Humanitarian Professionalisation
ELRHA has been addressing the professional development needs of individual workers since Sept 2009 through a scoping study, conference and widespread consultation with over 1,500 stakeholders around the globe. It has identified the major problems stopping the flow of trained people in the sector and has also received overwhelming enthusiasm and support from 90% of people it consulted on the issue of professionalisation of individuals in the humanitarian sector.
The study made 13 recommendations with the aim of:
- Creating recognised professional pathways and progression routes into the
humanitarian sector - Adopting core humanitarian competencies for professional development
- Ensuring coherence of core content within humanitarian master's degree
programmes - Addressing the lack of entry and mid-level qualifications
- Formalising occupational standards for humanitarian work
- Quality marking of learning and development providers
- Developing a system of certification for humanitarian qualifications
- Creating international relationships for the promotion of global standards
ELRHA has now gained commitment to join in the next phase of work from over 30 agencies from INGOs, southern NGOs, Red Cross, UN, universities and training providers. ELRHA’s next objective is to transform the way the sector responds to professional development of its staff through the creation of an International Professional Development and Quality Framework.
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