Aynur Kadihasanoglu
aynur.kadihasanoglu@redcross.org
Geneva,
I work at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center and the American Red Cross, Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) as the Senior Urban Specialist. Focus of my work is strengthening local capacities through close collaboration with global partners and field teams and developing innovative approaches, tools and methodologies aimed at scaling up impact in urban settings. Some examples of work include starting and leading the Urban Collaboration Platform of IFRC (2015-21), leading the Coastal Cities and Coalition Program (2017-21) and managing the Extreme Heat Small grants program of the GDPC and CC (2022). My motivation is to use my educational background in city and regional planning, combined with earlier work in the development arena with the UN and the World Bank to help RCRC National Societies be confident and skilled in understanding and taking action against the compounding risks that the urban communities are facing.
Guidance material
![Building Coalitions for Urban Resilience Toolkit](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
LAS TRADUCCIONES AL ESPAÑOL ESTÁN AQUÍ This toolkit is developed by the Global Disaster Preparedness Center with funding support from USAID presenting an approach for building coalitions in cities to build resilience. Addressing the increasingly c...
Report
![GLOBAL MIGRATION Resilient Cities at the Forefront](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
Like other urban pressures, migration also presents a powerful opportunity for building resilience. In September of 2016, eight 100RC Member Cities, with a broad range of experience absorbing migrants, convened in Athens to collaborate on migration a...
Report
![Working with people and communities in urban humanitarian crises- ALNAP](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
This Working Paper explores the topic of working with urban populations and communities. It draws on practical challenges and approaches in relation to targeting and communication with urban populations, and in the mobilisation of urban communities...
Case Study
![Creating open spaces in urban areas: Sustainability Assessment on Community Park Revitalization](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
This case study from Jakarta, Indonesia is a great example of connecting urban professionals with the communities to create sustainable, multifunctional solutions to address some of the pressing problems in cities.
Guidance material
![Urban Response Analysis Framework, IIED](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
The purpose of this Urban Response Analysis Framework (URAF) is to support the identification of appropriate multi-sector programme responses for urban contexts taking into consideration the needs and vulnerabilities of the population, and the wider ...
Guidance material
![Urban multi-sector vulnerability assessment tool for displacement contexts](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
Humanitarian agencies are strategically moving towards more integrated programming across sectors, whilst also strategically increasing urban programming coverage for persons affected by displacement and host communities, including Internally Displac...
Guidance material
![Urban Stakeholder Engagement and Coordination](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
This guidance note provides key principles and considerations for individual organisations to use when making decisions on how to engage and coordinate with local and international actors throughout the programme life-cycle, to ensure effective imple...
Report
![RCRC Urban Collaboration Workshop Report, Oslo May 2017](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
As a follow-up to the first RCRC Urban Collaboration Platform Workshop held in Copenhagen in 2016, a second UCP Workshop was held in Oslo on May 18th and 19th 2017. The workshop gathered nearly 30 urban experts from 14 National Socities around the wo...
Report
![Global Risk Report 2017](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
Global Risk Report 2017 is published by the World Economic Forum. For over a decade, The Global Risks Report has focused attention on the evolution of global risks and the deep interconnections between them. The Report has also highlighted the p...