Welcome to Data Responsibility Awareness Essentials
Humanitarian organisations use personal and non-personal data to tailor programmes to the needs of vulnerable individuals and communities. Handling this data responsibly is crucial for adhering to humanitarian principles and protecting people from harm.
The course aims to increase awareness and understanding among humanitarian workers on responsible data handling. The course is designed not to be organisation-specific and can be used by local and international partners in their data responsibility efforts.
The aim is to give humanitarian workers a short bite-sized training which highlights key takeaways and enables them in a responsible approach to data processing.
The courses are available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.
It can be downloaded to be distributed offline.
Is this course for me? The Data Responsibility Awareness Essentials course
has been designed for humanitarians looking to acquire a basic understanding of
the fundamental concepts of data responsibility to do no harm.
It includes an overview of the
different data responsibility principles in the humanitarian context and their
application in various fictional scenarios across the different stages of a
project.
How will I benefit from this course? You will be able to:
Understand the basics of Data Responsibility
Explain why handling data responsibly is vital to safeguard
humanitarian operations and project participants
Apply established humanitarian principles to data-driven activities
Identify examples of Personal and Sensitive Data
Align project-related activities to Data Protection principles
Apply best practices in handling and protecting data throughout the data lifecycle
How long will it take? The course will
take approximately 30 minutes to complete and consists of 13 short videos.
How much does it cost? This course is free!
Will I get a certificate at the end? Yes - you will be able to download a certificate once you have have completed all of the modules within the course.
How do I start? Scroll to the top of the page and click on the I agree - join course button. This will take you through to the course content. You don't need to complete the course in one go - you can always continue later from where you left off.
The Data Responsibility Awareness Essentials course has been designed for humanitarians looking to acquire a basic understanding of the fundamental concepts of data responsibility to do no harm.
It includes an overview of the different data responsibility principles in the humanitarian context and their application in various fictional scenarios across the different stages of a project.
Understand the basics of Data Responsibility
Explain why handling data responsibly is vital to safeguard humanitarian operations and project participants
Apply established humanitarian principles to data-driven activities
Identify examples of Personal and Sensitive Data
Align project-related activities to Data Protection principles
Apply best practices in handling and protecting data throughout the data lifecycle
The course will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and consists of 13 short videos.
This course was developed with funding from Okta.
Data protection and consent
This course is administered by Norwegian Refugee Council. By joining this course you are consenting to NRC being given access to your Kaya profile information, including your name and email address, so that they can provide the course. This may require them to contact you. Your data will be anonymised before it is used for any analysis or reporting purposes. If you have any questions about this, please email kayasupport@nrc.no.