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The Range Statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts. |
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Concepts and principles of aid effectiveness and community development include: | Ownership, including: using delivery processes that support partner countries to exercise effective leadership over their development policies and strategies coordinating development actions involving communities and local government in decision making, implementation, monitoring and evaluation encouraging community's and local government's contribution to problem solving Alignment, involving maintaining a comprehensive understanding of partner countries' national development strategies, institutions and procedures to guide program delivery Harmonisation: actively seeking to collaborate with other Official Development Assistance (ODA) partners to create added value and greater development effectiveness Managing for results, including continuous improvement of systems to: manage for development results support evidence-based decision making Mutual accountability, involving demonstration of: full transparency and accountability for the use of development resources in program delivery |
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Multi-sectoral team may include: | Specialists or technical experts from a variety of sectors with appropriate skills and experience in emergency relief, which may include: emergency relief practitioners health or nutrition specialist program officer commodity officer water and sanitation specialist logistics officer communications officer disaster management officer relief coordinator relief manager Area Development Program (ADP) staff planning staff evaluation staff finance staff A diversity of perspectives and knowledge that will enhance the feasibility and quality of the findings and recommendations |
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Orientation or training may refer to: | Orientation or training required for data collection in the field which may include: locating sponsored children seeking information regarding impact of disaster upon households doing survey on damage, needs and capacity data collection techniques including: how to conduct focus groups interviewing techniques for validating data |
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Objectives may include: | Verifying numbers, locations and the needs of affected communities Determining nutritional status of children under five Assessing food security including: agricultural, veterinary and fishery services availability of food in the community and nearby markets Assessing the health of the population (general diseases especially among children), services and health facilities available (including immunisation) Assessing the water and sanitation situation Assessing situations of local conflicts in the communities Assessing education services and facilities Assessing protection related problems in the area |
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Sectors may include: | Emergency medical care Livelihood Food and agriculture Health Shelter and housing needs Agricultural needs Economic needs Water and sanitation Environment |
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Key factors, issues and constraints may include: | Security of location Population figures are not verifiable Language Political instability Cooperation and accessibility of community Rebel groups Lack of communication, infrastructure structures or systems Hierarchies of power in the community Time constraints Size of affected community Limited movement and access Team lacks inadequate specialists |
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Key informants may include: | Field staff Local community leaders Government officials Local officials Non-government officials |
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Data collection methods may include: | Standard survey techniques Questionnaires, checklists and procedures Interviews or semi structured interviews Participatory rural appraisal (PRA) techniques, including: proportional piling tool visual inspection direct observation Secondary data review Surveillance Technical inspections Critical sector analysis Household visits Transect walks |
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Assessment plan may include: | Guidelines and standard working procedures Identified information needs Data collection methods and data gathering procedures Areas of responsibility and accountability Designated reporting points and reporting procedures Designated field investigation teams Analysis of data Presentation of information Recording and dissemination of results Contingency plan |
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Needs assessment may include: | Internally displaced populations and their means of survival Protection issues Coping mechanisms Food security and food situation Health Shelter needs Water and sanitation Education Status of relief operations Community structures |
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Populations at risk may include: | Children Women Elderly People with physical and/or mental disability |
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Baseline data may include: | Area affected Number of people requiring immediate help Condition of the affected population such as: health expressed priorities of the affected people number of homes completely destroyed and homes requiring partial repair number of homeless families and individuals household structures including: family size extended family structures sites being used as temporary shelters number of those residing in temporary shelters existing resources and services for emergency measures availability of food services available and health facilities water and sanitation facilities local conflicts in the communities education services and facilities protection related problems or concerns in the area |
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Stakeholders may include: | Community leaders Community groups Individual households Families residing at temporary shelter Local authorities counterparts Children Women People with a disability |
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Response capacity may refer to: | Level of response by the affected country or region to cope with the situation Level of response of different organisations |
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Capacities may refer to: | Local skills Local environment Technical skills Financial status and capacity Management skills Resource generation Networking skills |
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Vulnerabilities may refer to: | Potential areas for harm or injury Potential areas for damage or destruction Attitude Social and organisation vulnerability |
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Coping mechanism may refer to: | A variety of ways and means through which people respond to crisis or emergency situations, difficulties and problems in life |
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Analysis tools and techniques may include: | Problem tree analysis Gender analysis Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis Nutritional assessment Household food economy analysis Health assessment Cost and benefit analysis Capacity and vulnerability analysis 'Do No Harm' framework (Local Capacities for Peace) Network analysis Environmental impact assessment |
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Risks may include: | Depleted household food stocks Inadequate supply of essential foods Malnutrition Inadequate supply of emergency clinical medical services Severe climatic conditions aggravated by lack of shelter, warm clothing or heating fuel and/or water shortages |
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Key findings of the assessment report may include: | An analysis of the most predominant threat Areas that are most at risk Distribution of most vulnerable population Main characteristics of the affected population Total number affected by the disaster Mortality and morbidity rates Total number and types of injuries (minor, severe) and illness Emergency health situation Damage to: economic resources properties road or infrastructures community structures Shelter needs Food supply situation Water and sanitation situation Psychosocial and mental well being Impact on major livelihood Other organisations present in the target zone including secondary sources of information Level of continuing or emerging threat Level of response from different organisations Level of response by the affected country and capacity to cope with the situation |
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Actions may include: | Medical aid Food distribution Immunisation Supplementary feeding Child protection Latrine construction Water supply Housing projects Temporary shelter |
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