Management of Refugee & Displaced Populations

• Use appropriate evidence-based approaches for mobilising & managing human and financial resources
• Describe security threats and make recommendations for self-care of humanitarian actors
• Critically analyse the emergency vs development divide
• Critically analyse strategies for managing and co-ordinating refugees / IDPs in a variety of settings

Managing Responses to Displacement

• the key elements of a relief programme

• logistics, communications, and operational safety

• cross-cultural communication and community participation

Mobilising & Managing Human and Financial Resources

• human resources in relief operations

• project proposals and logframes

• fundraising for humanitarian programmes

• principles of good financial management in humanitarian operations

Security & Self Care of Humanitarian Actors

• security awareness among field staff

• risks to personal health and methods of risk reduction

• psychological self-care for humanitarian workers

Impact of Humanitarian Action

• rationale for and principle methods of evaluation

• application of humanitarian principles and standards to evaluation

Emergency vs Development Divide

• long-term solutions for refugees and internally displaced persons

• micro and macro-economic stabilization

• management of the transition to sustainable development