Accountability to primary clients

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1. Accountability to primary clients
2. Steering donors
3. Build trust with Host Govs
4. Workers protection development
5. Unifying the core of humanitarianism
6. Build future of profession

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Professionalising the Humanitarian Sector

• What are the problems to address (why bother)
• Existing environment
• Scope demographics, sector- breadth
• Content values, skills, knowledge, experience
• Certification system
• Cost structure
• Professional supporting structures
• Relationship to funders, clients and profession

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Existing environment

• Consortia such as, Nairobi IAWG, ALNAP
• NGOs, INGOs, Learning Providers - Bioforce,
  Mango, People in Aid, Bond, Intrac
• Masters degrees
• Other course providers
• In-house systems

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Scope

• Demographics (1,000s)

• Issues

• One system or many?
• Sociology of aid workers?
• For what jobs and sectors are people recruited?
• Career paths?
• Competencies of present workers?

Source ALNAP 2009, forthcoming
Oxfam-GB 4,600 emp 203 (4.4 are HP)
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5 Criteria for a modern profession

• Monopoly on specialized knowledge
• Knowledge used in an altruistic fashion
• Therefore autonomy to self regulate
• Responsibility to expand the Knowledge
• Responsive to the users of the profession

Source Cruess, Richard L, Sylvia R
Cruess, and Sharon E Johnston.  "Professionalism
an ideal to be sustained. "  The
Lancet.  356.9224 (July 8, 2000) 156. 
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Professions and Social Movements
Regulation
License Laws Credentials Rules
Standards Guidelines
Social Movement
Interest experience affiliations association
movement
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Layering professions
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Core Content / Competencies

• Values
• Skills
• Knowledge
• Experience

Logistics
Nutrition
Source ALNAP 2009, forthcoming
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Nursing 2009

• Analytic/assessment
• Policy development/ program planning
• Communication skills
• Cultural Competency skills
• Community dimensions of practice skills
• Basic Public health sciences skills
• Financial Planning and management skills
• Leadership and systems thinking skills

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Certification system

• In the UK

• National gt International

• Higher education
• Continuing education
• Vocational training
• Professional accreditation

• Generic national model
• Ethiopia?
• Pakistan?
• USA?
• ISO/IEC 170242003
• International Personnel Certification Association

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Cost structure

• Who Pays?
• The State?
• The Employer
• The professional?
• Viable cost structure

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Professional supporting structures

• Professional association
• Business association
• Academic association
• Research Publishing

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System?
Training Institute
Trainer Acreditation
Content Accreditation
Course Content
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Focus Group

• Dans course

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Key questions

• What should be the core competencies?
• Would you have used a certification system?
• Whats the argument against

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Survey pop Experience
1,223 respondents 1,020 completed
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Survey pop Origin
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Why Bother?
91.3, yes to professionalism
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Curriculum Values
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Curriculum Knowledge
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Curriculum Skills
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What else?