The new EU staff handbook on Operating in situations of conflict and fragility is now out! "This is a handbook written by staff. It recounts staff experience as told in the first person and documented in evaluations. As such, it...
As an EU staffer, you have just been selected to go to Afghanistan, CAR, DRC, Georgia, Ukraine, Timor-Leste or Mali… You have your diplomatic passport, you have successfully finished the Hostile Environment Awareness Training and...
This note is the first in a series of nine topics adressed in the EU Staff Handbook: Operating in Situations of Conflict and Fragility (pp: 35 - 46). Read the note's Summary and Topic Overview on the following page: No 1 –...
This is the first of two parts in the EU Staff Handbook: Operating in Situations of Conflict and Fragility (pp: 1 - 32).Read the section's Summary on the following page: Part I : Concepts, policies and the EU Approach
One of the many casualties of crises is education. Natural disasters, wars and protracted conflict are disrupting children’s access to schools and contributing to higher drop-out and lower completion rates. Schools can also be...
“We are now in the fourth year of the Syria crisis and we can see that there is not only a host community fatigue [in Lebanon], but also a donor’s fatigue,” said Emily Jacquard, Director of Search for Common Ground’s Lebanon...
From 22 to 24 January, staff from EU Delegations, ECHO regional offices, European Commission, Member States and partner organisations gathered at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in Paris to discuss ways of bridging...