New York, USA: May 30 - June 25, 2010
Dublin, Ireland: August 29 - September 24, 2010
Goa, India: 31 October - 26 November 2010

Applications are taken on a rolling basis. Once the course has been filled, a waiting list will be implemented. Apply here

Brendan Cahill
Tel: +1 (0)212 636 62 94
Email: mail@cihc.org
Internet: http://www.cihc.org/idha

The certificate course in Mental Health in Complex Emergencies is an intensive six day training program to equip mental health professionals to work in complex humanitarian emergency and relief situations.

MHCE covers Mental Health and Psychosocial Work in the Humanitarian Context, Needs Assessments, Monitoring and Evaluation, Understanding the Clinical Issues, Recognizing Understanding, Treating and Preventing Sexual Violence, Therapeutic Work in a Relief Context, Setting Up Sustainable Services, Negotiation and Advocacy, War Crimes and Human Rights, Psychosocial Programs and Community Services, Logistics and Security, Taking Care of Ourselves. Successful participants will receive a certificate.

We plan to reschedule the course for later in 2010 or early 2011. Please refer to our Calendar of Events for future dates and locations.

Brendan Cahill
Tel: +1 (0)212 636 62 94
Email: iiha@fordham.edu
Internet: http://www.cihc.org/dmtc

Overall Course Objectives
1. To provide volunteers and professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds with a comprehensive insight into the fundamentals of negotiation.
2. To prepare negotiators on how to react and communicate in dynamic conflicts, analyze the situation and affectively reach an agreement between the parties.
3. To provide a legal toolbox.
4. To promote cooperation and dialogue.
5. To evaluate interventions and identify examples of good practice.
6. To prepare for hostage negotiations.
7. To examine case studies and review all the humanitarian actors involved.

Internet: http://www.cihc.org/hntc

This course prepares aid workers, government, military and other professions who are often faced with the need to provide assistance to migrants and refugees. The objectives of the course are to provide participants with the framework and fundamentals of migration, the legal tools, and the knowledge of its practical aspects. They should be able to refine and enrich their experience of the different techniques of forced migration and human trafficking in a combination of theoretical study and practical exercises. These will include workshops, specific case studies, inter-active role play, and by sharing their own experiences.

The Forced Migration program began in Barcelona in 2009, where it was held in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Barcelona International Peace Centre (BCP), under the auspices of the Barcelona City Council. Our second Forced Migration program is now scheduled in Budapest, Hungary for 2010.

Internet: http://www.cihc.org/forced_migration

The certificate course in Mental Health in Complex Emergencies is a 12-day training course for mental health professionals and program staff who wish to establish mental health or psychosocial programs in a humanitarian context within conflict and post-conflict areas.

The course will aim to provide a practical orientation and training, including how to conduct rapid assessments, designing and setting up mental health services or psychosocial programs (exploring the differences between them), clinical work and therapeutic approaches in non-western contexts. It addresses the issues of cultural validity, conflict resolution and negotiation, taking care of oneself and dealing with burnout. The course will also introduce potential field workers to essentials such as personal security, logistics, and practical aspects of humanitarian work in the field.

The curriculum is based on earlier successful courses in New York, Geneva, Kampala, and London. The training program targets health, and other professionals, wishing to gain a better understanding of what is entailed in addressing mental health and psychosocial issues in complex emergencies and humanitarian settings.

Internet: http://www.cihc.org/mhce