Wednesday 11 September 2013

Prepare to Respond: Red Cross Programme for Aid Workers

Prepare to Respond II is a programme of affordable training courses, free placements, study visits and tailor-made consultancy services offered to aid workers and humanitarian civil society organisations in the new EU member states (NMS) and candidate countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey.

The programme aims to strengthen the response and preparedness capacities of humanitarian organisations based in these target countries. The training programme has been specifically designed to deliver complete learning solutions that reflect the challenges faced by professional aid workers. Diverse programmes and methodologies, skilled facilitators and international groups of twenty participants - each with different skills and experiences - will provide for an ideal training environment.

The programme includes 11 training events in NMS and candidate countries during 2013-2014. Participants of a training are required to pay a registration fee of: EUR 5,- per participant/per day for staff from humanitarian organisations in new EU member states and candidate countries.

For accepted NGO-participants from NMS TRIALOG offers a restricted budget for reimbursement of travel costs to a training. The participant has to apply for reimbursement directly with TRIALOG. Please check the TRIALOG criteria for reimbursement of the Red Cross training programme and visit the TRIALOG website for general reimbursement conditions.

Find the Red Cross training list here. For registration details and further information on the Prepare to Respond II programme, please see the factsheet or visit the website of Austrian Red Cross.  

Information provided by Austrian Red Cross

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