GICHD 2022 Performance Report

MINE ACTION MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMMES

As part of its efforts to consolidate its training programmes, in 2022 the GICHD took the decision to refocus its training programmes to target decision makers within NMAAs and organisations. By targeting decision makers, the GICHD hopes to have a wider impact in supporting the sector in building a safer and more secure environment for those affected by explosive hazards.

course for mine action managers, which is aimed at middle and senior management levels; additionally, 2022 saw the start of the development of a LR training course for managers. Both training courses use a blended learning that includes both self-paced and in-person components and which can be tailored to respond to the participants’ learning needs. In addition to these efforts, the GICHD has increased its focus on providing sustainable learning solutions to NMAAs with the objective of improving the consistency

and quality of the training and, most importantly, creating a culture of continuous learning within the mine action sector. One example of a sustainable learning solution is the train-the-trainer programme that was designed for national stakeholders and successfully launched in Ukraine in 2022. These efforts have been well received and have generated a high level of interest. As such, the GICHD aims to continue building on this initiative during the new strategic period (2023–2026) by delivering train-the-trainer programmes—amongst others—in Lebanon, Ukraine, and Yemen.

A key example of such training programmes, developed and piloted in the 2021–2022 period is the training

INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP COURSE

In response to the findings of its 2021 assessment of training needs in the mine action sector, the GICHD developed the ‘inclusive leadership’ course, which is aimed at providing a resource that supports capacity-building that provides a full and integrated understanding of the links between leadership, diversity, inclusion, gender, inclusive governance and safeguarding. The inclusive leadership content focuses on organisational cultures, policies, structures, decision-making processes and leadership modalities and clarifies, in an accessible manner, what inclusive working mechanisms are in practice.

In 2022, the GICHD piloted its first inclusive leadership training course in Iraq with the participation of 20 men and five women leaders and managers, and in partnership with the national authorities. The tailored course aimed to enhance the commitment of the leadership within mine action to addressing gender, diversity, equality and inclusion. Women and men leaders and managers explored together how to take a GD transformative approach to their work, so that they become agents of change for the advancement of gender equality and the creation of an inclusive work environment in their respective organisations and institutions.

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