United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
About:
AGORA facilitates access to learning opportunities, career development, management and administration of learning events, reporting and monitoring, collaboration, social learning and more. These services can be customized to reach various audiences including UNICEF staff, partners, donors and the general public.
Agora can be accessed on computers, tablets and most smartphones. An offline player will also be made available to support learning in offices with poor or unreliable internet connections.
Agora offers a searchable catalogue including quick online courses, complex programmes, face-to-face events, webinars, videos, documents and more. The Agora learning catalogue will include hundreds of courses, offered by UNICEF, UN agencies or external providers. Learners from partner organizations will also be able to access a selection of learning opportunities on Agora.
Agora supports learners, managers, trainers, learning event organizers, course creators, senior managers.
- Languages:
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese
- Content format:
Online courses (short e-courses, advanced e-courses, massive open online courses), Events (webinar), Video, Learning Path.
- Web address:
- Platform:
Agora
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UNICEF and its environment
Learn about:
- Introduction to UNICEF
- Introduction to the UN & Agencies, Funds, Programmes
- Human rights and rights of the child
- Humanitarian issues
Sustainable development
Course and direct link
Latin America and Caribbean Regional Induction
Welcome to UNICEF (E/F/S)
Welcome to the UN – a UN System Induction Course
Child Rights and Why They Matter
Core Commitments for Children (CCCs)
Integrating Child Rights in Development Cooperation
Socio-Economic Policies for Child Rights with Equity
Child Rights Matter – a Learning Channel on Human and Child
UNICEF Fundamentals of Humanitarian Action
JPO Learning and Development Programme 2018
NETI Learning and Development Programme 2018
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What we do: Focus Areas
Learn about:
- Child protection
- Education
- Health
- HIV/AIDS
- Nutrition
- Social inclusion
- Wash
Course and direct link
Results-Based Management (RBM) e-Course (E/F/S)
Introduction to Child Protection
Psychosocial Support Programming
National Logistics Working Group
How to Use Passive Containers and Coolant-Packs
Vaccination during humanitarian emergencies
Measles Control in Emergencies (Ar/E/F)
Communication for Immunization (E/F)
Temperature Monitoring in the Vaccine Cold Chain (E/F)
Immunization Supply Chain Management (E/F)
Health Economics and Financing
Immunization Staff Orientation (E/F/S)
Microplanning for immunization: How to strengthen every step of your process (E/F)
Cold Chain Logistics and Vaccine Management (CCL&VM) during polio supplementary immunization activities (E/F)
Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) Communication
High-Quality Measles and Rubella Supplementary Immunization
UN Cares: HIV in the workplace (F)
Inclusive Communication Module
Introduction to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPLab-UNICEF project)
Strengthening Enabling Environment for Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
Solar-Powered Cold Chain Equipment
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Emergencies and humanitarian action
Learn about:
- Humanitarian standards
- Psychosocial support
- Business continuity & organizational resilience
- Natural disasters
Course and direct link
Global WASH cluster courses:
#1: Introduction to WASH coordination
#4: WASH operational coordination
#5: WASH leadership & coordination
The best start in life: Early childhood development for sustainable development
Evaluation in Humanitarian Settings
Introduction to the Decentralized Evaluation Function in UNICEF
Youth map the climate change they want to see
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How we work: Strategies and cross-cutting issues
Learn about:
- Children with disabilities
- Equity
- Inclusion
- Early childhood development
Course and direct link
Introduction to ethics in evidence generation (C/E/F/P/S)
Research and evidence at UNICEF
Harmonized approach to cash transfers (HACT) (E/F/S)
Private sector fundraising and partnerships – Online orientation
Module 1 – Maximizing growth in private sector fundraising
Module 2 – Engagement with business
Ethical research involving children (ERIC) Initiative video
One family against a world of climate change
What a 9-year-old in Vanuatu can tell us about climate change
Gender equality, UN coherence and you
Learning communications toolkit
Children and climate change (E/F/S/
Building gender IQ (C/E/J/P/S)
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Our tools and processes
Learn about:
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Programming
- Results-based management
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Programme Planning Process (PPP)
Integrating children’s rights in development cooperation (S/F)
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Operations
Learn about:
- Administration
- Audit
- Human resources
- Finance and budgeting
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Contracting for Services: Case Studies on Institutional Contracts
Funding authorization and certificate expenditure (FACE) (E/F/P/S)
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Rights and obligations of UNICEF staff
Learn about:
- Ethics and standards of conduct
- Policies & regulations
- Safety & security
- Staff wellbeing
Course and direct link
Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA)
Ethics and Integrity at UNICEF (E/F/S)
UN-biased: Unconscious bias in the UN
Prevention of sexual harassment and abuse of authority
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UNICEF
Platform: UNICEF nutrition website. (https://www.unicef.org/nutrition/training/list.html)
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Nutrition in emergencies:
Lesson 1.1:Humanitarian coordination
Lesson 1.2:Humanitarian reform, financing and the cluster approach
Lesson 1.3:Humanitarian actors and roles
Lesson 1.4:Overview of UNICEF History
Lesson 1.5:UNICEF Core Commitments for Children (CCCs)
Lesson 1.6:Standards and accountability
Lesson 2.1:Why care about nutrition?
Lesson 2.3:Types of undernutrition: growth failure
Lesson 2.4:Types of undernutrition: micronutrient deficiencies
Lesson 2.5:Causes and most vulnerable to undernutrition
Lesson 2.6:Response to nutrition in emergencies
Mini-lesson 2.6.1:Nutrition interventions
Lesson 3.1:Anthropometry and its use
Mini-lesson 3.1.1:Measuring length and height
Mini-lesson 3.1.2:Measuring weight
Mini-lesson 3.1.3:Measuring Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC)
Lesson 3.2:Nutritional indices and reference standards
Mini-lesson 3.2.1:Reference Standards
Lesson 3.3:Measuring infants, adults and adolescents
Lesson 4.1:Review of micronutrients
Mini-lesson 4.1.1:UNICEF CCCs on Micronutrients
Lesson 4.2:Assessing micronutrient deficiencies in emergencies
Lesson 4.3:Calculating nutrient content of rations
Lesson 4.4:Preventing micronutrient deficiencies
Mini-lesson 4.4.1:Policies and guidelines on Micronutrients
Mini-lesson 5.1.1:Infant feeding in the context of HIV
Lesson 5.2:Key global initiatives on IFE
Mini-lesson 5.2.1:Common concerns about breastfeeding
Lesson 5.3:Basic interventions
Mini-lesson 5.3.1:The importance of complementary feeding
Lesson 5.4:Policy, coordination, training and communication
Lesson 5.5:Technical interventions on IFE
Lesson 5.6:Preventing and handling donations in emergencies
Lesson 5.7:Handling milk and milk products in emergencies
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