There has been much talk of decentralising the northern-centric humanitarian aid sector to give more power to southern staff, but how much has changed over recent years?
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Simulations and drills are used in all walks of life to test and prepare specific skills and competencies - whether it is for the emergency services, health professionals, military or airline pilots - and the humanitarian sector is no different. Simulations provide an excellent opportunity to build relationships, test individual competencies and provide a safe learning space for participants to try out new behaviours or approaches.
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The Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP), People In Aid and the Sphere Project have now moved into the action phase to develop a new humanitarian standards architecture.
Read the full story (17 May 2013)
The keynote speaker for the 2013 Humanitarian HR Africa conference, taking place in Nairobi, Kenya between 11 - 13 June 2013, has now been announced as Sharon Kisire, Director of Resources at Safaricom. Sharon will present her session titled 'Reflections on Leadership:
How can we be the change we want to see?'.
Read the full story (8 May 2013)
The global stakeholder consultation report on humanitarian standards, commissioned by the Joint Standards Initiative (JSI), has been made public on the Joint Standards website.
Read the full story (2 May 2013)
The new People In Aid newsletter, themed around Return on Investment (ROI), will arrive on people's desks next week. In the lead-up to its release, Islamic Relief Worldwide recently shared their experience and systems in measuring HR management success.
Read the full story (1 May 2013)
By Jonathan Potter
An informative and inspiring visit which I took recently to 34 offices across two countries left the answer in the balance.
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Did you know that the average person spends a third of his or her life at work? That is why it is essential to make the health and well-being of your employees a top priority.
Read the full story (30 April 2013)
Volunteers are critical contributors to development and humanitarian work. When we consulted the humanitarian and development sector on the 2003 revision of the People In Aid Code of Good Practice, we were asked to refer to 'staff and volunteers' throughout rather than just staff. Since then, we have always considered volunteers in our work. Volunteer-sending agencies have felt comfortable both as members of People In Aid and with the Code itself, and many of our members have large cadres of volunteers (e.g. AVI, IFRC, Malteser, CESVI, VSO, MSF, SOS Kindersdorf). Amongst our other members, we are seeing an increase in the use of volunteers (and interns) to support agencies' work across a variety of teams and departments, both at HQ and field level, and an increased need to define a volunteer and their added value.
Read the full story (26 April 2013)
The next Humanitarian HR Africa conference is fast approaching. Remember that places are limited, so book your place now to ensure we see you there. A draft agenda is now available to view and it profiles just some of the expert speakers at the event which offers a mix of presentations and interactive workshops.
Read the full story (17 April 2013)