Master’s in International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid

Holders of this badge will be able to perform the following ROLES within Humanitarian Aid programmes: - Coordinator of interdisciplinary teams in humanitarian aid projects. - Director of project management offices. - Technical advisor. - Programme officer. They have these specific COMPETENCIES to: - Conduct needs evaluations. - Define technical activities. - Prepare projects and Abbreviated Project Documents. - Manage funds from institutional donors. - Conduct follow up and write up reports. - Produce guideline and methodological documents. - Manage finance and administration. - Supervise the work of technical teams. - Manage offices. - Include different approaches and apply international guidelines in interventions.

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