Starting in 2020, the Training of Facilitators (ToF) programme has a new curriculum designed to give facilitators a deeper understanding of the CCHN negotiation tools and methods so that they can better pass on that knowledge. The new curriculum is the result of recommendations made in a professional consultation, held in Caux, Switzerland, in June 2019, with members of the CCHN’s community of practice.
The efficiency of humanitarian response following a disaster depends on how fast coordination structures are established, supply chains are enabled, and human and financial resources are mobilised.
Negotiating in disaster contexts becomes challenging because of the many parties involved. Often, survivors are turned into first responders until traditional humanitarian response mechanisms are set up. Then, when humanitarian actors step in, it’s necessary to negotiate and coordinate the response among the multiple actors.
In 2023, the CCHN launched its research on negotiating in the context of disasters. Since then, we have conducted a series of interviews to understand field practices, produced a report and developed a thematic session with the project to expand this topic in the future.