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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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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

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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

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2015 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop – Report and Presentations

The 2015 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop, held on 23–24 September 2015 in Rome, Italy, brought together over 120 experts from around the world to share technical experiences and advance the use of CAP for effective emergency alerting. Hosted by the Fire Corps Academy of Italy (ISA) and co-sponsored by IFRC, WMO, ITU, and

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World Disasters Report 2015: Focus on local actors, the key to humanitarian effectiveness

Local actors are often the most effective in conducting humanitarian operations. However, despite their critical role, they struggle to attract the funding and support they need. The 2015 World Disasters Report – by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) – examines the complexities and challenges local actors face in scaling-up

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Harnessing the Crowdsourcing Power of Social Media for Disaster Relief

Crowdsourcing integrated with crisis maps has been a powerful tool in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Future crowdsourcing applications must provide capabilities to better manage unstructured messages and enhance streaming data. Enhancements will also include methods of fusing information with data from other sources, such as geological data about fault lines and reports of various

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