Training Calendar

HOW WILL THE TRAINING BE USEFUL?

Resilience and risk reduction is a very pertinent issue for the sustainability of development interventions and for creating more resilient communities from tremors and stresses related to disasters or climate change, which if not mitigated with adequate measures push communities into further poverty. Often the local government has some funds, however it doesn’t get utilized for the benefit of local communities unless they voice strongly for it. For instance, communities might need government support to strengthen some embankment or pave canals to prevent floods, to construct a safety zone for evacuation, renovation of schools & hospitals to prevent causalities during a disaster.

Training Objectives

• Concept of DRR, climate change impact and adaptation, DRR cycle
• Disaster management governance, Sendai Framework for DRR
• DRR lessons from Japan
• Hazard, vulnerability, capacity assessment
• Contingency planning
• Using Quality and Accountability Standards (Sphere and CHS) in Humanitarian Response (How these standards

Meet the Trainer

Takeshi Komino, Country Representative of CWS Japan. Also serves as Secretary General and a member of Executive Committee for Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN), and Regional Steering Group member of World Humanitarian Summit (WHS). In addition, he plays joint secretariat function for Japan CSO Coalition for DRR (JCC-DRR), Steering Group member of Humanitarian Innovation.

Who Is It For

• Staff of local level organizations working on Climate Change, Emergency Response and Disaster Management, (DRM, DRR, Food Security)
• Team Lead / Organization Heads
• PDMA and DDMA Staff
• Field Staff of I/NGOs related to DRM, DRR etc.

Where

Umarkot, Sindh, Pakistan

When

March 12-14, 2020

Registration

PKR. 10,000/-. (All inclusive)

Early-bird Discount – 10% (for applications received before February 25, 2020)

The last date of submitting application Is February 29, 2020.

40% discount to women participants.

Language

English/ Urdu

How to Apply

Kindly fill in the application form by following the below link: Apply Now

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

Note: Community World Service Asia reserves the right to cancel or postpone the event if circumstances require. Registered participants will be informed with 100% fee refund. However, if the participant wishes to cancel the registration, he/she requires informing Community World Service Asia office at least two weeks in advance or else the fee will not be refunded.

How will the Training be Useful

Local NGOs and CBOs are considered agents of change as they amplify community voices through influencing and lobbying. Active and credible NGOs/CBOs play an important role in educating and changing public opinion, thus collaborating for giving a voice to social development concerns and issues of communities. This enables problem solutions at grass root levels by engaging local authorities and decision makers. For effective sustainable change, local NGOs/CBOs need sufficient capacity to plan and facilitate effective advocacy processes that mobilize local actors both at organizational and programmatic levels. Influencing is an important process to bring positive policy change in favor of the underprivileged and the marginalized. However, the power of community is often underutilized due to a lack of an enabling environment for local action, limited funds, and inexperience. This course will provide an introduction to Influencing as a process for change, its conceptual underpinnings, and designing an Influencing campaign to practice skills learned during the course. The package will be followed by online technical support within four months of the training.

Training Objectives

• Participants are able to demonstrate an understanding of influencing as a process for sustainable change
• Each participating NGO/CBO develops and facilitates influencing campaigns by effective use of various influencing tools
• Analyze risks and sensitivities while designing influencing campaigns

Who is it for

Humanitarian and development practitioners

Middle to senior level project or program managers

Coordinators of national level organizations

When & Where

March 17-20, 2020 – Murree, Pakistan

Language

Urdu/ English

Meet the Trainer

Aftab Ahmed Awan is a development professional with more than 15 years’ experience in the development sector in his different assignments. He has been responsible for providing strategic direction, development and implementation of organizational policies and frameworks, resource mobilization, developing linkages and partnerships with stakeholders, providing leadership in programmes and operational management to ensure cost effective, timely and specification compliant programmes delivery. He has experience of implementing projects funded by USAID, DFID, MOFA Netherlands, EU, UNICEF, UNWOMEN, UNOCHA, Urgent Action Fund, Open Society Institute, Peace Direct, Refugee Action, DAI (DFID funding) and other international donor organizations. In his different assignments in different national and international organizations to work with civil society organizations to build their capacity and provide them technical backstopping for implementing the projects and achieving the desired objectives.

Registration

PKR. 10,000/-. (All inclusive) Early-bird Discount – 10% (for applications received before February 25, 2020)

Last date of submitting application Is February 29, 2020.

40% discount to women participants.

How to Apply

Kindly fill in the application form by following the below link: Apply Now

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

Note: Community World Service Asia reserves the right to cancel or postpone the event if circumstances require. Registered participants will be informed with 100% fee refund. However, if the participant wishes to cancel the registration, he/she requires informing Community World Service Asia office at least two weeks in advance or else the fee will not be refunded

HOW WILL THE TRAINING BE USEFUL?

Local organizations work with grass root communities on a regular basis. These organizations use social mobilization to raise awareness, motivate people to bring change and development or to organize communities to take ownership of project interventions meant to assist them. Social mobilization also strengthens the participation of local communities in decision-making, local governance and increases their access to socio-economic services. Also used as a tool in advocacy campaigning, social mobilization promotes engagement of affected communities in raising awareness or working towards changing public opinion on prevailing issues. Key skills and relevantly trained staff is the key to effective social mobilization. As the natal step towards community interaction, these skills play a significant role in implementation of all cycles of humanitarian and development interventions.

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

• Understanding social mobilization as an approach, its key elements and the true role of a social mobilizer
• Basic communication skills, ethics and tools for successful community mobilization
• Managing community expectations and keeping community intact throughout the project life cycle and use community for influencing for social change
• Power dynamics and conflict management
• Strategies to promote women inclusion in social mobilization process

REGISTRATION

PKR. 10,000/-. (All inclusive)

Early-bird Discount – 10% (for applications received before February 25, 2020)

Last date of submitting application Is February 29, 2020.

40% discount to women participants.

WHEN& WHERE

April 1-4, 2020, Hyderabad-Sindh, Pakistan

LANGUAGE

Urdu/ English

MEET THE TRAINERS

Syed Moazzam Ali has extensive experience of conducting trainings with Civil Society Organizations, government institutions, communities and educational institutions across Asia. He has been associated with leading rights-based organizations such as Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and Amnesty International. He has been associated with Community World Service Asia since 2003 delivering diversified trainings on Social Development Programs, Youth Empowerment Programs, Mass Awareness and Community Awareness on HIV & AIDS, Local Capacities for Peace (Do No Harm), Political Education Program, Peace Education Program, Girls Education Program in Afghanistan and trainings on Sphere Minimum Standards.

Kausar Bibi, has virtuous experience in development and humanitarian sector with developing, managing and implementing both development and emergency projects. Hands on experience in conduction, organizing, coordinating and designing training courses on different thematic areas. she has expertise In, Child rights, Child protection, Gender equality, Education, Capacity enhancement and quality & accountability. she has hands on experience of conducted training with local and national level organization, teachers/head teachers, staff and partners on thematic areas like social mobilization, influencing positive change, women leadership, child protection, positive learning environment, team building and behavior management skills and gender mainstreaming. Knowledge and understanding about Q&A Framework; Q&A mainstreaming; Sphere Standards, and Core Humanitarian Standard.

HOW TO APPLY

Kindly fill in the application form by following the below link: Apply Now

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

How will the training be useful?

Emerging or small level organizations often have informal structures owing to lack of resources and capacity, resulting in few staff members performing multiple functions. It is important that these team members are well versed in the basic functions of human resource, operations, and finance to bring more efficiency in the organization. Community World Service, Asia offers a capacity building opportunity through a four-day workshop on Organization Management.

By the end of the workshop, participants will have developed:

1. Greater knowledge, understanding, and skills of Organizational Management
2. The ability to properly assess current organizational management practice in their organizations and to make required changes for improvement
3. The ability to facilitate the development of an organizational management framework for their organizations

Who is it for?

• Organization head Senior managers
• Newly established organization’s head
• All managers who wish to enhance management skills
• Newly appointed managers
• HR, financial and R&D Personnel desiring to improve processes

Meet the Trainer                    

Sohail Muhammad Ali is a Consultant and Trainer. As a Trainer, he has conducted workshops for national and international organizations on various themes but his signatory themes are advocacy & Lobbying, Communication Skills, Organizational structure & culture, Project Cycle Management, Social Mobilization, Monitoring & Evaluation, Communication & Reporting, Leadership & Management,

Resource Mobilization, Community Management Skills, Core Management Skills, Art of mentoring. Sohail Muhammad Ali has conducted trainings and provided consultancies to British Council Pakistan, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), Training Resource Group (TRG), Lead Pakistan, UNICEF, Transparency international, Research & Development Foundation (RDF), Human Resource Development Network (HRDN), Association International des Etudiants en Sciences Economicus et Commercials (AIESEC), British High Commission, German embassy, Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and Care international.

Where?

Lahore- Pakistan

When?

April 14-17, 2020 (9.00am – 5.00pm)

Training Language

Urdu/ English

Registration Fees

PKR. 10,000/-. (All inclusive)

Early-bird Discount – 10% (for applications received before March 10, 2020)

40% discount to women participants.

Apply Now

Apply now by following the above link before March 20, 2020

Community World Service Asia reserves the right to cancel or postpone the event if circumstances require. Registered participants will be informed with 100% fee refund. However, if the participant wishes to cancel the registration, he/she requires informing Community World Service Asia office at least two weeks in advance or else the fee will not be refund.