Workforce Capacity
UNICEF/UNFPA commissioned capacity-building for staff and counterparts in Asia-Pacific and South Asia
The UNICEF Asia Pacific Shared Services Centre (APSSC) commissioned the design, development and delivery of two new courses for UNICEF staff and counterparts in the Asia-pacific and South Asia regions:1. Understanding and advancing adolescent health and wellbeing (5 day short course)
2. Understanding the focus on most-at-risk young people in concentrated and low prevalence HIV epidemics ( 5 day short course)
The training is designed to be participatory and interactive and to build the capacity of regional UNFPA and UNICEF, government and NGO staff working on adolescent health issues.
Training was successfully delivered in Bangkok in June this year and more recently in Vientiane, Laos. Trainings include field visits to local programs working on adolescent health and development issues. (Photo source: S Beadle)
Key Nossal Institute Staff: Emma Brathwaite, Mia Urbano, Brigitte Tenni, Natalie Stephens and Martha Morrow.
Australian Leadership Award (ALA) Fellowships – Round 5: Accelerating HIV Prevention with and for young people
The 2010 ALA round aims to increase the depth and breadth of the response to HIV and drug-related harm in the North East of India by building the capacity of local leaders (both government and NGO) working in HIV prevention. The Fellowship focuses on building understanding of adolescent health and development issues, evidence-based approaches and settings (prevention approaches in community settings, youth substance use prevention approaches, youth friendly health services, youth policy schools-based settings, most-at-risk young people: key messages, priorities, participatory methods of engagement).
Key Nossal Institute Staff: Emma Brathwaite
Australian Leadership Award (ALA) Fellowships – Round 8: Strengthening HIV prevention in Indonesia (Tanah Papua) – Building workforce capacity
The 2011 ALA aims to increase the depth and consolidate knowledge and skills on HIV prevention for young people by further developing/refining existing policy/program implementation plans and by building the capacity of local leaders responsible for HIV prevention.
The Fellowship focuses on building understanding of adolescent health and development issues, evidence-based approaches and settings (prevention approaches in community settings, youth substance use prevention approaches, youth friendly health services, youth policy schools-based settings, most-at-risk young people: key messages, priorities, participatory methods of engagement).
The Fellowship is delivered in Melbourne, Alice Springs and Darwin and is designed to expose the ALA group to a number of promising program examples as a way for the Fellows to problem-solve for their own communities. UNICEF in Indonesia will continue to support the Fellows to implement HIV prevention plans in Tanah Papua.
Key Nossal Institute Staff: Emma Brathwaite