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World: Integrating Child Rights in Development Cooperation

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Country: World
Organization: UN Children's Fund

The Integrating Child Rights in Development Cooperation e-learning course is a suite of modules designed to help users gain an overview of critical child rights issues, standards and principles; help them understand the obligations of relevant actors to realize international commitments on child rights and some specific strategies and frameworks to ensure those are put in place at the country level; and build skills for mainstreaming child rights in different sectors and phases of development cooperation programming through the use of specific tools and examples.


How to register:

This course is free and open to all on Agora, UNICEF's global hub for learning and development

English version: https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=643
French version: https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=1271
Spanish version: https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=1279

New to Agora? Agora is UNICEF’s Global Hub for Learning and Development. Agora already offers direct access to a great diversity of self-learning opportunities in a searchable catalogue, as well as services such as learning plans, personal records of learning or electronic badges and certificates. Many more activities will be added over the coming months, including local and regional initiatives.
All UNICEF staff (incl. consultants and interns) have a profile on Agora, linked to their organizational account. New users are encouraged to check the Agora Quick Start Guide to learn about basic features of the portal.
Come in to find out more at https://agora.unicef.org


World: Cholera Toolkit e-Learning

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Country: World
Organization: UN Children's Fund

In this tutorial, you will learn about the structure and features of the Cholera toolkit. You will also get acquainted with the important aspects of the toolkit that make it user friendly.

The UNICEF Cholera Toolkit provides one place where you can find access to resources and tools ready to use for preventing, preparing for and responding to cholera outbreaks.

Learning objectives

At the end of this tutorial, you will be able to:

  • Describe the structure and features of the toolkit.
  • Recognize the important aspects of the toolkit that make it user friendly.

Audience

The primary target audience is UNICEF staff at all levels and across all divisions and sections in the UNICEF Country, Regional, and HQ Offices.

Length

It should take you about 20-30 minutes to complete the tutorial.

Methodology

This short tutorial includes various examples and activities. You will observe how the toolkit provides the guidance and tools you need for real life situations, and how it presents an integrated approach to help with cholera related issues.

Structure

Through an example, you will observe how the toolkit provides guidance and tools needed for real life situations, and how it presents and integrated approach to help with cholera related issues. You will first understand how the tools and resources are organized and presented in the toolkit, so you’ll know what’s there when you need to prevent, prepare for, and respond to Cholera. Furthermore, you will explore how the toolkit supplies you with guidance and tools to establish a comprehensive plan.

Contact details

Heather Papowitz, Senior Advisor- Health-Emergencies: hpapowitz@unicef.org

Kate Alberti, Senior Programme Specialist – Cholera: kalberti@unicef.org;


How to register:

This course is free and open to all on Agora, UNICEF's global hub for learning and development at:

https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=4

New to Agora? Agora is UNICEF’s Global Hub for Learning and Development. Agora already offers direct access to a great diversity of self-learning opportunities in a searchable catalogue, as well as services such as learning plans, personal records of learning or electronic badges and certificates. Many more activities will be added over the coming months, including local and regional initiatives.
All UNICEF staff (incl. consultants and interns) have a profile on Agora, linked to their organizational account. New users are encouraged to check the Agora Quick Start Guide to learn about basic features of the portal.
Come in to find out more at https://agora.unicef.org

World: Evaluation in Humanitarian Settings

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Country: World
Organization: UN Children's Fund

UNICEF is a major humanitarian actor, and it is important that evaluation is undertaken to improve accountability for results and produce organizational lessons learned. The course presents a concrete emergency scenario that guides participants through the evaluation process before, during and after an emergency. It underlines the importance of evaluation to advance UNICEF accountability and leaning goals as outlined in the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action and it provides some concrete guidance.

Learning objectives

At the end of this course you will:

  • Understand that UNICEF is a major humanitarian actor
  • Know how to prepare for handling an emergency in your own country office. M&E in emergencies can happen to anyone, so advance preparation is a key.
  • Understand how evaluation during emergencies is different, but also rooted in the same evaluation principles that were touched upon in previous modules.

Audience

The course is open to all UNICEF staff, in particular those involved in monitoring and evaluation activities who are interested in developing greater awareness regarding evaluation in humanitarian settings. This would include monitoring and evaluation staff seeking to grow professionally and strengthen the evaluation function, as well as relevant staff who would like to improve their understanding of evaluation in humanitarian situations.

Length / Dates

It will take you approximately 1-2 hours to complete the course.

Delivery methodology

This course is composed of six animated modules, including various resources and interactive exercises.

Structure

The course is composed of 6 modules including:

  • Introduction
  • Prior to the emergency onset
  • Month 1 to 3 of the emergency response
  • Month 3 to 6 of the emergency response
  • Month 6 and beyond of the emergency response
  • Conclusion

Other information

The course is not a technical training on evaluation theories, approaches and methods. For more in-depth technical material and training, as well as additional information on Country-led and Joint evaluations, please visit:


How to register:

This course is free and open to all on Agora, UNICEF's global hub for learning and development at:

https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=29

New to Agora? Agora is UNICEF’s Global Hub for Learning and Development. Agora already offers direct access to a great diversity of self-learning opportunities in a searchable catalogue, as well as services such as learning plans, personal records of learning or electronic badges and certificates. Many more activities will be added over the coming months, including local and regional initiatives.
All UNICEF staff (incl. consultants and interns) have a profile on Agora, linked to their organizational account. New users are encouraged to check the Agora Quick Start Guide to learn about basic features of the portal.

Come in to find out more at https://agora.unicef.org

World: Child Friendly Schools (CFS)

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Country: World
Organization: UN Children's Fund

This e-Learning Package is presented as part of the Global Capacity Development programme for CFS, developed by the UNICEF Education Section in New York, in collaboration with regional and country offices. Other elements of the programme include the CFS Manual, Compendiums to the Manual (WASH, School Readiness and Financial LIteracy and Climate Change) and a set of case studies on CFS programming in different contexts.

Learning objectives

The purpose of this course is to help you:

  • apply the concepts and principles that are the foundation of the CFS model.
  • recognize CFS as a dynamic model that charts out a pathway to quality enhancement in education that is flexible enough to be applied to development as well as emergency situations.
  • gain the necessary technical knowledge, programming skills, and aptitutes to support the planning and implementation of the CFS model for education, as well as its mainstreaming into the national educaiton policies and plans.
  • become familiar with key reference documents and resources to support the application of the CFS model.

Audience

This course is suitable to anyone interested in learning more about the Child Friendly School initiative, a core component of UNICEF's programmes in the field of Education.

Length

It should take you 4 to 5 hours to complete this self-paced course. You can complete the course in as many seatings as you wish (your progress will be saved).

Methodology

This self-learning course, includes scenario based modules which introduce core concepts of the CFS Toolkit and their applications. The course also includes a number of quizzes and activities.

Structure

The course is composed of 7 modules. You will first be introduced to the key concepts of the CFS initiative. Modules 2 to 5 then explore in greater detail: Learning and Teaching, Learning Environment, School Leadership in CFS and School Community Links. Modules 6 deals with practical considerations related to school design and construction. Finally, Module 7 talks about the link between CFS and Education Policies, and offers insights on how to mainstream and scale up CFS initiatives.

Module 1: Introduction to Child-Friendly Schools
Module 2: Learning and Teaching
Module 3: Learning Environment
Module 4: School Leadership in CFS
Module 5: School-Community Links
Module 6: Application of CFS principles to Guide School Design and Construction
Module 7:Education Policy, Mainstreaming, and Scaling Up

Contact details

Maida Pasic, Programme Specialist, Education Section
mpasic@unicef.org


How to register:

This course is free and open to all on Agora, UNICEF's global hub for learning and development at:

https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=222

New to Agora? Agora is UNICEF’s Global Hub for Learning and Development. Agora already offers direct access to a great diversity of self-learning opportunities in a searchable catalogue, as well as services such as learning plans, personal records of learning or electronic badges and certificates. Many more activities will be added over the coming months, including local and regional initiatives.

All UNICEF staff (incl. consultants and interns) have a profile on Agora, linked to their organizational account. New users are encouraged to check the Agora Quick Start Guide to learn about basic features of the portal.

Come in to find out more at https://agora.unicef.org

World: Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT)

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Country: World
Organization: UN Children's Fund

Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT) establish common principles and process for managing cash transfers among UN agencies that have adopted the approach across all countries and operational contexts. This course describes the principles and processes of HACT and how they work in UNICEF.

Learning objectives

HACT is a common operational framework for transferring cash to government and non-government implementing partners. This course will focus on the principles, processes and implementation of HACT. At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Define HACT, explain its objectives and identify the key revisions of the 2014 HACT framework
  • Identify the key elements of HACT and explain their corresponding processes
  • Describe UNICEF specific requirements and staff responsibilities for HACT implementation

Audience

This course is meant for all UNICEF staff responsible for managing results and resources in relation to cash transfers to implementing partners. It may also serve other UN colleagues and partners to familiarize themselves with the HACT framework.

Length

It should take you about 90 minutes to complete the course.

Methodology

This course is designed with application of problem-based learning (PBL), which is a student-centered pedagogy in which learners learn about a subject through the experience of problem solving. Inside the module, learners will learn new concepts through a variety of instructional strategies such as quizzes, a short case study, games and more. There is a final assessment at the end of the course.

Structure

The course is composed of course introduction, 3 chapters on HACT and course assessment. Each chapter starts with learning objectives and ended with summary.

Course introduction

Chapter 1. Introduction to HACT

Chapter 2. HACT processes

Chapter 3. HACT in UNICEF

Course assessment

Contact details

Slavi Nikolov, Programme Specialist (HACT), Field Results Group, snikolov@unicef.org

Silvia Chiarucci, Programme Specialist, Field Results Group, schiarucci@unicef.org

Munday Makoko, Programme Specialist (HACT), Field Results Group, mmakoko@unicef.org


How to register:

This course is free and open to all on Agora, UNICEF's global hub for learning and development at:

https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=1312

New to Agora? Agora is UNICEF’s Global Hub for Learning and Development. Agora already offers direct access to a great diversity of self-learning opportunities in a searchable catalogue, as well as services such as learning plans, personal records of learning or electronic badges and certificates. Many more activities will be added over the coming months, including local and regional initiatives.

All UNICEF staff (incl. consultants and interns) have a profile on Agora, linked to their organizational account. New users are encouraged to check the Agora Quick Start Guide to learn about basic features of the portal.

Come in to find out more at https://agora.unicef.org

World: Disability Orientation

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Country: World
Organization: UN Children's Fund

"Let’s remove the barriers and create an inclusive and accessible society for all."

The web-based Disability Orientation for staff is a multi-media, 40-minute video that includes interesting and thought provoking statements, resources and good practices from UNICEF and partners from across the globe.

Objectives

The objective of the orientation is to strengthen understanding of, and capacity to support, programming for children and women with disabilities.

Target audience

This course primarily targets all UNICEF staff. It is open to partners and the general public.

Duration

It should take you about 50 minutes to complete this course.

Structure and Methodology

The Disability Orientation consists of two main modules, each module has five lessons. The first module provides an overview of the disability movement and what disability means according to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The second module focusses on how to mainstream disability through our work.
The Disability Orientation can be completed individually or in groups.

A short quiz is available as a tool to assess what you learned or to facilitate discussion.

Contact details

For questions related to the contact of this course, please email: aburlyaevanorman@unicef.org


How to register:

This course is free and open to all on Agora, UNICEF's global hub for learning and development at:

https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=909

New to Agora? Agora is UNICEF’s Global Hub for Learning and Development. Agora already offers direct access to a great diversity of self-learning opportunities in a searchable catalogue, as well as services such as learning plans, personal records of learning or electronic badges and certificates. Many more activities will be added over the coming months, including local and regional initiatives.

All UNICEF staff (incl. consultants and interns) have a profile on Agora, linked to their organizational account. New users are encouraged to check the Agora Quick Start Guide to learn about basic features of the portal.

Come in to find out more at https://agora.unicef.org

World: Introduction to Child Protection

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Country: World
Organization: UN Children's Fund

Protecting children from violence, exploitation and abuse is at the core of UNICEF's mandate. This course describes what the UNICEF Child Protection programme does and why it’s important.

Learning objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explore some forms of violence, exploitation and abuse that children experience and/or are at risk of facing throughout the world.
  • Describe what child protection means in UNICEF and why it is central to UNICEF's mission.
  • Identify UNICEF child protection programming strategies.
  • Illustrate what a child protection programme might look like and the result it can achieve.

Audience

This course is suitable to new staff of any level of seniority, of technical or non-technical background, who want to learn the basics about the subject.

It is also open to anyone interested in learning about UNICEF's Child Protection programme.

Length

It should take you about 30 minutes to complete this self-paced course.

Methodology

This course is composed of a single short self-paced animated module, including various examples and activities.

Structure

This course is composed of five sections:

  1. Introduction
  2. Why child protection?
  3. UNICEF's approach to child protection
  4. Building the evidence base
  5. What child protection programming looks like
  6. Quiz

Contact details

Caroline Bacquet, Child Protection Officer, cbacquet@unicef.org

Hellen Nyangoya, Child Protection Specialist, hnyangoya@unicef.org


How to register:

This course is free and open to all on Agora, UNICEF's global hub for learning and development at:

https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=915

New to Agora? Agora is UNICEF’s Global Hub for Learning and Development. Agora already offers direct access to a great diversity of self-learning opportunities in a searchable catalogue, as well as services such as learning plans, personal records of learning or electronic badges and certificates. Many more activities will be added over the coming months, including local and regional initiatives.

All UNICEF staff (incl. consultants and interns) have a profile on Agora, linked to their organizational account. New users are encouraged to check the Agora Quick Start Guide to learn about basic features of the portal.

Come in to find out more at https://agora.unicef.org

World: Introduction to Nutrition

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Country: World
Organization: UN Children's Fund

This course describes the actions UNICEF Nutrition takes to attempt to alleviate malnutrition, explains why efforts and collaborations with multiple sectors are required to address the underlying causes of malnutrition, and eventually presents some case studies.

Learning objectives

Nutrition is a key sector at UNICEF and an important part of the work we do. In this course, you will explore what it is by:

  • Explaining the focus area and work approach of Nutrition at UNICEF.
  • Describing Nutrition-specific interventions UNICEF undertakes.
  • Detailing why work across multiple sectors is so important.
  • Exploring a few real-life, successful multi-sectorial case studies.

Audience

This course is suitable to new staff of any level of seniority, of technical or non-technical background, who want to learn the basics about the subject.

It is also open to anyone interested in learning about UNICEF's Nutrition programme.

Length

It should take you about 30 minutes to complete this self-paced course.

Methodology

This course is composed of five animated modules, including various examples and activities.

Structure

This course is composed of six sections:

  1. Introduction
  2. The importance of Nutrition
  3. UNICEF’s approach
  4. Main Nutrition interventions
  5. Multi-sectoral interventions
  6. Quiz and wrap-up

Contact details

Edith Cheung, Health Specialist
echeung@unicef.org


How to register:

This course is free and open to all on Agora, UNICEF's global hub for learning and development at:

https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=7

New to Agora? Agora is UNICEF’s Global Hub for Learning and Development. Agora already offers direct access to a great diversity of self-learning opportunities in a searchable catalogue, as well as services such as learning plans, personal records of learning or electronic badges and certificates. Many more activities will be added over the coming months, including local and regional initiatives.

All UNICEF staff (incl. consultants and interns) have a profile on Agora, linked to their organizational account. New users are encouraged to check the Agora Quick Start Guide to learn about basic features of the portal.

Come in to find out more at https://agora.unicef.org


World: Introduction to Advocacy

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Country: World
Organization: UN Children's Fund

This module explores UNICEF’s approach to advocacy and describes what is advocacy, how to build capacity to advocate and how to develop advocacy strategies.

Learning objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Highlight the importance of advocacy to achieve results.
  • Familiarize yourself with the ways UNICEF conducts advocacy successfully
  • Explain the foundational principles, as well as the key components of developing advocacy strategies.

Audience

This course is suitable to new staff of any level of seniority, of technical or non-technical background, who want to learn the basics about the subject.

Length

It should take you about 30 minutes to complete this self-paced course.

Methodology

This short course is composed of five animated modules, including various examples and activities.

Structure

This course is composed of five sections:

1.Introduction

2.What is Advocacy?

3.Why Advocacy?

4.How to Advocate?

5.Wrapping up (including short assessment)

Contact details

Nicholas Rees, Policy Advocacy Specialist

nrees@unicef.org

Maria Clara Osorio, Programme Assistant

mcosorio@unicef.org


How to register:

This course is free and open to all on Agora, UNICEF's global hub for learning and development at:

https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=6

New to Agora? Agora is UNICEF’s Global Hub for Learning and Development. Agora already offers direct access to a great diversity of self-learning opportunities in a searchable catalogue, as well as services such as learning plans, personal records of learning or electronic badges and certificates. Many more activities will be added over the coming months, including local and regional initiatives.

All UNICEF staff (incl. consultants and interns) have a profile on Agora, linked to their organizational account. New users are encouraged to check the Agora Quick Start Guide to learn about basic features of the portal.

Come in to find out more at https://agora.unicef.org

World: Research and Evidence at UNICEF

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Country: World
Organization: UN Children's Fund

In this short course, you will explore why research at UNICEF matters and observe ways to ensure that the highest-quality research is impacting the lives of women and children.

Learning objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe the importance of research to UNICEF programming, policy and advocacy.
  • Provide examples of where and on what topics research is done at UNICEF
  • Describe the research process
  • Describe key principles and tools used throughout that process
  • Identify where to go to find more information about UNICEF research.

Audience

This course is suitable to new staff of any level of seniority, of technical or non-technical background, who want to learn the basics about the subject.

It is also open to anyone interested in learning about Research and Evidence at UNICEF.

Length

It should take you about 30 minutes to complete this self-paced course.

Methodology

This course is composed of a single short self-paced animated module, including various examples and activities.

Structure

This course is composed of four sections:

  1. Introduction
  2. The importance of research at UNICEF
  3. Research in action with quality assurance
  4. Making it happen

Contact details

Prerna Banati, Senior Planning Specialist
pbanati@unicef.org


How to register:

How to register:

This course is free and open to all on Agora, UNICEF's global hub for learning and development at:

https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=1180

New to Agora? Agora is UNICEF’s Global Hub for Learning and Development. Agora already offers direct access to a great diversity of self-learning opportunities in a searchable catalogue, as well as services such as learning plans, personal records of learning or electronic badges and certificates. Many more activities will be added over the coming months, including local and regional initiatives.

All UNICEF staff (incl. consultants and interns) have a profile on Agora, linked to their organizational account. New users are encouraged to check the Agora Quick Start Guide to learn about basic features of the portal.

Come in to find out more at https://agora.unicef.org

World: Child Rights and Why They Matter: UNICEF Agora Online Training

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Country: World
Organization: UN Children's Fund

Whether you've been working on child rights for your entire career and know the Convention on the Rights of the Child by heart, or whether you're new to the concept of a child rights approach...this light-hearted and engaging introduction to UNICEF's mandate as it relates to child rights will make you think.

JOIN THE Child Rights and Why They Matter UNICEF ONLINE TRAINING and:

  • Transform and/or refresh your understanding of child rights and a child rights approach
  • Learn about UNICEF’s mandate in relation to child rights
  • Apply a child rights lens to your everyday work and life

Learning objectives

At the end of this course you will be able to:

  1. Transform and/or refresh your awareness, understanding and appreciation of child rights and a child rights approach in a memorable and lasting way;
  2. Describe child rights, and explain how a child rights approach differs from other approaches, such as child-focused/child-centred, charity and welfare approaches;
  3. Explain and describe UNICEF’s mandate as it relates to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of children’s rights;
  4. Describe UNICEF’s engagement in supporting implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
  5. Communicate with partners and personnel about raising awareness and understanding of child rights and a child rights approach, thus cascading the training by word-of mouth;
  6. Start thinking about ways in which to apply what you have learned to your everyday work and life.

Methodology

This course is composed of a single, short, self-paced module. Each section introduces 'key messages' illustrated by colorful cartoons, followed by a short video providing more information. The videos feature UNICEF personnel and partners, children, teachers and members of the general public from around the world. The videos are available with or without audio description. A final activity encourages you to reflect on the learning for each section and, finally, the course as a whole.

Structure

This course is composed of eight sections:

  1. Introduction
  2. Child rights and their importance for UNICEF
  3. Child rights in relation to human rights, needs and well-being
  4. A child rights approach
  5. Making a difference through a child rights approach
  6. Applying child rights: a child rights and equity approach to our work
  7. Responding to difficult questions about child rights
  8. Summary

How to register:

Free and open to all on Agora. Create an account and access the course at http://bit.ly/childrightsmatter

World: Fundamentals of humanitarian action

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Country: World
Organization: UN Children's Fund

This programme aims to help you learn about the key principles, frameworks and approaches guiding UNICEF’s humanitarian action, with a specific focus on how UNICEF prepares for and responds to humanitarian emergencies. 

Learning objectives

After completing this programme you will be able to:

  • describe how UNICEF’s work in humanitarian action relates to its mandate and other key guiding documents
  • summarise the main principles and legal frameworks guiding UNICEF’s humanitarian action in preparing and responding to an emergency
  • relate the way UNICEF works in emergencies to the international humanitarian system
  • explain how UNICEF makes the decision to respond to a humanitarian emergency and what it is required to do in the response
  • describe how UNICEF prepares to provide timely and effective humanitarian response to an emergency, specifically in relation to its procedure and guidance on preparedness for emergency response

Prerequisite learning

You will find it helpful if you have completed the “Core Commitments for Children (CCCs)” e-learning course (on Agora) before starting this programme.

That course takes about 2 hours to complete.

Who is this programme aimed at?

This programme is aimed primarily at people working for UNICEF who have limited experience of working in emergencies and standby partners who will be deployed to emergencies by UNICEF.

However, it is relevant to all staff and personnel as it provides an update and refresher about the fundamental issues, principles and frameworks that guide the way UNICEF responds to and prepares for emergencies.

This programme is designed to be a pre-requisite for UNICEF staff and personnel who will be taking part in regional or country-level humanitarian action, emergency response and preparedness workshops and planning exercises or learning events. It will give you a good understanding of key topics covered in these activities, and also asks you to reflect on your own experiences, discuss issues with colleagues, and identify questions and challenges that you would like to explore about during the workshop or exercise.

What does the programme contain?

The programme contains five modules. Most modules contain a blend of workbooks introducing the subject, questions to reflect on your experiences and those of others, suggestions for further detailed study or reference, useful videos and guides to help you study these critically, and online quizzes you can use to revisit some of the key concepts learnt.

Module 1: UNICEF and humanitarian action

This module introduces UNICEF’s work in humanitarian action, specifically in preparedness and response, and how this relates to its mandate and global developments.

Module 2: Principles guiding humanitarian action

This module introduces the core humanitarian principles, global humanitarian standards and legal frameworks guiding UNICEF’s humanitarian action when it prepares and responds to an emergency. It shows how UNICEF and its mandate relate to these, with a primary focus on humanitarian principles.

Module 3: The International humanitarian system and coordination

This module explains the international humanitarian system and coordination mechanisms that are established for humanitarian action and UNICEF’s role within it to fulfil its mandate.

Module 4: UNICEF - emergency response

This module explains how UNICEF makes the decision to respond to an emergency and an overview of what it is required to do in the response.

Module 5: UNICEF - emergency preparedness

This module outlines how UNICEF prepares to respond to emergencies, specifically in relation to its procedure and guidance on preparedness for emergency response.

Length

It will probably take you about 2-3 hours to work through the essentials of modules 1, 2, and 3. Modules 4 and 5 will take approximately 3-4 hours to complete. You may need longer if you decide to spend more time on the recommended learning activities, studying the various reference guides, webinars and videos in more detail.

How to study this programme

The modules have been designed so that there is a logical flow through them to help your learning, but how you work through it is flexible. So, as a guide, if you have:

  • limited knowledge or experience of humanitarian preparedness and response, work through each module in turn
  • some experience:
    • study Modules 1, 2 and 3 if you need some refresher or as part of pre-requisite learning for emergency preparedness and response workshops and training
    • study Module 4 for the key elements of how UNICEF responds to an emergency
    • study Module 5 to learn about what UNICEF offices must do to prepare to respond to emergencies, specifically in relation to its procedure and guidance on preparedness for emergency response.

Modules 4 and 5 are closely linked so it is suggested that it useful to do them one after another.

Contact

If you have questions about this programme and its content, please contact Gabriel Tuan, Senior Humanitarian Learning Specialist at gtuan@unicef.org 


How to register:

You can self-enrol from the course summary page on Agora: https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=7214

Note that self-registration to Agora is free, rapid and open to all: https://agora.unicef.org

Introduction to UNICEF Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action

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Organization: UN Children's Fund

This course is designed to develop your understanding of the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action & how to use them.

This course has been designed to help you develop your understanding of the revised Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) and how to use them in an emergency response. With this course and accompanying toolkit, you will be able to recognize how to deliver principled, timely, quality and child-centred humanitarian response and advocacy in diverse types of crises.

Please view video message below from UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore on CCCs.

Learning objectives

By the end of the course, you will:

  • Understand the new key functions of the CCCs, the Programmatic and Operational Core Commitments, and their benchmarks
  • Understand the managerial and organizational Commitments related to the CCCs
  • Master the tools available to plan and design emergency responses with UNICEF teams and partners

Feel:

  • Confident to apply the CCCs in your day to day work
  • Confident to support others to apply the CCCs
  • Motivated to improve your skills further

Be able to:

  • effectively use the CCCs as an advocacy tool in your dialogue with governments, local authorities and partners, as well as local medias and other external stakeholders
  • hold a briefing session on the CCCs with your teams to build their knowledge and capacities and use the CCCs as a training and onboarding tool for UNICEF personnel
  • conduct briefings with host- governments, national and local authorities, as well as operational partners on UNICEF Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action, and how to put these guiding principles and framework effectively into practice
  • embed the CCCs in the Annual Workplans (AWP), Country Programme Documents (CPD), Emergency Response Plans, Humanitarian appeals (HAC) and Partnerships of your office
  • embed the CCCs in the management tools of your office and in the performance reports of your teams
  • coach UNICEF personnel on how to include and mainstream the CCCs in their workplans

Audience

This learning program is applicable to all UNICEF personnel, managers and partners and provides the necessary building blocks that increase their ability to deliver principled, timely, quality and child-centred humanitarian response and advocacy in diverse types of crises.

 Length

It should take you about 1.30 hours to complete this self-paced course.

Methodology

The course is composed of four modules which use: webinar, workbooks, videos, testimonials, case studies/scenarios and discussion forums to help you to build and strengthen your understanding of how to put the Core Commitments for Children into action.

Structure

The structure would is as follows:

  • Pre-assessment
  • Module 1: Introduction
  • Module 2: UNICEF Core Commitments for Children in Action
  • Module 3: Using the UNICEF Core Commitments for Children to engage with partners
  • Module 4: Using the UNICEF Core Commitments for Children as a Programme Planning and Monitoring Framework
  • Final Assessment, Evaluation and Certificate

Contact details

This course was designed and developed by Nelly Owano, Mignonne Fowlis and Karima Duval from the Humanitarian Evidence and Learning Section (HELS) in close collaboration with Carole Vignaud, Humanitarian Policy Section (HPS), Office of Emergency Programmes and the AGORA team**.**

For queries, please contact Nelly Owano, Learning and Development Specialist,** Humanitarian Evidence and Learning Section, Office of Emergency Programmes, nowano@unicef.org

For any questions on the CCCs, please contact Carole Vignaud, Humanitarian Policy Specialist, Humanitarian Policy Section, Office of Emergency Programmes, cvignaud@unicef.org

For technical issues please contact agora@unicef.org

How to register:

This course is free and open to all on Agora, UNICEF's global hub for learning and development at:

https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=28195

New to Agora? Agora is UNICEF’s Global Hub for Learning and Development. Agora already offers direct access to a great diversity of self-learning opportunities in a searchable catalogue, as well as services such as learning plans, personal records of learning or electronic badges and certificates. Many more activities will be added over the coming months, including local and regional initiatives.
All UNICEF staff (incl. consultants and interns) have a profile on Agora, linked to their organizational account. New users are encouraged to check the Agora Quick Start Guide to learn about basic features of the portal.

Come in to find out more at https://agora.unicef.org

Introduction to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

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Organization: UN Children's Fund

WASH is a key programme area at UNICEF and an important part of the work we do for child survival and development. This course describes what the UNICEF WASH programme does and why it’s important.

Learning objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe the UNICEF WASH programme.
  • Explain what WASH does.
  • Explain the importance and impact of WASH.

Audience

This course is suitable to new staff of any level of seniority, of technical or non-technical background, who want to learn the basics about the subject.

It is also open to anyone interested in learning about UNICEF's WASH programme.

Length

It should take you about 30 minutes to complete this self-paced course.

Methodology

This course is composed of a single short self-paced animated module, including various examples and activities.

Structure

This course is composed of five sections:

  1. Introduction
  2. What does WASH stand for?
  3. What does WASH do?
  4. What is WASH's impact?
  5. Wrapping up (incl. a short assessment)

Contact details

agora@unicef.org

How to register

This course is free and open to all on Agora, UNICEF's global hub for learning and development at:

Summary of Introduction to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) (unicef.org)

New to Agora? Agora is UNICEF’s Global Hub for Learning and Development. Agora already offers direct access to a great diversity of self-learning opportunities in a searchable catalogue, as well as services such as learning plans, personal records of learning or electronic badges and certificates. Many more activities will be added over the coming months, including local and regional initiatives.

All UNICEF staff (incl. consultants and interns) have a profile on Agora, linked to their organizational account. New users are encouraged to check the Agora Quick Start Guide to learn about basic features of the portal.

Come in to find out more at https://agora.unicef.org

Social Norms, Social Change I

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Organization: UN Children's Fund

This is a course on social norms, the rules that glue societies together. It teaches how to diagnose social norms, and how to distinguish them from other social constructs, like customs or conventions. These distinctions are crucial for effective policy interventions aimed to create new, beneficial norms or eliminate harmful ones. The course teaches how to measure social norms and the expectations that support them, and how to decide whether they cause specific behaviors. The course is a joint Penn-UNICEF project, and it includes many examples of norms that sustain behaviors like child marriage, gender violence and sanitation practices.

This is Part 1 of the Social Norms, Social Change series. In these lectures, I introduce all the basic concepts and definitions, such as social expectations and conditional preferences, that help us distinguish between different types of social practices like customs, descriptive norms and social norms. Expectations and preferences can be measured, and these lectures explain how to measure them. Measurement is crucial to understanding the nature of the practice you are facing, as well as whether an intervention was or was not successful, and why. In Part 2, we will put into practice all we have learned in Part 1.

New! Please use this link for a 30% discount on the recommended book that accompanies this course! https://global.oup.com/academic/product/9780190622053/?cc=us&lang=en&promocode=AAFLYG6

How to register

Register now at: https://www.coursera.org/learn/norms?action=enroll


Social Norms, Social Change II

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Organization: UN Children's Fund

This course is Part 2 of the Social Norms, Social Change series. In this course, we will examine social change, the tools we may use to enact change, and put into practice all we have learned in Part 1. See Social Norms, Social Change Part I at this link: https://coursera.org/learn/norms

This course covers scripts and schemas, the cognitive structures in which social expectations are embedded, and their relationship with social norms. The course then examines the essentials of norm abandonment, including the relations between personal beliefs and social expectations. We will also evaluate existing intervention strategies, including legal reforms, information campaigns, economic incentives, and group deliberations. Finally, we look at a variety of tools policy makers may use to effect change, highlight the role of trendsetters in social change, and explore the conditions under which they can be successful. The course is a joint Penn-UNICEF project."

Please see the following link for a 30% discount on the book that accompanies this course: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/9780190622053/?cc=us&lang=en&promocode=AAFLYG6

How to register

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Measles Control in Emergencies

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Organization: UN Children's Fund

The Immunisation eLearning Initiative provides UNICEF and partners’ staff access to training in areas deemed vital to the advancement of the Global Vaccine Action Plan. MCES aims to contribute to this goal by offering the learner insight into the significance and practicalities of preventing measles disease burden under UNICEF’s core commitments for children in humanitarian action.

Learning objectives

At the end of this course, you will:

  • Understand how measles transmission risk factors are exacerbated by emergency situations.
  • Be familiar with measles risk assessment.
  • Be familiar with the practical steps in investigating a suspected measles outbreak.
  • Be introduced to planning and implementing preventive or outbreak response measles vaccination campaigns of supplemental immunisation activities (SIAs)

Audience

This course is intended for UNICEF and partners’ personnel working in health and in humanitarian emergencies across all levels of the organization (headquarters, regional, and country offices). It is recommended that health and emergency staff include the Immunization eLearning Initiative courses as part of their professional development plan.

Length

This modular course has a total duration of 130 minutes.

Methodology

This course is presented as illustrated, animated tutorials authored by subject matter experts.

Structure

This course comprises four modules and one mandatory assessment. Module 1 is mandatory, after which participants can access the others according to preference in one or several sittings

Module 1: The significance measles transmission in emergency settings (12 min) Module 2: Risk assessment and decision-making to determine mitigating strategies (32 min) Module 3: Investigating a measles outbreak (35 min) Module 4: Planning and implementation of a mass vaccination campaign (40 min) Measles Control in Emergencies: Assessment (15 min)

Contact details

For questions or feedback on this course, please contact the UNICEF Immunisation Unit:

Robert Kezaala: rkezaala@unicef.org; Imran Mirza: imirza@unicef.org; Yodit Sahlemariam: ysahlemariam@unicef.org

How to register

Register online at https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=3771

Programming for infant and young child feeding

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Organization: UN Children's Fund

Introduction

This training course aims to enhance the competencies and build the capacity of UNICEF staff and counterparts who are involved in infant and young child feeding (IYCF) programmes in developing countries. This includes programme development, programme implementation, programme evaluation, and other related activities for improving nutrition and health outcomes of infants, young children, and women.

After completing the training, you should have:

  • Awareness of up-to-date knowledge about IYCF and nutrition for women.
  • Ability to interpret data and describe population-based problems related to IYCF.
  • Ability to recommend appropriate IYCF research, programmes, and policies to supervisors, partners, and national governments.
  • Awareness of best practices to coordinate, facilitate, manage and monitor action on recommended IYCF research, programmes, and policies.
  • Awareness of best practices to incorporate IYCF initiatives with emerging issues.

Acknowledgments

This training course was jointly developed by the Infant and Young Child Feeding Unit, Nutrition Section, UNICEF Headquarters and Cornell NutritionWorks, Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University. We also appreciate the contributions of all the speakers.

How to register

Register online at https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=16009

Intégrer les droits de l'enfant dans la coopération pour le développement

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Organization: UN Children's Fund

Le cours en ligne sur l’intégration des droits de l'enfant dans la coopération au développement est une suite de modules conçus pour aider les utilisateurs à acquérir un aperçu des critiques droits de l'enfant des questions, des normes et des principes; les aider à comprendre les obligations des acteurs concernés à réaliser les engagements internationaux sur les droits de l'enfant et des stratégies spécifiques et des cadres pour assurer ceux-ci sont mis en place au niveau des pays; et renforcer les compétences pour intégrer les droits de l'enfant dans les différents secteurs et les phases de développement programmation de la coopération grâce à l'utilisation d’outils et d’exemples spécifiques.

Objectifs de formation

À la fin de ce cours, vous serez en mesure:

  • D’expliquer l'importance d'une approche fondée sur les droits de l'enfant dans la coopération au développement, tant comme obligation des gouvernements qu’une opportunité pour atteindre les objectifs de développement.

  • D’accéder à des outils permettant d’évaluation les causes sous-jacentes, les motifs de discrimination et les inégalités rencontrées par les enfants dans un pays donné pour:

    • Informer votre travail et celui de vos partenaires
    • Vous attaquer aux facteurs sous-jacents et les déterminants qui empêchent les enfants et les familles bénéficiant de services et de faire valoir leurs droits défavorisés.
    • Vérifier si les interventions et les services nécessaires pour s’attaquer aux inégalités sont prioritaires au sein des politiques nationales, des lois, des stratégies, plans et budgets clés.
  • Identifier les changements que vous pouvez mettre en œuvre pour mieux intégrer les droits de l'enfant dans votre pays / région.

  • Définir les domaines possibles de collaboration et les partenariats au niveau des pays afin d’avancer et de soutenir les priorités nationales en matière de droits de l'enfant.

  • Identifier les outils disponibles dans le « manuel sur les droits de l’enfant » qui peuvent être immédiatement mis en œuvre dans votre travail.

Public cible

Ce cours est principalement destiné aux professionnels du développement travaillant dans les organismes donateurs bilatéraux et multilatéraux, tels que les délégations de l'Union Européenne, l'UNICEF et d'autres agences des Nations Unies, les banques régionales de développement, la Banque Mondiale et bien d'autres.
Il peut également bénéficier aux personnel d’agences gouvernementales; les décideurs, les praticiens et les experts apportant une assistance technique dans la conception et la mise en œuvre de programmes de développement.

Durée

Il vous faudra de 7 à 9 heures pour terminer tous les modules de ce cours d'autoformation.

Structure

Ce cours se compose de dix sections:

  • Introduction
  • Module 1: Aperçu général des droits de l’enfant dans la coopération pour le développement
  • Module 2: Droits de l’enfant dans la programmation et les politiques sectorielles
  • Module 3: Participation de l’enfant
  • Module 4: Droit de l’enfant dans la gouvernance
  • Module 5: Analyse d’impact sur l’enfant
  • Module 6: Prise en compte des droits de l’enfant dans le processus budgétaire
  • Module 7: Droits de l’enfant dans les situations de crise et les situations à risque
  • Module 8: Collaboration avec la société civile sur les droits de l’enfant
  • Questionnaire d’évaluation des connaissances

How to register

https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=1271

Integración de los Derechos de la Niñez en la Cooperación para el Desarrollo

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Organization: UN Children's Fund

El curso electrónico Integración de los Derechos de la Niñez en la Cooperación para el Desarrollo es un conjunto de módulos diseñados para ayudar a los usuarios a obtener una visión general de una serie de temas importantes sobre los derechos de la niñez, normas y principios; ayudarles a entender las obligaciones de los agentes pertinentes para cumplir los compromisos internacionales en materia de derechos del niño y algunas estrategias y marcos específicos para asegurar su puesta en marcha a nivel nacional; y desarrollar la capacidad de incorporar los derechos del niño en diferentes sectores y fases de la programación de la cooperación para el desarrollo por medio del uso de herramientas y ejemplos específicos.

Objetivos de aprendizaje:

Al finalizar el curso, usted podrá:

  • Explicar la importancia de un enfoque basado en los derechos del niño en la cooperación para el desarrollo, no sólo como una obligación de los gobiernos sino también como una oportunidad para lograr los objetivos de desarrollo.

  • Obtener acceso a herramientas que evalúan las causas y las pautas de discriminación subyacentes y las desigualdades que enfrentan los niños en un país determinado para:

    • Informar sobre su trabajo y el trabajo de sus socios
      • Exponer factores y determinantes que impiden a los niños y familias desfavorecidos beneficiarse de los servicios y reclamar sus derechos.
      • Identificar si se concede prioridad a las intervenciones claves y los servicios necesarios para hacer frente a las desigualdades dentro de las políticas, leyes, estrategias, planes y presupuestos nacionales.
  • Identificar los cambios que usted puede implementar para incorporar una mejor perspectiva de los derechos del niño con la finalidad de promover los derechos del niño dentro del país/región.

  • Definir las posibles áreas de colaboración y alianzas a nivel de país para avanzar y apoyar las prioridades nacionales en materia de derechos del niño.

  • Identificar las herramientas proporcionadas en el Manual de los Derechos del Niño que se puedan implementar de inmediato.

Audiencia

Este curso esta principalmente dirigido a los profesionales del desarrollo que trabajan en organismos donantes bilaterales y multilaterales, tales como, las delegaciones de la Unión Europea, UNICEF y otras agencias de Naciones Unidas, los bancos regionales de desarrollo, el Banco Mundial y otros.

También pueden beneficiarse funcionarios gubernamentales y públicos en los países que enfrentan cambios en el desarrollo; encargados de elaborar políticas, profesionales y expertos que participan en la prestación de asistencia técnica en el diseño e implementación de programas de desarrollo.

Duración

Este curso tiene una duración de 7-9 horas para completar todos los módulos a un ritmo normal.

Metodología

Este curso esta basado en el Manual de los Derechos del Niño y utiliza herramientas y recursos de este manual en todas las lecciones del curso. Después de una animada introducción, la información se presenta en forma interactiva cuestionando los puntos relevantes a lo largo de cada módulo. Hay disponible información adicional, factores y ejemplos de países específicos para proporcionar aplicaciones en el mundo real del tema en referencia. La información clave está reforzada por un narrador. Un centro de datos para cada módulo proporciona acceso rápido a referencias, glosarios, herramientas pertinentes y anexos del manual de información. Además de las preguntas que aparecen en cada módulo, se incluye una encuesta final del módulo, que está diseñada para comprobar la comprensión de los temas tratados. Una evaluación final está disponible para comprobar el conocimiento obtenido; al mismo tiempo, se puede imprimir un certificado después de una exitosa finalización del curso.

Estructura

Este curso está compuesto de diez secciones:

  • Introducción
  • Módulo 1: Panorama de los derechos del niño en la cooperación para el desarrollo
  • Módulo 2: Derechos del niño en la programación y las políticas sectoriales
  • Módulo 3: Participación del Niño
  • Módulo 4: Derechos del Niño en la Gobernanza
  • Módulo 5: Evaluación de la Repercusión en los Niños
  • Módulo 6: Elaboración de Presupuestos Sensibles al Niño
  • Módulo 7: Derechos del niño en situaciones de crisis y de propensión a riesgos
  • Módulo 8: Colaboración con la Sociedad Civil en Pro de los Derechos del Niño
  • Módulo 9: Fin del Curso – Evaluación

How to register

https://agora.unicef.org/course/info.php?id=1279





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