The Humanitarian Learning Channel brings together key courses and resources to strengthen knowledge and skills related to UNICEF’s humanitarian action. This channel includes curated, structured learning activities and complementary learning resources designed to build a common foundation of humanitarian knowledge for UNICEF personnel and partners who are currently working in emergency contexts or seeking to strengthen their understanding of humanitarian action.
UNICEF's humanitarian action for children focuses on interventions that save lives, alleviate suffering, maintain human dignity, and protect the rights of affected populations wherever there are humanitarian needs – from armed conflicts to natural disasters to public health emergencies.
Learning objectives
Overall goals are to:
- Build the foundations to implement UNICEF's Humanitarian Policy and Framework, the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action (the CCCs).
- Embed a ‘humanitarian mindset’ in the ways of working amongst all UNICEF personnel and partners.
- Enable learners to apply theoretical knowledge from curated learning pathways to real-world scenarios in diverse humanitarian contexts.
- Empower UNICEF personnel and partners to engage in continuous and active learning about UNICEF’s humanitarian action.
Audience
UNICEF staff at all levels; Partners from NGOs, UN agencies, National Committees, and local stakeholders involved in or supporting humanitarian action.
Methodology
- The pathways combine self-paced e-learning modules with interactive content to enhance engagement and retention of knowledge.
- Category-based learning allows learners to explore specific CCCs-based topics by selecting categories that align with interests or areas of work to build specific capacities.
- The regional pages will provide learning opportunities specific to different regions, acknowledging the unique contexts that humanitarian workers face in various parts of the world.
- Incorporates a mechanism for user feedback to continuously improve the humanitarian learning content. This iterative process ensures the channel remains relevant and effective in fostering competency development for UNICEF personnel and partners.
Documentation included in the activities may serve as essential pre-reading, reference materials discussed during the activity, or supplementary learning resources. Learners are encouraged to review these documents carefully, as they form an important part of the learning content and its practical application.
Structure
Two Main Learning Pathways:
- UNICEF Fundamentals of Humanitarian Action: Level 1: Introduces learners to UNICEF’s humanitarian policy and framework, consisting of 10 Activities and taking approximately 12-16 hours to complete.
- UNICEF Fundamentals of Humanitarian Action: Level 2: Advances knowledge on overarching commitments and cross-cutting themes such as advocacy, gender equality, and disability inclusion, with 14 Activities requiring 18-20 hours to complete.
Explore Humanitarian Learning by Category: Learners can click on specific categories to explore online learning topics based on the CCCs. This curated selection aims to build capacity and support the delivery of timely, quality, and child-centered humanitarian response and advocacy in crises with humanitarian consequences.
Regional Humanitarian Action: Offers region-specific learning options focused on humanitarian action. This section allows learners to engage with content that is tailored to the particular needs and challenges of their region, enhancing relevance and application of the learned concepts.
Length
The Channel allows learners to progress at their own pace through a learning pathways, learn by topic of interest or regional interest.
Contact details
For any questions related to the Humanitarian Learning Channel or the associated learning pathways, please contact Zhijie Wang, People in Humanitarian Action (PHA) team.