UNICEF

This course provides information about food assistance minimum standards, the design and distribution of food rations, and linkages between food and livelihood assistance.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe food assistance objectives, tools, and response options
• Define the Sphere Minimum Standards for food assistance
• Discuss the use of data in the design of food assistance programmes
• Describe how food and livelihood assistance are complementary
• Describe the basic design of food rations
• Explain the components of food assistance monitoring

This course will build your ICT skills to support humanitarian response & acquire prerequisite skills needed for the hands-on training.

This online course for the theory component of the Emergency Telecommunications Training (ETT) will:

• Develop your capacity to support emergencies as an ICT responder;
• Equip you with strong background knowledge needed to support humanitarian response efforts

The course comprises the following modules:

• Emergency Preparedness and Response
• Alternative Power Systems
• Mobile Satellite Services
• ICT Management in Humanitarian Response

This course provides information about risk and risk analysis, how to incorporate risk analysis into programme planning, and emergency preparedness and response plans.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Explain the concept of risk
• Recognize risk analysis components
• Describe how to incorporate risk analysis into programme planning
• Explain emergency preparedness concepts and standards

Children in Europe and the Central Asia region have faced increased protection-related risks in recent years due to the consequences of unresolved armed conflict, civil unrest, large scale migration, and natural disasters.

Increased child protection risks occur in the context of significant numbers of children facing conditions of exclusion, marginalization, social, and economic inequity.

The course explains emergency child protection programming in Europe and the Central Asia Region.

Learning Objectives:

The objectives of this course are to:

• Reinforce the standards, context, and priorities for CPiE preparedness and response.
• Share key documents, information sources and firsthand experiences from within the ECAR region.
• Promote a better understanding of the basic principles of child protection in emergencies and their relevance in the ECAR region. Within this context, the course discusses emergency and specific CP risks and challenges in implementing programs.

This course explores the impact of gender, sexual orientation, language, and disability during emergencies.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Explain gender mainstreaming support and approaches
• Discuss the human rights that are related to sexual orientation and gender identity
• Explain how language can contribute to a feeling of vulnerability
• Describe actions that address disability issues in preparedness and response
• Explain the importance of nutrition for psychosocial and physical health

This course explains the standards for communicating and engaging communities who are responding to nutrition in emergencies. The Community Engagement course has two modules.

Module 1 focuses on the importance of community engagement for nutrition in emergencies.

Module 2 focuses on communication and behavioural change for community engagement during emergencies.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of Module 1, you should be able to:

• Discuss the core standards applicable to communication, community engagement, and behaviour change during emergencies
• List the minimum actions for communication and community engagement during emergencies

By the end of Module 2, you should be able to:

• List preparedness actions for communication, community engagement and behaviour change during emergencies
• Identify communication channels in a local context
• Discuss accountability and feedback mechanisms
• Explain the role of behaviour change communication in the adoption and coverage of services

This course presents how children and youth can be impacted by climate change, how their resilience can be strengthened, and how they can act to address this challenge. It consists of a module divided into five sections and takes around 2 hours to complete.

This module is available as PDF and PowerPoint presentation for offline study or training purposes. The module also includes links to other UN resources on climate change, which provides a gateway to more in-depth and specific information.

This course highlights the importance of Nutrition in Emergencies and UNICEF’s leadership role as the Cluster Lead Agency for Nutrition and in working with governments and partners and in ensuring that basic nutrition needs are met. The course also highlights the importance of the role of different sectors.

This course provides technical information about treatment for children under 5 with acute malnutrition.

The course has two modules:

Module 1 provides information and practical tools to help identify acute malnutrition, and describes preparedness, and planning for the treatment of children under 5 years old with acute malnutrition/wasting.

Module 2 focuses on the administration of individual treatment and community engagement.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of Module 1, you should be able to:

• Describe how to assess acute malnutrition in children under 5 years old
• Describe the relevant standards for managing acute malnutrition in emergencies
• Explain the components of early detection and treatment for acute malnutrition
• Explain admission and discharge criteria for the treatment of acute malnutrition in children under 5 years old
• Discuss the importance of early childhood development (ECD) in treatment

By the end of Module 2, you will be able to:

• Discuss the importance of communication and community engagement in Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)
• Describe the principles of treating severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) in children
• Explain the monitoring and evaluation of CMAM programming