.
• Stakeholder Analysis and Engagement.
• Financial Resource Management.
• Administration and Human Resource Management (HRM).
• Networking and Advocacy.
• Knowledge Management (KM).
• Sustainability of organizations.
• Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E).

What learning approach and language will be used in the training?

The entire training will be facilitated in English.

The training delivery method includes interactive webinar sessions, PowerPoint presentations, articles, videos, quizzes and assessments.

How to register

Interested individuals should complete our Course Application Form and submit it before Sunday 28th July 2024.

For more information, send an email to training@iphdcinternational.org or call +254 (20) 2345572.

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Human Security in a Polarized World - Solidarity in the crisis and for the future

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 04:42:12 +0000

In a polarized world with increasing numbers of wars and conflicts, and widening inequalities within and between countries, this event will discuss on criticality of human-centered approach to sustainable development and solidarity around it, based on the recently released the United Nations’ Secretary General’s Report on Human Security and UNDP 2023/24 Human Development Report on breaking the gridlock: reimagining the cooperation in a polarized world.

The event will serve as an important contribution leading up to the Summit of the Future to be convened by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in September for a more inclusive, networked and effective multilateralism, amongst governments, civil society and the private sector, reflecting the realities of today.

Background

In 1994, UNDP Human Development Report introduced a new concept of human security, which equates security with people rather than territories, with development rather than arms. Subsequently, the UN released the SG Reports on human security in 2010, 2012, and 2014 respectively. In 2022, UNDP issued a Special Report on Human Security “New threats to human security in the Anthropocene: demanding greater solidarity”, highlighting the centrality of so-called agency, which enables and to be further promoted by solidarity, protection and empowerment.

In view of the Summit of the Future this September, and the above special report, the United Nations has released the fourth SG’s Report on Human Security this January. The SG’s Report highlights that, in Our Common Agenda , which is the SG’s vision for the future global cooperation, more unified and bolder actions were called for on critical and interrelated challenges from climate change to digital transformation, pandemics, poverty and inequalities, conflict and violence. A series of policy briefs outlined proposed actions for each of those areas to support Member States to agree on ambitious and decisive action by the Summit of the Future. Human Security and its principles can be an overarching framework across these and other priorities.

April 2024, an informal plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly on Human Security was held in view of intensifying compound crises and reconfirming the importance of human security and human dignity.

In his remarks at the meeting, Secretary-General Guterres stressed the emphasis of the concept of Human Security on people and prevention has an important role to play in strengthening links at the local, national and regional levels, and creating momentum to tackle our shared challenges. He underscored his intention of commissioning his fourth report on Human Security to foster this dynamic and contribute to a safer, more prosperous, more secure world for all.

Approximately 120 countries as well as UN High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States. In his opening remarks, the Secretary General highlighted that

“Our world faces very serious challenges. Conflicts, the climate emergency, and a global cost-of-living crises are combining to reverse decades of development gains. Many countries are struggling to implement the 2030 Agenda. Deepening divisions and growing inequalities are leaving people with a heightened sense of anxiety and fear.”

In this world with increasingly complex and compound crises, human security lens is useful for understanding underlying causes of threats and formulating peacebuilding strategies, and for creating new social contracts and human rights demands based on equity and inclusiveness.

This public event in Japan will complement other UN initiatives and advocacy for human security, to discuss human security and how to enhance positive interdependence and collective actions based on the SG’s report above, as well as with the recent data and statistics from the 2023/2024 HDR.

Details

Date: 15:00-17:00, 24 June 2024 (JST)

Format: Hybrid

Venue: UNU Headquarters - U Thant International Conference Hal (Tokyo) / Zoom Webinar

Language: Japanese / English (simultaneous interpretation available)

Co-Organizers：United Nations Development Programme(UNDP), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Support: United Nations Information Centre (UNIC)

Agenda (tentative)

MC by Ms. Kaoru Nemoto, Director, UN Information Centre

Opening remarks by Haoliang Xu, UN Under-Secretary-General/UNDP Associate Administrator

Keynote speeches by

• Amb. Yukio Takasu, Special Representative on Human Security
• Dr. Pedro Conceição, Director, Human Development Report Office, UNDP

Panel discussions, followed by open discussions

Moderated by Hideko Hadzialic, Director, UNDP Representation Office in Tokyo

Panelists

• H.E. Mr. Sidya EL HADJ**,** Ambassador, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Chair of Africa Union
• H.E. Mr. Jean-Eric Maurice PAQUET, Ambassador, the European Union
• Ms. Sachiko Imoto, Senior Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
• Dr. Pedro Conceição, Director, Human Development Report Office, UNDP
• Ms. Ayako Takao, Climate Youth Japan

Closing remarks and ways forward by Mr. Takeshi Akahori, Ambassador, Assistant Minister (Director-General) for Global Issues, MOFA

How to register

Registration

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Introduction on Protection in Humanitarian Action

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 02:04:17 +0000

Who is this course for?

Graduates, humanitarian workers already operating in the sector, humanitarian workers that wish to operate in the protection sector.

MODULE I - Introduction to Protection - Giulia Menegatti Protection Specialist

• What is Humanitarian Protection
• Why is Humanitarian Protection Needed?
• Protection principles and standards
• Protection Model - the 'Egg' model
• Areas of Humanitarian Protection response – CP, GBV, GP, HLP, ME
• Case studies

MODULE II - Developing a Protection Response- Giulia Menegatti Protection Specialist

• Individual, Community, and Context – Socio-Ecological Theory
• Protection Risk Equation
• Emergency Protection Response – Overview of Protection Activities and Interventions: PFA, PSS, Case Management, Protection Monitoring
• Communication and Protection

MODULE III - CP and GBV core concepts and MHPSS - Emelita Cabanas - Protection Coordinator Nigeria

• Introduction to child protection
• Child development
• CP risks
• Introduction to GBV
• GBV categories
• Survivor-centered approach
• Introduction to the MHPSS pyramid

MODULE IV - Case Management - Loubna al Kanda - Protection Coordinator Jordan

• Case Management – Definition and Key Principles
• Case Management Process – Steps and Communication in Case Management
• Information Management and data protection in case management
• Scenario-based activity

MODULO V - Introduction to Community Based Protection - Ahmet Ibrahim - Protection Coordinator Iraq

• Community-Based Protection – Definition, Principles, and Key Consideration
• CBP Model
• Provide step-by-step practical guidance to support the implementation of Community-Based Protection
• Voice from the field: CBP in Iraq

MODULE VI - Coordination, protection mainstreaming, integration - Nasiha Omar - Protection Coordinator Yemen

• Coordination and collaboration in protection programming
• Introduction to protection mainstreaming
• Integrating protection in other sectors
• Health and Protection in INTERSOS: presentation from the health unit on integrated approach (guest speaker)

MODULO VII - Practice the learning

• Developing a Protection Response – Assess Needs, Target, and Response at the Individual, Family, and Community Levels

Participation fees:

Enroll you by following the link:

• More informations
• Check out form

Payments can also be made by bank transfer, for more informations please refer to info@intersoslab.it

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Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction - Southeast Asia

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 01:49:51 +0000

Develop the competencies to respond to and advocate for improved interventions around climate change and disaster risk reduction.

(Please note that we have free places for this training. Please apply here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZT37X87).

This is an interactive online course on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.

RedR UK is offering an innovative, high-quality online training course aiming to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to respond to and advocate for improved action around climate change and disaster risk reduction.

The course is contextualized to Southeast Asia and uses case studies throughout to support development of DRR activities that allow for the adaptation and mitigation of the impact of climate change.

The training is a 6-week fully online course with a mix of live and asynchronous (offline) content every week, delivered on RedR UK’s dedicated e-learning platform. The course requires a commitment of around 6 -7 hours a week from participants.

There will be two different choices on offer for this course, depending on how you prefer to learn and your time schedules. Each week, all participants will be required to attend a live seminar (2 hours a week, in different time slots) plus complete relevant pre-seminar work (to be done on your own time, around 3 hours a week). Participants can then choose either:

- The practical session stream: attending an additional practical session, where participants work in group on a real-life scenario, putting their skills from the week into practice. This will be better suited to those who enjoy learning through doing and working groups, and will be able to join one live session a week, besides the 2-hour live seminar.

- The individual assignment stream: completing a written task and submitting it to the e-learning platform for feedback. This can be done on your own time within the week, and will be better suited to those who enjoy working individually, or those who will struggle to join a live online session besides the 2-hour live seminar.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Describe climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, and how to incorporate these practices in your organisation’s operations

• Discuss the key factors associated with climate change science

• Describe relevant implementation and operational activities for climate change

• Explain methods for communication of climate change activities with stakeholders

• Discuss practical climate change and DRR measures for relevant sectors, including health, agriculture and livelihoods

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course is designed for people at management level in NGOs, humanitarian organizations, local and national government, or private sector, with a climate change and/or disaster response remit within the Southeast Asia region. The course will be delivered in English.

HPass Badging

For this module, RedR UK is also offering HPass Badging. An HPass badge is a digital indicator of achievement, and a way for participants to demonstrate their skills and experience. More information on HPass Badging can be found here. Participants will be able to redeem a badge through a link sent after the module.

RedR UK is committed to making sure everyone’s needs are met, including people of different genders, ages and disabilities. If you have any specific access requirements or learning needs RedR are committed to try and make reasonable adjustments to support your needs, please email climatechange@redr.org.uk at any stage of the booking process to talk directly to RedR about your needs.

RedR UK’s Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction project is kindly funded by AXA XL.

How to register

To directly register for the training (288 GBP), go to the registration page here.

To apply for a free place on the training, complete the application form here.

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Explore Digital: Maximizing Business Potential Using Digital Tools and Insights

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 01:32:52 +0000

How can MSMEs harness digital technology to make strategic business decisions and drive growth? Join us on June 25 for the next episode of Explore Digital Speaker Series to learn the different digital tools and tactics that help businesses improve customer experience and boost sales.

Speakers:

• Kounila Keo, Managing Partner, Mekhala Radiant Communications
• Wendy - Chawisa Chen, CEO and Co-Founder, Talk To PEACH
• Somchit Phankham, Director of Communications and Marketing, Tai Baan Crafts

Explore Digital is part of the Go Digital ASEAN initiative implemented by The Asia Foundation with funding from Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, and is endorsed by the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (ACCMSME). Learn more at godigitalasean.org.

How to register

Register for free: https://godigitalasean.org/explore-digital/

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Reporting Skills & Professional Writing in Relief, Humanitarian and Development Contexts

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 01:28:24 +0000

REPORTING SKILLS & PROFESSIONAL WRITING IN RELIEF, HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT CONTEXTS

Effective reports are essential in any project M&E system. This course equips you with the practical tools and skills you need to produce reports that:

• Lead to action.
• Support informed project decision-making.
• Help steer projects towards measurable results for communities.

This training is for anyone in working in relief, humanitarian or development contexts who is involved with data collection, analysis or reporting. You will learn a step-by-step process for reporting that will reduce wasted time and deadline stress, and ensure your reports have more impact. Gain the expertise to:

• SET REPORTING OBJECTIVES: Learn how to define clear reporting objectives by understanding the reader’s expectations. Understand how to deconstruct the report template / TOR so you can manage complex reports and team reporting efforts.
• GET TO GRIPS WITH DATA: Learn how to select the most effective data collection methods for your project M&E. Unlock your ability to identify holistic insights and draw meaningful conclusions, revealing the stories behind the numbers.
• PLAN & ORGANIZE YOUR WRITING: Learn an innovative approach to writing that allows you to build your writing around its objectives and plan, draft and organize your ideas persuasively for maximum impact and engagement. Learn the power of clear communication and techniques to keep your readers interested and alert.

COURSE PROCESS

Our course is designed to fit into your schedule, enabling effective learning and application of knowledge. This is a combination of dynamic live sessions conducted using ZOOM and off-line self study. Here's what you can expect:

• DYNAMIC LIVE SESSIONS: Engage in five interactive weekly live sessions conducted via Zoom (and recorded for future reference), where expert instructor Neil Kendrick will guide you through the learning process. Each week we meet live for around 60 minutes to discuss the application of the tools and explore any questions.
• FLEXIBLE SELF-STUDY: Work through video presentations and tasks at your own pace between meetings.
• TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING: Short quizzes at the end of each module let you test your knowledge and help you reflect deeper on the learning points.
• DISCUSSION SPACES: At the end of each module, leave reflections and questions in the Check In sections for discussion or for the next meeting.
• DEDICATED SUPPORT: Dedicated support is available throughout the course duration for any technical issues or additional questions.
• PERSONALIZED FEEDBACK: After completing the course, you'll have the opportunity to submit a report for personalized feedback. We will provide valuable insights to help you refine your skills and achieve greater impact.
• CERTIFICATION OF PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: On successful completion of the course, you will be awarded a certificate recognizing your expertise in Reporting Skills and Professional Writing.

MEETING SCHEDULE

• Meeting 1: Wednesday 31 July 2024 10.00 - 11.00 UTC
• Meeting 2: Wednesday 7 August 2024 10.00 - 11.00 UTC
• Meeting 3: Wednesday 14 August 2024 10.00 - 11.00 UTC
• Meeting 4: Wednesday 21 August 2024 10.00 - 11.00 UTC
• Meeting 5: Wednesday 28 August 2024 10.00 - 11.00 UTC

You can see current UTC time here.
Assignment deadline for feedback: 15 September 2024

Leading ELD Training with over 25 years of experience, Neil Kendrick from the UK specializes in Professional Writing, Reporting Skills, Proposal Writing, Results-Based Management, and Monitoring & Evaluation. He has trained professionals from hundreds of organizations in over 20 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

"I've never experienced a course like ELD before. It's amazing, effective and enhanced my English writing."

Nazrul Islam, District Facilitator, UNDP Bangladesh

"I have started to apply the skills from the online training almost immediately. The course was highly relevant and eye-opening. I recommend the course to anyone who has to prepare written reports in their work."

Haifa Naeem, Consultant, Anti-Corruption Commission, Maldives

"The course was engaging and relevant. Neil delivers the course in a way that is simple and easy to understand."

Yvonne Manase, Public Health Cosultant, Zimbabwe

“Thanks for going through my report and all the feedback and suggestions. My report writing will never be the same again.”

Robson Vambe, TechnoServe, Zimbabwe

When does the course start and finish?

The course dates are in the description above. There you will see the dates for the weekly live meetings, as well as the deadline for the post-training assignment.

How long do I have access to the course?

How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.

What is the course process?

On the scheduled dates we meet each week for around one hour to discuss the topics and respond to questions. Between meetings you can work through the course materials at your own pace. At the end of each module there is a space for leaving reflections and questions for the next meeting. After the final meeting you have an extra period to prepare your assignment for personal feedback.

How much time do I need per week?

It will vary - but, on average, expect around 3 - 5 hours commitment per week: one hour per week for the live meeting, and the rest for personal study.

What happens if I miss a meeting?

Missing a meeting isn't a problem. All meetings are recorded and, if you are unexpectedly busy with other work or in the field, you can download to watch later. At the end of each module inside the course there is a place for sharing reflections and questions. So, even if you can't attend a particular meeting, we will still discuss your comments and questions.

What's involved in the follow-up assignment?

The follow-up assignment gives you a chance to apply what you have learned more deeply. You are given a fixed time to develop your own work. (The assignment varies depending on the nature of the course.) Although optional, this is a powerful way to get one-to-one insights on your strengths and areas for further improvement.

What support is available during the course?

Dedicated support is available throughout the course duration for any technical issues or additional questions.

I'm not sure I have enough time ...

These courses are designed to maximize their impact while allowing you to manage your other work. You need just one hour a week for the live meetings. Self-study can be done whenever you have a few minutes free.

View the full course curriculum and sample modules at https://www.eldtraining.com/p/reporting-skills-august-2024.

Visit https://www.eldtraining.com/p/reporting-skills-august-2024 for payment information.

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Humanitarian Essentials Logistics Module (HELM 1 & 2) Diploma Session

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 01:04:25 +0000

Logistics Learning Alliance is a leading provider of humanitarian based training programmes. We currently have over 1,000 students, studying in six continents and working under some of the most dangerous and challenging conditions in many of the world’s most disaster hit and war-torn countries.

Following the huge success of our Humanitarian Essentials Logistics Module (HELM) Events between 2015 and 2023, we will be visiting Kathmandu, Nepal during November and December, to run an eight day HELM 1 & 2 Diploma event. Specialising in several key aspects of humanitarian logistics, including Supply Chain, Warehousing & Inventory, Procurement and Medical Logistics.

Session 1: 25th - 29th November: Supply Chain, Warehousing & Inventory and Fleet Management & Transport

Session 2: 2nd - 5th December: Procurement, Medical Supply Chain and Leadership v Management

Course content

The workshop will covers areas including:

• Supply Chain – including What is Supply Chain Management, The Role of the Humanitarian Supply Chain Manager, How the Supply Chain Works and Improving the Supply Chain.
• Warehousing & Inventory – including The Function of the Warehouse, Layout of the Warehouse, Stock Control and Health and Safety in the Warehouse.
• Transport & Fleet Management – including The Role of Transport in the Supply Chain, Modes of Transport, Third Parties involved with Transport and Handling Requirements for Goods Movement.
• Procurement – including The Role of Procurement in the Supply Chain, Procurement Objectives, Determine the Specification Types and The Supplier Market.
• Medical Logistics – including Analysis of the Medical Logistics Operation, Medical Supply Chains, Storage Requirements, Procedures and Processes and Quality Assurance.
• Management (Leaders v Managers) – including Managing a Humanitarian Logistics Team, Developing Personal Skills to Become a Leader, Organisational Skills and The Attributes of a Leader.

How to register

Go to https://www.logisticslearningalliance.com/lla-events/ OR complete our online registration form: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/d02c58bd9a5f4d51b56379214c96ba35

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