The Sphere Project and its Handbook are well known for introducing considerations of quality and accountability to humanitarian response. Sphere’s philosophy is based on two core beliefs: first, that those affected by disaster or conflict have a right to life with dignity and, therefore, a right to assistance; and second, that all possible steps should be taken to alleviate human suffering arising out of disaster or conflict. The Sphere Project’s minimum standards are evidence-based and represent sector-wide consensus on best practices in humanitarian response.

The Humanitarian Needs Assessment E-learning program is designed to provide an overview of the Humanitarian Needs Assessment process. The process can look very different depending on the scale of a disaster, the role of humanitarian organizations involved and the resources available to any particular organization or to organizations collectively at the country level. The training course looks at assessment from various angles—from the field level to the capitol level—and views the process through the eyes of an assessment coordinator as well as enumerators on the ground.

This course introduces the basics of humanitarian community shelter and settlements (S&S) activities, including some history and trends related to the sector, best practices in assessments and programming strategy, basic shelter responses, the relationship between shelter and its context (settlements), and how to promote the recovery of affected settlements.

This course describes the basics of why shelter programming is an important component of humanitarian response both in natural disasters and conflict. It outlines the challenges that affected families face, and describes the essential elements of how humanitarians can complement the shelter activities of affected families. This online training conveys the essential concepts used by shelter experts to adequately shelter vulnerable families. It is a self-directed e-learning course, which takes 90 minutes to complete and is free for anyone to take.

The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) was established by the American Red Cross and the International Federation Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and serves as a reference center to support innovation and learning in disaster preparedness. The GDPC provides services in three main areas – Knowledge Management, Research, and Technical Assistance – in order to build national and community level preparedness.

The Global Shelter Cluster (GSC) is an Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) coordination mechanism that supports people affected by natural disasters and internally displaced people affected by conflict with the means to live in safe, dignified and appropriate shelter. The GSC enables better coordination among all shelter actors, including local and national governments, so that people who need shelter assistance get help faster and receive the right kind of support.

Are you new to seeking grants from foundations? Or maybe you are looking for a refresher on grantseeking? In this session, we will share the 10 most important things you need to know about finding grants, including:

This is the National Strategy for Diaspora 2018-2024 aproved by the Government of Albania (GoA).  The document is in Albanian language. The english translation will be provided as it becomes avaliable.

Arab Expatriate Exchange is IOM’s insitutional communication with expatriate groups from the Middle East and North Africa Inside this issue : 1/Reaching out and welcoming back: the Lebanese Diaspora Energy Initiative 2/Sharing the gift of language to the Arab community around the world 3/What’s new at IOM? The new global platform: iDiaspora

The overall objective of the study was to profile the skills of Zimbabwean health workers in the diaspora with the aim of assessing the extent and nature of health worker migration. This would inform future human resource policy in the health sector. The survey also assessed the generic profile of the health care professionals and collected relevant information via detailed questionnaires regarding the factors that induced migration, experiences of health professionals in the diaspora, and the possibility and conditions for short‐term and permanent return.