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With RCRC national societies and their partners serving as its primary target audience, the GDPC provides services in three main areas — Knowledge Management, Research and Technical Assistance — in order to build national and community level preparedness. Below you can browse through a selection of our core programs and projects, past and present.

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Ethics in Technology
Addressing Humanitarian Accountability Within Humanitarian Tech  The humanitarian field is making strides to bring greater accountability to humanitarian principles in tech.  Largely, with a focus on “ethics,” we have gained traction with creators of humanitarian information & comm...
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WhatNow Service: Early Action Tool
WhatNow Service, developed by the Red Cross and Red Crescent’s Global Disaster Preparedness Center, in partnership with Google, is designed to increase the speed and dissemination of disaster preparedness and risk reduction messages. It is founded on IFRC’s Public Awareness and  Publi...
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Business Preparedness Initiative
Over the last 2 years, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center has developed and launched the Business Preparedness Initiative which aims to protect livelihoods and promote more comprehensive community resilience. It does so by providing easy-to-use, adaptable and scalable tools for small business p...
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Atlas: Ready for Business
Atlas: Ready for Business As a core component of GDPC’s Business Preparedness Initiative, Atlas: Ready for Business is a scalable mobile application aimed at preparing small businesses to withstand common crises they might face, such as a natural disaster. The mobile application is one step i...
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Universal App Program
As part of the global Red Cross and Red Crescent network, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) is a resource center that promotes innovation in disaster preparedness and supports learning and knowledge sharing amongst disaster preparedness practitioners worldwide. One key aspect of the G...
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Coalition-building in Coastal Cities
Description The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) in collaboration with the IFRC and the American Red Cross has received an award from USAID/OFDA to design and test a set of tools and services to assist Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) National Societies and their partners to create effective ...
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GDPC Research Activities
The GDPC prioritizes action-oriented research based on needs articulated by Red Cross and Red Crescent (RCRC) national societies and the communities they serve.  Through strategic partnerships with the global Red Cross and Red Crescent network, universities and research institutions, the GDPC is he...
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GDPC Events
GDPC Annual Event 2016 Local to Global Climate Solutions: Making Communities Safer with NatureMiami has been referred to as one of the most economically vulnerable cities on the planet … Read More → GDPC Annual Event 2015               360oof Preparedness: Reflections from Cities ...
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