InterWorks facilitated a one-hour webinar, “Preparedness and Contingency Planning for COVID-19 and its Impacts on Other Emergency Response Preparedness”, on 11 August 2020 for the UNHCR Regional Centre for Emergency Preparedness – eCentre. Read more
InterWorks facilitated a one-hour webinar, “Sphere Applications During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, on 4 August 2020 for the UNHCR Regional Centre for Emergency Preparedness – eCentre. Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic affected education and continuity of learning. Apart from 23 million out of school children, closure of education institutions due to COVID-19 has directly impacted 42 million school going learners from pre-primary and primary to higher secondary and degree college levels. Read more
For the DAI |USAID funded Tayar Nepal Project, InterWorks developed a full simulation training package inclusive of the disaster scenario, critical injects, handouts and trainer instructions to support Nepali trainers in the local delivery of a 1-day simulation exercise aimed at enhancing critical stakeholder preparedness and response to a monsoon flood emergency, complicated by Covid-19 concerns. Read more
InterWorks developed a table-top exercise package to support up to a one-day monsoon flood emergency preparedness table-top scenario planning exercise (MFEPX) complicated by Covid-19 concerns. Read more
InterWorks updated, developed and redesigned the training sessions, exercises and field simulation materials to match the new Ituri, DRC IDP scenario for the Workshop on Emergency Management (WEM). Read more
Interworks assisted the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) with their Quality of Education Improvement Programme (QEIP) in Yemen. In close communication with all involved actors, including the UNESCO and GPE, Interworks provided an in-depth review of funding documents and ensured quality according to GPE guidelines.
This USAID-funded project, developed in collaboration with our Nepali local partners, resulted in two guides and accompanying templates that serve as a practical playbook for planning, designing, facilitating, and ultimately, localising, simulation exercises for disaster preparedness and response. Structured around ten key steps, the guides are intended for use by the Nepal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, together with partners from key national and municipal government departments, the Nepali Red Cross Society, and local Nepali NGOs.
InterWorks facilitated Senior Emergency Leadership Programme (SELP) workshop from 7-12 March 2020 in Thies, Senegal. This workshop was the second running of this training design for the Senior Emergency Learning Programme, initiated in 2019. Read more
InterWorks facilitated the Workshop on Emergency Management (WEM) for the Emergency Response Team (ERT) roster in Thiès, Senegal from 3-13 March 2020. Overall coordination, planning and administration of the workshop were handled by the UNHCR Global Learning & Development Centre (GLDC) which administers the WEM on behalf of the Division of Emergency, Security and Supply (DESS) Emergency Services (ES) section. Read more
