InterWorks designed and conducted the regional Situational Emergency Training (SET) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 6-8 December 2022. The workshop was conducted for UNHCR and its government and NGO counterparts, to strengthen the capacities of UNHCR and its partners to prepare for and respond to refugee emergencies in the east Africa region. Read more
InterWorks led the IASC Emergency Team Leadership Programme (ETLP) online training, organized by UNHCR on behalf of the IASC from 14-18 November 2022 via Zoom conferencing platform. At the request of 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 program. The ETLP is an interagency blended training programme which reinforces individual team leadership competencies and fosters effective, efficient and professional leadership in humanitarian emergency team settings. Read more
InterWorks conducted a UNHCR eCentre “Basics of International Humanitarian Response” (BIHR) workshop in Fort Dhanarajata, Thailand from 6-14 November 2022. Twenty-five participants from UNHCR, government and NGO counterpart institutions participated, representing 11 different countries in the Asia Pacific region. Read more
InterWorks designed and conducted the regional Situational Emergency Training (SET) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast from 8-10 November 2022. The workshop was conducted for UNHCR and its government and NGO counterparts in West Africa, to strengthen the capacities of UNHCR and its partners to prepare for and respond to a refugee emergency in the west Africa region. Read more
InterWorks facilitated an Essentials of Humanitarian Negotiation (EHN) online workshop from 27-30 June 2022. Participants came from UNHCR and from NGOs – this workshop being specifically dedicated to UNHCR and NGOs staff on request from the Myanmar management. Read more
For UNHCR Inter-Agency Coordination Learning Programme (IACLP) , InterWorks developed and facilitated two simulation exercises, one to enhance interagency coordination capacities in refugee emergencies and the second to do the same for enhancing coordination in IDP crises. Read more
InterWorks led the IASC Emergency Team Leadership Programme (ETLP) online training, organized by UNHCR on behalf of the IASC from from 16-20 May 2022. At the request of 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 program. The ETLP is an interagency blended training programme which reinforces individual team leadership competencies and fosters effective, efficient and professional leadership in humanitarian emergency team settings. Read more
InterWorks facilitated a webinar series from 18-21 April 2022, based on the long-running Essentials of Humanitarian Negotiation (EHN) workshop for the UNHCR Regional Centre for Emergency Preparedness. Participants were from diverse backgrounds, offices, and countries, representing UNHCR, WFP, WHO, and many other NGOs. Read more
InterWorks facilitated an online Senior Emergency Leadership Programme (SELP) workshop for UNHCR SCER members from 12-14 April 2022. The themes of the workshop centered on protection challenges, interagency coordination, managing risks and crisis communication, staffing in emergencies, prevention of and response to sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment and Duty of Care (with a focus on psychosocial wellbeing and health and safety). Read more
InterWorks facilitated two virtual Security Risk Management (SRM) workshops specifically for JICA personnel upon request of the Planning Division of the Security Management Department of JICA in Tokyo. These workshops were based on the 2020 face-to-face JICA SRM workshops conducted in Japan and Kenya and the 2021 JICA virtual SRM workshops. This year, the first JICA virtual SRM took place from 31 January – 4 February 2022 and the second took place from 28 February – 4 March 2022. Read more
