Transnational Competence for Displaced Persons: Enhancing Humanitarian Efforts through Education and Training

In today’s era of intensified conflict-induced and climate-induced migration, the need for transnational competence (TC) preparation has become increasingly critical. TC enables displaced persons, host communities, humanitarian responders, and healthcare professionals to effectively respond to the complex challenges arising from population dislocation.

Building on insights from humanitarian crises and global-justice contexts, as well as multidisciplinary research findings, this cutting-edge volume provides practical guidelines for preparing stakeholders for effective short-term and long-term responses. It addresses the pressing need to equip humanitarian care-givers and care-receivers with valuable skills for working together across barriers and boundaries.

Enhancing Humanitarian Efforts through Transnational Competence

The guidance presented in this book enables educators, trainers, and field-based multinational and local responders to enhance and evaluate the quality and sustainability of humanitarian efforts. It promotes and bolsters resilience and belonging, augmenting well-being, justice, and sustainable development.

The TC-teaching and learning strategies featured in this book are comprehensive and tailored to on-site and remote approaches and methods. This ensures that humanitarian responders and care-givers can effectively respond to the complex challenges arising from armed conflict, persecution, and climate change.

A Valuable Resource for Humanitarian Professionals and Students

This authoritative and insightful volume is essential reading for staff members of NGOs, international organizations, national and local governments, and professional bodies working in development and humanitarian-crisis contexts.

Students, higher-education instructors, scholars, and evaluators will also benefit from the practical guidelines and comprehensive strategies presented in this book. By enhancing transnational competence, we can promote more effective and sustainable humanitarian responses that prioritize resilience, belonging, and well-being.

Published by Taylor and Francis on July 31, 2023, and available in English, this book is a valuable resource for anyone working in or studying humanitarian crises and global-justice contexts.

ISBN: 9781032214931, 9781000919325