The IPC Global Support Unit (GSU) has developed a new short training course for users of IPC Maps and Analysis. The aim of the training is to help users better understand and utilize the information generated from the various IPC products to inform decision-making. This training course is specifically designed for users of IPC products and explains how the analysis is done in order to enable advisers and decision makers to utilize such products in an effective, strategic and critical way. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
 
• Explain the relevance and usefulness of the information generated in the IPC Products and Outputs for Strategic Decision Making,
• Describe how analyses are conducted in IPC, and
• Utilize IPC products and outputs for strategic decision-making.
 
On 9 October, the IPC Global Programme Manager, Ms Cindy Holleman, conducted the first IPC for Strategic Decision Making training course addressed to the Livelihood Advisors of the UK Government Department for International Development (DFID), in London. Another training course is already planned for the European Union, in December 2013. The training is structured as a 3-5 hour mini training divided into four sessions.

The length of the training depends on whether working group exercises are completed and this can be tailored to the specific needs of the group. Each session covers a series of topics with brief overviews, case studies and exercises.
 
If you want to learn more about this new training course or want to organize a training, please send an e-mail to [email protected]. Starting in 2014, the IPC GSU will make the course material available to Certified IPC Trainers in the field, so that the same workshop can be conducted at regional and country levels.