FOR A COMMUNITY-LED RESPONSE

The Collective Service  enables collaboration between a wide range of organisations to increase the scale and quality of community engagement approaches. It catalyses and accelerates expert driven, collaborative, consistent and localised support for governments and partners involved in the national response to public health emergencies and other crises.

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Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform Fellowship

Submit your application for the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform Fellowship Now! The SSHAP Fellowship SSHAP Fellowship is a tailored professional training programme exploring how to integrate social science into humanitarian and development responses. Applications are due on 27 March 2023.

IFRC / Indonesia

New Information management for communication, community engagement and accountability to affected people

This document is developed by CDAC to provide guidance on how information management associated with communication, engagement and accountability activities supports humanitarian action.

EARTHQUAKE resource Page

To facilitate the RCCE response to the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria, The Collective Service is launching a new thematic page on community engagement and accountability resources for earthquake and tsunami response.

Evidence Tracking Framework Consultancy

The Collective Service is seeking a M&E consultant for leading an evidence tracking framework. The framework will allow the Collective Service to monitor its work and activities, determine and report their relevance and effectiveness on an ongoing basis, and assess and implement new strategies when necessary to course correct and ensure the success of each workstream continuously and systematically.

Good Practices on Youth Engagement and Youth Leadership in COVID-19 response

The good practice case studies on youth engagement and leadership in COVID-19 response showcase how young people and youth-led organizations worldwide have been at the forefront of responding to the needs of their communities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform Fellowship

Submit your application for the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform Fellowship Now! The SSHAP Fellowship SSHAP Fellowship is a tailored professional training programme exploring how to integrate social science into humanitarian and development responses. Applications are due on 27 March 2023.

IFRC / Indonesia

New Information management for communication, community engagement and accountability to affected people

This document is developed by CDAC to provide guidance on how information management associated with communication, engagement and accountability activities supports humanitarian action.

EARTHQUAKE resource Page

To facilitate the RCCE response to the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria, The Collective Service is launching a new thematic page on community engagement and accountability resources for earthquake and tsunami response.

Evidence Tracking Framework Consultancy

The Collective Service is seeking a M&E consultant for leading an evidence tracking framework. The framework will allow the Collective Service to monitor its work and activities, determine and report their relevance and effectiveness on an ongoing basis, and assess and implement new strategies when necessary to course correct and ensure the success of each workstream continuously and systematically.

Good Practices on Youth Engagement and Youth Leadership in COVID-19 response

The good practice case studies on youth engagement and leadership in COVID-19 response showcase how young people and youth-led organizations worldwide have been at the forefront of responding to the needs of their communities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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25 JAN. 2023 | ESAR Interpartner SBC Webinar on Country Experiences to Increase C-19 vaccines Demand and Uptake | session 2

This webinar aims at sharing best practices and lessons learned drawn from multi-partner country experiences on COVID-19 vaccines demand promotion and uptake. Target SBC interventions aiming at reaching priority groups as well as innovative approaches will be shared and discussed.

Target audience: SBC Practitioners, EPI Managers, Health Promotion Officers (MoH), Partners, EPI Officers, Surveillance Officers and Communications Officers.

January 25, 2023 | 3.00pm – 4.30pm EAT

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Kindly reach out to Helena Ballester Bon (hballesterbon@unicef.org) or Sofia De Almeida (sdealmeida@unicef.org) regarding questions, detailed agenda or clarification.

25 Jan. 2023 | WHO Webinar Series on Trust and Pandemic Preparedness |Webinar 1: Trust and Pandemics

Objectives:​

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted trust as an important determinant of successful pandemic response  and leadership; a prerequisite for the uptake of interventions and behaviour change  among communities; and a contributing factor in community resilience. WHO will host a series of webinars in which discussants will “unpack” some of the dimensions of trust in the context of epidemics and pandemics. The first webinar in the series will review the lessons learned at the intersection of trust and different responses to health emergencies including HIV, Ebola and COVID-19.

Discussants: 

· Dr. Sylvie Briand, Director, Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, WHO

· Professor Oyewale Tomori Professor of Virology at Redeemer’s University and past President of the Nigerian Academy of Science

· Andy Seale, Senior Advisor,  Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes WHO

· Thomas J. Bollyky, Director of the Global Health Program, Council on Foreign Relations and Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University. 

· Dr Zubaida Haque, Member at the Independent SAGE UK, Former CEO, The Equality Trust

· Professor Lucille Blumberg – Honorary Consultant for the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and Chair of WHO STAG-IH

14:00–15:15 CET Geneva, Wednesday, 25 January 2023

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Our Work

The Collective Service is bolstering the capacity of governments and partners to prioritize, structure and coordinate their work—ensuring a lasting impact. Community capacities, knowledge, feedback and insights inform decision-making at every step of the response, improving both the quality and the consistency of risk communication and community engagement.

Services

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Coordination

Our technical team helps partners and responders make the most of existing resources, enhance collaboration and tap into needed support when engaging and communicating with communities before, during and after crises.

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Social Sciences

Social science research and analysis is vital to design and deliver effective community engagement approaches and strategies as it provides valuable insights into the culture, practices and experiences of communities affected by crises.

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Information Management

The Information Management team provides technical assistance to strengthen evidence generation, which helps community engagement programme design and informs the decision making process at global, regional and country level.

TOOLS & PRODUCTS

Dashboard

Social behavioural data on public health emergencies

By compiling social behavioural data on public health emergencies, this dashboard aims to help the RCCE community, public heath and humanitarian stakeholders to analyse the situation at global, regional and country level.

Guidance

RCCE Coordindation guidance for Public Health Emergencies

The Collective Service releases an interim guidance for coordinating risk communication and community engagement activities on public health emergencies.

Training

Using Social Science for Emergency preparedness and response

This training aims to aid the integration of social science in health emergency interventions and policymaking by providing a set of modules with practical guidance to be adapted and used at the local level.

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TOOLKITS For EMERGENCIES

The Collective Service is developing with its partners a list of key tools to support Risk Communication and Community Engagement for specific responses. Explore here all guidances, tools and materials useful for the following emergencies.

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COVID-19

10 steps for readiness

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Drought

Special Horn of Africa

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Ebola

RCCE resources for Ebola Outbreak

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Mpox

RCCE resource for MPOX Outbreak 2022

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Cholera

RCCE resources for Cholera Outbreak

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Earthquake

RCCE resources for Earthquake and Tusnami response

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Collective Helpdesk

The Collective Helpdesk provides coordinated guidance and support on Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) and Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) related queries. It forms part of the support offering of the Collective Service and allows for quick access to technical expertise, data, and knowledge bases.

 

Who is the support for?

Anyone seeking rapid or in-depth RCCE and CEA technical support and resources that cannot be found at the country or regional levels.

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