HPass: Using digital badging to recognise humanitarian learning, skills and experience
In this webinar, Esther Grieder, HPass Programme Lead, will talk about how HPass is using digital badging to recognise the learning, skills and experience of people working in humanitarian action across a wide range of locations and organisations.
2. 1
HPass is a new platform dedicated to humanitarian professional
development, promoting
• Quality
• Consistency, and
• Transparency
In the way that humanitarians are trained, assessed and
recognised for their achievements.
Supporting and Strengthening Humanitarians
Everywhere
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Humanitarians are time-poor and
the nature of their work means
that learning is often through
practical experience as well as
formal courses & assessments
Recruitment & deployment processes conducted at
speed require HR & roster managers to be able to
make important decisions quickly about each
candidate’s suitability
Learning on-the-job
Rapid deployment
HPass promotes a system of recognising humanitarians’ skills and experience, reflecting challenges
specific to the humanitarian sector…
Movement
Humanitarians move frequently
between locations and organisations,
and need evidence of their skills and
experience which is recognisable and
verifiable across borders
4. 3
We estimate there are over ~16MM volunteers and ~1.25MM workers involved in humanitarian
action globally.
Humanitarian Action includes development and humanitarian aid. Humanitarian aid is emergency response and disaster relief only.
Note: Numbers as of 2016. 1. Excludes HQ staff and other paid staff not on the frontlines/ field. 2. Assumes humanitarian aid is ~1/3 of all global aid going towards humanitarian action.
Informed by ELRHA which estimates around 35% of all aid workers are humanitarian aid workers. 3. Cumulative number of learners reached since 2010. 4. Both estimates since 2010.
“Learners” includes those being assessed. 5. Exact estimate closer to 3.8MM volunteers. Estimated from the 61 National Societies which launched a disaster response emergency relief
operation or emergency appeal during 2016. Sources: State of the Humanitarian System, 2015 (ALNAP); Everyone Counts, 2018 (IFRC); Humanitarian Professionalization – A Scoping
Study, 2011 (ELRHA), INGO Annual Reports
~1.25MM
Paid Frontline
Personnel in
Humanitarian Action
~425K
Of which, paid
workers in
Humanitarian Aid2
~16MM+
Volunteers in
Humanitarian Action
among Top 5 INGOs1
INTERNATIONAL
FEDERATION
5. 4
Humanitarian OrganisationsHumanitarians
“I want to plan my development,
ensure I’m investing in quality
learning, and network with
potential employers”
Workers or volunteers in
humanitarian action including
development, peace building, and
emergency relief operations
HPass services target humanitarians, and the organisations that
must prepare them for response
“I want to find and develop
individuals to enable better
humanitarian action.”
Recruiters or line managers
responsible for identifying
needed skill-sets and sourcing
required talent. This includes
“I want to ensure my offer is high
quality and signal this to
potential learners”
Providers of courses, credentials,
or assessments. This could include
employers acting in their capacity
as workforce developers
7. HPass History
2011 - 2015
Research &
engagement
- 2000 individuals
- 34 partners
- 38 countries
2016 - 2017
Development of
digital badging
offer, & Quality
Standards
- 400 organisations
consulted
2018
Pilot
-34 organisations
trial Quality
Standards or badges
2019
Roll-out!
-26 organisations
signed up to digital
badging so far
11. Some examples of how organisations are using HPass in practice…
World Vision
• Completion of course content offered by
World Vision and a range of external
partners
• Surge team eligibility
PHAP
• Completion of a rigorous online assessment
in an area of technical expertise
International Federation of the Red Cross
• Participation in organisational ‘Learn to
Change’ network
• Recognition of escalating levels of
commitment, forming a pathway
Oxfam
• Course completion
• Self-identification as reporting champions
through use in e-signatures
Humanitarian U
• Completion of 4 courses with
accompanying online tests
• Agreement to maintain certification by
completing 48 continuing professional
development credits every two years
Institut Bioforce
• Completion of face-to face courses
14. Case study 3: Humanitarian Leadership Academy
Safeguarding Essentials
15. myHPass Platform Updates
• New dashboard
• New profile feature
• Login pages from the website – badge factory & myHPass
• Public availability of badge catalogue
• 2000+ individual users
• 4000+ badges on myHPass
16. HPass communications - https://hpass.org/
New website, including myHPass login
Social media presence -Linkedin &
Twitter
HPass leaflets & digital badging
infographic
Promotion through Kaya website
20. 19
Raising awareness of your digital badges among users
NEW – Videos!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtDJZwq19NAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgvS0KJD2wE
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#2 Continue to work with our organisational
users
35 organisations by end of year
New groups such as universities
& local orgs
Opportunities for organisations
to collaborate to create
commonly recognized badges
22. 21
#3 Offering new functionality and evolving
the HPass offer in response to feedback
Mobile app – coming in
Spring
Badge analytics &
reporting
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#4 Support more organisations to take up the
Quality Standards
Webinars
Online course
Conferences
Workshops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23uWrDYJAAg
Many people with decades of experience but not formally recognised
In particular, people working and volunteering in the locations where crises most often hit often have invaluable
Huge numbers employed in the sector – will not be able to have one system of recognition, but aim towards increased transparency
Ability for local staff and volunteers to demonstrate their skills and compete on a level playing field with internationals
Massive movement & deployment of people demonstrates need for systems which promote transparency but also compliance with minimum standards
Badges giving substance to the idea of the humanitarian passport – incorporate this in somehow