I just wanted to highlight this USAID Microlinks Webinar taking place today , Tuesday (10th November) about Economic Recovery and Resilience in Crisis Environment. 

https://www.microlinks.org/events/mpep-seminars/economic-recovery-and-resilience-crisis-environments​​

When: Tuesday 10 November 2015, 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM​​

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada)​​

Description:Today we face an unprecedented refugee crisis in Syria and recurrent natural disasters in places like the Philippines and Nepal. In this context, the SEEP Network is working to revise the Minimum Economic Recovery Standards (MERS). These standards articulate the minimum level of technical and other assistance to be provided to enable economies and livelihoods to recover after a crisis.

In this month’s Microlinks Seminar, we will discuss the MERS and learn from other fields practitioners’ lessons from a variety of complex operating environments.

Topics to be discussed:​​

(a) How have humanitarian agencies promoted economic recovery for affected populations in Nepal, Syria, the Philippines, and Haiti?
(b) What lessons are most useful to practitioners regarding what constitutes an effective response?
(c) What are some of the key lessons we need to focus on when revising the MERS?

The MERS were developed in 2009 and revised in 2010 with input from hundreds of practitioners on effective assistance to disaster-affected populations. The SEEP Network is updating the MERS with support from the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. This provides  a unique opportunity to discuss the latest advances and challenges in global development and disaster relief.

The value of partnerships is oft times underestimated but there is strong merit in acknowledging the need for symbiosis as humanitarian organizations pursue their missions in an effort to do good. We often try to do too much by ourselves and in the process compromise the standard and quality of our work. When dealing with the most critical resource for mission effectiveness, the human resource;  we cannot “cease from exploration”. We have to constantly review , update and test our ideas, processes and “way of doing things” as we recruit, develop, mentor and retain staff.

Intriguingly, the department that works for the good of human resources is often ignored, relegated and in some instances non-existent. It is often one of the first departments to face cuts when things go south. All to often there are not enough people in the HR department to adequately meet the organizational needs and HUMHR believes that partnership can fill that gap in a cost effective manner.

HumHR (pronounced “Humor or Humour” – [(h)yo͞omər]) was founded to serve the humanitarian world through a well-connected network of partners in the United States, Africa and the Caribbean. We harness the power of partnerships to provide a dynamic boutique service that places high quality candidates while developing a continuous talent pool.

The mission of HUMHR  is to provide a seamless value-add service to our clients in a simple, ethical and transparent manner. This blog will be used as an interactive forum to chat with you about the services we offer or share with you insights from our experiences in the HR world.

We look forward to “partnering with you to do good”!