Trainings for RED WASH Deployments

Trainings for RED WASH Deployments

Dear RED WASH Member,

Trainings for RED WASH deployments

In addition to the material to read and courses to undertake as outlined in your RED Orientation Letter, the CARE International WASH Team has identified a range of other mandatory and recommended readings and courses under six themes:

  • Gender mainstreaming
  • Safety and security
  • Code of conduct and humanitarian principles
  • Introduction to CARE
  • Logistics and procurement
  • WASH.

MANDATORY

  • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

This link contains information pertaining to:

  • Response options
  • Sphere Standards related to WASH and accountability
  • WASH in emergencies assessment checklist
  • Policy commitments
  • Specialist help

RECCOMMENDED

Gender mainstreaming

  • Gender Equity and Diversity (GED) Basics

Discusses key issues and terminology associated with gender and diversity, why these are important for CARE as an organisation and how you can integrate these ideas into your work.

  • Cross-cutting issues – 9.1 Gender
  • Gender approach to emergencies
  • Assessment checklist
  • Specialist help
  • Policy commitments
  • 4.8 Gender in Emergencies
  • What is gender, why focus on gender, how to focus on gender, what steps can be taken.
  • (see 4.8 Session Guide Introduction to Gender in Emergencies for detailed information)
  • Gender Equality Programming Guidance note - WASH
  • Consideration of gender in a humanitarian response
  • Key principlesand standards
  • Key gender concerns in emergency wash programmes
  • Gender analysis / action plans
  • Gender mainstreaming and monitoring.
  • Useful resources on gender and humanitarian action
    A new guidance document has been put together which covers:
  • Information and check lists for the mainstreaming of gender in humanitarian programmes
  • Resources and tips on how to take gender into account in my work as a coordinator or in the coordination projects of my cluster
  • Information on the IASC Gender Marker and tips on how to design or review projects in a gender sensitive way
  • Information and tools on the protection from sexual exploitation and abuse.

Safety and Security

  • Stay Safe Personal Security

The aim of the course is to provide basic security preparation for those personnel travelling or being deployed to the field. Although Red Cross Red Crescent specific, this course contains security information that will be beneficial for all humanitarian workers. (Time required approximately 4 hours)

  • Basic Security in the Field – United Nations Department of Safety & Security


As well as introducing security material of a general nature, this package focuses on the UN approach to security issues and provides comprehensive information on the UN Security System as it operates around the world. (Time required approximately 4-5 hours).

  • Prevention of and response to sexual exploitation and abuse

This link contains information pertaining to:

  • Ideas to prevent and respond to sexual exploitation of beneficiaries in relief operations
  • Reporting and investigating mechanism
  • Code of conduct on sexual exploitation.

The code of conduct and humanitarian principles

  • Humanitarian Policy Framework

This link contains documents pertaining to:

  • Cares mission, vision
  • Care’s humanitarian mandate
  • The code of conduct for NGOs
  • CI International Programming framework
  • Humanitarian coordination

This link contains documents pertaining to:

  • What coordination is and mechanisms
  • Role of ngos in the cluster system
  • Care’s policy on humanitarian coordination, expectations and advocacy issues
  • Applying the policy in practice.
  • Emergency management protocols

This link contains documents pertaining to:

  • What the protocols are and how to use the protocols.
  • Humanitarian policy briefs

The humanitarian policy briefs (HPBs) are short, user-friendly summaries designed to inform staff on CARE International’s position on priority humanitarian topics, particularly when representing CARE International in advocacy activities and/or interagency coordination meetings. HPBs have been developed for overarching themes (accountability, humanitarian space, etc.), ‘focus’ areas of humanitarian specialisation (food security, WASH, shelter, logistics), and priority ‘cross-cutting’ themes (climate change, gender, etc.)

  • 2.1 Care International: Putting the Humanitarian Mandate Into Practice

Presentation covering:

  • Humanitarian mandate, objectives of mandate,humanitarian principles, approach.
  • (see also 2.1 session guide: Humanitarian mandate and principles for further information)

Introduction to CARE

  • CARE - Addressing Poverty and Social Injustice

The course takes approximately 2 hours to complete and is relevant to all CARE staff. It is strongly recommended for program staff. The course is available in English, French and Spanish.

Procurement and logistics

  • CARE Country Office Procurement Training
  • Roles and responsibilities of procurement staff
  • Importance of the care procurement function
  • Ethical obligationsassociated with procurement
  • Procurement processes
  • Operational guidelines: Logistics

This link contains information pertaining to:

  • Role of logistics in humanitarian operations
  • Supply chain management
  • Assessments and planning
  • Transport, warehousing and storage
  • Logistic collaboration
  • Operational guidelines: Procurement

This link contains information pertaining to:

  • Role of procurement in an emergency
  • Steps for procurement
  • Donor compliance requirement
  • Sourcing and acquisition processes
  • Contracting, importing goods and record keeping
  • 5.2. Operational Planning
  • Scaling up, operational plans, risk, procedures (logistics and procurement component)
  • (Also see 5.2. Operational planning guidelines for more information)

WASH

  • Technical Project Management (TPM) in WASH emergencies

Planning, resourcing, and implementing a technical WASH engineering project. This course introduces and familiarises staff with standard project management stages and tools in a creative, practical and innovative way. It covers areas such as logistics processes, risk management and quality control.

  • Information, Education and Communication (IEC) in WASH emergencies

Examines health and hygiene promotion to strengthen WASH programme design and implementation. It helps the learner practise critical reflection throughout a simulated project, with reference to the context they are working in, the population affected by the crisis, and the decisions to be made.

  • 1.5 Handout, CARE’s core sectors

Document covering 3 of CARE’s 4 core sectors. For WASH this document covers:

  • Scale, selection of work areas, highest priority interventions, second priority interventions, and WASH cluster resources.

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[2] Please search under CARE Courses in the menu. At this link, you need to register as a Student before you can proceed to the training. When registering, please use 1234 as your PIN when it is requested on the registration form.

Once you have enrolled as a student, you can find the relevant training under “CARE Courses” in the course catalogue.

[3]Members to email for a username and password for Minerva. Note: The “Humanitarian Training Package” in Minerva is designed for staff who facilitate capacity building sessions in CO, not for staff personal learning as such.

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