​The Community Engagement in Humanitarian Action Toolkit or CHAT is a compendium of guidance and practical tools that address Community Engagement for Social and Behaviour change programming needs for natural hazards, disease outbreaks, and other disasters. This version of CHAT is an updated resource of the May 2015 version and is aligned with the latest global frameworks, policies and standards.

We hope to see you at the SBCC Side event! #letsCHATchange

3:00-4:30 PM, Marrakesh Morocco time, location: Karam 2 room at the SBCC Summit

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Over three days, experts from civil society, affected communities, international organizations and academia will come together with leading parliamentarians from across the world, to discuss the most pressing issues in Global Health and set the agenda for the year to come.

This is a hybrid event, taking place online and in-person in Lisbon, Portugal.

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​What does it take to be ready to respond to major outbreaks with more effective risk communication and community engagement (RCCE)? What skills and capacities do we need to have to ensure effectiveness, both technically and operationally? What competencies are needed to do this work in complex humanitarian settings? 
With support from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, the READY initiative invites you to attend this workshop designed to increase an understanding of readiness to respond with RCCE, and to collectively agree on the components of an RCCE readiness capacity assessment.

8:30-11:00 AM, Marrakesh Morocco time, location: Reda 2 room at the SBCC Summit

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​IFRC, USAID, Breaktrough Action and partners will discuss ways in which community data can be used and sustained to promote protective behaviours and routinely inform epidemic prevention, preparedness and response.

7:00-9:30 AM, Marrakesh Morocco time, location: Fes 2 room at the SBCC Summit

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The Future of Health Summit convenes annually to advance programmatic work ranging from biomedical research, health equity, and food access to healthy longevity, mental health, and technological innovation.

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The time to take community-led action to the next level is now. Based on our collective experience of preparing and responding to outbreaks worldwide,  this would require that our interventions and measures are inclusive, agile and receptive to change which is continuously grounded in regularly collected community data. 
Community partnerships need joint accountability and so must be oriented by evidence.  It helps us to monitor our work and foster the community trust, civil responsibility and public solidarity needed for pandemic readiness.  We advocate that social and behavioural data and community perspectives drive our work and community-centred action becomes the norm.
Community feedback is an essential form of evidence in outbreaks, and should be included in decision-making processes

4:15-4:45 PM, Marrakesh Morocco time, location: Aud. des Ambassadeurs at the SBCC Summit

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The IFRC worked with nine of its National Society member organisations in Latin America and the Caribbean over the course of 2021 to bring the voices and experiences of some of the most vulnerable people and communities to the forefront of the discussion when it comes to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the region. The research also offers recommendations for how humanitarian and government actors can improve their work to reach all corners of society to better prevent the spread of the virus through information and vaccines, understand distrust of decision makers and how it affects individuals, and develop programmes to help mitigate the impacts of loss of income and employment.

9:15-10:30 PM, Marrakesh Morocco time, location: Reda 5 room at the SBCC Summit

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