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Scheduled Activities
The participants are scheduled to join series of in office and field activities
Week 1
The activity consist of introduction, pre test, field activity in 3 kelurahan (mediation meeting in Santa Maria Kampung Melayu, drainage work follow up on Penjaringan and field visit in Cipinang Besar Utara.
Week 2
Technical trainings (SAR, First Aid, and Public Kitchen) were conducted on January 22nd – 26th 2008. Apprentices involve in all activities on the training.
Week 3
Preparation of Simulation/drill on flood disaster response and execution of Simulation/drill conducted on Thursday, January 31st 2008.
Week 4
In office session about participatory rural appraisal, database management, CBDRM concept, and reporting theory followed by workshop on SOP for EWS for 3 kelurahan (3 days)

Follow up plan
Each participants comes from different background and motive to join the program. Therefore, they have a various follow up plan when back to their organizations. Ghufron from AMAN Indonesia is planning to build database system in his office to document all activities and report that has been produced. He also plans to include training for community in AMAN’s program. Milka plans to include simulation in Lendola’s CBDRM project in Alor. The project is currently focusing more on socialization. “Community need to do something instead of just sit and listen”, she said. While Sukirno from TRUST also plan to develop database.

Conclusion and recommendation
All participants admit that the apprenticeship program has been useful to gain information in a comprehensive way. They were also plan to replicate several component of the program. Some recommendations for the future apprenticeship program are:

• To clearly define the main focus from each particpant in the beginning
• To differentiate the activity conducted based on participants preference and needs
• To give a precise schedule of daily activities
• To consider conducting the apprenticeship program in the beginning of the program in order to give participants larger view on design of the program implementation.
• To extend the time frame of apprenticeship program to be more than 1 month

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Selected Participants for Apprenticeship Program

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17 applications were so far received by December 16th 2007, ACF finally select 3 candidates to undergo the apprenticeship program. They come from various NGOs working in disaster related activities. Following are the short profile of apprentice.

Milka Jalla
Milka works in Lendola Foundation, an NGO based in Alor, East Nusa Tenggara, as a field officer. She works on Lendola Foundation since 2005. She was chosen as representative of Lendola Foundation in terms of capacity building training. She has experience as community facilitator. Alor experienced multi Hazard risk, such as earthquake, flood, tide wave, and social conflict. Lendola , in collaboration with PIKUL, is currently working on CBDRM project. According to Milka, Her objective in joining the apprenticeship program is to increase the knowledge and skill in disaster risk management, community organizing, and CBDRM to be implemented in her area of intervention.

Muh. Sukirno Kasnur
Sukirno works as Program Officer in local NGO named TRUST (Treatment Natural Resources Team). TRUST is based on Baubau, Sulawesi Tenggara. Babu-bau has low intensity rain, but preparedness of the government in flood management is relatively low. In the past, TRUST has been developing infrastructure on flood management. In the future, TRUST is planning to attach community based approach on their flood management program.

Ghufron
Ghufron works as emergency relief and peace building officer AMAN Indonesia. He joined AMAN Indonesia on September 2006. AMAN Indonesia is currently developing a work plan for disaster preparedness in Cakung, East Jakarta. The opportunity to increase knowledge and skill from Disaster Preparedness Program run by ACF is according to him a good asset. Sharing of information, skill, and networks are his expectation on apprenticeship beside valuable knowledge on disaster preparedness.

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Launching of ACF's Apprenticeship Program

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In effort to support human resources development at local level, Action Contre la Faim (ACF) through its Disaster Preparedness Program is launching an apprenticeship program in Disaster Preparedness. The apprenticeship program will select 2 or 3 participants from local NGO’s or local government of disaster prone area to join series of activities in ACF for 1 month. During the session, participants will have the opportunity to adopt, modified, and develop the knowledge they received through the program into their own area.

Objective
The objectives of the program are:

• Sharing of information and experience between ACF and partner agencies as participants of the apprenticeship program.
• Improve knowledge and skill of participants in Community Based Disaster Management
• Improve network between apprenticeship participants with various DRR practionners and other stakeholders involved at different level in DRR.
• Receiving feedbacks from participants on the performance of Disaster Preparedness Program conducted by ACF in 3 Kelurahans.

Participants
The apprenticeship program is planned to be followed by 2-3 participants. To be the selected participants, several criteria needed to fulfilled are:

• Minimum High school graduate
• Staff of government institution or LNGO, CBDO working in disaster management activities, and located in flood prone area.
• Candidates are staff who currently working on disaster management program or projected to work in disaster management program in their institution.
• Show strong motivation and commitment to work on disaster management program
• Willing to undertake the apprenticeship program and to implement the knowledge received in their institution.
• Having commitment support from the line manager in their institution.

Time and Venue
The apprenticeship program will be conducted in Jakarta on January 14th until February 8th 2008 (20 working days).

Content
The content of the program are:

• Disaster Risk Management basic concept and Community Based Disaster Management approach Capacity Building in CBDM
• Community Organizing in CBDM
• Disaster Education and Campaign
• Field activity in 3 Kelurahan (learning by doing)
• Coordination/networking (meetings attendance, events …)
• Report Writing
• Restitution: Designing and implementing a CBDM

Expected Outcome
As the output, participants are expected to have:

• The knowledge of basic concept of Disaster Risk Management
• The knowledge to analyze various stakeholders on Disaster Risk Management field
• The knowledge of the concept of Community Organizing
• The skill to analyze other area in the concept of Disaster Risk Management

Additional Information
ACF provides reimbursement of air transportation for economy class and land transport. The maximum amount to be given for transportation is 2.500.000 IDR, which will be given based on real expenses. ACF will provide meal allowance for 50.000 IDR per day for 20 day. Accommodation in Jakarta will be provided.

For more information, contact:
Erma Maghfiroh
Jl Dharmawangsa IX No. 120
Phone. 021-7257320 or 7220775
Fax. 021-7248768
Email : erma_maghfiroh@yahoo.co.id

How to Apply
Submit your CV at latest Sunday December 16th 2007.
Submit 1 page essay of where you currently working and what makes you interested to join the program.
Submit a written statement to participate fully on the whole session conducted (20 working days) and recommendation letter from his/her manager.

All document to be send to erma_maghfiroh@yahoo.co.id at latest Sunday, December 16th 2007

Selected candidates will be contacted by ACF at latest Wednesday 19th December 2007.

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