Summary
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The REDR/Bioforce programme here is called the Disaster Response Support Service (DRSS). The aim of this project is to help maximise the speed and effectiveness of the relief and rehabilitation effort in Haiti, through strengthening the operational capacity of humanitarian agencies responding to the emergency in Haiti.
The programme has three phases:
Phase I
A 2 month programme delivering short, bespoke, ‘on-the-job’ workshops to address immediate agency needs (March to April 2010). This phase is already operational and trainings are already booked and/or being carried out with a range of agencies, e.g. DFID, GOAL, IMC, Oxfam GB, Save the Children, Tearfund, UNFPA, and requests from many others. In this phase we are adapting training to the specific agency’s needs. Training is usually taking place on the agency’s site(s).
Phase II
More structured courses (typical of REDR and Bioforce) will be held a the DRSS Centre and other venues (May 2010 to January 2011). These will tend to be longer and more in depth courses and agencies will be able to book their staff onto a range of pre-scheduled courses with limited places to enable optimal learning.
If the need is still there, the bespoke on-the-job shorter courses may also continue during phase II.
The DRSS is offering practical, technical training predominantly in the sectors of:
- Security (including personal safety, security of transport and buildings, aspects of driving (within driver training) and guards training
- Logistics (including telecommunications, driver training, warehousing, procurement, etc.); REDR is planning to begin training UN VHF radio users by the end of March and this is likely to take place on the Logs Base. These sessions will probably be open to NGO VHF radio users also
- Watsan/WASH
- Shelter
- Management (Project Cycle, People, Programme, Finance, HR) including SPHERE, HAP, PIA and Code of Conduct
Our programme will also:
- mainstream the standards and guidelines such as have been drawn up exceptionally for the emergency, alongside Sphere, HAP, People in Aid and Code of Conduct
Training can take place in English, French or Creole, with training materials in the same languages. Training is currently concentrated in Port au Prince but already training has been carried out for an NGO working in Jacmel and it is likely that trainings in Leogane, Petit Goave, etc, will follow.
There will also be a Phase III to the project, assuming that Phase I and II are well supported, which will hope to establish a longer term facility in Haiti (in collaboration with the GoH and national NGO partners) to ensure longer term capacity in humanitarian response, preparedness and structural engineering.
Nominal Fee
For agencies who cannot afford it, we will offer the training for free. For INGOs who can afford to contribute something, we would ask for a nominal contribution of up to USD50 per head. For national NGOs who can afford to contribute something, we would ask for a nominal contribution of USD25 per head. Though this amount does not of course cover our costs, experience has taught us that it guarantees attendance for courses planned and materials prepared.