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Dates : 18 August 2014 - 10 April 2015Duration : 7 months course: 3 months and a half Distance - You learn through e-learn-ing courses and distance collaborative interactions +10 days in Kampala, Uganda: You practice and share issues through face to face sessions + 3 months Distance - You de-sign and implement your plan of action, at your workplace, with the support of a coach.Language : EnglishCertificate of Advanced Studies = 15 ECTS creditsTo apply, please send the required documents and complete  the online application form at www.cerahgeneve.ch/formations/cas.html

Fees : CHF 6000.- including accomodation and food in Kampala, Uganda

CAS | CERTIFICATES OF ADVANCED STUDIES• HDL DESIGNING STRATEGIES AND PROJECTS FOR HUMANITARIAN ACTION • DESIGNING STRATEGIES AND PROJECTS FOR HUMANITARIAN ACTION • COMMUNICATION AND ADVOCACY FOR HUMANITARIAN ACTION • DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT • HEALTH IN HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES • LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF HUMANITARIAN ACTION • PEOPLE MANAGEMENT IN HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS

USEFUL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

HDL DESIGNING STRATEGIES AND PROJECTS  FOR HUMANITARIAN ACTION

“BASED ON MY INDIVIDUAL WORKING SITUATION, I REFLECT ON MY CURRENT PRACTICE AND IMPROVE IT AS I LEARN ”CAS

For further  information, please contact :  cerahgeneve@unige.chwww.cerahgeneve.ch

a Joint Center ofa Joint Centre of

In partnership with

NEW! HUMANITARIAN 

DISTANCE LEARNING 

This Certificate aims to provide participants with the tools necessary to confront current challenges, with a focus on designing and developing adapted and flexible strategies. It also helps participants, in their individual working situation, to reflect on their current practice and to improve it, as they learn.

HDL DESIGNING STRATEGIES AND PROJECTS  FOR HUMANITARIAN ACTIONCAS

7-MONTHS COURSE - 15 ECTS CREDITS

The Distance Learning CAS Designing Strategies and Projects for Humanitarian Action corresponds to 15 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) and the degree is jointly awarded by the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. More information on www.cerahgeneve.ch

A COURSE DESIGNED FOR :• Humanitarian middle or senior managers• Currently employed as project manager or above functions • With at least 2-3 years of experiences as project manager or above functions

GENERAL OBJECTIVESAt the end of the CAS, participants will have developed the relevant competencies to design and adapt humanitarian strategies and projects in line with the specificities of each context. They will be able to provide coherent, flexible and creative humanitarian responses taking into account ethical issues and context prerogatives.

More specifically they will be able to:•  Analyze contexts and crises

•  Frame adequate institutional and operational strategies

•  Design and manage adapted, creative,flexible and result-based humanitarian programmes/projects

•  Evaluate and critically review the implementation  of institutional and operational strategies 

• Based on current & future humanitarian challenges

• Complete, comprehensive and systemic approach

• Connecting theory & practice

• University degree with ECTS credits

• Partnership with top humanitarian organisations

• Expert speakers

• Meet other professionals with similar profiles

• Group and peer to peer work

• Personalized training path based on individual needs and working reality

• Individual coaching

• Flexible schedule

WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU?

PROGRAMMEThe course is structured in 7 phasesPHASE 1 : Initialisation

PHASE 2 :  Foundation: Myself in this training

PHASE 3 : Core course 1: Strategic Framework

PHASE 4 : Core course 2: Designing a project in line with the strategic framework

PHASE 5 : Intensive residential courses Session Kampala-Uganda

PHASE 6 :  Optional courses and implementation of a plan of action

PHASE 7 :  Closing : Recap, evaluation and final feedback. Community of practice

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEEPROF THOMAS STRAUB Director Certificate Modern Management for Non Profit Organisations, University of Geneva

PROF GILLES CARBONNIER  Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva

OLIVIER BLUTEAU  Training Coordinator, MSF

KATIE SAMS  Chief of Staff, Office of the Director-General, ICRC

VÉRONIQUE DE GEOFFROY  Director of Operations, Groupe URD

JAHAL DE MERITENS  Coordinator – Cluster Working Group on Early Recovery, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, UNDP

DR NATHALIE HERLEMONT ZORITCHAK  Fédération Handicap International, Head, Strategic Policy Service

SANDRINE DELATTRE  Training Coordinator, NGO Management School

DR. EDITH FAVOREU Head of Training, Lecturer, Researcher, CERAH

PROF. DORIS SCHOPPER Director, CERAH

CONTENT-ORIENTED HIGH LEVEL CREATES NETWORK INDIVIDUALIZED