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Strategies for Designing RCRC Preparedness Messaging in Digital Applications

As Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) societies move forward to deliver digital disaster information and preparedness messaging, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) is asking how best to capitalize on the growing accessibility of digital communications for future outreach. Emerging questions like, ‘Should we invest more in gaming or in applications that educate and/or deliver services?’ and ‘Which […]

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Make Way for Ducklings…with help from an OWL

Can mobile phones improve disaster preparedness?

Miguel Aguirre

Can Mobile Phones Improve Disaster Preparedness? report was independently conducted by the Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance (CIPG) in Indonesia and released in October 2018 at the Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) conference by Atma Connect.The AtmaGo App is the social networking tool that was evaluated in the study and is currently used by over

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WhatNow Service: Early Action Tool

Jessica Ports Robbins

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 Public Education (PAPE) key messages for disaster risk reduction, covering 20+ hazards. Red Cross/Red Crescent (RC/RC) National Societies

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Blockchain and Economic Development: Hype vs. Reality

Nathan Cooper

Increasing attention is being paid to the potential of blockchain technology to address long-standing challenges related to economic development. Blockchain proponents argue that it will expand opportunities for exchange and collaboration by reducing reliance on intermediaries and the frictions associated with them. The purpose of this paper is to provide a clear-eyed view of the

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Content Delivery to Feature Phones

Rofaida

A Workshop organized by the GDPC in collaborated with Social Impact Lab (SIMLab) to explore extending the project to reach portions of the population who have not yet gained access to smartphone technology, and considering ways to get the First Aid app or its content onto feature phones. Number of case stuides presented and discussed during

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Improving disaster resilience using mobile based disaster management system

Rofaida

The aim of the study is to increase disaster resilience by using mobile technologies to ensure citizens play an active role in disaster management. It addresses the implementation of mobile based disaster management systems based on a study case in Izmir Province in Turkey. The use of ICTs can help to produce information and make

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Briefing note: Comparative Review of the First Aid App

Karin.Me

The briefing paper examines the adoption of the First Aid App by Red Cross National Societies under the Universal App Program. Specifically, it provides an outline of the program and the experiences of some of the National Societies in adopting the app in their local contexts.

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Comparative Review of the First Aid app

Karin.Me

This report presents the key insights and findings from a Comparative review of the First Aid App funded by the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC). The study was led by Trilateral Research (TRI), with support from Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS), Utah State University (USU) and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC). The

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Innovation at UNHCR 2014

renata.barradas

Each of the Labs form a thematic focus on which UNHCR is committed to innovating based on a request from a Division to collaborate, which may or may not be combined with a pre-identifi ed organization-wide need. Innovation Labs are a co-working space – both virtual and physical – in which new ideas can be

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Strategies for Designing RCRC Preparedness Messaging in Digital Applications

Make Way for Ducklings…with help from an OWL

Can mobile phones improve disaster preparedness?

WhatNow Service: Early Action Tool

Blockchain and Economic Development: Hype vs. Reality

Content Delivery to Feature Phones

Improving disaster resilience using mobile based disaster management system

Briefing note: Comparative Review of the First Aid App

Comparative Review of the First Aid app

Innovation at UNHCR 2014

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