Site Management training

The Ministry of Social Affairs (MOSA) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) invited staff/volunteers from our organisation to a three-day core training in Site/Community Management, as a part of the Emergency Site/Community Management training programme. The training is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is conducted by international experts. A first session was held from 21-23 Aug. The second training session is currently taking place from 24-26 Aug. A third training session now takes place in Sin El Fil – Beirut, from Monday the 28th to Wednesday the 30th of August, from 9am to 4:30pm every day. Addition training sessions are planned in other parts of Lebanon at a later stage.

Several trainings, with 20 participants attending each session, are taking place in Lebanon. The working language is English and Arabic. Participants are selected among staff/volunteers that are currently involved in management and assistance in the IDP sites or might be involved at a later stage. The main objective of the training is to train staff/volunteers of the national authorities, international/national NGOs and UN agencies involved in Site/Community Management under the current situation, and to reach a common understanding on how Site/Community Management should be carried out in the different locations.

So today I attended the first of those 3 days and it is really interesting, given the fact that the norwegian trainers are experts in site management. They say that there are so many common things in this management and yet they are open to the specific Lebanese context. It is an enriching experience for all participants. We are able to discuss the past war experience and learn from it in a professional way, in order to evaluate and be more prepared if – God forbids- there would be a recurrency.