Since 2010, the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department has been supporting a partnership between IFRC, CaLP and British Red Cross. The partnership seeks to use cash where it’s appropriate and to help ensure...

This document presents a clear overview of the IFRC’s Framework for Community Resilience (FCR), which builds upon the original Framework for Community Safety and Resilience published in 2008. This framework has the objective to: ‘Establish a...

This report reviews Nepal’s legal and policy framework for disaster response with a focus on large-scale emergencies that exceed national coping capacities. It analyses Nepal’s legal preparedness for disasters by assessing its legal framework a...

An outline of objectives, strategies, and specific initiatives to identify, coordinate and focus risk management activities to reduce Kathmandu Valley’s earthquake risk over time. The plan also provides background information on Kathmandu Valley’...

‘Land use planning has been identified as one of the most effective ways to take the HFA forward. For highly vulnerable cities like Kathmandu, a land use plan offers an opportunity to incorporate risk reduction into development and spatial plans by...

A consolidation of the experiences of mason training gained in the Kathmandu Valley Earthquake Risk Management Project of the Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Programme. Earthquake Resistant Construction of Buildings Curriculum for Mason Training, Feb...

Building on the broad range of cash experiences within the Movement and in the humanitarian sector, these guidelines provide practical, step-by-step support to the design and implementation of cash programmes. The objective of the guidelines is twofo...

As the investment in cash transfer programming (CTP) continues to grow, the focus is turning to the need to do more, do it faster and do it better. As a result, the consideration of integrating cash into preparedness and contingency plans is being ra...

The 2014 Report by National Society for Earthquake Technology -Nepal (NSET) presents an account of NSET’s endeavors and activities towards the enhancement of disaster resilience of communities in Nepal during the past year. The report includes...