The demands on security and crisis management for German NGOs are high. In this course we will have a look at our own security and crisis management concepts and benefit from the knowledge of our experiences trainers and the good practices of other participants. You will register for an online series including two online seminars and (if situation allows) one face to face seminar on security and crisis management. In between, you will apply your knowledge by discussing each others’ security and crisis management concept with one other participant in a peer to peer phase.

The first two online sessions will be held on 09 and 23. February. The final event of the series will take place on 16 and 17 March and will be held online as well or - depending on the situation - in Hannover. The course is taught in English and includes regular breaks.

INFORMATION: This course is booked up, please register for a different training.

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.

Even though protection is a core pillar of humanitarian action, it is often not entirely understood by staff working with NGOs, and/or people may feel insufficiently equipped in fulfilling their responsibilities in protection. This training seeks to provide you with the knowledge and understanding necessary to recognise and address protection issues in your daily work, in particular in situations of forced displacement. The three-day online course will cover the legal basics of protection, it includes practical case studies that we deal with in small groups, and it will allow you to test your knowledge and learning in a final, mandatory exercise.