Projects Safety & Security for Humanitarian Field Workers Workshops

WORKSHOP ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (WEM)

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Jun 2022


InterWorks facilitated the Workshop on Emergency Management (WEM) for the Emergency Response Team (ERT) roster from 11-17 June 2022 in Starum, Norway. Hosting arrangements for the WEMF2F in Starum were financed by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in direct arrangement with the host institution, the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning (Direktoratet for samfunnssikkerhet og beredskap – or DSB http://www.dsb.no/forside.asp). Read more

Workshop on Emergency Management

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Jun 2022

InterWorks facilitated the return of the long-running WEM workshop to a live in-person event after two years of remote WEM Online (WEMO) events. It was a component of the current overall WEM training package which, in this format, included, self-study, an online training and discussion component (WEMO) and field-based hands-on workshop. The WEMF2F was organized in Starum, Norway from 11 – 17 June 2022 for 40 WEMers. Hosting arrangements for the WEMF2F in Starum were financed by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in direct arrangement with the host institution, the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning (Direktoratet for samfunnssikkerhet og beredskap – or DSB http://www.dsb.no/forside.asp). Read more

Workshop on Emergency Management Online (WEMO)

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Mar 2022

InterWorks facilitated the Workshop on Emergency Management Online (WEMO) for the Emergency Response Team (ERT) roster for two events held 11-18 March 2022 (WEMO 7) and 25 March-01 April 2022 (WEMO 8). Overall coordination, planning and administration of the workshops were managed by the UNHCR Global Learning & Development Centre (GLDC) which administers the WEM on behalf of the Division of Emergency, Security and Supply (DESS). Overall event design, facilitation, and preparation of workshop materials was done by InterWorks, LLC. in concert with the UNHCR GLDC and UNHCR content experts as designated by the GLDC. Read more

Security Risk Management (SRM) Virtual Workshop

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) | Feb-Mar 2022

InterWorks facilitated two virtual Security Risk Management (SRM) workshops specifically for JICA personnel upon request of the Planning Division of the Security Management Department of JICA in Tokyo. These workshops were based on the 2020 face-to-face JICA SRM workshops conducted in Japan and Kenya and the 2021 JICA virtual SRM workshops. This year, the first JICA virtual SRM took place from 31 January – 4 February 2022 and the second took place from 28 February – 4 March 2022. Read more

Workshop on Emergency Management Online (WEMO)

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Nov/Dec 2021

InterWorks facilitated the Workshop on Emergency Management Online (WEMO) for the Emergency Response Team (ERT) roster for two events held 19-26 November 2021 (WEMO 5) and 03-10 December 2021 (WEMO 6). Overall coordination, planning and administration of the workshops were managed by the UNHCR Global Learning & Development Centre (GLDC) which administers the WEM on behalf of the Division of Emergency, Security and Supply (DESS). Overall event design, facilitation, and preparation of workshop materials was done by InterWorks, LLC. in concert with the UNHCR GLDC and UNHCR content experts as designated by the GLDC. Read more

Workshop on Emergency Management Online (WEMO)

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | June 2021

InterWorks facilitated the Workshop on Emergency Management Online (WEMO) for the Emergency Response Team (ERT) roster for two events held 11 – 18 June (WEMO3) and 25 June – 2 July 2021 (WEMO4). Overall coordination, planning and administration of the workshops were managed by the UNHCR Global Learning & Development Centre (GLDC) which administers the WEM on behalf of the Division of Emergency, Security and Supply (DESS). Read more

Workshop on Emergency Management Online (WEMO)

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Mar-Apr 2021

InterWorks facilitated the Workshop on Emergency Management Online (WEMO) for the Emergency Response Team (ERT) roster for two events held 19-26 March 2021 (WEMO1) and 9-16 April 2021 (WEMO2). Overall coordination, planning and administration of the workshops were managed by the UNHCR Global Learning & Development Centre (GLDC) which administers the WEM on behalf of the Division of Emergency, Security and Supply (DESS). Read more

Security Risk Management (SRM) Virtual Workshop

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) | Jan-Feb 2021


InterWorks facilitated two virtual Security Risk Management (SRM) workshops specifically for JICA personnel upon request of the Planning Division of the Security Management Department of JICA in Tokyo. These workshops were based on the 2020 JICA SRM workshops conducted in Japan and Kenya and also the UNHCR eCentre/JICA virtual SRM which was first conducted in December 2020 for participants from a mix of JICA, UN, NGO and government staff. This year, the first JICA virtual SRM took place from 18-22 January 2021 and the second took place from 15-19 February 2021. Read more