Organization: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Registration deadline: 17 Mar 2017
Starting date: 20 Mar 2017
Ending date: 31 Mar 2017
http://www.lstmed.ac.uk/study/courses/management-of-refugee-displaced-populations
3 good reasons to study
- Political turbulence in many regions of the world has increased the number of displaced people fleeing complex emergencies and disasters, and they often end up in large camps where environmental health measures are insufficient.
- You will be taught by staff who are at the forefront of teaching and research in the humanitarian sector.
- No longer the realm of resource-poor settings, skills learnt on this course are useful for many fields such as medicine, social care, local government, public health and NGO / Humanitarian work.
This course aims to provide students with the knowledge, skills and critical understanding needed to adopt an evidence-based and reasoned approach to strategic planning, needs assessment and management of refugee and displaced populations across the spectrum from emergency relief to sustainable development
Learning Outcomes
- Use appropriate evidence-based approaches for mobilising & managing human and financial resources
- Describe security threats and make recommendations for self-care of humanitarian actors
- Critically analyse the emergency vs development divide
- Critically analyse strategies for managing and co-ordinating refugees / IDPs in a variety of settings
Course Outline
Managing Responses to Displacement
- the key elements of a relief programme
- managing and co-ordinating refugees / IDPs in a variety of settings
- importance of coordination and good leadership in management of resources and constraints
- project cycle management and the systems model in planning a relief operation.
- logistics, communications, and operational safety
- team building and motivation
- cross-cultural communication and community participation
- vulnerable groups in refugee and displaced populations
Mobilising & Managing Human and Financial Resources
- human resources in relief operations
- project proposals and logframes
- fundraising for humanitarian programmes
- principles of good financial management in humanitarian operations
Security & Self Care of Humanitarian Actors
- security awareness among field staff.
- risks to personal health and methods of risk reduction
- psychological self-care for humanitarian workers
Impact of Humanitarian Action
- rationale for and principle methods of evaluation
- application of humanitarian principles and standards to evaluation
Emergency vs Development Divide
- long-term solutions for refugees and internally displaced persons.
- exit strategies in humanitarian assistance programmes
- micro and macro-economic stabilization
- management of the transition to sustainable development
How to register:
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http://www.lstmed.ac.uk/study/courses/management-of-refugee-displaced-populations