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Review of ten vulnerability and capacity assessments: Central America and Mexico

The IFRC conducted a study to identify the main trends arising out of different VCAs in order to better understand some common themes in teh challenges being faced and identify the main obstacles that volunteers from teh Red Cross Societies may encounter during their itnerventions. The purpose of this analystical process is to formulate a […]

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Review of Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) use in relation to climate change and urban risk issues

This report was commissioned by the IFRC to re-examine the Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment process in the context of increased institutional experience in using VCA, along with changing risk patterns. In particular the review is to assess the relevance of VCA for dealing with urban risks and climate change. It looks closely at the continued

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Building Strong National Societies: Our common endeavour. A comprehensive framework

The IFRC has put together this document to outline a framework to make National Soceities strong. A strong National Society is one that is able to deliver country-wide, through a network of volutneer-based units, a relevant service to vulnerable people sustained for as long as needed. Being strong is an internal quality. A National Society

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Understanding community resilience and program factors that strengthen them: A comprehensive study of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies tsunami operation

Between October 2010 and September 2011, the IFRC commissioned an in-depth study of CBDRR programmes implemented as part of its tsunami operation. This study was carried out by ARUP International Development and sough to to answer key questions on CBDRR programming including: ‘what do communities perceive as the most important characteristics needed to be safe

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Disaster Risk Reduction Programme: Summary of Lessons Learned and Recommendations

Between 2001 and 2008, the IFRC in partnership with the British Red Cross implemented a Disaster Reduction Programme with various National Societies in disaster-prone countries in East and Southern Africa and in South Asia. In the end, the programme spanned seven years in two separate phases, involving 11 countries and a total budget of CHF

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IFRC Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment Training Review

Vulnerability and capacity assessment (VCA) is a key element of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Societies’ (International Federation) disaster management systems. With support from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Humanitarian Assistance (ECHO), the VCA methodology was updated over 2006 and early 2007 and several National Societies

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Ulusal Deprem Stratejisi ve Eylem Planı

Deprem Danışma Kurulu (DDK) tarafından depremden korunmak, deprem zararlarını azaltmak, deprem sonrası yapılacak faaliyetler hakkında öneriler sunmak ve deprem ile ilgili araştırmalar için politika ve öncelikleri belirlemek amacıyla yapılan çalışmanın sonuçları. Afet ve Acil Durum Yönetimi Başkanlığı (AFAD) https://www.afad.gov.tr/UserFiles/File/udsep_1402013_kitap.pdf

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Reaching the Poor and Vulnerable: Targeting Strategies for Social Funds and Other Community-Driven Programs

This toolkit was developed by the World Bank to provide its staff and client Governments with the concepts empirical evidence, noteworthy case studies of different approaches and the operational elements necessary to develop more comprehensive poverty and vulnerability targeting mechnanisms.    Reaching the Poor and Vulnerable: Targeting Strategies for Social Funds and other Community-Driven Programs http://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOCIALPROTECTION/Resources/SP-Discussion-papers/Social-Funds-DP/0711.pdf

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