Training programme
Article 9
1. A training programme for all successfully selected candidate volunteers shall be implemented by training provider(s) with input, where relevant, from sending and hosting organisations and former volunteers. 2. The training programme shall be based on the competence framework and shall be adaptable to the needs of both junior and senior professionals. 3. The training programme shall consist of a combined learning approach based on e-learning and classroom modules. 4. Mandatory modules for all candidate volunteers shall include: (a) General introduction to the Union its external relations and crisis response system; (b) Introduction to humanitarian action, the Union humanitarian aid policy and the EU Aid Volunteers initiative; (c) Managing personal safety, security and health; (d) Project management; (e) Inter-cultural awareness (and transversal issues); (f) A scenario-based simulation exercise requiring candidate volunteers to demonstrate acquired competences. 5. Optional modules shall include: (a) Advocacy and communication; (b) Psychological first aid; (c) Training of multipliers; (d) Volunteer management; (e) Organisational development; (f) Tailor-made modules, where necessary, in particular related to adapting the technical competences of candidate volunteers to a humanitarian aid context. 6. Candidate volunteers shall attend all mandatory modules and may attend one or more optional modules to be selected in accordance with Article 8. 7. The training curriculum, with details of each module, including its status, target group, timeline, competences addressed and related learning outcomes, shall be as set out in Annex II.