January 2010 - May 2011

(Registration is closed.)

As part of its strategy for supporting member organisations to develop effective projects, the International Federation of the Blue Cross (IFBC) will offer a training and development program in a number of essential core areas to its member organizations. The main goal of the MNT is to train key workers and leaders on issues critical to their ability to develop as strong and sustainable organizations, and to implement effective projects in the field of alcohol and drug related harm. The training is designed to maximise learning of individuals and benefit to the member organizations. Therefore in order to qualify for admission to the MNT, proposed participants have to fulfil the following entry criteria:

•Participation at the MNT does not disrupt the local organizations’ work or viability.
•Participants are actively involved in management and board activities, or project activities and service delivery in a frontline role.
•Participants are available and committed to complete the training.
•Participants have access to the facilities needed to work with others virtually (at least phone or / and internet).
•Participants are able to receive the training in English or French and work with facilitators and colleagues effectively in those languages.
•Participants are willing and able to work with and support the work and learning of peers.
•Participants are able to and willing to communicate and sustain the learning through facilitated and non-facilitated learning support groups and activities.

The MNT will tackle the fundamentals of the following core areas:

•Prevention
•Treatment
•Aftercare

•Alcohol Policy

•Organizational Development
•Leadership
•Ethics and Governance Processes
•Project Sustainability

The MNT’s program is designed and facilitated by experienced professionals who are knowledgeable in the core areas and are skilled learning facilitators, educators and trainers. The program will therefore enable both direct education as well as learner led inquiry and reflection. Its approach emphasises the importance of participants’ involvement in learning processes in the form of facilitation on core subjects, and their application to practice.

Prior to the MNT Workshop in Bangkok, three web-based meetings will be organized in order to assess training needs of participants as a basis for developing a custom-tailored curriculum. From March 1 to 5, 2010, all participants, experts and partnering organizations will be invited to Bangkok. Collective learning on the core subjects, as well as much dialogue to learn from each other in more informal settings will be on the agenda.

To ensure sustainability of the learning, thematic virtual learning groups will be established in Bangkok. On the internet or by phone, these groups will discuss learning processes, experiences and receive new input from each other or from the facilitator. They will meet regularly for a period of three to five months before the second cycle of training will start.