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WASH Systems Strengthening: The Basics for USAID BHA Partners 

About The 'WASH Systems Strengthening' course is an online course that covers the basic concepts of WASH systems strengthening for USAID Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) implementing partners. The official cohort is already completed, but you can access the full contents of this course online and complete it at your own pace. You can access the course with four easy steps: Click this link and select ‘new account’. Create your own account. Please confirm your account with the confirmation e-mail that is sent to the e-mail address with which you registered. Go to the category ‘Courses for partners’ and select

Request for Applications: Successful Partnerships for Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS) in Zimbabwe

About the Request for Applications PRO-WASH and SCALE are pleased to announce the release of Successful partnerships for Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS) in the Takunda and Amalima Loko intervention areas of Zimbabwe. Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS) are systems that are designed to supply domestic water needs, as well as water for livelihood uses such as small-scale irrigation, stock watering, and entrepreneurial activities. MUS is an approach that recognizes the diverse demands that are placed on water supplies, including both WASH and agricultural uses, and attempts to accommodate these in the system design, operation and management. MUS is a part of

Social Cohesion Lays the Foundation for Peace and Resilience

Join REAL for the second discussion in a series of three, based on our recently published Resilience Rapid Learning Series. This event will focus on short-term violence prevention paired with efforts to transform the structural drivers of conflict. It is based on the brief Harnessing Local Sources of Social Cohesion in Niger, which examines factors that contribute to local-level variation in social cohesion in order to improve programming. Hypothesized to reduce violence, social cohesion is a necessary component for building resilience and improving long-term well-being outcomes in areas prone to ongoing conflicts, natural disasters, and other shocks and stresses. The

How Livelihoods Support is Bolstered by Social Sources of Resilience

Watch Recording (English) View Presentation (English) Watch Recording (French) View Presentation (French) Join REAL for the final discussion in a series of three, based on our recently published Resilience Rapid Learning Series The third discussion is based on the brief Role of Markets in Strengthening Social Resilience Capacities in Northeast Nigeria, which documents how a combination of livelihood support and economic collectives like village savings and loan associations (VSLAs) can develop financial and social sources of resilience in crisis contexts. In protracted crises, where the state has limited capacity or lacks the political will to provide for and protect its

Adjusting Monitoring Systems during COVID-19: What’s Working That We Can Take Forward?

This event was a session at the Food Security COVID-19 Learning Event. This session presented how COVID-19 caused a major shift in the way organizations and activities collected and utilized data, resulting in a major adjustment to monitoring systems. Many challenges and resultant solutions were found, and being able to share those with other implementers will help to focus learning for any future shocks or similar situations. This session will focus on those challenges and adjustments with participants working together to create a document listing priorities and practical steps that can be implemented to continue important monitoring, evaluation, and accountability

Reflecting on a Year of Virtual Collaboration: What Practices to Stop, Start, or Continue? 

This event was a session at the Food Security COVID-19 Learning Event. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for teams distributed across geographies and time zones to be able to work effectively and efficiently. In this session, the IDEAL Activity’s Knowledge Management and Communications team shared learning and promising practices after more than a year of online team collaboration. Participants were invited to share their own experiences and learn from others when it comes to virtual collaboration in: Team meetings Online trainings/workshops Action/work planning Proposal development

Operationalizing Community Engagement for Humanitarian Response to Outbreaks 

This event was a session at the Food Security COVID-19 Learning Event. What does it mean for organizations to be ready with communication and community engagement for the next epidemic or pandemic? This session provided an opportunity for response organizations to reflect on lessons learned during COVID-19 and apply them to readiness actions needed for the next epidemic or pandemic. Participants reviewed the proposed content of a Communicating with Communities: Risk Communication and Community Engagement Readiness Kit (RCCE Readiness Kit) under development by the READY Initiative, which is a compendium of tools linked to minimum required actions that humanitarian non-governmental

Meet the Changemakers: SCALE Creative Green Adaptation Award Winners 2021

Congratulations to SCALE's 2021 Creative Green Adaptation Award winners! SCALE called out to humanitarian and development practitioners, who are rapidly adapting the ways in which they deliver critical aid and programming, and asked them to share with us how they are helping communities around the globe face unprecedented challenges due to climate change. We met with these five organizations on December 9th for a discussion on what they learned, how they did it, and what they plan to do next. Watch the presentation recording below! View Presentation Watch Recording The Winners: Award for Technical Excellence in an Emergency Setting: WADATA/USAID