Friday 16 August 2013

MIRA training at Provincial level-

Dear protection Cluster members and mailing list subscribers,

as alerted few days back, including through the Provincial Protection Cluster Coordinators, a series of training sessions on the MIRA will take place next week in several Provinces. The sessions will be held by a mixed group of trainers (including from the protection Cluster) along the following Calendar.

Quetta:
PDMA training day - 19 August (PDMA Office)
Balochistan Boy Scout Association -  20 to 21 August

Lahore:
PDMA training day - 20 August  (PDMA Office)
Crown Plaza Hotel - 21 to 22 August

Peshawar:
PDMA training day - 20 August  (PDMA Office)
Pakistan Academy for Rural Development (PARD) - 21 to 22 August

Karachi:
PDMA training day - 20 August  (PDMA Office)
Beach Luxury Hotel - 21 to 22 August

At Islamabad level and at Provincial level, OCHA should have by now disseminated invitations to INGOs and NGOs to be part of the Joint MIRA Roster. The participation to the Roster is BY AGENCY (i.e. not by individuals) and all costs (staffing and logistics) to participate in the training and to be later engaged in the MIRA - if the MIRA is launched - will have to be born by the Organisation.

Interested organisations can contact directly OCHA in the provinces or at Islamabad level (afridi1@un.org.). Attached are the required forms and the conditions to be part of the MIRA Joint Roster, as shared by OCHA. The participation of Protection Agencies is welcomed, in that they may bring expertise for the protection segment of the MIRA.

Finally, we want to attract again your attention that the complete MIRA material can be downloaded from the Pak Response Website (separately or in the zipped package). As other Clusters, as member of the Assessment Working Group (Coordinators) and Assessment Technical Team (IMO), the Protection Cluster has significantly contributed to the development of the MIRA tools (Questionnaire, Observation Checklist etc.), including in cooperation with the Gender and Child Cell of NDMA. The final versions of the Questionnaires/ Observation checklists have been eventually amended and cleared by NDMA Senior Management.
More specifically, the Protection Cluster has contributed to the development of the Code of Conduct as well as the Guidelines for the interviewers, and the related training material that will be sued by the trainers in the mentioned sessions.
http://www.pakresponse.info/Assessments.aspx

We hope of use to remain updated on the MIRA Developments.

This message will also be shared at provincial level by the respective Cluster Coordinators to guarantee maximum coverage and information flow with Cluster partners.

Regards

Protection Cluster

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