Title of the training program: Nutrition Cluster Coordination training
Latest revision: 2019
Target audience: National level Cluster Coordinators and co-coordinators, co-chairs, government focal points
Summary: The goal of this course is to introduce participants to coordination roles, responsibilities, approaches, tools and outputs through practical exploration of the Humanitarian Program Cycle and Core Functions of Clusters and to develop knowledge and understanding of the interpersonal skills and skills needed for leading coordination platforms.
Duration of the training: 5 days
GNC support in conducting the training: Trainings organized globally or regionally by the GNC on a regular basis.
- Link to the agenda: EN, FR (translated, being proofread)
- Link to the package: EN, FR (translated, being proofread)
- Link to the concept note: EN, FR (translated, being proofread)
Title of the training program: Nutrition Cluster Information Management training
Latest revision: 2016
Target audience: National level Cluster Information Management Officers (IMOs), including government focal points for IM. It can be adapted by a national IMO to train subnational IMOs as needed. It is not recommended to use this generic package for the sub-national IM training in countries, unless adaptation to local context and tool has been made.
Summary: Course goal is to develop knowledge and skills in nutrition cluster information management and their application to the elements of the humanitarian programme cycle to ensure IM support of all cluster core functions.
Duration of the training: 5 days
GNC support in conducting the training: Trainings organized globally by the GNC on regular basis. If a country wants to use this package for sub-national IMOs training, a request can be send to the GNC for support, however training package adaptation should be done in country.
- Link to the agenda: EN
- Link to the package: EN
- Link to the concept note: EN
Title of the training program: Sub-national Nutrition Cluster Coordination training
Latest revision: 2019
Target audience: Sub-national Nutrition Cluster Coordinators and other cluster coordination focal points from the government and NGOs at sub-national level
Summary: The goal of the course it to improve knowledge and skills of participants in coordination, their roles and responsibilities, approaches, tools and outputs through practical exploration of the Humanitarian Program Cycle and cluster core functions, and, to develop knowledge and understanding of the interpersonal skills and skills needed for leading coordination platforms at sub-national level.
Duration of the training: 2 days training + 1 day country tailored workshop (to be designed in a country based on needs)
GNC support in conducting the training: Trainings should be organized by the National Cluster Coordinators. Support from the GNC (remote and in-country) can be requested as needed. There is a list of available vetted trainers (with the GNC) that can be hired directly by countries to co-facilitate the training.
- Link to the agenda: EN, currently being translated to FR
- Link to the package: EN, currently being translated to FR
- Link to the concept note: EN, currently being translated to FR
Title of the training program: Cluster Approach Awareness training for cluster/sector partners
Latest revision: 2018 EN, 2016 FR
Target audience: National and sub-national level cluster partners
Summary: The goal of the training is to introduce partners to cluster/sector working group coordination, roles and responsibilities of partners and coordination team, and tools that can be used to improve coordination through exploration of the Humanitarian Program Cycle and cluster core functions.
Duration of the training: 3 days (2 days training days + 1 day Cluster Coordination Performance Monitoring workshop to develop an action plan for improvement of the cluster work for each of the cluster core functions)
GNC support in conducting the training: Trainings should be organized by the National Cluster Coordinators. Support from the GNC (remote and in-country) can be requested as needed. There is a list of available vetted trainers (with the GNC) that can be hired directly by countries to co-facilitate the training.
- Link to the agenda: EN, FR
- Link to the package: EN, FR
- Link to the concept note: EN
Title of the training program: Inter-cluster training for nutrition outcomes
Latest revision: 2019
Target audience: National and sub-national coordination teams and partners of the Nutrition, health, WASH and Food Security and Agriculture clusters/sector working groups.
Summary: The goal of the training is to strengthen the ability of country clusters/sector working groups in programming the multi-sectoral integrated interventions for improved nutrition outcomes.
Duration of the training: 3 days (2 days training days + 1 day development a plan to improve integration among the four clusters)
GNC support in conducting the training: As a part of the roll out of the package, 2019 trainings are supported by the Inter-cluster Nutrition Working Group of the GNC and the Global Food Security Cluster, in collaboration with Global WASH and Health Cluster Coordinators. Please let us know if you are interested in rolling out this training to your country. There is also a pool of vetted consultants available to support this training.
- Link to the agenda: EN, currently being translated to FR
- Link to the package: EN, currently being translated to FR
- Link to the concept note: EN, currently being translated to FR
Note that all training packages are designed for a maximum of 25 participants due to an interactive nature of the trainings. If more people needs to be trained, it is advisable to have several back to back trainings.
Title of the training program: GNC mentoring program
Latest revision: 2019
Target audience: Members of the national cluster coordination teams (in both coordination and information management functions)
Summary: The goal of the program is to improve skills of cluster coordination teams in a specific area that is self-identified by each mentee with the mentor’s support; this area can be in cluster coordination, information management, technical nutrition in emergencies, or soft skills.
Duration of mentoring: 6 weeks of one on one mentoring sessions (once a week)
GNC support in conducting the training: The program now in a pilot stage. Following a pilot, GNC will be rolling it out and separate email correspondence will be sent to the coordination teams.
- Link to the agenda: N/A
- Link to the package: Will be shared after adjustments made after the pilot
- Link to the concept note: Will be shared after adjustments made after the pilot
Title of the training program: Harmonised Training Package (on Nutrition in Emergencies)
Latest revision: 2011, currently being revised
Target audience: Anyone working in nutrition in Emergencies
Summary: The HTP is a primarily a resource for trainers in the NiE sector and it can be used by individuals to increase their technical knowledge of the sector. It is designed to provide trainers from any implementing agency or academic institution with information from which to design and implement a training course according to the specific needs of the target audience, the length of time available for training and according to the training objectives. It consists on the 23 Modules, covering various aspects of Nutrition in Emergencies, each module consist of
- Part 1: The Fact Sheet – provides an overview of the module’s topic and is designed for non-technical people to obtain a quick overview of the subject area.
- Part 2: The Technical Notes – for trainers and trainees, provides detailed technical guidance on current policies and practice.
- Part 3: The Trainers’ Guide – aims to help trainers develop a training course and provides tips and tools which can be adapted to the specific training context.
- Part 4: Resources – lists of relevant available resources (including training materials) for the specific technical area
- Part 5: Presentation – a generic presentation that should be adapted as needed to country context
Duration of the training: adjustable as needed
GNC support in conducting the training: Trainings can be organized by any partner using these freely available resources. GTAM support can be requested for the training on a case by case basis.
- Link to the agenda: N/A
- Link to the package: EN (par 1-4), EM (part 5 – ppt), AR - UNICEF Yemen translation (part 5 – ppt). Please, share with us any materials if you have translated the HTP or presentations to any other language.
- Link to the concept note: EN, AR, FR, ES
Note: There is a number of technical trainings (online and face to face) available from different GNC partners that are available from the GNC website as well. If you would like to have a link to your training from the GNC website (technical training section), please share it with us
