Capacity Building

ENA Training

The Emergency Needs Assessment (ENA) Training sessions were organized by RISE Infinity Foundation – MahaPECOnet Secretariat and RedR India supported by UNICEF Maharashtra. The first webinar session was conducted on 22.07.2022, Friday. The topic was “Understanding the nature of emergencies, response and needs of the most vulnerable during disasters”. The second session was conducted on 29.07.2022, Friday. The topic was “Overview of humanitarian response sectors and Needs Assessment”. The third Emergency Needs Assessment (ENA) Training session was conducted on 23.08.2022, Tuesday. The topic was “Types of Emergency Needs Assessment, Tools and Techniques”. There were 650+ registrations in total including all the sessions. Around 350+ participants joined them. All the sessions were conducted in Marathi for a better reach to the grassroot level organizations. Out of the total 36 districts, participants from 31 districts of Maharashtra joined the sessions.

Thematic Led Disaster Management Training Programme: 

RedR India in collaboration with UNICEF Maharashtra and MahaPECOnet organized a four days residential training on ”Thematic led Disaster Management Training Programme” focussing on preparedness and peacetime planning. The training was organized in Pune from 12th to 15th December 2022. 20 NGO members of MahaPECOnet attended the training representing 15 districts of Maharashtra. The training sessions were focused on the four thematic areas of MahaPECOnet. On the first day, the participants were introduced with basic concert and key terminologies of Disaster Management along with the introduction of the basic concepts and importance of each thematic area with respect to Maharashtra context. Day two and three involved interactive sessions with the participants for detailed learning of the thematic groups.  The last day of the training was a scenario based exercise where the participants were divided into groups working in different NGO sectors and a scenario of a severely flood affected village in Maharashtra was given. The NGO groups had to respond to the situation, engage with the local administration, plan for the Needs Assessment and develop funding proposals for various activities under their sector. At the end of the training, the participants shared their learning experience which showed that there was a shift in the outlook of the participants from the development sector to viewing issues through a disaster lens