Knowledge, Skills and Strategies
for Professionals

Delivering Relief in Emergencies (5 days)

Saving lives and protecting livelihoods through relief assistance

Courses in 2010

New date: 18-22 October, Geneva
Early bird fee available until 6 September, registration and payment deadline: 27 September.

Course fee and registration

Early bird fee/full fee (in Swiss Francs CHF, more information):
- Non-OECD: CHF 1450/1700, approx. USD 1250/1500 (course fee is calculated in Swiss Francs)
- OECD: CHF 1950/2200, or approx. USD 1750/2000 (course fee is calculated in Swiss Francs)

To register, please fill in this form and send it to us by email

For further enquiries, please contact us.

Overview

This course aims at presenting the chronological steps to be undertaken when planning and implementing a relief intervention. The course covers the main approaches of emergency relief, including an introduction to nutritional assessments, and focuses on the planning and implementation of various types of relief interventions.

Relief interventions aim primarily at saving lives and protecting livelihoods at immediate risk. This is achieved by providing access to the economic goods essential for the survival of the targeted population when they can no longer obtain these by their own means.

A relief intervention consists of the distribution of one of the following items, or a combination thereof: food, essential household items (EHI), seeds and tools, cash, vouchers, in-kind grants, veterinary vaccines and drugs, animals, etc.

This course gives the opportunity for each participant to practice methods and tools.

This course is also available in French. Ce cours peut également être animé en français.

Click here to download the course leaflet (PDF format).

Who should attend

The course will benefit in particular:
  • Programme coordinators
  • Key field and HQ staff involved in relief operations
  • Heads of office and managers
How you and your organisation will benefit - Learning Objectives

At the end of the course, participants have understood the use of various relief means and techniques and are able to plan and implement a relief intervention.

Course programme

The training course is based on a series of modules, which can be adapted to the requirements of the course participants. The emphasis is put on practice and exercises and includes:
  • Group-work
  • Brainstorming
  • Questions and answers
  • Role play
  • Simulation
  • Short presentations
The course includes presentations by representatives of major international relief organisations based in Geneva and a visit of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum.

Day 1 Part 1. Main concepts and approaches of emergency relief
  • Introduction to relief interventions
  • From needs assessment to relief response and distribution
  • From relief to recovery: the crisis scheme
  • How to assess the nutritional situation
Day 2 Part 2. Types of assistance: What to distribute
  • Relief commodities & services
  • Seeds & tools
  • Livestock support
  • Cash and vouchers
  • Food and Essential Household Items (EHI)
Day 3 Part 3. How to implement a distribution of goods
    Step 1: Selection and registration of beneficiaries
    Step 2: Ordering commodities
    Step 3: Planning the distribution
    Step 4: Preparation of distribution
    Step 5: Distribution in the field
    Step 6: Short distribution report
Day 4 Part 4. How to a carry out a relief programme with cash and vouchers
  • What, when, and why transfer of cash/vouchers
  • Advantages and disadvantages of cash transfer and vouchers
  • Assessing the appropriateness of using cash and vouchers
  • Implementing programmes with cash and vouchers
Day 5 Part 5. Monitoring relief programmes
  • Organising and implementing Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM)
  • Discussion with representatives of relief agencies
  • Visit of International Red Cross/Red Crescent Museum

Individual consultation

As a participant, you can obtain an individual consultation from the trainer during the course on how to further develop a project of your own, or on another subject of your choice.

Course venue

If there are no management courses for NGOs in your country yet, please read about our partnership approach, the benefits for partner organisations and three simple steps to organize the training courses for NGOs in your community.

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