Who can participate?
The training programme is developed for persons involved in procedures determining refugee status or other forms of international protection:
- Decision-makers:
officials at first instance and appeal instances deciding on applicants’ claims (admissibility procedure, merits procedure, review, border police, immigration officers, eligibility officers, magistrates/judges) - Legal advisers:
NGO staff or lawyers providing legal assistance to an applicant - COI users:
any member of the above groups - COI researchers:
staff member of a COI unit not involved in legal assistance or decision-making - UNHCR field officers
What does it cost?
Participation fees for Blended Learning Courses (4 weeks e-training course + 1 day face-to-face training):
EUR 350,- for participants from governmental institutions
EUR 250,- for participants from non-governmental organisations
Reduction of course fees can be offered to a limited number of participants upon request.
Please note: Costs related to travel or accommodation in connection to the face-to-face training are not covered by the course participation fee.
COI Workshops are tailored to the needs of the respective target groups and can take between half a day and two days. Please contact us for information on participation fees.
For information on planned courses or any other questions related to COI Training, please contact us: training.accord@redcross.at
Next Training Courses:
For information on upcoming Blended Learning Courses please contact training.accord@redcross.at
Current & Past Training Courses
| Date | Type of training | Target Group | Face-to-face meeting | No. of participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/2011 | Workshop | Students | Graz | 15 |
| 12/2011 | Blended learning course | UNHCR, civil servants | Rome | 18 |
| 12/2011 | Workshop | Decision makers, border guards | Tallinn | 19 |
| 11/2011 | 2 Workshops | Decision makers, researchers, UNHCR (Israel) | Tel Aviv | 41 |
| 10/2011 | Blended learning course | UNHCR, NGO (Egypt) | Cairo | 24 |
| 10/2011 | Blended learning course | Law students | Brno/Bratislava | 19 |
| 09/2011 | Blended learning course | Legal advisors, UNHCR, researchers, tracing service (international) | Vienna | 16 |
| 07/2011 | Workshop | Caritas legal representatives | Vienna | 7 |
| 05/2011 | Workshop | Decision makers, border guards | Tallinn | 15 |
| 05/2011 | Workshop | Students (refugee law clinic) | Graz | 15 |
| 04/2011 | Workshop | Judges | Budapest | 45 |
| 03/2011 | Blended learning course | Legal advisers, researchers (international) | Vienna | 16 |
| 03/2011 | Blended learning course | Case workers, decision makers, NGO | Dublin | 12 |
| 01/2011 | Workshop | Students (refugee law clinic) | Graz | 13 |
| 01/2011 | Workshops | Decision-makers, legal advisers, researchers | Bern | 37 |
| 01/2011 | Blended learning course | UNHCR field officers (international) | Bangkok | 16 |
| 11/2010 | Workshop | Judges, COI researchers, staff working at the Cour Nationale du Droit d’Asile (CNDA) (“judges rapporteurs”) | Paris | 20 |
| 11/2010 | Workshop | National Commission for the Right to Asylum, Decision makers, UNHCR staff, police | Rome | 60 |
| 11/2010 | Workshop | Judges (Audiencia Nacional de Espana) | Madrid | 25 |
| 11/2010 | Blended learning course | Legal advisers, researchers (international) | Vienna | 15 |
| 10/2010 | Workshop | Law Clinic Students and NGO Lawyers (Catholic University in Lublin / Rule of Law Institute) | Kazimierz Dolny | 10 |
| 10/2010 | Workshop | Caritas legal advisers | Vienna | 19 |
| 10/2010 | Blended learning course | Decision makers, legal council, COI researchers | Dublin | 22 |
| 08/2010 | Workshop | Decision makers | Dublin | 13 |
| 08/2010 | Workshop | Decision makers and caseworkers | Dublin | 7 |
| 09/2010 | Blended learning course | UNHCR field officers (international) | Amman | 20 |
| 05/2010 | Workshop | Students (refugee law clinic) | Graz | 11 |
| 05/2010 | Workshop (2 days) | COI-users, researchers (asylum authority, police) | Ankara | 19 |
| 05/2010 | Blended learning course | Legal advisers, researchers (international) | Vienna | 18 |
| 04/2010 | Workshop | Law students | Salzburg | 23 |
| 02/2010 | Workshop | Lawyers (Sweden) | Stockholm | 14 |
| 01/2010 | Blended learning course | Decision-makers, legal advisers, researchers (international) | Vienna | 20 |
| 01/2010 | Workshop | Decision-makers, legal advisers, researchers (Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Russian language) | Budapest | 11 |
| 11/2009 | Blended learning course | legal advisers (Austria) | Innsbruck | 18 |
| 10/2009 | Blended learning course | Judges and COI-researchers (Ireland) | Dublin | 12 |
| 09/2009 | 2 Workshops | Office for Foreigners (Poland) | Warsaw | 25 |
| 09/2009 | Blended learning course | COI-researchers, decision makers (Austria, Ireland, UK) | London | 9 |
| 08/2009 | Blended learning course | UNHCR field officers (international) | Ankara | 24 |
| 06/2009 | Blended learning course | COI-researchers (Austria, Switzerland) | Vienna | 16 |
| 05/2009 | Blended learning course | Refugee Appeals Tribunal (Ireland) | Dublin | 10 |
| 02/2009 | Blended learning course | Decision-makers, legal advisers, researchers (Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Slovakia) | Dublin | 13 |
| 11/2008 | Blended learning course | Asylum Law Clinic students (Faculty of Law, Unicersity of Trnava, Slovakia) | Bratislava | 10 |
| 10/2008 | Blended learning course | Decision makers, legal advisers, COI researchers (Austria, Hungary, Ireland, Malta, Slovak Republic, Switzerland) | Vienna | 18 |
| 08/2008 | Blended learning course | UNHCR field officers (international) | Nairobi | 18 |
| 08/2008 | Blended learning course | Decision-makers, legal advisers, researchers (international) | Dublin | 10 |
| 07/2008 | Blended learning course | Students, volunteers, interns (Romania, Poland, Austria) | Bucharest | 11 |
| 06/2008 | Blended learning course | Decision-makers, legal advisers, researchers (Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Austria) | Amsterdam | 15 |
| 05/2008 | 4 Workshops | Judges, Court staff (Sweden) | Gothenburg | 100 |
| 03/2008 | Blended learning course | COI researchers, legal advisers (Ireland, UK, Switzerland) | Dublin | 14 |
| 02/2008 | Blended learning course | Decision makers, COI researchers (Austria) | Vienna | 8 |
| 12/2007 | Blended learning course | UNHCR field officers (international) | Amman | 13 |
| 11/2007 | Blended learning course | Students, volunteers, interns (Romania) | Bucharest | 15 |
| 10/2007 | Blended learning course | Decision makers, legal advisers, COI researchers (Spain, Canada) | Madrid | 16 |
| 10/2007 | Workshop | Legal advisers, decision makers, COI researchers (France) | Paris | 12 |
| 09/2007 | Blended learning course | COI researchers (Canada, Ireland, UK, Austria) | Dublin | 11 |
| 09/2007 | Blended learning course | Legal advisers, documentation centres from 2nd instance, decision makers (Slovakia, Italy, Belgium, Germany) | Bratislava | 14 |
| 08/2007 | Blended learning course | Legal advisers (Romania, Bulgaria), different learners | Bucharest | 10 |
| 06/2007 | Blended learning course | Legal advisers, COI researchers (Czech Republic, Belgium) | Brno | 11 |
| 05/2007 | Workshop | Decision makers, border guards (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) | Riga | 12 |
| 05/2007 | Blended learning course | COI researchers and volunteers (Netherlands) | Amsterdam | 12 |
| 04/2007 | Blended learning course | Students, volunteers, interns (Romania) | Bucharest | 12 |
| 04/2007 | Workshop | Legal advisers, decision makers (Spain, Portugal) | Madrid | 16 |
| 04/2007 | Blended learning course | UNHCR staff members (international) | Geneva | 15 |
| 03/2007 | Blended learning course | Decision makers, COI researchers, lawyers (Romania, Moldova) | Bucharest | 12 |
| 02/2007 | Workshop | COI users and researchers (Italy) | Rome | 21 |
| 02/2007 | Blended learning course | COI professionals (Netherlands, Belgium,Ireland) | Amsterdam | 12 |
| 01/2007 | e-training course | Participants of training course for COI Trainers | --- | 5 |
| 11/2006 | Blended learning course | Legal advisers (Romania) | Bucharest | 12 |
| 11/2006 | Blended learning course | COI researchers (Austria, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, UK) | Vienna | 12 |
| 10/2006 | Blended learning course | Legal advisers (Poland); decision-makers (Poland) | Cracow | 8 |
| 06/2006 | Blended learning course | Legal advisers (Czech Republic, Slovakia); COI researchers (Austria) | Vienna | 8 |
| 03/2006 | Test run | Legal advisers (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia); decision-makers (Croatia, Slovenia) | Vienna | 9 |
last update: Friday, 27 January 2012
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