WHO facilitator reviews group work

26 June 2022 – WHO's strategic partnership with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) entails mobilizing resources and conducting capacity-building, as laid out in the Joint Cooperation Programme that was signed by WHO's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in 2018. A request was made to WHO to help build the capacity of KSrelief staff within the area of project risk management.  This request was based on their experience with WHO in conducting monthly calls with WHO project managers in country offices. 

These calls aim to strengthen the stratgic partnership and failitate an exchange of information between KSrelief and WHO. They have proved useful in discussing challenges, reprogramming requests, facilitating no-cost extensions and increasing visibility, and have demonstrated a robust approach to risk management. 

WHO country offices in Saudi Arabia and Yemen collaborated to provide training at KSrelief headquarters in Riyadh between 20 and 21 June 2022. The approach by which risks are identified, analyzed, mitigated and reported on was the focus of the workshop, which took place over 2 days for 12 participants in Arabic and English. The workshop was interactive and particpants discussed, and presented and reviewed case studies that demonstrated risks, measured their severity, identified their impact, and showed how to manage risks.

KSrelief participants attend WHO training in Riyadh in June 2022