Yes...that little four letter word called WORK, which is what I'm actually here for in Namibia and not on an extended holiday or foodie fest, honest! I thought I'd better mention a couple of sentences about how things are going here.
My colleagues and I circulated our joint UNFPA/NRCS Regional Field Visit Report on Protection in Flood Relief and Recovery to a wide range of people in agencies and National and Regional Government and have used it to generate discussion and planning for activities we can carry out in the coming months to strengthen the protection sector before the next rains.
The report has been well received and we are in the process of planning a national level protection in natural disasters training workshop for a range of actors with support from the Global Protection Cluster Working Group (GPCWG) and regional trainings together with the Namibia Red Cross Society (NRCS) which will take place in November. In addition we have been working closely with our colleagues in the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to provide some input into their Camp Coordination and Camp Management training of trainers course, specifically two protection chapters. The ToT course was launched this Wednesday and will commence in the northern regions of Namibia in the first week of November. It is really good to know that protection will be covered during capacity development of camp managers.
I've continued to participate in various UNDAF activities including assisting a small editorial group to edit the Country Analysis paper and attending a validation workshop for said paper. I still can't get my head around the fact that it can take almost 2 years to develop an UNDAF (United Nations Development Assistance Framework) that will cover a 5 year development cycle, so no sooner is one completed then the next one begins.....
My colleagues and I circulated our joint UNFPA/NRCS Regional Field Visit Report on Protection in Flood Relief and Recovery to a wide range of people in agencies and National and Regional Government and have used it to generate discussion and planning for activities we can carry out in the coming months to strengthen the protection sector before the next rains.
The report has been well received and we are in the process of planning a national level protection in natural disasters training workshop for a range of actors with support from the Global Protection Cluster Working Group (GPCWG) and regional trainings together with the Namibia Red Cross Society (NRCS) which will take place in November. In addition we have been working closely with our colleagues in the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to provide some input into their Camp Coordination and Camp Management training of trainers course, specifically two protection chapters. The ToT course was launched this Wednesday and will commence in the northern regions of Namibia in the first week of November. It is really good to know that protection will be covered during capacity development of camp managers.
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| National launch of IOM's ToT course |
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