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Marco para el Desarrollo de las Sociedades Nacionales

La responsabilidad del desarrollo de una Sociedad Nacional incumbe en primer lugar a cada Sociedad Nacional soberana.  El propósito del presente marco conceptual es reflejar algunos principios básicos del desarrollo de las Sociedades Nacionales. Tiene por objeto especialmente orientar a los dirigentes de las Sociedades Nacionales que deben adoptar decisiones y medidas que afectarán al […]

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Herramientas: Buenas Prácticas

Se incluye herramientas para elaborar las fichas de buenas prácticas.  El paquete se compone de: 1. Nota Conceptual sobre el Banco de Soluciones DNS y las Buenas Prácticas. (REFERENCIA) 2. Plantilla evaluación de la Buena Práctica (excel): Esta herramienta facilita la reflexión del equipo en torno a la/s experiencia/s, a fin de averifuar si corresponde

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Inclusive community resilience: empowering communities for resilience

Through the Inclusive Community Resilience (ICR) initiative, GFDRR taps into grassroots expertise in disaster risk management and promotes scalable models that engage directly with communities, making them equal partners with governments. In the event of a disaster, studies show that 90% of survivors are rescued by their own neighbors. This core community strength in responding

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Disaster risk reduction achievements 2016: good practices, tools and initiatives

This publication features 50 good practices, tools and initiatives that were supported under the 2015-2016 DIPECHO Action Plan. These contribute to the implementation of the Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy 2014-2024 and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. All initiatives in the publication are associated to one of the following four thematic focus areas: Early Warning

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Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender Sensitive

Disasters don’t discriminate, but people do. Existing socio-economic conditions mean that disasters can lead to different outcomes even for demographically similar communities – but inevitably the most vulnerable groups suffer more than others. Research reveals that disasters reinforce, perpetuate and increase gender inequality, making bad situations worse for women. Meanwhile, the potential contributions that women can offer to the disaster risk

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Climate Futures – The Rise of Geoengineering and its potential impacts for the Humanitarian Sector

Recording of a webinar on geoengineering hosted by the IFRC. The webinar featured Pablo Suarez from the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and Dr. David Keith, Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard University’s School of Engineering. Source: IFRC, Feb 2017 Climate Futures – The Rise of Geoengineering and its potential impacts for the Humanitarian

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Social Media E-Learning Course: Sharing the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement on Social Media

  Social Media E-Learning Course: Sharing the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement on Social Media The use of social media is becoming an integral part of communication and community engagement for humanitarian work. Recognizing the potential of social media communication to support vulnerable people before, during and after a disaster, national societies throughout the

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Evaluating Humanitarian Innovation: HIF-ALNAP working paper

  Over 2015-6 ALNAP, in partnership with Elrha’s Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF), looked at how to define innovation in humanitarian action, and what successful innovation looks like. 15 innovations in the humanitarian sector were chosen as case studies to provide an empirical evidence base for the final research study More than just luck: innovation in

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