Pathway to professionalization: A competency-based evaluation of humanitarian aid workforce personnel during a humanitarian crisis simulation exercise

An Electronic Competency-Based Evaluation Tool for Assessing Humanitarian Competencies in a Simulated Exercise.

METHODS The evaluation tool was first derived from the formerly Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies' (CBHA; United Kingdom), now "Start Network's," Core Humanitarian Competency Framework and formatted in an electronic data capture tool that allowed for offline evaluation. During a 3-day humanitarian simulation event, participants in teams of eight to 10 were evaluated individually at mu...

Trump’s Zero-tolerance Policy: Would a Political Response to a Humanitarian Crisis Work?

Competency-based standardized training for humanitarian providers: making humanitarian assistance a professional discipline.

The number of people employed in international humanitarian care is growing at a yearly rate of 6%. The demand for better coordination, accountability, and training has led to a need for standardized humanitarian training programs for providers. Training should be based on comprehensive core competencies that providers must demonstrate in addition to their skill-specific competencies. This repo...

Three Approaches to Gender in Humanitarian Aid Findings from a Study of Humanitarian Aid to Refugees in Thailand and Bangladesh

A Modular Collaborative Web-Based Framework for Humanitarian Crisis Management