The Integrating Child Rights in Development Cooperation e-learning course is a suite of modules designed to help users gain an overview of critical child rights issues, standards and principles; help them understand the obligations of relevant actors to realize international commitments on child rights and some specific strategies and frameworks to ensure those are put in place at the country level; and build skills for mainstreaming child rights in different sectors and phases of development cooperation programming through the use of specific tools and examples.

Want to learn about how 3D printing technologies are being used to promote social good?

TechChange hosted a free one-hour live conversation on January 22nd at 10:00am EST. We are now making the recording available.

To view the recording, please register here.

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Nick

UNICEF is releasing a new Ebola Safety e-Course, developed by DHR/OLDS in collaboration with various specialists.

This course provides key facts about the current Ebola outbreak, promotes safe preventative practices, and offers an overview of the support in place for staff.

The course can be of particular interest to colleagues planning to travel to areas currently affected by the outbreak, and those already working in the region. While it contains some UNICEF/UN specific information, most of the course can apply to other humanitarian actors' staff.

Aim

This e-learning course is considered to be the entry to the world of NATO CIMIC. CCOE offers free access for everybody at no costs! The content is tailored to individual needs, you decide about time and location to follow this course. The NCAC can be processed within a day or split in several sections. The purpose of this course is to provide comprehensive awareness and basic knowledge of NATO CIMIC/CMI for anyone (potentially) involved in CIMIC/CMI activities, or for the ones who have a vested interest in CIMIC/CMI activities.

Mobile Data Solutions

This two hour interactive self-paced online course developed by the Global Development Lab at USAID, FHI360, and TechChange explores how mobile technologies can be used to more effectively collect and disseminate data in order to better meet development goals. Access this full course for free from anywhere with an internet connection and anytime no matter your time zone.

Launch Course: http://techchange.org/media/mobile-data-solutions/

Are you a doctor wondering how to interact with the media, or a nurse wondering how to treat patient information in difficult circumstances? Are you an ambulance driver unsure of what your responsibilities are? Are you a hospital administrator wondering what to do with overwhelming numbers of deceased patients? If so, the Health Care in Danger project's new e-learning module on the responsibilities of health-care personnel is for you.

How do gender considerations impact program outcomes? How can we use an awareness of gender to design and implement effective programs for development? This self-paced training, created in partnership with the Gender Working Group at USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives explores such questions, providing a foundation for understanding gender integration in political transition environments.

Launch the course here.

The 3 hours interactive course, focuses on security and safety related aspects for Red Cross Red Crescent personnel undertaking humanitarian field operations. It includes a number of modules such as security and beneficiary interaction, field movement, vehicle safety, telecommunications, working in insecure environments, health, personal security and Red Cross Red Crescent security framework.

The course is free of charge and applies to any humanitarian local staff or volunteer interested in enhancing their security knowledge.

Total horas del curos: 30 Horas académicas

Temario:

Base legal:

• Constitución área del Buen Vivir
• Código de Protección Civil
• Ley de Defensa Contra Incendios
• Sistema de auditoría de riesgos del trabajo SART
• Normas INEN

Conceptos básicos

Design and Fund International Development Projects: A newly updated CDSi e Learning course.

Dear ReliefWeb Colleagues,

CSDi has been offering this course for four years in an instructor led format. We have recently updated it, added a dozen new instructive videos, and are now offering it in a reduced-cost, 100% Online e Learning platform. Design and Fund International Development Projects.

HELM – Humanitarian Essential Logistics Module.

This is an introductory course for new entrants to the sector and is designed as a stepping stone to further humanitarian qualifications.

The course will cover the essential of a Humanitarian Logistics operation and provide an initial guide on the key subject areas – including Humanitarian Supply Chains, Warehousing and stock control, With our process of continuous assessment, there are no examinations to complete. This course is provided exclusively by Logistics Learning Alliance.

Registration deadline: none

International Medical Corps, Concern Worldwide, and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative are pleased to announce the launch of the Building a Better Response e-learning course on the international humanitarian coordination system.

Certification in Humanitarian Supply Chain Management (CHSCM) is offered as part of the Fritz Institute/CILT (UK) Humanitarian Logistics Certification Program. Humanitarian logisticians are called upon to provide responses in a variety of situations, sometimes planned for, but often happening without warning. In such situations, humanitarian logistics managers must have the ability to quickly construct and operate a supply chain to bring relief to those in need.

The Certification in Humanitarian Medical Logistics Practices (MedLog) is offered as part of the Fritz Institute/CILT (UK) Humanitarian Logistics Certification Program. Developed for experienced humanitarian logisticians and medical specialists handling the medical supply, MedLog focuses on medical items’ special supply chain requirements, with emphasis on preventing the introduction of counterfeit or substandard items to the supply chain.

Distance Learning programmes open for registration throughout the year.

Certification in Humanitarian Logistics (CHL) is offered as part of the Fritz Institute/CILT (UK) Humanitarian ogistics Certification Program. It combines best practices in supply chain management and implementation from the humanitarian community, commercial world, and academia. The pioneering program meets the need across the humanitarian sector for accessible, cost-effective training for active logistics professionals, who play a vital role in their organization’s success.

This self-paced online course, developed in partnership the Office of Transition Initiatives at USAID is a 90-minute course highlighting strategies and ideas for managing successful advocacy campaigns. Access this full course for free from anywhere with an internet connection and anytime no matter your time zone.

Launch Course

Course Summary:

This free self-paced online course, developed and delivered by the Mobile Solutions team at USAID, QED, and TechChange, includes over 2 hours of dynamic content informed by the best thinking in the field. Access this full course for free from anywhere with an internet connection and anytime no matter your time zone.

Launch Course

This self-directed e-course gives an overview of the institutions and mechanisms that serve to uphold international humanitarian law. International humanitarian law (IHL) is the law of armed conflict. It seeks to limit the effects of war upon vulnerable persons, such as civilians or wounded soldiers. IHL also aims to limit the methods and means that conflicting parties may use. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are the core treaties of IHL and are the most comprehensive guidelines to mitigate the effects of warfare.

Ce cours rapide donne une vue d'ensemble des institutions et des procédures légales qui servent à protéger les réfugiés et les personnes déplacées internes. Le cours combine du texte avec du multimédia riche, incluent des vidéos et des podcasts. Des tests encouragent l'engagement de l'apprenant et afferment les ouvrages du cours.

This self-directed e-course gives an overview of the institutions and mechanisms that serve to protect refugees and internally displaced persons. The course combines text with rich multimedia, including videos and podcasts. Knowledge checks and quizzes engage the learner and reinforce the knowledge learned.

Course outline

Introduction – Overview and history of international protection

The role of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees – The evolving mandate of UNHCR