Community Engagement and Accountability includes risk communication, behavior change, according to IFRC guidelines.
Tool and guidance to be used in combination with the focus group discussions (FGD) and be adapted for key information interviews (KII). Participant observation (PO) will as well contribute to the collection of data, and then triangulated with other sources. Find the following documents: Rapid assessment tool Focus group discussions for Volunteers Focus group discussions […]
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The Feedback Starter-Kit responds to key questions and provides the most important tips for setting up and running a simple feedback mechanism. At the end of this document there is an overview of the templates needed to plan the mechanism and collect, the answer, analyze, and share community feedback data. These templates contain the necessary
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You are key to keep your loved ones safe! This document suggests key actions on how your community can stay safe and slow down the spread of COVID-19, particularly for contexts where you might have been asked by your local authorities to maintain physical distance or stay home. Document available in English and Portuguese.
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Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) is an essential component of your health emergency preparedness and response action plan. This tool is designed to support risk communication, community engagement staff and responders working with national health authorities, and other partners to develop, implement and monitor an effective action plan for communicating effectively with the public,
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A clear integrated Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) strategy and response is vital for individual, family, and community uptake of essential public health and biomedical interventions to prevent and control the spread of disease. This strategy ensures dialogue and participation of all stakeholders and affected communities during preparedness, readiness and response. Guidance developed by
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Key tips and discussion points for community workers, volunteers, and community networks. Guidance developed in a joined effort of the World Health Organization, IFRC, and UNICEF.
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COVID-19 – How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement.
These guidelines have been developed for disaster risk management specialists, programme managers and technical staff to facilitate the selection of the most vulnerable communities in a country. The methodology described ensures a transparent, consistent and documented process that reduces external influences and power dynamics in the decision-making that leads to the selection of communities for
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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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This report provides guidelines for public and private organisations regarding the use of social media in crisis situations. The aim of these guidelines are to advance social media usage by both citizens and organisations during crises in order to improve crisis management activities and, to also enhance the safety and security of citizens. Within this document, a distinction