Call for applications: INEE Minimum Standards Training of Trainers Workshop for North America

Summary: The Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies' (INEE) Working Group on Minimum Standards is announcing a ‘call’ for trainers to submit applications for the INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises and Early Reconstruction Training of Trainers workshop for North America.

This workshop will be held from May 16-18, 2006 in Washington, DC at the Academy for Educational Development's (AED) Conference Center and is being co-hosted by AED, CARE USA, Catholic Relief Services, the International Rescue Committee and Save the Children US. This workshop will involve 25 experienced trainers from the United States and Canada. More details and the application form are below and attached; the deadline for applications is March 24th.

This INEE Training of Trainers workshop for North America is the fifth in a series of several regional workshops (Anglophone Africa, Francophone Africa, South Asia, Southeast and East Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, North America, and Europe) that will be carried out between January – September 2006. Each workshop will train approximately 25 education and humanitarian trainers in each region over three days to apply the INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises and Early Reconstruction. The goal of the INEE training of trainers process is to create a cadre of trainers based in regional capitals who will use training and other organizational and individual learning strategies to institutionalize the Minimum Standards within their agencies. The Training of Trainers workshop will directly strengthen the capacity of global, regional, national and local level humanitarian response, education and protection workers and networks, equipping them to provide the psychosocial and physical protection that quality education in emergencies can afford to communities in crisis and the coordinated, holistic response needed to lay a solid and sound basis for post-conflict and disaster reconstruction.

Application Procedure for the INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises and Early Reconstruction Training of Trainers workshop for North America

INEE is inviting applications from individuals who represent an organization/institution working in the field of education, protection and/or emergency humanitarian work (government, UN, NGO, training institution, academic institution, education personnel) in North America. To be selected for this regional TOT, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Significant experience in providing leadership to education, protection and/or humanitarian response in emergency, chronic crisis and early reconstruction situations
• Proven training experience and skills, including good communication and interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with the INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises and Early Reconstruction
• A written commitment from the applicant's employer that the applicant will be supported to conduct a minimum of 2 local, national or regional trainings on the Minimum Standards in the 12 months after the trainer is trained by INEE (one internal organizational training and one training for partners).
• Ability to secure organizational support for travel and expenses associated with attending the training.
• Fluency in the English language

Individuals interested in applying for this TOT must submit one word document with the following three components:

• Completely filled-out application form (attached and/or available at www.ineesite.org/standards/)
• The nominee’s curriculum vitae (four pages maximum)
• A written commitment from the applicant's employer that the applicant will be supported to conduct a minimum of 2 local, national or regional trainings on the Minimum Standards in the 12 months after the trainer is trained by INEE (one internal organizational training and one training for partners).

These three items must be sent to the INEE Focal Point on Minimum Standards (in one word document): [email protected] by March 24, 2006.

For more information, contact:
Allison Anderson
Focal Point on Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies
Inter-Agency Network on Education in Emergencies (INEE)
International Rescue Committee
122 East 42nd Street, 12th floor, NY, NY 10168, United States of America 
Tel: + 1 212 551 3107
Email: [email protected]
www.ineesite.org