Camp Management

Date: 8 - 12 Oct 2012
Length: 5 days
Location: London, UK
Residential: No

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.

The course will enable you to develop practical knowledge of international principles, standards and competence when using guidelines and tools in camp management. In line with the latest developments and approaches in Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM), the course will prepare you to contribute to and participate in effective settlement responses in complex displacement settings.

Who should attend?

This course is designed for those responsible for management of IDP/refugee camps and collective centre including practitioners, programme managers/officers supporting field operations, and policymakers working in or interested in working this sector. It is aimed at people with some experience of the sector and role or who are looking to enter the sector.

What does the course cover?

• Introduction to the management of these complex displacement settings
• Introduction to humanitarian reform and the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) cluster
• Roles and responsibilities
• Protection
• Safety and security
• Participation and community involvement
• Coordination in a camp management response
• Information management in a camp response
• Standards & settlement design
• Care and maintenance
• Camp closure and durable solutions

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Define camp management in relation to key international protection and assistance principles and approaches, and understand how to mainstream humanitarian cross-cutting issues into a camp/collective centre response
• Appreciate camp management linkages to international technical and legal standards, the Humanitarian Reform, and the cluster approach
• Identify roles and responsibilities in a camp/collective centre response
• Practice camp management tools related to coordination, data collection/information management, participation and community involvement, monitoring of assistance and protection activities, and care and maintenance in  camp/collective centre setting
• Identify the three phases of the Camp Life Cycle and understand how the seeking of durable solutions relates to this cycle
• Recognise how safety and security planning, risk assessments (on-going situational analysis) and comprehensive operational practices relate to the overall protection of camp/collective centre residents and camp management actors operating at the field-level

Registration and timings:

Registration will take place from 8.45 am on day one, following which each day will run from 9 am and conclude at 5.30 pm.

Cost:

Band A: £600
Band B: £780
Band C: £1014
Band D: £1318

The fees are inclusive of all training resources, lunch and refreshments. For further information on pricing bands please use the link on the right.

Participants on this course are eligible for the RedR Training Loyalty Scheme.

For more information please contact our training team.

 

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