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It's always important to reflect on and learn from our work. We should also learn from each other and from the communities we work with.
Heather Blackwell
Country Director
Oxfam GB in Bangladesh
Staff capacity
The most valuable resources for humanitarian agencies in responding to and preparing for emergencies are their local and international staff. Through the ECB Project's Staff Capacity theme, IWG agencies are working to improve the speed and quality of emergency response through improved practice in the recruitment, retention, development and deployment of skilled and experienced staff and teams. ECB has partnered with several other organizations in the humanitarian sector to better understand the challenges and to develop and test innovative solutions.
People in Aid worked in partnership with the ECB Horn of Africa Consortium to deliver a report in March 2010 entitled Addressing Staff Retention in the Horn of Africa
ECB, together with the Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies (CBHA), recently confirmed a new funding award from the UK Department for International Development (DFID). A new staff capacity building initiative will focus on the creation of a staff development programe and will be piloted and rolled-out in ECB consortia countries from the start of 2010.
The major outputs from ECB's Staff Capacity work in Phase I of the Project are listed below. Click on the links to learn more and access resources.
In ECB Phase II, we continue to test, develop and refine these tools and knowledge products, particularly in the five ECB consortia in Bolivia, Niger, the Horn of Africa, Bangladesh and Indonesia. Visit the ECB Phase II section of this site to learn more.
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Building Trust in Diverse Teams
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A practical toolkit and set of approaches teams can utilize to both measure and improve levels of trust in emergency teams.
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National Staff Development Program
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A sustainable, replicable program to increase the number of agency staff at the national level capable of leading and managing emergency programs.
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A web-based tool which allows agency field offices to capture and analyze critical emergency staffing indicators in real-time.
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Simulations Project
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Emergencies simulated for learners to develop responses
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Surge Capacity Research
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People in Aid's research to identify triggers and drivers for agencies to scale up or down rapdily in any given location.
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Staff Retention and Turnover
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People in Aid's study interviewed employees of ECB agencies to identify factors in staff retention and turnover.
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Exchange Visits and the Staff Capacity Framework
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Exchange visits between peer professionals at headquarters and field offices led to the identification, documentation, and sharing of a series of common challenges and promising practices.
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