Training

Training

Livelihoods RC training

TRAINING - Livelihoods Resource Centre

 

To strengthen capacities for effective livelihoods programming, LRC provides face-to-face and online training opportunities in English, Spanish, and French for those who want to improve their technical abilities and consolidate knowledge in this area. All our training is open to members of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and other organizations, stakeholders, and anyone interested in this thematic area.

LRC has developed a Learning & Technical Skills Framework in Livelihoods Programming to identify the essential abilities and knowledge that can be acquired through our training courses. To find more about LRC learning framework click here 

FIRST SEMESTER 2025 - APPLICATIONS OPEN UNTIL 6 APRIL 2025

Training in FRENCH

Course: Programmation de Moyens d'Existence 

Dates: From 7 May to 18 June 2025

Applications until 6 April 2025: HERE

 

Course: ERLA I. La Sécurité Économique des Ménages, sa conception et planification

Dates: From 7 May to 18 June 2025

Applications until 6 April 2025: HERE

Training in SPANISH

Course: ERLA 1. La Seguridad Económica del Hogar: Diseño y la Planificación de Evaluaciones 

Dates: From 7 May to 18 June 2025

Application until 6 April 2025: HERE

 

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ENTRY LEVEL COURSES

Title - CORE TRAINING

CORE TRAINING

CORE TRAINING COURSES

Livelihoods Programming Course - LPC

This course aims to provide project managers and field staff of the RCRC Movement with a combination of theory and practice of livelihoods programming to identify and design livelihood interventions. The course is based on the IFRC Livelihoods Guidelines and Livelihoods Resource Centre's Toolbox. This training is delivered as an online tutored course and, upon request, as a face-to-face course.

Cash Transfer Programming Course - CTP (IFRC)

This training, based on the IFRC Guidelines for Cash Transfer Programming and the Cash in Emergencies Toolkit, combines theoretical contents with practical individual exercises and group sessions to provide program managers and field staff with a basis of knowledge and practice for cash-based interventions. This training is delivered as an online tutored course and, upon request, as a face-to-face course.

TITLE - THEMATIC TRAINING

THEMATIC TRAINING

TITLE - Livelihoods Assessment and Response Option Analysis - ERLA

Livelihoods Assessment - ERLA

This training is based on the Household Economic Security (HES) methodology developed by the British Red Cross. It focuses on providing participants with knowledge and tools to design and carry out a livelihood needs assessment, allowing for better interventions to protect, recover, and strengthen livelihoods. HES findings can feed into response options analysis, economic security, and livelihoods programme design, and HES analysis supports decision-making processes. This training is offered as an online instructor-led course (ERLA I) and in-person training (ERLA II).

TITLE Climate-smart and Enviromentally Sustainable Livelihoods

Climate-smart and Environmentally Sustainable Livelihoods - CSL

This training aims to facilitate understanding climate change's effects on livelihoods and learning about Climate Smart Livelihoods (CSA/CSL) to enable communities to adapt and contribute to mitigating GES emissions. The training is aligned to IFRC Climate Smart Programming in Operations Guide which refers to climate-smart as using climate information across timescales in designing and/ or adjusting all our programmes and operations. This training is offered only in-person modality.

TITULO Microentrepreunirship Training

Micro-entrepreneurship Programmes

The objective of this training is to build capacities among RCRC staff and volunteers to design and manage micro-entrepreneurship (ME) programmes and Income Generation Activities (IGA) following the Micro-entrepreneurship Programmes Toolkit Guidelines developed by the IFRC Livelihoods Resource Centre. This is a face-to-face training.

TITULO Mother's Club Approach

Mother's Club Approach

The Mothers Club Approach is a holistic approach that promotes the empowerment and resilience of women, their households and communities. The Livelihoods Centre offers three courses to inform and train in the efficient use of the tools available to implement this approach that contributes to scaling up livelihoods interventions by strengthening the household's social, human and financial assets. Face-to-face training.