Team Leadership in Emergencies, Villars, Switzerland
InterWorks has been conducting two Emergency Team Leadership Programmes per year since March 2007 in Switzerland. The ETLP is a blended learning programme consisting of a pre-workshop phase with readings, peer feedback and self-assessments, a weeklong face-to-face workshop and a post-workshop learning activity. Themes which anchor the design of the ETLP include “emotional intelligence”, “situational leadership”, “’win-win’ negotiation”, “decision-making in emergencies”, “team care/trust building in emergencies” and “coaching”. All ETLP learning activities, discussions and presentations are contextualized to reflect humanitarian emergency environments, challenges and scenarios. The programme was designed and developed by InterWorks, with Charles Dufresne acting as the lead instructional designer. At the request of and in close consultation with the IASC, UNHCR serves as the institutional home for the ETLP by facilitating the tendering, overseeing the design and ensuring the delivery of the learning programme.
The ETLP targets individuals within the IASC network of agencies (at the UN P4 level) who are currently leading teams or offices in the field or who expect to be available for deployment as emergency team leaders within 12 months following the workshop. Each ETLP can accommodate up to twenty participants.
For the most recent programme agenda, please click here. For a “comprehensive report” describing the ETLP programme, including a summary of participant programme evaluation ratings and an assessment of what participants have applied after the course, please click here.
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