This course will help you to develop the basic knowledge and skills to strengthen national capacity to lead a nutrition response. You will be introduced to different examples of national nutrition coordination from different contexts and explore how to work through them. You will also explore ways to strengthen national partner’s involvement in the cluster and how to coordinate capacity-building amongst nutrition actors.
Learning objectives
After completing this course you should be able to:
- Outline how the nutrition cluster coordination team can work through, and support, existing coordination platforms
- Discuss possible constraints and solutions to enhancing local and national actors’ participation, coordination and decision-making
- Identify ways to promote coherence of capacity-building activities within the nutrition cluster
Audience
This is an introductory-level course aimed at anyone who is interested in developing skills and knowledge in nutrition cluster coordination in humanitarian contexts, and who needs to engage with humanitarian architecture on this topic. It is part of the recommended learning path for sub-national nutrition cluster coordinators aiming to progress to national-level roles.Length
It should take you about 65 minutes to complete this self-paced course.
Methodology
This course is composed of short self-paced animated module, including various examples and activities.
Structure
This course is composed of three modules:
• Understanding and Working through Existing Nutrition Coordination Platforms in Humanitarian Contexts• Promoting National and Local Participation, Coordination and Decision-Making in the Cluster
• Coordinating Capacity-Building Activities within the Nutrition Cluster
Suggested further learning:
- Strengthening national nutrition capacity to respond and lead level 2