Prepare to Respond- Needs Assessment
Date:
11 - 15 Jun 2012
Length: 5 days
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Residential: Yes
Needs assessment is vital to the success of any humanitarian programme. Before relief work can take place, aid workers need to understand the needs and 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.
© B.Baloch, UNHCR
Who should attend?
People with some experience of working in the humanitarian sector
What will the course cover?
- Organisation and management - objectives, terms of reference, planning assessment activities, information collation, report writing.
- Data collection techniques - how they work, when to use them and the meaningfulness of the data they produce.
- Analytical frameworks that determine the focus of the assessment, the way assessment information translates into programme response and helps establish indicators for measuring progress, impact and relevance.
- Sector-specific issues - data collection methodologies and analytical frameworks that are most appropriate to each sector, links between sectors, and benchmarks, especially SPHERE
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Design and plan an effective needs assessment
- Analyse assessment data to effectively report on beneficiaries’ needs and capacities
- Analyse cross-cutting and sector specific issues that impact on emergency needs assessments
- Demonstrate an understanding of the humanitarian context
- Describe the importance of using a participatory approach throughout the assessment cycle
- Demonstrate an understanding of the key skills, personal attributes and competencies required by an emergency needs assessor
Registration fee:
EUR 50* (EUR 10 per day): Participants from organisations based within new EU states or the following countries: Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Montenegro Serbia, and Turkey.
EUR 200* (EUR 40 per day): Participants from organisations not based within new EU states or locations stated above.
The training is fully funded and includes all training materials and accommodation with full board (from the evening prior to the training until your departure on the final training day), however you will need to cover costs incurred travelling to and from the training.
*This fee is non refundable.
Application process:
The booking deadline for this course is 2 April 2012.
In cases of over subscription, priority will be given to participants from new EU member states and Croatia. Your place on the course will be confirmed after the application deadline, upon confirmation please pay the registration fee immediately to secure your place. 
Please click here for further information regarding the application conditions.
This course will be hosted by the Caritas. This course has been co funded by the European Union.
