Digitally Connected Learning (DCL)
The Digitally Connected Learning on Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination aims to connect the UN-CMCoord residential training programme and the UN-CMCoord self-directed digital learning environment.
It equals the residential UN-CMCoord Course, as a critical component of the learning path of civil-military coordination / cooperation officers.
Goals
Develop a comprehensive knowledge base on UN-CMCoord and related concepts to apply guidance, tools and policies in field operations.
Utilize UN-CMCoord concepts to advance collaboration between humanitarian and peace & security partners.
Troubleshoot day-to-day challenges to sustain effective coordination with UN-CMCoord stakeholders.
Enhance the joint effort of CMCS and its partners to sustain dialogue between humanitarians and armed actors for a principled humanitarian response, in support of humanitarian access and protection outcomes.
Join the community of UN-CMCoord graduates to practice UN-CMCoord through continuous self-development and peer learning.
Objectives
Reaction and Planned Action
After participating in the UN-CMCoord DCL, graduates will:
React positively to the peer-support training and value the first-hand experience of humanitarian, development and peace actors in support of UN-CMCoord in humanitarian response.
Join knowledgeable graduates willing to keep abreast of the latest developments and pursue professional growth as a UN-CMCoord stakeholder.
Express confidence in working with a variety of other responders in contemporary peace and conflict environments with rapidly evolving contexts.
Actively participate and complete weekly individual and group assignments.
Learning and Confidence
After participating in the UN-CMCoord DCL, graduates will:
Define the concept of humanitarian civil-military coordination and outline its fundamental principles.
Relate UN-CMCoord to protection, access and security and contribute to their respective outcomes.
Describe the purpose and key messages of the four global civil-military coordination guidelines.
Describe the roles and responsibilities of humanitarian, development and peace stakeholders in the context of UN-CMCoord preparedness and response.
Analyse the UN-CMCoord environment in its operational context: mapping the actors, identifying the main coordination/liaison structures, and determining the scope of humanitarian civil-military relations in natural disasters and complex emergencies.
Describe essential civil-military coordination methods and explain possible approaches to address them (e.g. military support to humanitarian response, protection of civilians, use of foreign military assets (FMA) and/or military and civil defence assets (MCDA), security and use of armed escorts).
Application and Implementation
After participating in the UN-CMCoord DCL, graduates will:
Exercise, as a humanitarian, development or peace actor, a key role in support of humanitarian civil-military coordination.
Advise their respective organization on civil-military coordination structures and principles for liaison with other actors.
Uphold humanitarian civil-military coordination principles and advocate for the people in need of humanitarian assistance and protection.
Gain trust and confidence from stakeholders of civil-military coordination through demonstration of professionalism, dedication and organizational integrity.
Perform their coordination role confidently with a clear focus on the most significant humanitarian response.
Participation
24 candidates will be selected on the basis of the following criteria:
Experience working in emergency relief and response, coordination, operational support in complex emergencies or natural disasters, either with humanitarian agencies, military, police, civil-protection, search and rescue, civil-society, private sector or donors.
Current member of a formal OCHA Surge Mechanism (e.g. SBPP).
Member states emergency managers
For active military personnel, current or recent operational deployment (e.g. PKO, CIMIC, civil-military personnel).
Oral and written English is essential.
Methodology
Online preparatory phase (i.e. microlearning and Google drive)
Web-based session (i.e. webinar using WebEx)
Participatory approaches using online facilitated discussions
Group and individual virtual work (i.e. case study assignment and reflection activities)
Operational web-based platforms (i.e. Virtual OSOCC)
External speaker through web-based tools, including video screening of existing training material.
Administration
Online
6 weeks (i.e. 5-6 hours per week)
No course fee
Resources
Lead facilitation and training expert (OCHA)
Event coordination (OCHA)
A minimum of two subject-matter experts per week (i.e. access, protection and security)
Course administration (OCHA)
Registration
For any questions, please contact Anne-Sophie Allegre (allegre@un.org )