• 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.

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.

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.

• 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.

• Online

• 6 weeks (i.e. 5-6 hours per week)

• No course fee

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