The UNV Support Unit prioritizes training as an integral part of the UNV programme in MINUSTAH. For this reason, it has organized a variety of trainings with facilitators and consultants coming from all over the world to provide seminars and workshops in both English and French on a variety of topics.

Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), February 2008

This kind of training is a priority for the mission. 38 UNVs participated. The training focused on:

- the Rules and Regulations applicable to UNVs
- the consequences of SEA (UN sanctions and other consequences)

The presentations were fallowed by a discussion of case studies in small groups.

Career Enhancement, November 2007

The Career Enhancement trainer was an experience leading writer with many books written on a variety of personal and professional development issues. His teachings aimed at showing what makes one successful at work (success traits, personal effectiveness, etc) and also focused on opening our views on life beyond UNV. When the training was later evaluated by the 25 participants, it was very much appreciated by the majority.

Understanding Haiti, March 2007

A seminar focusing on Politics, Culture and Society of Haiti. This Seminar was the first initiative in MINUSTAH to be entirely conducted by Haitians. This seminar also aimed to respond, through interaction, to the need of communication between the host country and the international community.

Negotiation Skills, October 2006

The objectives of the course are to teach you:

- The nature and importance of internal negotiation for role definition, policy development, resource acquisition, time management, conflict resolution, etc.
- When to negotiate and with whom. When to avoid negotiating and choose a different strategy.

 
Supervisory Training Skills, April 2006

This training covers a broad spectrum of topics related to supervising, coaching and mentoring. The course can also be attended by staff members who are not in supervisory roles as it tackles issues of teamwork, feedback, delegation and communication skills. It is a particularly "hands on" course with lots of role play and interactive sessions. Through participation and feedback, different styles, cultural modus operandi and ideas make it clear that working in a multicultural environment requires enhanced communication skills. This course aims at providing practical tools to help people work together.

Do No Harm, July 2005

This training aims at minimizing the negative impact development workers have in foreign countries. In times of humanitarian crisis due to the violence perpetrated by different actors on fellow human beings, many agencies feel pushed to intervene and redeem life. Organizations usually consider the most vulnerable people, and so they do what they can to make sure they alleviate or at least reduce the suffering and save as many lives as they possible can. Experience from Rwanda in 1994 and from Somalia 1992 had shown, however, that AID is never impartial and always becomes part and parcel of the context within which it is given. Therefore, giving assistance in an active conflict setting, we must all be aware that our intervention causes "ripples" in the setting and we should try to minimize the negative impact that may come about as a result of our well-intended interventions. The Do No Harm philosophy can serve as a "mirror" to be used while conducting relief or development work. Organizations, individuals and nations can therefore make an informed decision on how to approach the various situations, be able to reach out to the suffering and avoid worsening existing tensions.

- The essential stages and tasks involved in planning, conducting and following up the negotiation process along with strategies and tactics required.
- Approaches for maximizing relationship and trust-building and win-win outcomes.
- How diverse backgrounds and motivations affect how people see and practice negotiation.

UNITAR, ongoing since 2005

These are on-line courses offered for free to all Volunteers. UNITAR POCI is an official United Nations programme providing training to peacekeepers, humanitarian workers, United Nations staff, and other persons interested in global peace and security. It publishes and distributes several courses covering topics in peacekeeping, allowing anyone to study peacekeeping topics at their own pace from anywhere in the world. Members of the military may take courses in preparation for future deployments on peacekeeping missions. Military and civilian staff on missions can add to their knowledge while they are on mission. Each course comes as a self-contained textbook containing all needed materials. Studying proceeds at the student's own pace. To complete a course, one must pass the End-of-Course Examination, a series of fifty multiple-choice questions which can be found on-line or in the mailed course package. The answers are submitted on-line for grading. Passing students receive a Certificate of Completion bearing their name, the title of the course, and the United Nations emblem; their names also appear on the UNITAR honor roll.

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