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specialist training for international organisations
Foundation Course for Safeguarding Focal Points
This online course covers: awareness, prevention, reporting, and responding to abuse, equipping professionals to operate as a Safeguarding Focal Point (SFP) in the humanitarian and development sectors. Courses are available in Arabic, English, French and Spanish.
Participants will learn how to map the contexts in which they are working, understand the role of a SFP and recognise harm. Building on this knowledge participants will learn how prevention mechanisms operate and how to work with partners.
Having developed their understanding, participants will go on to learn how to establish and operate reporting mechanisms, respond to safeguarding concerns and how barriers prevent reporting. The course covers person centred approaches, addressing immediate needs and investigations to international standards.
The core competencies of this course include:
- Understanding the principles of safeguarding and the related international standards (person-centred approach, confidentiality, accountability to affected populations)
- Knowledge of accessing survivor assistance mechanisms (referral pathways protocols and expectations)
- Coordinating with in-country safeguarding counterparts (PSEA networks, inter-agency roles and responsibilities)
- Applying good practice in the management of safeguarding mechanisms (receiving complaints, community-based feedback mechanisms, safeguarding assessment)
- Communicating safeguarding messages effectively to staff and beneficiaries (awareness-raising methods and tools)
Our trainers are experienced safeguarding professionals, who have coached and developed safeguarding and non-safeguarding colleagues in multiple countries and contexts.
Participants should be aware that the course content may involve discussing accounts of sexual abuse and will need to be familiar with Microsoft Teams. A short pre-course exercise in context mapping will support participants to effectively engage with the course.
A certificate will be provided to successful participants, who should have a basic understanding of safeguarding prior to attending. Participants will also receive complimentary online access to Safeguarding Insights 2025 our one-day conference (London time, in English).
Participants who need to refresh or develop their safeguarding knowledge prior to the course could undertake Safeguarding Essential, a short course or preferably Safeguarding in the International Aid Sector with the Open University. Both courses are free to access.
This course uses the foundations of a programme developed through a multi-agency approach by InterAction, the International Medical Corps and Concern Worldwide.
Each course will be split over several days and modules.
English:
- 18th July, 25th July, & 1st August 2025, 10.00 - 12.00 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Trainer: Abdiel Cabrera
Arabic:
- 24th May 10.00am, 28th May 5.00pm, 31st May: 10.00 and 4th June 2025 5.00pm (Egypt time)
- Trainer: Hager El Sayed
Spanish Course One:
- 30th May, 6th June, 13th June 2025, 10.00 - 12.00 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Trainer: Abdiel Cabrera
Spanish Course Two:
- 22nd August, 29th August, & 5th September 2025, 10.00 - 12.00 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Trainer: Abdiel Cabrera
Course fee £250.00 (USD payments also accepted).
OUR SAFEGUARDING Focal Points TRAINING TEAM
Hager El Sayed
Hager El Sayed
Hager El Sayed
Hager has been working in international development for 14 years and in safeguarding for seven years.
Hager was the National Focal Point with Save the Children in Egypt for four years, leading the implementation of safer partnerships in Egypt.
Hager's work has included cross-cutting areas of intervention such as child protection, alternativ
Hager has been working in international development for 14 years and in safeguarding for seven years.
Hager was the National Focal Point with Save the Children in Egypt for four years, leading the implementation of safer partnerships in Egypt.
Hager's work has included cross-cutting areas of intervention such as child protection, alternative care, youth empowerment, gender and sexual and gender based violence at both technical and management levels.
Hager been certified by Save the Children in child safeguarding, protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), child protection, psychosocial support, risk management and investigation.
Hager holds a diploma in the management of non-profit organisations from Cairo University and has completed the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) Investigation Training Tier 2.
Hager has worked on a variety of assignments in Tunisia, Yemen, Sudan and Pakistan. Hager is a safeguarding investigator and has experience in safeguarding case management.
Hagar is fluent in Arabic and English.
Abdiel Cabrera
Hager El Sayed
Hager El Sayed
Abdiel is a safeguarding and human development specialist based in Guatemala with more than 11 years of professional experience. His experience has a focus on humanitarian and development interventions, local NGO capacity strengthening, and partner relationships.
Abdiel has wide experience in community development in the Latin America regi
Abdiel is a safeguarding and human development specialist based in Guatemala with more than 11 years of professional experience. His experience has a focus on humanitarian and development interventions, local NGO capacity strengthening, and partner relationships.
Abdiel has wide experience in community development in the Latin America region and wider experience of leading safeguarding in national and regional operations. Furthermore, he has supported diverse organisations to develop and implement safeguarding systems and feedback and complaints mechanisms.
Abdiel has been responsible for managing and conducting PSEAH investigations. Furthermore, he has experience in working with and senior staff and multi-cultural teams to enhance safeguarding and programme quality in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa.
Abdiel speaks fluent Spanish, English, and Portuguese.