The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Red Cross disaster management (DM) programme was set up to reduce the risk of natural disasters and to help communities protect themselves and overcome the effects of disasters. Its main objective is...

Recognizing the urgent need to increase community safety and resilience, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (International Federation) is scaling up its disaster risk reduction (DRR), food security/livelihoods and cl...

In 2009, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) undertook a mapping process in order to highlight its activities and support better programme targeting. Echoing the IFRC’s Strategy 2020 to strengthen community s...

In 2009, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies instituted an annual mapping process to highlight its disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities, support better programme targeting and ultimately promote more strategic inv...

Since 2009, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has been conducting an annual mapping to highlight its disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities, support better programme targeting and ultimately promote more st...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has conducted annual disaster risk reduction (DRR) mapping since 2009 to highlight its DRR activities, support better programme targeting and ultimately promote more strategi...

Prepare, warn, mitigate, recover, live. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) world is “multi-sectoral” and part of a broad and long-standing drive for safer and more resilient communities. DRR is at the core of most ...

At its core, disaster risk reduction is about reducing human vulnerability and strengthening resilience to the risks posed by natural hazards. Moreover, disaster risk reduction concerns the collective ability of the International Federation of Red Cr...

Cost–benefit analysis (CBA) is a process that involves weighing expected project costs against the expected benefits in order to choose the most cost-effective option. It is increasingly being used in the world of disaster risk reduction, both to d...