Core CVA Skills for Programme Staff
Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
▪ Understand how CTP is guided by key policies, standards and guidelines
▪ Describe how CTP needs to be integrated into the roles of different teams throughout the project
cycle
▪ Explain what assessment information is needed to inform response analysis
▪ Use market information to inform modality choice
▪ Understand how CTP can contribute to response objectives
▪ Identify the information needed for monitoring and evaluation of CTP
▪ Identify how collaboration and coordination support quality CTP
Key learning outcomes
The course is made up of 6 topics. The learning outcomes for each topic are:
Topic 1: CTP Concepts, Standards and the Policy Environment
Topic 2: Assessment
▪ Apply the project cycle to assessing what humanitarian response efforts will be necessary
▪ Integrate CTP-relevant information into needs assessment data collection
▪ Explain how underlying and crisis-related vulnerabilities relate to identified needs
▪ Explain how CTP contributes to broader Market-Based Programming
▪ Summarise key terms relating to markets in humanitarian response
▪ Distinguish between key factors that can affect market performance and how these may influence
the choice of response option
▪ List key types of data that need to be collected to assess market performance
▪ Explain how CTP can support the different phases of humanitarian response
▪ Use key CTP terms appropriately
▪ Summarise the key factors determining the overall appropriateness of CTP in humanitarian
response
▪ Describe key steps related to CTP across the Programme Cycle
▪ Demonstrate how CTP relates to and is reflected in key standards in the humanitarian sector
▪ Briefly describe key policy trends and their influence on CTP