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How will the training be useful?

Competency based HR can facilitate an organization with selecting, developing and managing staff in an efficient, fair and strategic manner. Producing competent and well-managed staff in turn leads to accountable and effective organisations.

The Core Humanitarian Competency Framework (CHCF), developed in 2010, aims to provide humanitarian organisations with a common set of behaviours that have proven to be effective in responses. The training will introduce competency-based HR and CHCF.

The four day training on Core Humanitarian Competency Framework is proposed to facilitate participants with:

• Skills and tools to apply CHCF to strengthen their humanitarian response initiatives
• Tools and methods on adopting the CHCF in the most relevant way
• Competency-based approaches to promote organizational and individual growth
• Experience sharing on using competency based HR practices

Who is it for?

• HR managers
• Program Managers
• Regional/provincial coordinators of National level NGOs
• All applicants must have interest and prior experience in human resource management

Who is the Trainer?

Ms. Uma Narayanan, a specialist in human resources, quality management and organizational development for medium to large scale organizations in the humanitarian and development sector. With a background in International Organizational and Systems Development, Uma has worked as an Organization Development and Human Resources practitioner mostly in Southeast Asia, South Asia and Europe, for more than a decade. In her OD capacity, she has carried out numerous assignments on program reviews, evaluations and organizational assessments. She has been part of numerous emergency responses including the Pakistan Earthquake, Tsunami in Asia, Japan Tsunami, Cyclone in the Philippines and recently the Nepal Earthquake. In the capacity of her work, she has travelled to 65 countries.

Where?

Murree, Pakistan

When?

15 to 18 October 2018

Training Language

English

Registration Fees

PKR. 25,000/-. (All inclusive)

Early-bird Discount – 20% (Applications received before September 11, 2018)

40% discount to women participants.

How to Apply?

Complete the application form by following the link in before September 16, 2018: Application Form

Please make sure to include contact information (postal address, email or phone number) for further communication.

FIVE–DAY TRAINING ON

Mastering the Art to Influencing Positive Change

HOW WILL THE TRAINING BE USE FUL?

National NGOs are considered agents of change as they amplify community voices through awareness raising and networking. They play an instrumental role in educating and changing public opinion and often collaborate on initiatives to ensure that social development concerns of communities at national level. This enables problem solving at national level by engaging local authorities, decision makers in government, media and other key stakeholders at different stages of the development process. To achieve effective sustainable change, NGOs must have the ability to plan and facilitate efficient communication processes that mobilize efforts at both the organizational and programmatic levels.

Awareness raising and networking is a key to enabling positive policy change in favor of marginalized communities. In many cases however, the strengths and capabilities of the community are often of the community are often underutilized due to an unfavorable ecosystem for local action, limited funds and inexperience.

Training Objectives:

This training aims to enhance participants’ knowledge on:

Being able to demonstrate an understanding of tools and approaches required for influencing decision making towards sustainable change

Enhancing knowledge on developing a strategic approach to policy engagement and its communication

Equipping participants on designing campaigns for social change through policy reforms

Who is it for?

Humanitarian and Development Practitioners

Middle to Senior Level Project or Program Managers

Coordinators of local NGOs and INGOs

*All applicants must have interest and some prior experience in networking and linkages development

Registration Fees

PKR. 25,000/- (Including accommodation, meals, training material, certificate and two-day training refresher). Travel would be arranged by participating  organizations.

Early-bird Discount – 20% (for applications received till 06 September, 2018)

40% discount to women participants and special discount for multiple participants from same organization

How to Apply?

Kindly fill in the application form by following this link: Click here

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Fee Disclaimer:

Participants will be eligible to reclaim fee if informed 10 working days before the event.

Applicants will be informed of their application confirmation by September 11, 2018. Please make sure to include all contact information (postal address, email or phone number) for further communication.

Meet the Trainer:

Qadeer Baig, currently the CEO and Principal Consultant of the NGO Resource Centre has over 20 years of work experience in international humanitarian and development organizations, program management, advocacy and networking. He holds a Master’s degree in NGO Management from the London School of Economics. He has designed and facilitated numerous workshops, seminars and policy advocacy campaigns and led evidence-based policy advocacy workshop for CSOs and relevant networks in Pakistan and internationally on issues of enabling policy environment for NGOs, legal and fiscal reforms in South Asia, Child and Early-age Marriages, Gender Based Violence, Curriculum Reforms and Human Rights.

What is the training about?

Organizations adopt and apply numerous Quality and Accountability (Q&A) standards such as the Sphere Standards, Core Humanitarian Standard, etc. It is essential to continue to promote and apply the use of these standards to ensure aid organisations deliver effective service to the affected population while holding the utmost integrity. The process of systematically adopting and adapting these standards can be overwhelming for some given their own competing priorities or the lack of technical expertise to ensure Q&A is mainstreamed in the whole organisation both in policies and practices.

The Q&A Mainstreaming training will offer insights and tools on how organisations could embark on a mainstreaming journey. For organisations that are already promoting and applying Q&A, the training will offer a platform to discuss some of the challenges and pitfalls of Q&A mainstreaming process.

By end of the training participants are expected to have:

• Assessed Q&A mainstreaming process in their respective organisations
• Understood the steps and process of Q&A mainstreaming
• Shared experience of challenges and successes of Q&A mainstreaming process
• Shared experiences of impact of Q&A mainstreaming process
• Familiarized with some of the tools for mainstreaming

Who should Apply?

We welcome participants who are interested in Q&A mainstreaming as well as those who are already promoting and applying Q&A organisation-wide for cross sharing and learning purposes. Specifically the following participants will benefit from the training:

• Accountability staff
• MEAL staff
• Programme staff
• Management staff
• Support services (HR, etc)

We recommend a combination of the above with at least two participants from each organization.

When?

23 October 2018 (09.30am – 04.00pm)

Where?

Islamabad, Pakistan

Registration Fees

Not Applicable

How to Apply

Kindly send you expression of interest to participate in this training to Ms. Sana Basim at: sana.basim@communityworldservice.asia by September 28, 2018

Applicants will be notified if their participation is confirmed by October 05, 2018. Please make sure you include contact information (Organization working with, designation, email and phone number) for further communication.

As an organization, Community World Service Asia always strives to support partners with initiatives that aim to strengthen the capacity of their staff and representatives. As Quality & Accountability regional focal points in Asia, our focus is particularly on strengthening quality and accountability (Q&A) mechanisms while supporting academia, government departments and local NGOs on various project management and humanitarian interventions.

Keeping in line our mandate, we are now offering a 5-day certificate course that will focus on applying the basic principles of Q&A including the ‘Do No Harm’ approach to the project management cycle in humanitarian action.

Participants will learn to apply humanitarian principles and standards in emergency and non-emergency situations. This will in-turn help to ensure greater accountability towards project participants/affected populations and ensure their interventions do not cause any divisions or conflict in the community they work with.

This training is specifically designed for young professionals (beginners or youth aiming for a career in the development/humanitarian sector).

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