The training of trainers is conducted in English, for 4 consecutive days, each 5 hours (9 am to 2 pm CET). In order to cover the regional and local needs, we offer also other identical training with different time slots.

The Nexus Environmental Assessment Tool (NEAT+) is a rapid and simple project-level environmental screening tool for humanitarian operations and has been specifically designed to quickly identify issues of environmental concern to make emergency and recovery interventions more sustainable. Application of NEAT+ enables better understanding oft he environmental risks and their mitigation measures in the development of humanitarian project proposals, which has been required more by institutional donors.

The training of trainers is intended to train selected staffs of humanitarian organisations to apply NEAT+ confidently and being able to organize and provide NEAT+ basic trainings in applying NEAT+ to staff and partners in their context. After the training, the new Trainers should be enabled to support local teams by incorporating results / outcomes of the NEAT+ screening into the project plan.

The training uses learning-by-doing approach for gaining a deep understanding of computational tools like NEAT+  with participants bringing information about their planned or ongoing projects where NEAT+ can be applied, e.g. in areas such as WASH, Shelter, Food Security, and Livelihood. The training will comprise technical sessions on NEAT+, i.e., Rural NEAT+ and Urban NEAT+, as well as training design and facilitation session. If needed, participants will be provided with technical support post-training to help them develop training materials tailored to their organizations or target groups.

Humanity is confronted with fast-changing environmental disruptions impacting the health and wellbeing of people worldwide. By now, the complexity and interconnectedness of climate related health risks threatens gains accomplished for public health and sustainable development globally.

The climate crisis has built up to a global health emergency affecting particularly the most vulnerable populations in low-resource and humanitarian contexts where an overlap of climate and humanitarian crisis exists. While health systems are struggling to keep pace with the rising number of disasters, there is a deep discrepancy between climate related health demands and responsive, adaptive capacity of public health systems and stakeholders leaving the health needs of the most vulnerable unmet.   

Globally, health actors and health systems are challenged with a new dimension of health risks and frequently recurring system shocks of climate related disasters, droughts, floods, food insecurity, heat waves, infectious disease, migration, and armed conflicts.

How can human health be protected in a changing climate? Which concepts, measures and tools exist to address arising challenges and health threats?

Using a system approach this two-day workshop combines theoretical lectures and practical case studies, group work and discussion. Participants will learn how climate change affects human health and health systems especially in low-resource and humanitarian contexts. They will be enabled to apply a planetary health lens to their work, to consider public health in dependency to environmental and social determinants, to strengthen climate and environment resilient health systems and support efforts to reduce the environmental footprint of health systems.

The course requires basic knowledge on climate change adaptation (it is possible to attend first our introductory course: Introduction to Main Concepts and Terminologies in Climate Change Adaptation, but it is not obligatory). If you are interested in gaining credit towards a Certificate of Advanced Studies in "Anticipatory Humanitarian Action", you need to complete this course and two additional specific CCA courses, under prerequisite of passing the exam in form of individual work after completion of all courses (please also see the general exam regulation of aha).

The training of trainers is conducted in English, for 4 consecutive days, each 5 hours (2 to 7 pm CET). In order to cover the regional and local needs, we offer also other identical training with different time slots.

The Nexus Environmental Assessment Tool (NEAT+) is a rapid and simple project-level environmental screening tool for humanitarian operations and has been specifically designed to quickly identify issues of environmental concern to make emergency and recovery interventions more sustainable. Application of NEAT+ enables better understanding oft he environmental risks and their mitigation measures in the development of humanitarian project proposals, which has been required more by institutional donors.

The training of trainers is intended to train selected staffs of humanitarian organisations to apply NEAT+ confidently and being able to organize and provide NEAT+ basic trainings in applying NEAT+ to staff and partners in their context. After the training, the new Trainers should be enabled to support local teams by incorporating results / outcomes of the NEAT+ screening into the project plan.

The training uses learning-by-doing approach for gaining a deep understanding of computational tools like NEAT+  with participants bringing information about their planned or ongoing projects where NEAT+ can be applied, e.g. in areas such as WASH, Shelter, Food Security, and Livelihood. The training will comprise technical sessions on NEAT+, i.e., Rural NEAT+ and Urban NEAT+, as well as training design and facilitation session. If needed, participants will be provided with technical support post-training to help them develop training materials tailored to their organizations or target groups.