Talmage Payne, then responsible for World Vision staff capacity
building in the Asia Pacific region was the initial manager
and facilitator of the project. It was only due to his considerable
diplomacy, skill and expertise that the project achieved the
level it has. The development of initial drafts of the competency
standards took place with the support of an external vocational
education and training consultant, Mr Steve Burns, who was
engaged to ensure that the competency standards conformed
to accepted formats and reflected best practice in competency
standards development. Mr Burns further advised on the grouping
of standards to form qualifications and prepared the Enterprise
Training Package for submission to the Australian National
Training Authority (ANTA).
As well as formal presentation to specialist Relief Forums
[Bangkok (August 2000), Dublin (May 2001), Kuala Lumpur (August
2001), Barcelona (December 2001)], presentations on the project
were made in a number of wider settings, including Melbourne,
Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Vienna and Honolulu to staff
from within World Vision and the wider NGO community. Copies
of draft standards were distributed in both hard and soft
copies. Given the global nature of relief work, it was necessary
to conduct much of the review electronically. In the case
of the Programmer Units, for instance, 80 individuals around
the globe received draft standards for review. All reviewers
were encouraged to share draft material with other sectoral
experts and to provide detailed feedback to the development
team. Feedback was especially sought from countries with large
numbers of national staff providing relief services.
Many World Vision staff provided feedback on draft standards.
Sometimes, staff were part of large review teams considering
all standards from a sector. At other times, specific areas
of interest resulted in staff giving highly focussed input.
It would be impossible to list all the staff who have made
valuable contributions to the development of these standards.
The following staff, however, are thanked for providing specialist
advice during standards development:
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