United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) May 2011
InterWorks facilitated the UNHCR eCentre BIHR workshop in Hua Hin, Thailand from 2-9 May 2011. Held annually, the course focused on 3 main elements of international humanitarian response: (1) Technical knowledge of the humanitarian sectors, (2) practical field skills, such as radio usage, GPS and map reading, first aid, etc., and (3) coordination and interpersonal skills (including negotiation and communication skills) of the multiple international and local responders into an effective humanitarian response.
The workshop is really practical and interesting. Teachers are wonderful, students are passionate. The knowledge and skills we learnt here can be used not only on our future work on refugees, but also in other relevant areas and daily life.
– Workshop participant