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Preparing Together: A Regional Symposium on Contingency Planning
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The eCentre organised a symposium from 28 to 30 November in Kuala Lumpur to take stock of current approaches to contingency planning in the Asia-Pacific region — and to assess how we can better prepare for emergencies together.
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News Archive
UNHCR and Partners in Myanmar Prepare Together for Humanitarian Response
The eCentre and UNHCR operation in Myanmar organised a contingency planning workshop in Yangon from 15 to 18 November. The event was co-organised with the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Participants included partners from line ministries, NGOs, UNHCR and other UN agencies who work in the context of humanitarian preparedness and response.
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UNHCR and Partners in Western Thailand Strengthen Ties and Sharpen Humanitarian Negotiation Skills
The UNHCR eCentre in Tokyo and UNHCR Thailand co-organised an Essentials of Humanitarian Negotiation Workshop in Mae Sot, Thailand from 10 to 13 October. Participants included staff from UNHCR, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and community-based organisations (CBOs) who are engaged in projects to assist Myanmarese populations in Western Thailand, many of whom reside in long-established refugee camps.
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JICA and UNHCR Safety in the Field Course: Operating in Complex Security Environments
The UNHCR eCentre and Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) co-sponsored a “Safety in the Field” course from 11 to 16 September near Hua Hin, Thailand. This field-based training event focuses on staff and partner safety, whilst emphasising the link between security and operations. In this vein, the course introduces concepts, tools, and skills that potentially enable operations in complex security environments.
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Addressing Protection Concerns in the Contingency Planning Process
The eCentre and UNHCR Branch Office in Port Moresby organised a contingency planning workshop in Papua New Guinea from 7 to 9 June. The event focused on preparing to address human rights and protection concerns that arise in the context of forced displacement, whether caused by natural disasters or conflict.
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UNHCR and Partners Train to Better Respond to Natural Disasters in the Pacific
The UNHCR eCentre recently organised a disaster management workshop for government, United Nations and civil society partners from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) and Palau. The UNHCR Regional Office in Canberra, Australia and the OCHA office in Suva, Fiji co-sponsored the event, which was hosted by the Government of FSM in Kolonia, Pohnpei from 30 May to 3 June.
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Training Peacebuilders in Asia: The eCentre and the Hiroshima Peace Center
The UNHCR eCentre is working with the Hiroshima Peace Center (HPC) to train future peacebuilders in Asia. From 7 to 8 March, the eCentre organised a workshop for HPC Program Associates, which focussed on preparing participants to safely operate in the complex environments to which they are deployed. The 2-day event formed part of a larger HPC course.
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Japanese Partners Assess How to Operate in Complex Security Environments Overseas
The UNHCR eCentre contributed to a seminar organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, which addressed current security challenges in overseas operations. Particular emphasis was placed on the situation of Japanese NGOs that are carrying out humanitarian work in conflict zones. Over 70 participants attended the event, including civil society actors, private companies, and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
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Exploring “Remote” Management
The UNHCR Representation in Japan and the eCentre, in cooperation with Japan Platform, organized a workshop on Maintaining Operations in Difficult Environments, on 7 December 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Helping Emergency Responders Stay Alive
From 14 to 19 June, 2009, the eCentre, in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency, presented the Safety in the Field Workshop in Hua Hin, Thailand.
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Improving Disaster Preparedness in South Asia
From 25 to 29 August 2008, the eCentre conducted an Emergency and Disaster Management Workshop in New Delhi, India, in cooperation with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Disaster Management Centre.
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Staying Smart, Staying Alive
From 04 to 09 May 2008, the eCentre, in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency, presented the Safety in the Field Workshop in Hua Hin, Thailand.
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Building Capacity to Plan for the Worst
From 30 July to 03 August 2007, the eCentre partnered with ASEAN's experts in disaster management to present a workshop on the Facilitation of Contingency Planning.
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Preparing for Dangers in the Field
From 03 to 15 June, the eCentre organized two back-to-back workshops on safety and security in the field for humanitarian and development workers in Pran Buri, Thailand.
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eCentre Conducts Middle East Workshop for Japan MoFA and JICA
From 26 to 28 March, 2007, the eCentre presented its highly successful Security Risk Management methodology in a workshop organized jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Japan International Cooperation Agency in Amman, Jordan. The workshop, significant as the eCentre’s first event in the Middle East, presented the tools and methodology of security risk management to a group of senior managers and security professionals from around the globe.
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Improving Coordination in the Field
From 16 to 18 October, 2007, the eCentre partnered with the Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center to conduct a three-day mini-workshop on Coordination in the Field for future peacebuilding practitioners in Hiroshima, Japan.
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Security Risk Management Workshop 23-25 October, 2006
From 23 to 25 October, 2006, the eCentre and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Jointly presented the Security Risk Management Workshop in Tokyo, Japan. The workshop presented the tools and methodology of security risk management to a group of senior managers from JICA headquarters and the field, Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Officials, NGOs and UNHCR staff. Focus was on practical application of tools such as threat and risk assessment, security plans and planning and critical incident management, as well as discussing issues of managerial accountability, media management and stress.
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How Much Food Should Be In a Daily Dry Ration Food Basket?
Participants learn about international standards for daily dry ration package during a session on food and nutrition in the Basics of International Humanitarian Response Workshop held in Pran Buri, Thailand from 13 to 21 October, 2006.
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Security Risk Management Workshop, 25-30 June, 2006, Pran Buri Thailand
The Security Risk Management Workshop held in Pran Buri, Thailand, from 25 to 30 June 2006, was designed to respond to the specific needs of managers of humanitarian and development organizations working in high-risk areas, which often face the difficult challenge of balancing operational demands against the risks to their staff and programmes.
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Training of Trainers Workshop, Chong Qing, China
The Training of Trainers Workshop, held in Chong Qing, China from 29 May to 2 June, 2006, was designed to present a highly participatory training approach and methodology to a group of Chinese national disaster management experts.
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Contingency Planning Workshop, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, 2-4 May 2005
A workshop on Contingency Planning was held over the period 2-4 May 2005 near Ulan Baatar, Mongolia. The aim of the workshop was to interact with government officials and others to generate a contingency plan based upon a refugee emergency. The audience was drawn from agencies which are at the front line in the planning and preparation for events resulting from population movements.
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Refugee Emergency Preparedness Workshop,Wu Yi Shan, Fujian Province, P.R. China
A workshop on Refugee Emergency Preparedness was held over the period 25-29 April 2005 in Wu Yi, Fujian Province, China. The aim of the workshop was to introduce the basic considerations in the preparation for and response to a mass population movement emergency. The participants were drawn from government agencies likely to be involved in such an emergency in China.
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Regional Emergency Workshop, Narita, Japan
The eCentre organized a workshop on "Introduction to the Basics of International Humanitarian Response" during 18-28 October, 2004 at Narita Veiw Hotel in Narita, Japan.
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EP 07 Coordination
A new Distance Learning course, EP-07, is now available.
Please see the course description.
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The NGO meeting with the High Commissioner
The High Commissioner visited Japan from 7th to11th September. UNHCR Tokyo office held a meeting with Japanese NGOs and the High Commissioner to discuss issues of concern to Japanese NGOs.
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Seminar on the Protection of Refugees in the Field
The eCentre and Protection unit of the UNHCR Regional Office Japan had a seminar on the protection of refugees in the field. Sixteen people attended the seminar coming from Japanese NGOs in the field.
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Voice from Trainees
This time The eCentre would like to feature Mr. Kenneth Barden, the first person who successfully completed our entire distance learning courses.
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Partnership for Staff Safety
The UNHCR eCentre ended 2003 with a workshop on staff safety staged at the Thai Army Training Centre near Pranburi, Thailand.
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Standards in Refugee Emergencies
The eCentre staged a workshop on "Standards in Refugee Emergencies" in Tokyo on 21-25 July. Thirty-four participants coming from nine countries in the region attended the event.
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Africa at a Glance; 2003
There are an estimated 15 million refugees, internally displaced and other uprooted persons throughout the African continent. UNHCR cares for nearly 4.6 million of them with a regular 2003 budget of nearly $400 million.
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Refugees in Africa
Since January 2001 the number of refugees in Africa has been decreasing overall while repatriation programs have been quite successful. Nevertheless, huge problems remain.
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Japan Assists UNHCR Preparedness Efforts in the Gulf
Emergency preparedness remains a critical focus for UNHCR and nowhere more so than now in the Gulf region. In support of this, the government of Japan recently sent relief supplies to UNHCR in Jordan to help prepare for the possible arrival of refugees resulting from the conflict in Iraq.
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Afghan Refugees Return Home
The UN refugee agency has begun repatriating thousands of Afghan refugees from around 200 camps in Pakistan.
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Bridge Asia Japan: Commences Programs in Sri Lanka
Bridge Asia Japan (BAJ) has decided to commence immediately needed activities including vocational training in Sri Lanka after a feasibility mission to North and East from 23rd August 2002 to 18th September 2002.
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Japanese NGO Starts New Project in Eritrea
As of August 2002, JEN has officially started its assistance project in Eritrea. The current focus of the project is on returnees, particularly on women, through the implementation of women's social self-reliance activities.
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Launch of Second eCentre CD
In order to make more information available to field workers in a convenient and accessible form, the eCentre has prepared for publication a second mini CD-ROM containing materials related to emergency preparedness and response. Though smaller than a conventional CD, the credit-card sized CD-ROM plays on any computer CD drive.
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New under the eLibrary Section: UN Stress Management Booklet
The UN Stress Management Booklet was designed to provide a basic framework for professional stress management trainers and for the individual peacekeeper. Its contents, however, will prove useful to any individual working in the stressful environment of field operation. The booklet is now available for downloading (PDF file) from this site's Resources section, under the eLibrary page.
Follow the links or go directly to
http://www.the-ecentre.net/resources/e_library/ and learn how to make stress management part of the preparation and training for deployment in emergency response operations.
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Training of Trainers Workshop in Japan, 10-12 June 2002
Held in Tokyo between 10-12 June 2002, this eCentre training event aimed at helping participants design and conduct short internal organisational and local inter-agency workshops dealing with preparedness and response to international refugee emergencies.
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eCentre Workshop Materials Available Online
In order to increase accessibility to training resources, the eCentre workshop materials are now available online. To access presentations and handouts prepared for previous training events, click on the WORKSHOP MATERIALS icon under the RESOURCES menu or go directly to www.the-ecentre.net/resources/workshop/.
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eCentre Civil-Military exercise
The simulation exercise was staged in Canberra Australia 12 - 14 December 2001. The thirty-three participants came from the Australian defense forces and Australian government and NGOs. The organisation of the event was a collaboration between the UNHCR eCentre, ACFOA and RedR Australia.
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