The four phases of project management are important pillars of humanitarian projects: In this course, you will learn about each component of the project management cycle: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning, or MEAL for short. You will learn how to develop good indicators for humanitarian projects and how to submit successful project proposals based on these indicators. We will also discuss how to monitor projects based on your own indicators and how to report project progress to the respective donors.

The training will take place on 26 and 29 April as well as on 03 and 07 May 2021 and is part of aha's certificate "Foundations of Humanitarian Action". Between the individual course sessions, you will have time for group work and self-study phases. The sessions include regular breaks and will be held in German. For further details on the schedule, please visit the German version of this website.

With many different stakeholders, regulations and specific handling requirements, medical supply chains are dynamic and complex systems that face a myriad of challenges. In case of a pandemic such as COVID-19 further complexities and challenges are likely to occur. A major root cause for inefficiencies, losses and waste in supply chains is simply insufficient knowledge. The Medical Logistics in Pandemics (MLP) aims to equip humanitarian aid and health staff with the most essential logistics and supply chain knowledge in the context of medical operations. Special focus will be put on the current response to COVID-19 making sure that the right product and service reaches the patients at the right time, at the right condition and at the right price. This course is a fully blended learning experience that includes self-studying online lectures, challenging quizzes as well as interactive live sessions in a virtual classroom environment.

In this training course, you will learn the basics of public procurement law, which regulates the awarding of services or the procurement of goods for humanitarian projects. You will be able to recognize the requirements for procurements and implement the procurement law requirements in grant notifications and onward transfer agreements. Using practical examples, you and the other participants will work through the various steps of a procurement process. Special attention will be paid to the usual questions regarding procurement in humanitarian aid projects in Germany and abroad.

This training will take place on 04 and 06 May 2021 and will include regular breaks. The training will be held in German; for details on the schedule, kindly switch to the German language page on the right hand upper corner.