Workshop on humanitarian practice and standards

On 13 April 2011 the Humanitarian Response Center (HRC), which is functioning in the framework of the Slovenian Platform of NGOs for development cooperation and humanitarian aid - SLOGA, organized its first workshop on the topic of international humanitarian aid. The workshop “Humanitarian practice and standards” was implemented by the independent consultant for humanitarian issues Jasna Djordjević. As a consultant with various and long-term experience in the area of international humanitarian aid Miss Djordjević is cooperating with a number of international humanitarian actors, especially with ICRC/IFRC. Participants of the workshop included representatives of Slovenian NGOs, the Ministry of Defense and other individuals with certain experience interested in international humanitarian aid. In the first part of the workshop they were introduced with basic principles of humanitarian practice and humanitarian standards, mechanisms of coordination, humanitarian reform, standardization of disasters and phases of humanitarian response. In the second part highlight was given to standard areas and services of humanitarian aid, standards for need assessment and evaluation, finances and human resources, SPHERE standards and current trends in the area of humanitarian aid. The workshop concluded with an interesting debate about consultants' and participants' experience from the field or simply from dealing with international humanitarian issues.

Information provided by Janja Mikulan, Sloga