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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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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Online resources relevant to the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), as selected by the author (Eliot Christian). An international standard (ITU Recommendation X.1303), CAP defines a kind of “standard form”, with fill-in boxes and check boxes giving essential details of the emergency alert. Use of CAP in any kind of emergency helps people save lives and
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LA presente Estrategia expresa la determinación colec- tiva de la Federación Internacional de Sociedades de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja de avanzar en la so- lución de los grandes retos que la humanidad enfrentará en la próxima década.
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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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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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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
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
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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The Evaluating Humanitarian Action Guide supports evaluation specialists and non-specialists in every stage of an evaluation, from initial decision to final dissemination. A pilot version of this Guide was first released in June 2013, following a three-year drafting process led by ALNAP, co-authors John Cosgrave and Margie Buchanan-Smith, and supported by an inter-agency advisory group.
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