CAS: Foundations of Humanitarian Action

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This course will introduce you to the basics of humanitarian aid. In the three-day online course, you will learn what you need to start a career in humanitarian work. From terminology to legal basics and quality ensurance, we will cover a lot of reallife examples and look at case studies to understand the major challenges and work areas of humanitarian action.

Please note: This course will be held in German and requires at least a working level of German language skills. For more information check the German section of this page (choose language settings at the right hand corner).

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Mechanisms for anticipatory humanitarian action, such as Forecast-based Financing (FbF), enable early action before extreme weather events occur through the use of forecasting models and risk data as well as the rapid availability of funds. In this way, humanitarian consequences of disasters can ideally be mitigated and the response time and efficiency of humanitarian efforts can be improved.

In this three-day online course, participants will gain an overview of the opportunities and limitations of anticipatory humanitarian action using Forecast-based Financing as an example. They will learn about existing examples of the us of extreme weather forecasts and become familiar with the basics of setting thresholds ("trigger levels") to enable anticipatory humanitarian action.

The training sessions will be held in English and include regular breaks.

The solid implementation of the project processing cycle often proves to be a central challenge for the success of a project, even for experienced project managers. In this course we will take a closer look at MEAL: Monitoring - Evaluation - Accountability - Learning. You will learn how to develop good indicators for humanitarian projects and how to write a successful project proposal on this basis. We also discuss how to monitor projects based on your indicator design and how to report project progress to your donors. We will at all times keep the project impact in mind and how we can measure it thoughout the project and after.

This training is held in April 2021. More information will follow shortly.

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In this course we will explore the international humanitarian system and its actors in depth. The course complements the "Basics of Humanitarian Action" course and puts actors, mechanisms of finance and coordination into the focus. It is recommended to follow both courses for a well prepared career start into humanitarian aid, but taking the courses seperately is also possible.

Please note: This course will be held in German and requires at least a working level of German language skills. For more information check the German section of this page (choose language settings at the right hand corner). The training is planned as an online course and includes regular breaks.

The Sphere Handbook presents a principled approach to quality and accountability in humanitarian response. This basic training course provides an introduction to the Sphere Handbook with the basic principles of humanitarian aid - the Humanitarian Charter together with the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) and the Protection Principles - and the technical standards in the four sectors WASH, food security and nutrition, shelter and settlement, and health. The training focuses on the practical application of the manual in concrete humanitarian situations. To this end, numerous small group exercises are conducted.

In this course participants learn the basics of humanitarian aid. Special attention is given to international humanitarian law and humanitarian principles. On the basis of case studies, participants can actively deal with different situations in which humanitarian principles play a central role and/or are endangered.

Please note: Together with the course "Basics of the Humanitarian System" this course forms the starter package in humanitarian aid. Participation in both courses is recommended.

The course aims to introduce participants to processes, skills and knowledge required to design and implement Asessment and Analysis (A&A) processes and make sense of available information in humanitarian emergencies. Therefore, it relies on the broad experience of ACAPS using guidance from ACAPS Technical Briefs and the Humanitarian Needs Assessment – The Good Enough Guide (GEGA) as backdrops. The pedagogical approach will follow a mixture of introductory presentations and group work, using virtual break out rooms, shared folders, etc.

The Sphere Handbook presents a principled approach to quality and accountability in humanitarian response. This basic training course provides an introduction to the Sphere Handbook with the basic principles of humanitarian aid - the Humanitarian Charter together with the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) and the Protection Principles - and the technical standards in the four sectors WASH, food security and nutrition, shelter and settlement, and health. The training focuses on the practical application of the manual in concrete humanitarian situations. To this end, numerous small group exercises are conducted.

The training is designed as face-to-face training. Depending on the current situation, the training can be switched to an online format.

The humanitarian system is highly complex and not easy for newcomers to understand. Participants receive an introduction to the most important basics of the humanitarian system. The central actors are introduced as well as coordination mechanisms, different forms of funding and basic standards and obligations of humanitarian aid.

Please note: Together with the course "'Basics of Humanitarian Action" this course forms the starter package in humanitarian aid. Participation in both courses is recommended.