InterWorks designed and conducted the regional Situational Emergency Training (SET) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast from 8-10 November 2022. The workshop was conducted for UNHCR and its government and NGO counterparts in West Africa, to strengthen the capacities of UNHCR and its partners to prepare for and respond to a refugee emergency in the west Africa region. Read more
InterWorks facilitated the Workshop on Emergency Management (WEM) for the Emergency Response Team (ERT) roster at the German Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk – Ortsverband (THW) in Neuhausen, Germany from 9-15 October 2022. Read more
For UNHCR’s online Workshop on Emergency Management, InterWorks designed a virtual simulation exercise to enhance participants’ capacity in interagency coordination, shelter response, negotiating with government authorities and security awareness. The online exercise ran over four days, starting on Friday 21 October 2022, and continuing the following Monday-Wednesday, from 24-26 October 2022. Read more
InterWorks conducted the eCentre’s Safety In the Field exercise from 6-22 October 2022. It was held at the Suan Son Pradipat Hotel and Fort Dhanarajata training center in Thailand, with support from the Royal Thai Army per their longstanding arrangement with the UNHCR eCentre. Read more
InterWorks conducted a four-day Safety in the Field (SIF) workshop with the support of the Japan NGO Initiative for Safety and Security (JaNISS) from 22-25 August. It was attended by 18 participants, Including participants from Korean NGOs and the AHA Centre in Indonesia. Read more
InterWorks facilitated a shortened version of the Workshop on Emergency Management Online (WEMO) ran over four days, starting on Friday 24 June, and continuing the following Tuesday-Thursday, from 28-30 June. 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
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
InterWorks facilitated an Essentials of Humanitarian Negotiation (EHN) online workshop from 27-30 June 2022. Participants came from UNHCR and from NGOs – this workshop being specifically dedicated to UNHCR and NGOs staff on request from the Myanmar management. Read more
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
For UNHCR Inter-Agency Coordination Learning Programme (IACLP) , InterWorks developed and facilitated two simulation exercises, one to enhance interagency coordination capacities in refugee emergencies and the second to do the same for enhancing coordination in IDP crises. Read more
