Would you support the development of a professional accreditation system for humanitarian workers?
The purpose for this scoping exercise is explicitly to consider how the humanitarian worker as an individual could achieve a professional status and how this status could be verified, accredited and, potentially, regulated.
We would like to hear your views on this issue. Whether you are a seasoned humanitarian practitioner, or someone hoping to get in to the sector for the first time; whether you live in the UK or Uganda, your views are important in this debate, so please join in and share your comments below.
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#1 professional accreditation
I have just come across ELRHA because I have a keen interest in earthquakes and related monitoring and I am about to study for a Bsc in geology - im 57.
From what I can see steps need to be taken to professionalise the humanitarian sector without loosing focus of the immediate challenge in hand.It also strikes me how this sector is still relying heavily on majority private and donor funding.
I suppose because this sector is non profitable,not a business,many skilled personnel that are required are not able to sustain themselves and are un-attracted.
Every part of the globe is affected by the threat of disaster so all countries should engage in
professional funding. In the UK we are at less of a threat but commodities from those of higher threat we benefit from and without the labour force in those areas we would not get that benefit.
Damage limitation requires more professionals to educate those in areas of hazards to rethink their methods and places of exsistance and educate leaders in the world of the responsibility to support them in times of need and the humanitarian professionals as a tool to action it.