SLEEPwith Circuit Des YeuxFacebook | TwitterAbout the Show:Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:30pmTickets on sale Friday 7/12 at 10amIt must be gratifying for SLEEP to hear the audience roar in approval when guitarist Matt Pike plays the opening notes of Dopesmoker, the live set version coming in around 40 minutes, slimmed down from the studio recording, which clocks in at a little over an hour and three sides.Years after the release of Volume One in 1991, Sleep’s Holy Mountain in 1992 and Dopesmoker in 2003, Matt Pike hard at work with HIGH ON FIRE and bassist / vocalist Al Cisneros with OM, heavy music needed one of its essential minerals back. In 2009, falling in on either side of NEUROSIS drummer Jason Roeder, SLEEP, like a wooly mammoth awoken from centuries of frozen slumber, once again walked the earth. You could almost hear the universe sigh in relief that SLEEP was back.2014 saw SLEEP release a single sided 12” with a new song, The Clarity, giving fans a glimpse of what would hopefully be more to come. And so, the wait began . . .All good things take time. In 2018 SLEEP fans will have a reason to break out their finest and get it lit because record stores all over the world will have the new SLEEP album.SLEEP has live shows slated for this year. Their studio work is tremendous. However, SLEEP in the live setting must be witnessed to be understood. That three people can create such a perfect, truly massive yet complex and dynamic sonic environment is what keeps their shows selling out. Truly, the band is not to be missed. May it never end.DISCLAIMER: Any attempts to describe the music of SLEEP render this writer almost completely useless. They are that good.PRESCRIPTION: Listen to Dopesmoker as often as possible and prepare for what is to come. - Henry Rollins
Core CVA Skills for Programme Staff
Training Venue - TBA
April 6th to 10th, 2020
The Core CVA Skills for Programme Staff course is a 5-day training for technical staff responsible for designing, implementing and monitoring cash transfer programmes.
The training is structured around the project cycle and covering all of the key skills required to design, implement and monitor cash transfer programmes.
The course is interactive, drawing on participants’ experiences and knowledge. It is focused on a technical/programmatic perspective and incorporates examples and case studies from multiple sectors.
This course is CaLP-accredited and delivered in English by Key Aid Consulting.
Course objectives
By the end of the Core CVA Skills for Programme Staff,training participants will be able to:
Understand how CVA is guided by key policies, standards and guidelines
Describe how CVA needs to be integrated into role of different teams throughout the project cycle
Explain what assessment information is needed to inform response analysis
Use market information to inform modality choice
Understand how CVA can contribute to response objectives
Identify the information needed for monitoring of CVA
Identify how collaboration and coordination support quality CVA
Course structure
Training will run from 9:00 to 17:00 every day except for the last day, which will end at 15:00. Each day is organised into four blocks, separated by a lunch break and two coffee breaks (one in the morning and another in the afternoon).
From the second day onwards, each day will begin with a review of the topics covered the day before to ensure that the concepts, tools, and approaches were fully understood. Each day ends with a period of reflection, evaluation, and questions.
Participants will be actively encouraged to take part in classroom discussions and group work. The trainers will draw on both theoretical and practical knowledge in order to make the experience and learning applicable.
TOPIC 1 - CVA Concepts, Standards and the Policy Environment
- CVA concepts and terminologies
- Explain how CVA can support the different phases of humanitarian response
- The key steps of CVA across the project cycle
- CVA and key standards in the humanitarian sector
- Key policy trends and their influence on CVA
TOPIC 2 - Assessment
- Apply the project cycle to assessing what humanitarian response efforts will be necessary
- Integrate CVA-relevant information into needs assessment data collection
- Explain how CVA contributes to broader Market-Based Programming (MBP)
- Key types of data that need to be collected to assess market performance
- Key actions involved in market analysis
- Outline common market assessment tools and methods and contexts where they may be more appropriate
- Key factors for selecting delivery mechanisms
- Coordination between assessments and situation analysis
TOPIC 3- Analysis
- Define CVA feasibility
- Compare the feasibility of different delivery mechanisms for CVA
- Pros and cons of different assistance modalities and delivery mechanisms
- Identify the decision-making process for modality selection
- Types of risks related to CVA and potential mitigation strategies
- Transfer value and related concepts
- Relationship between transfer value and expected outcomes
TOPIC 4- Design and Implementation
- CVA-specific targeting considerations
- Key considerations for beneficiary registration for CVA
- Service providers for CVA
- Programme design to reach a humanitarian objective or objectives
- Key elements of the CVA delivery (encashment) process (registration, authentication/verification, distribution, reconciliation)
- Explain concept of accountability to affected populations (AAP) and other stakeholders
- Complaint and feedback mechanisms
- Staff and beneficiaries safety
- Coordination, jobs and functionalities
- The different service providers
- How to select the good ones and have successful relationships?
- Cash in/cash out: the concrete steps
TOPIC 5 & 6 – Monitoring & Looking ahead
- CVA monitoring indicators
- Market monitoring: purpose, steps and tools
- Collaboration and coordination across sectors
- Next steps for learning
Who should attend?
This course is aimed for technical staff who manage/support/backstop cash programs. This might include: programme managers, programme officers, technical specialists from any sector, such as food security, livelihoods, WASH, Health, or Shelter, MEAL specialists.
Participants are typically from NGOs/INGOs, UN, Red Cross/Red Crescent. In addition they may be from donors, especially staff involved in technical supervision of and guidance to projects/programmes.
Upon successful completion of the 5 days course, participants will receive a CaLP certificate.
Your trainer
Helene Juillard has over a decade’s experience in evaluating, researching and managing emergency and early recovery responses. She is both a cash and market-based programming expert, as well as a capacity strengthening, expertise. She has led and supported several market analysis exercises in the field, from South Sudan to Syria. Helene authored the Minimum Standard for Market Analysis, the Pre- Crisis Market Analysis and reviewed the Labour Market Analysis Guidance, the Multi- Sectoral Market Analysis and the Markit. Helene is a CaLP member and part of the Market in Crisis advisory group.
How much does it cost to attend the training?
Our fees are inclusive of all training resources, lunch, and refreshments. Our training is non-residential but we usually offer recommendations on affordable accommodations close by.
Standard fees: 5 days training: 900 EUR.
Early bird: if you register and pay by February 24th, 2019, you will get a 10% discount.
Individuals working for organisation with HQ based in the global south are offered a 30% discount on our training fees.
Group discount: organisations booking at least 3 participants at the same time get a 20% discount on training fees.
Note: those discounts are non-cumulative.
(NB: if you are a French-based organisation, we will have to charge you 20% VAT on top of the training fees)
Still have some questions?
Check out our Terms and Conditions here
If you have any questions about this course or require further information, please contact training@keyaidconsulting.com
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We have 12 different badges for students to collect and advance their coding abilities. This class will expose students to diverse fields of application for coding. You can join us anytime throughout the year. Collect your exclusive badges today and after clinching 4, 8 and 12 badges, win an assortment of mystery gadgets! (Greater prizes await with more badges collected) Want to find out more? Check out our FAQs.
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