From the Humanitarioans Times
Bob Pyke Jr
Building on courses pioneered by Liverpool Univ. and Medecins
sans Frontieres, a range of new courses have been developed in
recent years to convey core skills needed in the provision of
humanitarian aid  -

- NEW WEB-BASED CATALOGUE ON HUMANITARIAN AID TRAINING MATERIALS
is by Johns Hopkins Univ.: www.jhsph.edu/research/emergencies.

- "PUBLIC HEALTH IN COMPLEX EMERGENCIES" COLUMBIA UNIV COURSE
(sponsored by USAID/OFDA), geared to NGO health professionals,
will be offered June 13-26 outside New York City, & in Aug in
Uganda.  This course is best suited for health professionals who
are working in the field.  Contact Sharon Kim:
[log in to unmask] or fax: (212) 305-7024.

- "ACT GLOBALLY; TRAIN LOCALLY" - JOINT NGO STAFF TRAINING
for refugee & emergency preparedness & relief, will be topic of
discussion June 16, in Wash DC, in a meeting coordinated by
InterWorks and linked to certification from the University of
Wisconsin (Disaster Management Training Ctr). This meeting builds
on a successful NGO meeting held in March in Calif. whereby NGOs
worked with InterWorks to arrange professional, cost-effective &
tailored staff training. Contact: [log in to unmask]

- "HEALTH EMERGENCIES IN LARGE EMERGENCIES" (H.E.L.P.) COURSE
developed by the Intl. Comm. Of the Red Cross (ICRC) will be
offered in Montreal/Canada in May, in Sweden in Sept., and South
Africa, Mexico, & West Africa later in 99.  Since its inception
in 1986 the HELP course has trained over 500 professionals, from
91 countries.  Contact: [log in to unmask]

- H.E.L.P. EMERGENCY HEALTH SKILLS PROMOTED FOR NGO STAFF,
via 3-week summer course put on by public health schools of Univ.
of Honolulu (contact: [log in to unmask]) from
July 19-August 6, and in early July in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins
Univ. (contact: [log in to unmask]).

- "WORKING IN LONG-TERM CONFLICT - THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGE"
course will be offered October 25-29 in Oxford UK by INTRAC
(Intl NGO Training & Research Centre), reviewing war economics,
humanitarian principles and institution building.
Contact: [log in to unmask] or see: http://www.intrac.org.

- RED-R TRAINS FIELD STAFF IN ENGLAND IN TECHNICAL RELIEF SKILLS
including refugee relief (June 25-30), water supply (July 15-18),
& related mechanical work.  Contact: [log in to unmask]

- MULTI-DISCIPLINE MASTERS IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
has been offered for several years under the EC-sponsored NOAH
graduate program, offered across a network of European univ's:
Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Bochum, Deusto-Bilbao,
Aix-Marseilles III, Dublin, Roma and Uppsala.

- DISASTER THEORY AND PRACTICE TAUGHT AT CRANFIELD UNIV.
in the Disaster Management Course offered by Cranfield Disaster
Management Ctr July 27-Aug 26, Shrivenham UK. "aimed at those
with or anticipating disaster management responsibilities who may
wish to improve their working knowledge of theory and practice."

- TUFTS UNIV. OFFERS NEW MASTERS DEGREE FOR MID-CAREER HUM. WORK,
a joint program with the School of Nutrition and the Fletcher
School of Law/Diplomacy.  Contact: [log in to unmask]

- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION OFFERS COURSE ON HEALTH RISK
Management for emergencies; Contact: [log in to unmask]

- A DIPLOMA COURSE IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AID
has been piloted in Dublin, Geneva and NYC, with a diverse
faculty of UN experts, and is planned to be repeated again this
year. Fax: Cent Intl Health & Cooperation, 212 434 2479.

- NEW WORLD BANK TRAINING COURSE ON POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
runs April 13-15 in WashDC, reviewing wide range of program
issues in war-to-peace transition, Targeted to World Bank staff.
Contact: [log in to unmask]

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