SPHERE: NGO International Minimum Standards and Code of Conduct
November 21-22, 2008
The training will examine SPHERE, an international humanitarian intervention code of conduct developed exclusively by NGOs that is a universal set of in-depth guidance for all practitioners working in situations of natural disasters, mass refugee migration, famines and war. Facilitators will teach strategies and tactics for prioritizing between sectors, and for addressing critical public health compondents such as preventive medicine, nutrition, food, water, hygiene, shelter and camp design.
Lead
Trainer: Steve Hansch
Co-sponsors: DevEx
Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment
Thursday, December 4th - Friday, December 5th, 2008
This training will review the core concepts behind disaster-related environmental impact assessment and the range of assessment tools currently available. It will focus on providing an in-depth understanding of the Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment in Disasters (REA) process which provides a broad overview of disaster-related environmental issues, incorporates community as well as assistance organization perspectives, and can be conducted for a large disaster, or at the level of a disaster-affected community.
Lead Trainer: Charles Kelly
The Art of Humanitarian Negotiation
Friday, January 30 - Saturday, January 31, 2009
This training will lay out the issues in humanitarian negotiation and build upon the previous work of the ICRC and international humanitarian law, as well as the Geneva conventions. Increasingly NGOs are being challenged to advocate and negotiate for the populations they wish to serve. The questions of why, when and with whom negotiations should take place will be examined as well as the difference between advocating for assistance versus negotiating.
Lead Trainer: Margie Ferris-Morris
Working with Local Communities in Public Health Emergencies
February 2009
In recent decades, aid agencies have realized that working with local communities is key to the success of health operations in public health emergencies. However, few aid workers have been trained or given tools and best practices for how to work and connect with local communities especially in complex emergency contexts. This workshop will address specific issues, outlining lessons learned and best practices in working with local communities in public health emergencies.
Disaster Risk Reduction:
Mainstreaming the Reduction of Disasters in Development
March 2009
This workshop shifts the focus of disaster risk reduction (DRR) away from disaster response to disaster risk reduction and sustainable development. Early warning, mitigation, prevention and preparedness will be addressed with a toolbox of field projects, for which examples and costs will be compared. Discussion will address why DRR remains neglected by aid groups and how begin to better quantify the benefits of programs.
Impact Evaluation of Humanitarian Emergency Relief
April 2009
This training outlines recommendations for conducting evaluations in the humanitarian context by reviewing the lessons learned from recent humanitarian evaluations summarized by staff at The Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP). Participants will analyze and implement these lessons through a number of case examples illuminating evaluations in complex emergencies and natural disasters and comparing evaluation of process, accounting, outputs, results, and lessons.
