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Collaborating through Research, Education and Volunteerism

Collaborating through Research, Education and Volunteerism. John Gwynn International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The challenge. The way how people collect, share and consume information has changed fundamentally in the last 10 years

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Collaborating through Research, Education and Volunteerism

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  1. Collaborating through Research, Education and Volunteerism John Gwynn International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

  2. The challenge • The way how people collect, share and consume information has changed fundamentally in the last 10 years • Increasing numbers of disasters create more and more challenges to reach people • We need to explore new and innovative ways to empower people, clients and supporters

  3. Stronger winds Coastal marine hazards Tropical cyclones Heavy rainfall / Floods Heatwaves Increasing hazard riskby magnitude Intensity Hazards Frequency

  4. Mortality rates among men and women aged 15–59 years, region and cause-of-death group

  5. Why RCRC National Societies in Asia Pacific need user friendly climate information?

  6. Problems faced when using climate information • The formats of available climate information are challenging • Lots of jargon - precipitation, forecast skill………. • There is so much information • There is still lack of evidence that it works- lack of ability to trigger actions … • Many don’t know where to find the information

  7. NS Certification OCAC Digital connectivity NS databank Stronger NS delivering services Community of Practitioners RC/RC Learning platform Leadership development course

  8. 9 “How can we do better?” Red Cross Red Crescent Learning and Knowledge Sharing Network

  9. Topics lined-up for the Volunteering Development Webinar Series includes the following: • Urban Volunteering • Volunteer Development: addressing the challenges of sustaining volunteerism • Celebrating Volunteerism:  Inspiring initiatives • Building strong National Societies through volunteering development • Effectively communicating volunteering: the role of PR, media and raising public awareness • Cyber Volunteering: Real people in a virtual world • Volunteering in Emergencies… • VIVA part 2… Learning from those who Learned… • Volunteer database:  what is working, what is not working! • Contingency Plans:  through the lens of volunteering and organizational development

  10. Why Map Resources and Hazards?

  11. Innovative technologies for Beneficiary Communications The Trilogy Emergency Response Application (TERA) allows us to send target messaging to people owning phones by a direct link to mobile towers.

  12. Initial partnerships with academic institutions • Focus on developing curriculum and imparting courses covering • (i) Disaster Management; • (ii) Global Health; • (iii) Humanitarian Diplomacy; • and (iv) Business Management.

  13. Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) at The University of Manchester. • Module 1 – Risk, vulnerability and resilience • Module 2 - Health systems and markets • Module 3 - Community approaches to health • Module 4 - Ethics, human rights and health

  14. DiploFoundation, University of Oxford • Concept and examples of humanitarian diplomacy • Main actors and their roles in the field of humanitarian diplomacy • Describe the interplay between relevant international humanitarian law and humanitarian diplomacy • Analyze the role of advocacy and persuasion • How different humanitarian diplomacy contexts influence negotiation outcomes • Analyze case studies of humanitarian diplomacy, identifying goals, actors, methods, challenges, and implementation.

  15. Leadership DevelopmentThunderbird Online: Social & Voluntary Sector Leadership Course Joe Patterson AVP & Head of Thunderbird Online joe.patterson@thunderbird.edu +1 602 978 7437 William Babumba – Senior Officer, LOD, IFRC William.babumba@ifrc.org +41 22 730 4682 Professional development is the first step to personal success…

  16. Logistics Institute, National University of Singapore • Global humanitarian logistics challenges • “Thought leadership’’ in supply chain management in disasters • Corporate social responsibility linkages • Corporate volunteering as professional development models • Humanitarian, business and academic sector synergy

  17. SINGAPORE POLYTECHNICSCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT • PROPOSED DIPLOMA IN International Humanitarian Management (DIHM) • Course Aims • Humanitarian Management: Disaster relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction; • International Development: public education & fund raising, corporate & public, relations social & sustainable enterprise, CSR. • 30 modules and a semester-long internship.

  18. Welcome to the Federation’s online Learning Platform! • www.ifrc.org/learning-platform • support.learning@ifrc.org

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