Welcome to CARE’s CVCA Learning Journey 2025!

This 14-week Learning Journey is an online training on the CARE CVCA 2.0 tool.

This Learning Journey will be offered again in October 2025.

For questions, reach out to Nadia at climateandresilience-academy@carenederland.org.

Hear what previous participants have to say about CARE’s CVCA Learning Journey:

Who can enroll?

We aim to make the CARE Climate & Resilience Academy as inclusive as possible. This training is open to development and humanitarian practitioners from all types of organizations or institutions. Applicants should however:

  • Have a fair understanding and experience of Climate Vulnerability Assessment tools.
  • Be interested in becoming a trainer on the CVCA 2.0 tool.
  • Be able to commit the equivalent of 2 days a month for the course duration and be willing and able to be an active participant and complete assignments on time.
  • Have a good understanding of/be able to communicate in English.
  • Have access to reliable internet required for completing the course.

What is the course format?

The 14-week online training course phase consists of live classroom lessons with your fellow participants, led by CARE’s CVCA experts and blended with other learning resources, such as videos, quizzes, podcasts, key readings and online courses. During these sessions you will become better equipped to facilitate CVCA trainings.

The inclusive individual coaching phase complements this e-learning phase by partnering you with an expert coach, who will support you throughout the learning journey to develop your training skills and help you ask the right questions. Each coach will also facilitate small group discussions to foster peer-to-peer exchanges and provide technical individual feedback to participants.

What will I learn?

By the end of this Learning Journey you will:

  1. Be able to explain CVCA 2.0 to others.
  2. Be able to design successful and interactive CVCA Trainings.
  3. Be part of a pool of CVCA trainers that will be able to regularly share their best practices, training materials and tools.

Modules:

  • Introduction
  • Refresher on CVCA 2.0
  • Zoom in: Using the CVCA for adaptation planning
  • Tools, approaches and training facilitation techniques
  • Designing a successful CVCA training – Part 1
  • Designing a successful CVCA training – Part 2
  • Closing

How much time do I need to give?

  • The CVCA Learning Journey is a 14-week online training course including some individual and group coaching where you apply what you have learnt to a project of your choice.
  • It is designed to be compatible with individuals already working full-time, as it only requires a time commitment of 2 days per month.
  • A new module will open every two weeks. You will be able to progress through each 2-week module at your own pace, completing required reading and assignments by the end of the 2-week period before the next module opens. Please note that there will be live webinars held during the training. These will run for 1 hour.

Will I get a certificate?

At the end of the course, you will get a certificate if you successfully complete 80% of the required assignments and quizzes and gather at least 80% of the total points available throughout the training. This will be based on your participation, for instance, and the number of assignments uploaded.

Who will be the facilitators?

Palash Mondal will be the lead facilitator of this Learning Journey. He has over 24 years of strategic and management experience in the field of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, emergency preparedness, and the intersection with sustainable development. Before joining the CARE Climate Justice Center, he worked with UNDP as a Disaster Preparedness Specialist for the Bangladesh National Resilience Programme and was previously with CARE Bangladesh for 10+ years in various capacities and led resilience and climate change initiatives.

Burnnet Khulumbo is a Resilience and Disaster Risk Management Specialist with more than 10 years’ experience working in disaster prone regions. Burnnet’s specialization is in increasing community resilience and adaptation to climate change. Right now, he is the Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Technical Manager for USAID’s Development Food Security Activity (DFSA) for Malawi.

How much does it cost?

14-week Learning Journey: 1000 EUR

There will be a 20% discount on all Learning Journeys for local governments or local civil society organizations from the Global South. If this applies to you, please contact Nadia Rinaldi at climateandresilience-academy@carenederland.org with documentation to receive the specific payment form.

Still have questions?

Please reach out to Hayley or Aya at climateandresilience-academy@careinternational.org or register here.