Humanitarian Context, System and Standards
This certificate is granted to Javier I. Hoyos in recognition for having successfully completed all requirements for: Humanitarian Context, System and Standards. Dr. Kirsten Johnson, MD, MPH, CEO Humanitarian U 10 October 2016 Reference Number: 02716-HU001-00002-05891 This course is part of the Core Professional Humanitarian Training designed and taught by experts from around the world. Humanitarian U’s Core Program combines academic rigor, evidence-based practice, standardized learning objectives and content that is globally recognized as “core” to all humanitarians. This professional training program streamlines the essential competencies that every humanitarian must achieve. This course explores the context of humanitarian action, or the circumstances that form the setting for humanitarian assistance. The factors that describe the Why and How we got to where we are today. Humanitarian context and response is very complex and diverse, but it is incredibly important that we grasp certain concepts so that we are able to understand the environment in which we are working, what has caused it and the impact it may have. This course will look at a brief portrait of the contemporary humanitarian environment and highlight the complexity and diversity of humanitarian contexts and response.
