A Roadmap & Toolkit for employability programmes to assist volunteers and staff with guidance and well-crafted tools adapted from various experiences. The toolkit is organized into three main blocks: P_Working with People, E_Working with the Environment, N_Working with Practitioners & National Societies to be implemented simultaneously, and a QUICK MENU. These tools are meant to be adaptable so that each team can create a tailored employability roadmap according to available resources, participants' profiles, and the local branch's capacities. 

Available in English.

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These toolkit guidelines aim to support livelihoods practitioners in programming micro-entrepreneurship (ME) interventions, providing sequential guidance and tools throughout the different stages of the process. The guidelines are structured according to the different phases of a micro-entrepreneurship programme: assessment and analysis, design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. Each stage starts with a brief introduction, followed by tips and a proposal of tools for that stage.

The guidelines and toolkit are available in English and Spanish. Soon to be available in French.

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This toolkit aims to support the inclusion of Saving and Credit Groups (SCGs) and Mothers Clubs (MCs) Approach within Red Cross / Red Crescent community-based programs.

The toolkit includes the following approach components: Financial Activity / VSLA methodology, Community Oriented Activity and Income Generating Activities. SCGs are included within MCs toolkit as VSLA Model is the recommended methodology for MCs Financial Activity. SCGs can also be implemented on a stand-alone basis. 

The guidelines and toolkit are available in English.

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The Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) toolkit aims to facilitate and harmonise Red Cross and Red Crescent National Society FSL interventions. 
The toolkit was developed in a participatory way by Niger Red Cross (NRC) FSL technicians and its national partners (including CVA or nutrition coordinators). It was developed with financial support from the British Red Cross and technical support from the IFRC-Livelihoods Centre. 

The FSL toolkit includes tested guides, sheets and forms, and is organised into general tools (FSL needs assessment, targeting, etc.) and by type of FSL intervention (support to agricultural production and livestock, IGAs, mothers' clubs, nutrition, etc.) as shown below.

The toolkit is only available in French. 

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The report includes: the results of the study carried out, and the methodology, step by step of the process of information collection, analysis and selection of IGA, as well as for the elaboration of the ten (10) simplified business plans in a participatory manner with the beneficiary groups (Mothers' Clubs). 

Only available in French for the moment. To be available in English and Spanish soon.

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