Improve the day-to-day operational within your mine action programme.

Aim

The course aims to provide participants with the skills needed to facilitate a constant flow of high-quality information between departments and organisations and to analyse and correctly interpret the data and information available to support decision-making on further clearance, tasking, prioritisation and reporting.

What you will learn?

The objectives of the course are to:

• Assess the needs and define related key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure operational efficiency,
• Collect and validate the data required to measure the defined KPIs;
• Analyse the data related to each KPI and formulate findings and conclusions;
• Disseminate the findings and conclusions, considering the context, the audience, the required level of detail and the means of dissemination.
• Outline information management principles and concepts;
• Explain the role of information management in mine action, including the use of the latest concepts in the international mine action standard on land release;
• Manage IMSMA Core, including aspects related to users, groups, permission, and content;
• Configure the system according to an organisation’s needs by designing forms for data entry, creating maps and apps for data visualisation and validation and configuring dashboards for reporting purposes;
• Design data management processes within the IMSMA Core environment.

Who should attend?

This course is for the operations and information managers within mine action authorities and operators.

GICHD encourages national staff to attend this course. GICHD is committed to gender equality, inclusion, and providing equal opportunities. Women, and persons with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply. If you need this information in an alternative format, please contact us and we’ll do our best to arrange it for you.

Donors

Australia

Equipment requirements

Please bring your own laptop that: 

• Runs on either Windows 7 or higher
• Has at least a screen size of 11 inch
• Is scanned for viruses
• Has at least 32 GB of free space.

Please note that we will install software such as Survey123. Administrative rights on your laptop would be preferred. Neither GICHD nor the venue can provide you with a training laptop so please do ensure that you will have the necessary equipment.

Travel & Accommodation

The GICHD will be covering the cost of the course for all selected participants  including accommodation, meals, coffee breaks, and classroom materials from the evening of April 27th until the morning of May 10th. 

For the representatives of the national authorities and national organisations, travel costs from the country of origin to the training location will be covered by GICHD.

DISCLAIMER

The GICHD will not cover health care expenses. All participants are themselves responsible for obtaining adequate insurance (health, accident, and liability).

Location

Address

Hotel Voco, Gold Coast, 31 Hamilton Ave

Gold Coast

Surfers Paradise QLD 4217, Australia