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Institut Bioforce Afrique

To ensure a timely and appropriate response to a nutritional emergency or to address the challenges of improving access to water in the Sahel, enhancing local capacity and capability is indispensible. In 2014, the Institut Bioforce Afrique is doing just that by launching two unprecedented French-language vocational training programs in the Malian capital Bamako: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) Project Manager (responsable de projets Eau, Hygiène et Assainissement) and Nutrition Project Manager (responsable de projets Nutrition).

1 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) Project Manager (responsable de projets Eau, Hygiène et Assainissement)

2 Nutrition Project Manager(responsable de projets Nutrition)

Integrated Professional Training Program in West Africa

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Why a new Nutrition and WASH Training Program in West Africa?

Institut Bioforce professional training now available in West Africa

For 30 years now, the Institut Bioforce has been working both in France and abroad to develop the key skills of humanitarian aid, development and public health sector professionals to improve the impact and relevance of their actions. The Institute in France offers six qualifying programs, including a licence professionnelle (bachelor degree level) and a Master of Science (Msc). Each year, students travel from around 20 different countries to train at the Institute.

Access remains limited however for African professionals due to financial and logistics constraints (high cost of living in France, limited numbers of grants, residence permits, etc.).

The Institut Bioforce Afrique, a Burkinabé non-profit organization created in 2012, wishes to make an active contribution to improving access to professional training for French-speaking African professionals working in humanitarian aid and develop-ment, therefore developing the capacities and capabilities on the ground. In September 2014, the Institute Bioforce Afrique will launch two professional training programs in the Malian capital Bamako: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Project Manager (WASH PM) and Nutrition Project Manager (NUTRITION PM).

What does the Integrated WASH PM and NUTRITION PM Training Program represent?

Two curricula with a common core.Easier access due to West Africa location and modular, flexible design.Training content based on recognized competency frameworks.A program that covers both technical and management skills.Program graduates that are operational immediately.Continual adaptation of training content and tools to employers' needs.An approach to learning inspired by the field... and adapted to the field:A team of facilitators combining teaching skills and professional experience.A variety of teaching methods and rhythms (theory, practical work, case studies, role plays, in-situ learning, workshops, self-learning etc.).70% of training time dedicated to professional situational training (practical application of theoretical content).Benchmark training:Today, 80% of students completing Bioforce training are employed in humanitarian programs.

Nearly 5 million children are at risk

from acute malnutrition

7.9 million people needemergency food aid in the Sahel

11 million people living in the Sahel

are “food insecure”

More than 2 million people in Mali need

assistance en Water and Sanitation

Management and teaching skills are lacking

Graduates from existing training programs

are not rapidly operational

250 West Africans obtain a nutrition qualification

each year for an estimated need of 700

Pressing and recurrent needs (1) Insufficient numbers and inadequate training of human resources (2)

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Framework of Humanitarian Aid & Development Practice

wash project managernutrition project manager

Full program with qualification

Responding to these challenges through vocational training

The integrated vocational training program will enhance capacity and capability among local, national and international nutrition and WASH professionals in French-speaking Africa, therefore building the resilience of local communities (humanitarian response, development, risk reduction). The qualification will offer participants the opportunity to be recruited by an employer in the given sector or access positions of greater responsibility with their current employer, depending on their employment status when beginning the program. The diploma, competency or attendance certificate obtained (depending on the option selected) can facilitate the passage into a management position either in the country of residence or through expatriation.

Two inter-related professional training programsThe programs will run simultaneously, with shared sessions for certain common core modules and active exchanges between the two groups.

On the job learning (Période d’apprentissage en Situation Professionnelle - PASP)

10 days

15 days

Management Essentials

27 days

Focus Métier (profession-specific) NUTRITION

Focus Métier (profession-specific) EHA

Session 1: Evaluation and monitoring of nutritional situation and food securitySession 2: Design and implementation of activities for the prevention of malnutritionSession 3: Implementation and monitoring of programs for the management of acute malnutritionSession 4: Coordination of a nutrition project with internal and external key actorsSession 5: Advanced notions and field exercise

+ Wash in Nut

6months

Integration3days

Careers advice,

5days

Personalized training pathsTo accommodate the diverse professional and personal circumstances of the different student profiles, a modular approach has been developed with three major options:

Training at the CICM Bamako & on the job learning (PASP)

Content Qualification Duration Modular option Price*For the RPEHA program: level II professional qualification (equivalent to 4 years university study)For the RPNUT training course: Bioforce Competency Certificate.

3 months training at the CICM Bamako + 6 months on the job learning (PASP)

These programs can be completed in one unit of time, or by modules/ sessions, over several years (maximum of 3 years), to facilitate access for professionals.

5500 €

Full program without qualification

Training at the CICM Bamako only

Bioforce Competency Certificate

3 months training at the CICM Bamako

4500 €

Competency-based sessions

Focus métiers(profession-specific sessions)

Certificate of Attendance5 sessions4 sessions3 sessions2 sessions

*Price per participant: excluding travel expenses, living costs, etc.

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Training at the CICM(Centre d’infectiologie Charles Mérieux) Bamako(60 days, 3 months)

Assessments, Evaluations

3000 €2500 €2000 €1500 €

Completion of the whole module or two or more sessions independently

5days

5days

5days

5days

Session 1: Hygiene promotion/ Community participationSession 2: Sanitation management in emergencies and developmentSession 3+4: Evaluation and management of the water resource (10 days)

7days

Session 5: Advanced notions and field exercise

Staff from international and national organiza-tions, civil servants (from ministries and local authorities), consultants and experts. Techni-cians, engineers and healthcare professionals wishing to pursue a professional career in the humanitarian and development WASH and nutrition sectors.

Age minimum 22 years

Good computer skills

Good level of written and spoken French

Applications demonstrating commitment to the non-profit sector or experience abroad will be particularly welcome.

Essential training and professional experience

For the RPEHA program: management of water, sanitation, waste, hydrogeology, hydrology, urban water management, hygiene promotion. Other technical disciplines: logistics in international aid and development, agronomy, chemistry, civil engineering, environmental management.For the RPNUT program: medicine, nursing, nutrition, public health, food security, midwifery.

Level of training and professional experienceSee diagram to right.

LEVEL OF TRAINING

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Two or more years of university training

In international / national humanitarian aid or development

In another sector

Minimum 1 year’s work experience in the required fields

Minimum 4 year’s work experience in the required fields

Minimum 1 year’s work experience in the required fields

Minimum 2 year’s work experience in the required fields

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1. Sources: European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) Sahel region, 2014, last updated: 04/11/2013 (In French) & UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Strategic Response Plan 2014-2016, Mali, January 2014 (In French).2. Yvan Grayel, Ensuring the continuity of two long professional training programs (Nutrition and Water, Hygiene and Sanitation at the Institut Bioforce Afrique), Institut Bioforce, September 2013 (In French); Roger Sodjinou and al. (2014), Region-wide assessment of the capacity for human nutrition training in West Africa: current situation, challenges, and way forward, Glob. Health Action 2014, 7: 23247 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v7.23247; J Meeker and al. (2013), Development of a competen-cy framework for the nutrition in emergencies sector, Public Health Nutrition, / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / March 2014, pp 689-699. Published online: 08October 2013. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980013002607).

Both courses will be facilitated by a training team from the Institut Bioforce Afrique (Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso), in partnership with the Charles Mérieux Infectiology Centre (CICM) in Bamako. The teaching team will receive support from and skill share with the Institut Bioforce Training Department in France. The long-term goal is that the majority of facilitators, them-selves experienced humanitarian aid and development professionals, are African nationals.

Our partners in the nutrition and WASH sectors will constitute a Program Development Committee to ensure the technical accuracy of the course content and its relevance to the real issues regularly facing the organizations on the ground.

Participants’ profile

PartnersThe West Africa Vocational Training Program is supported by:The Fondation Mérieux & the Charles Mérieux Infectiology Centre in BamakoAction contre la Faim (ACF) Implemented in collaboration with:UNICEF (West and Central Africa Regional Office)And designed in concertation with:The West African Health Organization (WAHO)In addition to these partners, the new training program was presented to and received approval from:The National Health Authority (Mali)The National Water Authority (Mali)The Bamako Mayor's Office

Information on the selection processrecrutement.afrique@institutbioforce.fr