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Essentials of Humanitarian Practice
Are you ready to face the realities of relief work?
A stimulating and interactive course that puts you at the forefront, exploring your own motivations for working in the humanitarian sector. Practical learning is at the heart of this course, engaging you in a range of activities that enable you to develop techniques and approaches that help tackle the dilemmas faced when working on assignment. You will also be equipped with all the essential theory and the latest thinking on humanitarian practice, encouraging debate among like-minded people.
Click on the link below for the course factsheet which includes a typical agenda for the five days.
Essentials of Humanitarian Practice factsheet with agenda
Numeric Code: 09020
Date:
15 - 19 Feb 2010
Length: 5 days
Location: UK
Residential/Non-Residential: Non-Residential
Suitable for:
Anyone entering or already working in the humanitarian sector. This course will be of particular interest to staff from humanitarian aid organisations and individuals looking to work in the sector where we can help advise on possible career paths. We welcome people from all professional backgrounds and disciplines.
Course covers:
This course aims to introduce the underlying principles of the humanitarian sector and the realities of working in emergencies.
We examine the humanitarian and relief systems, accountability and international law, needs assessment, mainstreaming gender, culture and security and the impacts and dilemmas of relief work.
Participants engage in a combination of individual and group activities, culminating in a simulation exercise focusing on planning and managing a relief response.
Course outcomes:
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Describe the characteristics of natural disasters and complex emergencies
- Describe the roles and relationships of organisations in the international relief system
- Explain the relevance of international legal instruments to humanitarian workers
- Apply techniques and approaches that increase individual responsibility in humanitarian work
- Recognise your own knowledge and skills and identify further development needs
Cost:
Please see below for details of the course fees. The fees are inclusive of a workbook, simulation exercise and all training, morning and afternoon tea/coffee breaks and lunch on each day. Participants will be responsible for arranging their own travel to and from the venue, and accommodation if required.
| Band A | £375 |
| Band B | £450 |
| Band C | £750 |
| Band D | £900 |
Click here for deatils of our price band system.
For further course information and any questions please contact the training team:
email: training@redr.org.uk
phone: +44 (0)20 7840 6000
This course will run in our training centre in Vauxhall, London.
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