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42International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesBox 12Key skills and learning needed by the VCA teamTeam members should receive training in the following themes:■ Understanding VCA, including relevant terminology and concepts.■ Participatory methods of investigation.■ How communities function.■ Culture and cultural sensitivity.■ Team-building, decision-making, group dynamics.■ Facilitation techniques.■ Recording and interpretation of data.Box 13Learning-by-doing‘Learning by doing’ was developed with the aim of supporting VCApractitioners in developing their skills in the field, whilst maintainingthe standards of the VCA process. It takes into consideration real timeconstraints which may exist when working with people, on a day to daybasis. In this way, a community VCA can be undertaken over a periodof five days, whilst building in a degree of flexibility (i.e. over a weekor at intervals suited to individual community needs and capacities).Such a flexible model of VCA implementation recognizes thatcommunities may have limited periods of time to offer, or that they arenot necessarily fully engaged from the beginning. In addition, ‘learningby-doing’enables the VCA practitioner to be mindful of the dynamicand ever-changing environment of community living.As with similar processes, the challenges of VCA can only be met whenwell-trained VCA practitioners fully understand the methodology and theuse of tools as identified in the VCA toolbox, in a dynamic and creativeway.
How to do a VCA 43CIdentification and acquisitionof necessary resourcesProper administrative systems and financial resources need tobe put into place from the begining. For VCA to succeed, staffand volunteers must also be trained in their usage.Just as team members have specific roles in managing the VCA,they also need to assume responsibility for administration andfinancial control. A budget must be prepared, letters must be sentand reports need to be written. Remember that reports are oftenthe only means by which you can communicate the successes todonors and other organizations. Good reports may encouragedonors and other stakeholders to participate and also to contribute.In all cases, you should put together a sensible budget, whichreflects the costs associated with undertaking a VCA. A VCA doesnot need to be expensive.KeymessageThe resources most needed are the time,energy and commitment of staff andvolunteers.If your National Society does not have the necessary funding, youwill need to produce a proposal that can be sent to the potentialdonors. Donors will also want to know how the VCA is linked toother programming. And, given that VCA is a research processand not a project in itself, how it will lead to projects that willreduce vulnerability and strengthen capacity.KeymessageIt is important to recognize from thebegining that VCA leads to a planningprocess, resulting in specific projects whichwill eventually help reduce vulnerability.
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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
Page 29 and 30: How to do a VCA 27Managing the VCAO
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Page 49 and 50: How to do a VCA 47■ Team members
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Page 87 and 88: 85AnnexesAnnex 1 The Caribbean: Flo
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