CAP Implementations Status Report
An unofficial report, based on reports to and personal knowledge of the author (Eliot Christian), is at https://cap-uptake.s3.amazonaws.com/status.pdf
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Empowering Communities & Strengthening Resilience – Partnerships for Disaster Resilience for Thailand
This publication serves to document the lessons learned by Asian Disaster Preparedness Center ADPC and its development partners during their work in Thailand, with a focus on the implementation experience of projects following the ‘Great Floods’ of 2011. Importantly, these lessons are considered in the wider context of previous community-based disaster risk reduction work carried out by
Good Practice Review: Disaster Risk Reduction
This Good Practice Review identifies and discusses the principles and practice of disaster risk reduction (DRR), drawing on experiences from around the world. It gives guidance on the main issues that should be taken into consideration when carrying out projects and programmes, and ways of addressing these issues in practice. DRR is a wide-ranging field
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Key Considerations in Post-Disaster Reconstruction Lessons from Aceh
In October 2007, almost three years after the tsunami, the DEC commissioned experts from Arup to carry out a short mission to Aceh to review the post-tsunami reconstruction programme undertaken by DEC Member Agencies. The aim of the mission was to provide assurance on the quality of construction and that the programmes would be completed
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Innovation at UNHCR 2014
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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Universal App: Identifying High Priority Public Warnings
This technical guide outlines the method used by the Global Disaster Preparedness Center’s Universal App Program to identify “high priority public warnings” within Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) alerts. These are messages requiring immediate or near-immediate public action due to significant or imminent threats. The document details the filtering criteria used to automate selection of such
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Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2015
Humanitarian financing is in the spotlight like never before. An extraordinary combination of crises continues to test international, national and local capacity to prevent, prepare and respond as needs continue to outstrip available resources. Global processes taking place during 2015 and 2016 – including the Financing for Development process and the World Humanitarian Summit –
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Report on risk perception and preparedness
The findings of this report highlight advantages of different disciplinary approaches for informing preparedness; some are well suited to risk assessment and others for informing risk management and preparedness. Rapid response to all of the hazards examined requires identification and monitoring of risk factors, however the diversity of personal, social, and environmental consequences that can
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Good practices on economic empowerment of women in post-disaster reconstruction in Tohoku and the Asia-Pacific
This report presents good practices in the promotion of economic empowerment of women in the post-disaster situations through entrepreneurship development in Japan and the Asia Pacific region. It discusses what contributed to the successful achievements of the projects from a gender perspective, drawing lessons for collective learning. APEC Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy
Nepal Earthquake: Agricultural Livelihoods Impact Appraisal in Six Most Affected Districts
This report presents a coherent picture of the impact of the Nepal earthquake on agriculture in the six most affected districts: Dhading, Dolakha, Gorkha, Nuwakot, Rasuwa and Sindhupalchock. It identifies priorities for recovery for families dependent upon agriculture for their livelihoods in these six districts; and provides an input into the Agricultural sector section of