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Course details
Date:
27 May 2013
Length: 1 days
Location: El Fasher, Sudan
Effective communication between the office and the field plays an important role in helping humanitarian operations run smoothly and efficiently. Therefore, it is important that humanitarian staff who are involved in coordinating between these two work locations understand the equipment and procedures required for successful and safe communication.
This one-day foundational-level course aims to have participants display and understand the minimum standards for communicating to enhance humanitarian operations overall. Through a variety of activities, participants will learn about communications equipment and procedures that will help them in their field-to-office communication tasks.
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Course details
Date:
27 - 29 May 2013
Length: 3 days
Location: El Geneina, Sudan
Humanitarian aid workers work in complex situations where they often face multifaceted dilemmas and where their work can have wide-ranging and sometimes unintended, impacts. It is therefore imperative that relief workers understand the context in which they work and their roles, responsibilities and impacts within this context. Having a solid understanding of the humanitarian context, its legal framework and the application of different humanitarian laws, principles, standards and norms is an important start to being a more aware and conscientious aid worker.
Through a variety of activities, including a simulation exercise, participants will learn how to apply humanitarian standards and principles in a practical way so their new knowledge is complemented with practical skills.
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Course details
Date:
27 - 29 May 2013
Length: 3 days
Location: Nyala, Sudan
The Do No Harm (DNH) framework is widely used in the humanitarian and development communities and is one of the best known tools for Peace and Conflict Impact Analysis. This workshop will enable you to apply basic 'Do No Harm' principles to your humanitarian work by gaining an introductory knowledge on the 'Do No Harm' framework. The framework is an effective tool for relief and development organisations working in conflict environments. This course will enable you to reflect on the potential contribution that the framework can make within your context and improve the quality of relief and development programmes across the board.
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Course details
Date:
28 - 30 May 2013
Length: 3 days
Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
Road Traffic Accidents (RTA) within aid agencies have been posing serious threats to the safety and security of aid workers, which in turn is restricting program continuity and affecting the image of organisations themselves. Accidents and breakdowns are not only costly but can also severely hinder ongoing operations and negatively impact organisational resources.
Given the unsafe environment in which aid agencies are operating, the RedR UK Pakistan Programme offers a 3-4ay course for drivers and fleet managers. The module will be run as a three-day intensive workshop involving a variety of hands-on activities such as practical on-site simulations, mock exercises, group activities, presentations, and brainstorming.
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Course details
Date:
29 - 30 May 2013
Length: 2 days
Location: El Fasher, Sudan
Stress is an ever-present factor of work in the humanitarian sector, and can seriously impact the work done by individual aid workers, teams and organisations as a whole. It is essential for managers to not only understand the causes and results of stress in those they are managing, but also to know how to prevent and manage stress and the negative outcomes it can produce in a humanitarian setting. This 2-day course will allow middle and upper-level managers in humanitarian organisations to gain skills in managing and mitigating stress in their workplaces.
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Course details
Date:
30 May 2013
Length: 1 days
Location: Nyala, Sudan
This one-day course is a continuation of the Security Guards Training Level 1. The course aims to take participants to an advanced level of understanding of the security issues related to their roles and responsibilities. It also addresses tasks related to basic health and safety issues.
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Course details
Date:
3 - 7 Jun 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
It is essential for the operation of humanitarian programmes that organisations have the capacity to design, write and deliver high quality project proposals and reports. This course will focus on aspects what make proposals effective and successful and will introduce participants to best practices in proposal writing and help them to develop the knowledge and skills needed to improve their efficacy in writing, presenting and defending proposals. It will also cover report writing and will equip you with skills and techniques to write clear and engaging reports that encourage the reader to take action on your recommendations.
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Course details
Date:
4 Jun 2013
Length: 1 days
Location: Juba, South Sudan
This workshop offers simple, practical and effective strategies for supporting colleagues and team members in the immediate aftermath of critical incidents. Based on the latest research into risk and resilience, this two-day training also draws deeply on RedR UKs experience of working on traumatic stress.
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Course details
Date:
10 - 11 Jun 2013
Length: 2 days
Location: Juba, South Sudan
Adequate human resource management goes beyond hiring and training. Particularly in the humanitarian sector where staff face stressful situations in and out of the workplace, understanding good human resource practices is key in managing staff in any organization. There is a need to build the capacity of relief workers in this area for efficient and productive team development. Topics that are covered in this course are applicable for staff care of individual members, teams and organizations and will be presented through a variety of interactive training activities.
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Course details
Date:
10 - 14 Jun 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
Are you ready for the realities of relief work? Essentials of Humanitarian Practice will give you an insight into life working in the field whilst increasing you understanding of the characteristics of natural disasters, conflict induced emergencies and the requirements for an effective humanitarian response.
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Course details
Date:
10 - 14 Jun 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Trainers in the humanitarian sector ensure aid workers are equipped with the skills and knowledge they require to deliver successful humanitarian programmes. This five-day course combines theory and practice to help you understand the fundamentals of training and facilitation and develop competencies to aid you in becoming a more effective trainer.
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Course details
Date:
10 - 14 Jun 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Logistics activities account for a very large proportion of the costs involved in a disaster relief operation. Logisticians explore ways of minimising costs while maximising the impact of aid in order to ensure effective humanitarian response. This course aims to help you develop the competencies needed to manage field logistics in a humanitarian context.
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Course details
Date:
10 - 14 Jun 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
Given the insecure and often rapidly changing environments in which aid agencies work, safety and security management is not an optional extra - it needs to be at the heart of humanitarian programmes. This five-day course will enable participants to identify the key requirements for managing security in an organisational framework, and practice essential techniques in risk management and crisis response.
The course draws on extensive field case studies, the current humanitarian environment and the security management practices used by humanitarian bodies internationally. The module will be run as a five day intensive workshop involving presentations, group work, the production of a security plan and two simulation exercises.
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Course details
Date:
12 - 13 Jun 2013
Length: 2 days
Location: Juba, South Sudan
This one day programme will give participants a better understanding of various schools of thought on how to effectively manage stress. Youll also be provided with contextualised materials on different stress management initiatives.
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Course details
Date:
18 - 19 Jun 2013
Length: 2 days
Location: Juba, South Sudan
This 1 day training course aims to improve the understanding of the role of guards and to ensure the standardised practices and procedural responses that keep sites and people safe are followed in both standard and emergency situations.
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Course details
Date:
24 - 28 Jun 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Before relief work can take place, aid workers need to understand the present needs and the resources available in order to plan and respond effectively. Conducting accurate, effective and timely assessments is key to the preparation and planning of humanitarian projects.
This course aims to improve the effectiveness of personnel engaged in humanitarian relief by taking you through good practice in assessment procedure, including frameworks and principles of emergency assessments. This is an interactive course that utilises group exercises and focused discussion, giving you the opportunity to share ideas and experiences.
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Course details
Date:
24 - 28 Jun 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Personal security training is crucial for anyone working in an insecure or hostile environment. This course has been designed to provide the most relevant and challenging training, specifically from an NGO perspective for NGO workers.
The course is designed to put you under stressful circumstances, preparing you for the worst case-scenario. Essential classroom theory is complimented with real-life simulation confronting key issues such as roadblocks, abduction, weapons, mines and crossfire. This training will help you to reduce security risks and enable you to deal with situations that could compromise your safety and that of your colleagues.
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Course details
Date:
25 - 28 Jun 2013
Length: 4 days
Location: Juba, South Sudan
The ability of NGOs to deliver aid is dependent on their access to funds. While proposals are important, it is the quality of project proposals that determines whether or not funds are ultimately received. Therefore, it is essential for the operation of humanitarian programmes that organisations have the capacity to design, write and deliver high quality project proposals.
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Course details
Date:
25 - 27 Jun 2013
Length: 3 days
Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is a vital element of any responsible humanitarian aid effort, as well as a crucial part of governmental planning. Both strive to ensure that when the next disaster hits, the loss of life is significantly decreased and communities have the knowledge, skills and infrastructures to rebuild their lives as quickly and effectively in a manner that fits their culture and expectations.
This three-day DRR training covers Disaster Risk Reduction approaches and operational issues and will provide practical skills to enable humanitarian workers to build DRR approaches into their disaster responses and local capacity building efforts.
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Course details
Date:
1 - 5 Jul 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
Given the insecure and often rapidly changing environments in which aid agencies work, safety and security management is not an optional extra, it needs to be at the heart of humanitarian programmes.
This five-day intensive course will enable participants to identify the key requirements for managing security in complex emergencies and conflict zones.
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Course details
Date:
1 - 5 Jul 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This five-day intensive course will enable participants to identify the key requirements for managing security in complex emergencies and conflict zones by practicing essential techniques in risk management, security assessment and crisis response.
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Course details
Date:
1 - 2 Jul 2013
Length: 2 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This course provides an in-depth look at the Sphere Project standards for accountability and good practice along with the Humanitarian Charter and the Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response. The course examines these principles in theory and also looks at them in practice.
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Course details
Date:
1 - 3 Jul 2013
Length: 3 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This interactive course is designed to enable participants to understand accountability and apply the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership Standard in humanitarian programmes. The course focuses on the HAP 2010 standards, its six benchmarks and their practical implications on project performance in humanitarian interventions.
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Course details
Date:
1 - 5 Jul 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This five-day intensive course will enable participants to identify the key requirements for managing security in complex emergencies and conflict zones by practicing essential techniques in risk management, security assessment and crisis response.
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Course details
Date:
8 - 9 Jul 2013
Length: 2 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Are you an effective leader? Can you motivate your team when in the midst of an emergency, even if you are miles away? Managing people can be a challenge for any organisation, but in the relief sector, there is often the additional challenge of managing remotely. As a manager working with a team remotely, it is important that you can engage and value staff that is working in stressful and chaotic environments, even if you are not in the same location. 90% about the people issues and 10% about the new technology, successful distance management is essential for the success of any humanitarian response.
This workshop is an ideal way to get some top tips and tools to help you manage more effectively from a distance. Through a combination of theory and practical group exercises, participants will examine how to establish strong working relationships at a distance.
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Course details
Date:
8 - 9 Jul 2013
Length: 2 days
Location: Juba, South Sudan
Effective responses to complex emergencies require exceptional leadership skills. The ability to deliver quality outputs on time, achieve the targets, put the right structure, systems and practices in place is a crucial component of effective humanitarian response.
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Course details
Date:
10 - 11 Jul 2013
Length: 2 days
Location: Juba, South Sudan
This two day workshop will equip mid-senior level staff involved in team development with the fundamentals of team building. The course will focus on the principles of team development and dynamics, dealing with communication and conflict within teams, effective team leadership, how to create a positive environment in the workplace, how to reduce stress in teams and implement self-care programs. You will leave the course with the knowledge and practical skills to improve team dynamics in the workplace and assist team members to work hand in hand.
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Course details
Date:
10 - 14 Jul 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: London and Worcestershire, UK
Personal security training is crucial for anyone working in an insecure or hostile environment. This course has been designed to provide the most relevant and challenging training, specifically from an NGO perspective for NGO workers.
The course is designed to put you under stressful circumstances, preparing you for the worst case-scenario. Essential classroom theory is complimented with real-life simulation confronting key issues such as roadblocks, abduction, weapons, mines and crossfire. This training will help you to reduce security risks and enable you to deal with situations that could compromise your safety and that of your colleagues.
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Course details
Date:
15 - 17 Jul 2013
Length: 3 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Humanitarian work is inherently stressful. Staff are often working in insecure environments where they can be affected by critical incidents. When working in risky situations aid workers can potentially be subjected to verbal and physical assualt, robbery or abduction/kidnapping. Therefore, it is essential that humanitarian organisations have the ability to provide the training and support to aid workers who are affected by these types of critical incidents.
This two day course aims to bring together humanitarian workers to identify and address stress while equipping them with stress management techniques.
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Course details
Date:
23 - 26 Jul 2013
Length: 4 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This course brings together the combined skills of RedR UK and the Norwegian Refugee Council to offer Camp Management training beneficial to individuals from a range of organisations involved in camp coordination and camp management.
The course will enable you to develop practical knowledge of international principles and standards. You will also gain competence in using camp management guidelines and tools and will prepare you to contribute to and participate in effective settlement responses in complex displacement settings.
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Course details
Date:
27 Jul 2013
Length: 1 days
Location: London, UK
This one-day workshop is an essential introduction for anyone interested in a career in the humanitarian sector.
You will hear first hand experiences from relief workers, learn about the nature of humanitarian relief, and look at the skills you have to bring to the sector.
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Course details
Date:
12 - 13 Aug 2013
Length: 2 days
Location: Juba, South Sudan
Adequate human resource management goes beyond hiring and training. Particularly in the humanitarian sector where staff face stressful situations in and out of the workplace, understanding good human resource practices is key in managing staff in any organization. There is a need to build the capacity of relief workers in this area for efficient and productive team development. Topics that are covered in this course are applicable for staff care of individual members, teams and organizations and will be presented through a variety of interactive training activities.
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Course details
Date:
19 - 23 Aug 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
By the end of the five day course participants will be able to describe the components of disaster risk management, identify community vulnerability and capacities to deal with natural hazards, have strategies to strengthen the role of different organisations and groups in disaster risk management and be aware of the role of local aid workers in disaster management and additional needs to strengthen their participation in overall mechanism of disaster risk reduction.
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Course details
Date:
2 - 6 Sep 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
This course will enable participants to explore perspectives on childrens rights in emergencies and develop the critical skills to respond in a child-centred way. The course aims to develop the competencies required to effectively meet the needs of children through humanitarian programmes.
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Course details
Date:
2 - 4 Sep 2013
Length: 3 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This interactive course is designed to enable participants to understand accountability and apply the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership Standard in humanitarian programmes. The course focuses on the HAP 2010 standards, its six benchmarks and their practical implications on project performance in humanitarian interventions.
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Course details
Date:
9 - 13 Sep 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
Effective responses to complex emergencies require exceptional management skills. Managing people and projects can be difficult at the best of times, but being able to deliver quality outputs on time and under pressure is even more crucial during the chaos and stress of a complex emergency. Managing People and Projects in Emergencies is a five-day course that aims to develop the competencies needed to manage people and projects effectively and apply them in a humanitarian context.
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Course details
Date:
9 - 13 Sep 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Before relief work can take place, aid workers need to understand the present needs and the resources available in order to plan and respond effectively. Conducting accurate, effective and timely assessments is key to the preparation and planning of humanitarian projects.
This course aims to improve the effectiveness of personnel engaged in humanitarian relief by taking you through good practice in assessment procedure, including frameworks and principles of emergency assessments. This is an interactive course that utilises group exercises and focused discussion, giving you the opportunity to share ideas and experiences.
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Course details
Date:
16 - 20 Sep 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Personal security training is crucial for anyone working in an insecure or hostile environment. This course has been designed to provide the most relevant and challenging training, specifically from an NGO perspective for NGO workers.
The course is designed to put you under stressful circumstances, preparing you for the worst case-scenario. Essential classroom theory is complimented with real-life simulation confronting key issues such as roadblocks, abduction, weapons, mines and crossfire. This training will help you to reduce security risks and enable you to deal with situations that could compromise your safety and that of your colleagues.
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Course details
Date:
16 - 18 Sep 2013
Length: 3 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Humanitarian work is inherently stressful. Staff are often working in insecure environments where they can be affected by critical incidents. When working in risky situations aid workers can potentially be subjected to verbal and physical assualt, robbery or abduction/kidnapping. Therefore, it is essential that humanitarian organisations have the ability to provide the training and support to aid workers who are affected by these types of critical incidents.
This two day course aims to bring together humanitarian workers to identify and address stress while equipping them with stress management techniques.
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Course details
Date:
19 - 20 Sep 2013
Length: 2 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The Do No Harm (DNH) framework is widely used in the humanitarian and development communities and is one of the best known tools for Peace and Conflict Impact Analysis. This workshop will enable you to apply basic 'Do No Harm' principles to your humanitarian work by gaining an introductory knowledge on the 'Do No Harm' framework. The framework is an effective tool for relief and development organisations working in conflict environments. This course will enable you to reflect on the potential contribution that the framework can make within your context and improve the quality of relief and development programmes across the board.
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Course details
Date:
23 - 24 Sep 2013
Length: 2 days
Location: London, UK
This two-day course provides an in-depth look at the Sphere Project standards for accountability and good practice along with the Humanitarian Charter and the Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response. The course examines these principles in theory and also looks at them in practice.
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Course details
Date:
23 - 27 Sep 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Logistics activities account for a very large proportion of the costs involved in a disaster relief operation. Logisticians explore ways of minimising costs while maximising the impact of aid in order to ensure effective humanitarian response. This course aims to help you develop the competencies needed to manage field logistics in a humanitarian context.
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Course details
Date:
25 - 27 Sep 2013
Length: 3 days
Location: London, UK
This interactive three-day course is designed to enable participants to understand accountability and apply the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership Standard in humanitarian programmes. The course focuses on the HAP 2010 standards, its six benchmarks and their practical implications on project performance in humanitarian interventions.
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Course details
Date:
28 Sep 2013
Length: 1 days
Location: London, UK
This one-day workshop is an essential introduction for anyone interested in a career in the humanitarian sector.
You will hear first hand experiences from relief workers, learn about the nature of humanitarian relief, and look at the skills you have to bring to the sector.
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Course details
Date:
30 Sep - 4 Oct 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Trainers in the humanitarian sector ensure aid workers are equipped with the skills and knowledge they require to deliver successful humanitarian programmes. This five-day course combines theory and practice to help you understand the fundamentals of training and facilitation and develop competencies to aid you in becoming a more effective trainer.
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Course details
Date:
7 - 11 Oct 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
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Course details
Date:
14 - 18 Oct 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Effective responses to complex emergencies require exceptional leadership skills. The ability to deliver quality outputs on time, achieve the targets, put the right structure, systems and practices in place is a crucial component of effective humanitarian response.
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Course details
Date:
16 - 20 Oct 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: London and Worcestershire, UK
Personal security training is crucial for anyone working in an insecure or hostile environment. This course has been designed to provide the most relevant and challenging training, specifically from an NGO perspective for NGO workers.
The course is designed to put you under stressful circumstances, preparing you for the worst case-scenario. Essential classroom theory is complimented with real-life simulation confronting key issues such as roadblocks, abduction, weapons, mines and crossfire. This training will help you to reduce security risks and enable you to deal with situations that could compromise your safety and that of your colleagues.
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Course details
Date:
22 - 24 Oct 2013
Length: 3 days
Location: London, UK
This course is designed to improve the leadership skills of humanitarians who are working in management or coordination roles. It draws on the latest research into the skills required by Humanitarian Leaders by authorities such as ALNAP and is delivered by Humanitarians who are able to enrich the course with personal perspective.
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Course details
Date:
28 Oct - 1 Nov 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
Given the insecure and often rapidly changing environments in which aid agencies work, safety and security management is not an optional extra, it needs to be at the heart of humanitarian programmes.
This five-day intensive course will enable participants to identify the key requirements for managing security in complex emergencies and conflict zones.
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Course details
Date:
28 Oct - 1 Nov 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This workshop will provide an overview of the water, sanitation and hygiene promotion (WASH) sector, identifying the key issues to address in an emergency. The course guides participants through the key stages undertaken in planning a WASH response during an emergency. Participants are then able to apply their knowledge through creating a response to a case study.
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Course details
Date:
28 Oct - 1 Nov 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This course brings together the combined skills of RedR UK and the Norwegian Refugee Council to offer Camp Management training beneficial to individuals from a range of organisations involved in camp coordination and camp management.
The course will enable you to develop practical knowledge of international principles and standards. You will also gain competence in using camp management guidelines and tools and will prepare you to contribute to and participate in effective settlement responses in complex displacement settings.
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Course details
Date:
4 Nov 2013
Length: 1 days
Location: London, UK
The workshop will provide an overview of the shelter sector, identifying the breadth of issues affecting emergency shelter, including principles and common practices.
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Course details
Date:
4 - 6 Nov 2013
Length: 3 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This interactive course is designed to enable participants to understand accountability and apply the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership Standard in humanitarian programmes. The course focuses on the HAP 2010 standards, its six benchmarks and their practical implications on project performance in humanitarian interventions.
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Course details
Date:
5 Nov 2013
Length: 1 days
Location: London, UK
This workshop will provide an overview of the water, sanitation and hygiene promotion (WASH) sector, identifying the key issues to address in an emergency. The course guides participants through the key stages undertaken in planning a WASH response during an emergency. Participants are then able to apply their knowledge through creating a response to a case study.
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Course details
Date:
6 Nov 2013
Length: 1 days
Location: London, UK
This course provides an introduction to water supply for emergencies, covering topics such as source selection, treatment, and distribution.
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Course details
Date:
7 Nov 2013
Length: 1 days
Location: London, UK
This course aims to provide an introduction to sanitation in emergencies, with a main focus on excreta disposal, covering topics such as environmental health, assessing needs, and design options for the immediate relief and recovery stages following a disaster.
This course is taught as part of WASH week and can be taken alone or in conjunction with the other WASH Week programmes.
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Course details
Date:
8 Nov 2013
Length: 1 days
Location: London, UK
The course explores the fundamentals of hygiene promotion in emergency environments. You will look at methods of hygiene behaviour change, community engagement and facilitation, and how to ensure that affected populations are fully integrated in the WASH responses that your organisation implements. This course is part of WASH week and can be taken alone or in conjunction with the other WASH week programmes.
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Course details
Date:
11 - 15 Nov 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
Before relief work can take place, aid workers need to understand the present needs and the resources available in order to plan and respond effectively. Conducting accurate, effective and timely assessments is key to the preparation and planning of humanitarian projects.
This course aims to improve the effectiveness of personnel engaged in humanitarian relief by taking you through good practice in assessment procedure, including frameworks and principles of emergency assessments. This is an interactive course that utilises group exercises and focused discussion, giving you the opportunity to share ideas and experiences.
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Course details
Date:
11 - 15 Nov 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Logistics activities account for a very large proportion of the costs involved in a disaster relief operation. Logisticians explore ways of minimising costs while maximising the impact of aid in order to ensure effective humanitarian response. This course aims to help you develop the competencies needed to manage field logistics in a humanitarian context.
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Course details
Date:
18 - 22 Nov 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
ogistics activities account for a very large proportion of the costs involved in a disaster relief operation. Logisticians explore ways of minimising costs while maximising the impact of aid in order to ensure effective humanitarian response. This course aims to help you develop the competencies needed to manage field logistics in a humanitarian context.
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Course details
Date:
18 - 19 Nov 2013
Length: 2 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This course provides an in-depth look at the Sphere Project standards for accountability and good practice along with the Humanitarian Charter and the Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response. The course examines these principles in theory and also looks at them in practice.
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Course details
Date:
18 - 19 Nov 2013
Length: 2 days
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Are you an effective leader? Can you motivate your team when in the midst of an emergency, even if you are miles away? Managing people can be a challenge for any organisation, but in the relief sector, there is often the additional challenge of managing remotely. As a manager working with a team remotely, it is important that you can engage and value staff that is working in stressful and chaotic environments, even if you are not in the same location. 90% about the people issues and 10% about the new technology, successful distance management is essential for the success of any humanitarian response.
This workshop is an ideal way to get some top tips and tools to help you manage more effectively from a distance. Through a combination of theory and practical group exercises, participants will examine how to establish strong working relationships at a distance.
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Course details
Date:
23 Nov 2013
Length: 1 days
Location: London, UK
This one-day workshop is an essential introduction for anyone interested in a career in the humanitarian sector.
You will hear first hand experiences from relief workers, learn about the nature of humanitarian relief, and look at the skills you have to bring to the sector.
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Course details
Date:
9 - 13 Dec 2013
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
This course prepares individuals to train others on applying the Sphere Project's principles, standards, and indicators. It aims to promote effective Sphere training as a means to ensure aid workers are equipped with the skills and knowledge they require to deliver successful humanitarian aid programmes.
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Course details
Date:
13 - 17 Jan 2014
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
Trainers in the humanitarian sector ensure aid workers are equipped with the skills and knowledge they require to deliver successful humanitarian programmes. This five-day course combines theory and practice to help you understand the fundamentals of training and facilitation and develop competencies to aid you in becoming a more effective trainer.
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Course details
Date:
20 - 24 Jan 2014
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
PMD Pro 1 provides an introduction to project management in a humanitarian and development context. The course covers the basic concepts, terminology and tools of project management used by NGOs.
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Course details
Date:
25 Jan 2014
Length: 1 days
Location: London, UK
This one-day workshop is an essential introduction for anyone interested in a career in the humanitarian sector.
You will hear first hand experiences from relief workers, learn about the nature of humanitarian relief, and look at the skills you have to bring to the sector.
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Course details
Date:
3 - 7 Feb 2014
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
By the end of the five day course participants will be able to describe the components of disaster risk management, identify community vulnerability and capacities to deal with natural hazards, have strategies to strengthen the role of different organisations and groups in disaster risk management and be aware of the role of local aid workers in disaster management and additional needs to strengthen their participation in overall mechanism of disaster risk reduction.
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Course details
Date:
10 - 14 Feb 2014
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
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Course details
Date:
17 - 21 Feb 2014
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
Effective responses to complex emergencies require exceptional management skills. Managing people and projects can be difficult at the best of times, but being able to deliver quality outputs on time and under pressure is even more crucial during the chaos and stress of a complex emergency. Managing People and Projects in Emergencies is a five-day course that aims to develop the competencies needed to manage people and projects effectively and apply them in a humanitarian context.
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Course details
Date:
3 - 7 Mar 2014
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
Given the insecure and often rapidly changing environments in which aid agencies work, safety and security management is not an optional extra, it needs to be at the heart of humanitarian programmes.
This five-day intensive course will enable participants to identify the key requirements for managing security in complex emergencies and conflict zones.
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Course details
Date:
12 - 16 Mar 2014
Length: 5 days
Location: London and Worcestershire, UK
Personal security training is crucial for anyone working in an insecure or hostile environment. This course has been designed to provide the most relevant and challenging training, specifically from an NGO perspective for NGO workers.
The course is designed to put you under stressful circumstances, preparing you for the worst case-scenario. Essential classroom theory is complimented with real-life simulation confronting key issues such as roadblocks, abduction, weapons, mines and crossfire. This training will help you to reduce security risks and enable you to deal with situations that could compromise your safety and that of your colleagues.
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Course details
Date:
22 Mar 2014
Length: 1 days
Location: London, UK
This one-day workshop is an essential introduction for anyone interested in a career in the humanitarian sector.
You will hear first hand experiences from relief workers, learn about the nature of humanitarian relief, and look at the skills you have to bring to the sector.
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Course details
Date:On Request
Location: Your choice, Worldwide (tailor-made)
Essentials of Humanitarian Practice will give participants an insight into life working in the field whilst increasing their understanding of the characteristics of natural disasters, conflict induced emergencies and the requirements for an effective humanitarian response.
RedR can tailor this course to meet your needs and deliver at a time and location that suits your organisation.
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Course details
Date:On Request
Location: Your choice, Worldwide (tailor-made)
Needs Assessment is vital to the success of any humanitarian programme. Before relief work can take place, aid workers need to understand the present needs and the resources available in order to plan and respond effectively. Conducting accurate, effective and timely assessments is key to the preparation and planning of humanitarian projects.
RedR can tailor this course to meet your needs and deliver at a time and location that suits your organisation.
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Location: Your choice, Worldwide (tailor-made)
Effective training is essential to ensure aid workers are equipped with the skills and knowledge they require to deliver successful humanitarian programmes.
RedR can tailor this course to meet your needs and deliver at a time and location that suits your organisation.
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Given the insecure and often rapidly changing environments in which aid agencies work, safety and security management is not an optional extra, it needs to be at the heart of humanitarian programmes.
RedR can tailor this course to meet your needs and deliver at a time and location that suits your organisation.
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Location: Your choice, Worldwide (tailor-made)
Personal security training is crucial for anyone working in an insecure or hostile environment. This course has been to designed to provide the most relevant and challenging training, specifically from an NGO perspective for NGO workers.
RedR can tailor this course to meet your needs and deliver at a time and location that suits your organisation.
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Location: Your choice, Worldwide (tailor-made)
This one-day workshop is an essential introduction for anyone starting in a career in the humanitarian sector.
RedR can tailor this course to meet your needs and deliver at a time and location that suits your organisation.
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Location: Your choice, Worldwide (tailor-made)
RedR offers a range of WASH related courses that can be adapted to your organisation's needs, at a time and location to suit you.
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Location: Your choice, Worldwide (tailor-made)
Logistics and the supply chain have never been more important to providing effective humanitarian assistance. As a sector, it is crucial that we explore ways of minimising costs while maximising the impact of aid: With logistics activities accounting for the major proportion of the costs involved in a disaster relief operation, it is crucial that those working in the area are equipped with the latest knowledge. This is a highly participatory course, with group exercises and theory based sessions, allowing you to experience what it is like to be at the centre of an emergency response in a challenging simulation.
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Date:On Request
Location: Your choice, Worldwide (tailor-made)
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Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Being adequately prepared can help individuals and organisations minimise the risks they face in emergency situations. 2013 Election Preparedness: Safety & Security will give participants and understanding of measures they can undertake to reduce their vulnerability to a range of potential threats during the 2013 election period in Kenya. This course will develop a broad understanding of the safety and security practices needed at an individual and organisational level and will ensure that you are prepared, and equipped with adequate contingency planning and skills to promote staff safety and organisational operations.
RedR can tailor this course to meet your needs and deliver at a time and location that suits your organisation.
