Risk Communication and Community Engagement Outbreak Readiness Training

Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Outbreak Readiness Training for Major Disease Outbreak Response

RCCE Outbreak Readiness Training for Major Disease Outbreak Response in Ethiopia
From now until Sept. 20, 2024, READY invites Expressions of Interest for its RCCE Outbreak Readiness Training in Ethiopia!
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Visão geral

The READY initiative is welcoming applications from individuals operating in Ethiopia for an upcoming Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Readiness Training for Major Disease Outbreak Response. This five-day training aims to strengthen technical and operational leadership to plan and execute RCCE readiness and response in large-scale outbreaks with considerations for humanitarian contexts.

Meta de treinamento

The goal of this training is to strengthen RCCE leadership to drive a more participatory, community-led response in large-scale outbreaks, and facilitate behavior change with data-driven communication. The training will include interactive exercises that link to an evolving outbreak scenario in a humanitarian setting, allowing learners to apply what they have learned and reflect on operational considerations.

Thematic content includes:

Social and behavior change in outbreaks
Data collection and analysis
Community-led community engagement
Managing uncertainty and rumors
Multi-source listening
Readiness actions
Simulation exercises to test outbreak response knowledge and skills, and more

Quando e onde

The training will take place November 4-8th, 2024, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In addition, participants will be required to complete two 90-minute online courses focused on the fundamentals of infectious disease outbreaks and RCCE in humanitarian settings.

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For more details about the training, eligibility, and expected commitments from participating individuals, visualizar/baixar o folheto de treinamento.

Expressions of Interest

If you, your staff member, or your organization meet the above selection criteria, please complete the application using this online form by September 20th, 2024. If you would prefer to apply via email, please contact READY at ready@savechildren.org for an offline form.

Critérios de elegibilidade e seleção

This workshop is designed for national, local, and international NGOs that are operating in Ethiopia; government and UN representatives are also encouraged to apply. Selection criteria are below. READY welcomes any nominations of specific individuals or organizations to apply for this training.

Priority audiences for workshop participants (Note: expertise in any of these areas is not required)

Current or future role in planning, managing, and/or executing communication, behavior change, and/or community engagement readiness and response to large-scale outbreaks for a national, local, or international NGO operating in Ethiopia
Government and UN representatives
Organizations that work in humanitarian contexts are ideal candidates
Actively seeking to add or strengthen RCCE technical and operational capacity
Experience working in humanitarian and public health response and multiple technical sectors.

Is there a cost for this training program?

READY will provide breakfast, tea breaks, and lunch for all five days of training. READY has limited funding available to support travel costs for local/national organizations and lodging for anyone traveling from outside of Addis Ababa who needs it. Funding will be considered on an as-needed basis based on requests. Please indicate support requests on the application form or send an email to ready@savechildren.org. READY will discuss expected commitments with individuals during the selection process.

Mandatory

Please note that successful applications will need to confirm:

Ability to commit to online and in-person training sessions
Capacidade de participar em inglês escrito e falado

At this time, READY is welcoming expressions of interest from individuals operating in Ethiopia only.

Este site é possível graças ao apoio generoso do povo americano através da Agência dos Estados Unidos para o Desenvolvimento Internacional (USAID). Os conteúdos são da responsabilidade da READY e não reflectem necessariamente as opiniões da USAID ou do Governo dos Estados Unidos. Liderada pela Save the Children, a iniciativa READY é implementada em parceria com o Centro Johns Hopkins para Saúde Humanitária, o Centro Johns Hopkins para Programas de Comunicação, o UK-Med e a Academia de Liderança Humanitária. O READY está a aumentar a capacidade global das organizações não governamentais para responderem a surtos de doenças infecciosas em grande escala.