In this course, you will be prepared for potentially dangerous situations in foreign deployments. Using interactive case studies, you will learn to develop a feeling for dangerous situations and to use preventive measures. You will learn how to react to aggression and violence in a de-escalating way and how to protect yourself in the long term. The basic idea of ​​the training is de-escalation. Furthermore, processing options after stressful events and how to deal with stress in foreign assignments are discussed and reflected, both in terms of personal perception and with regard to the team members concerned.

The event is planned as an 2G+ event in Frankfurt, but due to the dynamic developments in the context of the Corona pandemic, we reserve the right to conduct the course online. You will be informed about this in due time before the course starts.

The introduction and implementation of anticipatory humanitarian action is associated with major challenges, especially for smaller and medium-sized NGOs. Their working conditions might differ considerably from those actors who are currently already achieving positive results with the approach as "champions", for example within the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement or the UN cosmos. This two-day exchange workshop is therefore aimed precisely at this target group and focuses on the specific prerequisites of small and medium-sized NGOs. It will provide you with a platform to exchange with staff from other humanitarian NGOs about the status quo, best practices and challenges in establishing and implementing anticipatory humanitarian action in your respective organizations. The workshop will include a brief introduction to components, concepts, and processes that cover anticipatory humanitarian action. You will then be invited to present and discuss your own experiences and work on various questions in small groups. The goal is to develop concrete strategic steps to address the identified challenges.

The workshop is planned as a face-to-face event on October 11 and 12, 2022 in Bochum, Germany. The sessions will include regular breaks.

Many humanitarian organizations have introduced complaints mechanisms or whistleblowing systems to enable communities, staff and other stakeholders to safely raise issues of sexual violence, exploitation, abuse of power, or any other form of misconduct. Still, it remains a challenge to prepare and conduct in-depth and confidential investigations. This training will give an overview on how to plan, conduct and report on internal investigations on staff misconduct regarding sexual exploitation, abuse and harrassment.

The training will be conducted in a blended-learning format and consists of two online sessions (half-days on 13 October and 3 November) as well as one face-to-face session (three days from 18 to 20 October in Berlin) including interview simulations. Between the last two sessions, participants will be engaged in self-organised group work on report writing. After the training, individual follow-up sessions with the trainers will be offered to participants.