Pre-course sessions
What is Leahy vetting?
The screening process used by the USA to ensure that foreign military and police units that receive assistance are not linked to human rights abuses.
When Did James Cowan become HALO’s CEO?
2015
What are the 5 main components of a Theory of Change?
Inputs, Activities, Outputs, Outcomes, Impact
What does destroy in-situ mean?
Destroy in place
What are the three donor strategic priorities that HALO uses to categorise funding opportunities?
Humanitarian
Development
Security and stabilisation
Which two HALO programmes have conducted an environmental mangroves project?
Sri Lanka and Northern Triangle
Who is the current Board Chair of HALO Trust?
Jonathan Evans
What does the M stand for in SMART when we talk about indicators?
Measurable
What is residual risk?
Risk that remains despite having applied all reasonable effort during the land release process
What is a proposal? (3 aspects)
Persuasive tool
Action plan
Integral to our contracts
Name three of HALO's philanthropic donors
HGBF, BP, Trimble, Oak Foundation, Cargill, Minderoo foundation
What percentage of HALO’s global workforce are international staff?
6%
What three things do we need to monitor our targets against?
Time, budget, team months
Name three widely use Minelab detector end caps
Black, Yellow, Red
Describe at least three elements of a well-structured executive summary in a report or proposal?
A clear topic sentence
Technical details grouped together in a single paragraph
Accessible language
Use of bullet points, tables and bold text
What are the four pillars of safeguarding in HALO?
Prevent, report, respond, learn
In how many countries does The HALO Trust currently operate?
34 countries and territories
How do the SBDs define direct beneficiaries of land release?
Those who will physically and frequently use the land and their household (at the time of the post-clearance assessment).
For which threat types would you consider using an LLD?
AT mines
Cluster Sub Munition
Ammunition caches
Fragmentation mines
What is one DO and one DON'T to mitigate the risk of AI hallucination?
DO's: use AI to draft structure, improve language and speed up formatting; Verify each statistic, figure, citation and factual claim; treat AI outputs as draft; be highly specific in your prompt; use AI to sense-check logic and flow; maintain a human expert as the final reviewer
DON'Ts: Letting AI generate beneficiary figures/country data/citations without verification; assume that AI confidence equals accuracy; use AI-generated content in reports/proposals without a named person accountable for its accuracy; rely on AI for context-specific knowledge it cannot have (local actor dynamics, access constraints, community realities on the ground); assume silence means accuracy (Ai won't flag uncertainty)
Define indirect costs
HALO’s core facilities and administrative management costs which are not incurred at regional or programme level.
What are the 3 strategic objectives in HALO's Global Strategy 2025 - 2028?
Protect people
Restore communities
Strengthen security
What are the 5 core principles of the Human Rights Based Approach?
Participation, Accountability, Non-discrimination, Empowerment, Legality
What are the five main groups of Land Service Ammunition (LSA)
Mines
Grenades
Mortars
Projectiles
Rockets
Which three EU institutions or funding bodies are key funding targets for HALO?
DG ECHO
DG INTPA
FPI