Geodata, GIS and remote sensing are of increasing importance in the humanitarian context and are currently being used more and more intensively in the field of anticipatory humanitarian action.
The Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) therefore invites you to the online seminar “Current Approaches and GIS Methods to Support Anticipatory Humanitarian Action”. The training will take place from 14 to 25 March 2022 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9 am to 1 pm each day (14, 16, 18, 21, 23 and 25 March 2022). It is part of a joint project of VENRO and the IFHV, financially supported by the German Federal Foreign Office.
Participants of this advanced course have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge on different application areas of geodata in humanitarian contexts. The training starts with an introduction to the concept of anticipatory humanitarian action and the link to geospatial data and related analyses. Using concrete examples, the use of raster data and analyses, accessibility analyses as well as local and community mapping approaches and their potential for the various areas of the Early Action Protocols are illustrated. Supported by various case studies, the participants’ proficiency with QGIS and related software for visualization and analysis of geodata will be consolidated.
The training is facilitated jointly by the German Red Cross and the Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology (HeiGIT). Since 2017, both institutions have worked successfully together to further refine the methodology of anticipatory approaches like Forecast-based Financing and to develop GIS solutions for the implementation of (anticipatory) humanitarian action.
The course is aimed at staff of humanitarian NGOs with basic experience with the use of GIS and geodata, acquired for example through formal education, work experience or participation in the course “The Use of Geoinformation in (Anticipatory) Humanitarian Action” in January 2022. The training can be credited for a Certificate of Advanced Studies in the field of “Anticipatory Humanitarian Action”. For more information on the certification scheme click here.
You can find the agenda and register here from now on free of charge. Given that the number of participants is limited, we kindly ask you to provide a short motivation statement upon registering and will inform you about final admission within two weeks after registration.
For further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Sören Schneider: soeren.schneider(at)ruhr-uni-bochum.de; +49 (0)234 32-27747.