Develop the management skills of people…

• with leadership responsibility within National Societies of the Red Cross and Red Crescent,

• with management responsibility on the development of volunteering

… to:

1. Formulate their programmes and activities more effectively and efficiently; and to contribute to favour an improvement in the participation of volunteers through continuous learning and exchange of experiences. 

2. Foster leadership capacity to be promoters of change and innovation in the management and inclusion of volunteers in projects and programmes.

3. Promote the search for innovative solutions to the challenges of volunteering development in the 21st century.

Models of participation and volunteering

This dimension aims to facilitate the discussion on the challenges and opportunities of National Societies in the area of volunteering development.

• Security and protection

• Motivations of volunteers

• Exercise of the solidarity in the Red Cross Red Crescent: volunteer participation and engagement

Leadership and management

The aim is to contribute to help participants to work with techniques and tools, moving from the idea into action, deepening the relationships between leadership, strategic planning and volunteering development.

• Contextual leadership

• Strategic planning

• Links between organisational development and volunteering development

Technical competencies

Develop key competencies for volunteering development managers in increasingly changing and dynamic environments.

• Agile methodologies

• Emergent innovation

• Innovation and creativity

This programme is specifically aimed at people with experience and responsibility in the development of volunteering. Therefore, this course is recommended for:

• Management and senior management of National Societies with responsibilities in the decision making process related to volunteering development.

• Directors, manager or focal points at national level, appointed by senior management of their respective National Societies.

Participation of those National Societies members of the Volunteering Alliance will be prioritised.

The characteristics of the programme confer to the pedagogical methodology as much importance as to the contents; therefore, this is a central aspect of its design.

Methods such as case studies, lectures, simulations, teamwork, open discussions and individual exercises will occupy most of the training space. Teachers will act basically as facilitators of individual and collective training.

The method implies a more sustained activity and contact, and will imply some time to the reading of materials and preparation of case studies.

The design of the programme has taken into consideration, from the point of view of the format, the difficulties that usually involve participation in training activities for people with managerial responsibilities by requiring them to move away from their usual tasks. To minimize these difficulties, we have opted for a mixed format, which includes a part of onsite, along with a final course project work.