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28International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies■ The “political” level consists of the National Society’s board,which must approve the VCA. This ensures political support,as well as an understanding of what is required to undertake aVCA and what are its implications. The board must be keptinformed throughout the process.■ The “driving force” refers to the leader(s) in charge, key inensuring that the process advances. The leader (or at least oneof the leaders) should have received formal training in VCA.They may form part of the managing committee or task force(see below).■ The “implementing body” consists of the people at theNational Society’s headquarters and branches who will actuallyimplement the VCA.A managing committee or task group, in-charge of day-to-dayVCA implementation decisions, will help ensure that the processruns as smoothly as possible. Where possible, this should includeparticipants from all levels (i.e. political, driving force and implementationbody), so that all parts of the National Society remaininformed with the VCA progress. The exact form of this operationalstructure depends on how your own National Society functionsand what is needed. Some VCAs may not require such anelaborate structure.KeymessageThe more people within a NationalSociety are involved with the VCAprocess, the less chance of surprises andthe better chance of success.As we have already mentioned, the VCA process may result incommunities prioritizing a wide range of issues that may or maynot have anything to do with natural disasters. Though this doeshappen quite often, it is helpful to have representative from otherdepartments such as health in the VCA structure. It is easier toobtain the institution-wide support for the proposed projects.
How to do a VCA 29Your National Society may also decide to invite external partnersand/or government to take part in the committees. This willensure better dissemination of the results, increase the chances ofobtaining funding for projects and secure multi-sectoral andmulti-institutional acceptance and replication of the VCAprocess.Box 7Stimulating VCA knowledge in National SocietiesSome National Societies would like to promote the use of VCA andspread information and learnings about the process throughout theirSociety. A simple and effective way of doing this is to invite a memberfrom a branch that is considering carrying out a VCA to participate ineither the managing committee/task force and/or the implementingteam. The experience gained will be useful if the branch decides toundertake their own VCA.Box 8Best practice: Inter-regional support of VCANational Societies often call upon trainers from other regions – or evenother continents – to support their training, sensitization andimplementation activities. Examples include:■ The Dominican Red Cross decided to carry out a VCA as part oftheir community-based disaster preparedness (CBDP) programme.Four recently trained VCA practitioners – from Argentina, Venezuela,Guatemala and Costa Rica – provided training support and conductedten VCAs with the National Society.■ A Somali VCA trainer helped carry out an assessment in Africa’sGreat Lakes region.■ In southern Africa, VCA trainers from Pakistan facilitated the process.■ A facilitator from the Middle East helped VCA sensitization inMongolia (see Box 5, p. 24).
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Page 3 and 4: 1ContentsAbbreviations and acronyms
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Page 13 and 14: How to do a VCA 11Beliefs and value
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Page 23 and 24: 21Getting startedA Process for VCAT
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Page 27 and 28: How to do a VCA 25■ You may wish
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Page 49 and 50: How to do a VCA 47■ Team members
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How to do a VCA 79You should then p
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85AnnexesAnnex 1 The Caribbean: Flo
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How to do a VCA 89Table 2.3HIV: Cla
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How to do a VCA 91Annex 3 A sample
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