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Report
Significant floods in Europe in 2013 have tested the learning from earlier floods, some as recent as 2002. One of the “new” learnings has been the utility of temporary structures which can be installed when floods are imminent and removed once ...
Report
A Feasibility Study on Integrated Community Based Flood Disaster Management of Banke District, Nepal
This feasibility study presents a comprehensive approach to flood disaster management in Nepal’s West Rapti River Basin, combining scientific analysis with community-based practices. Conducted by ICHARM/PWRI and the Nepal Development Research Insti...
Case Study
This climate resilience case study, produced by the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET), documents a community-based urban flood and erosion management project implemented in An Binh ward, Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho City, Vietna...
Guidance material
This IFRC briefing note provides an overview of beneficiary communications as a strategic approach to connecting humanitarian programming with affected populations. It defines beneficiary communications as a cross-cutting function that spans the full...
Assessment or evaluation
This evaluation assesses the impact of beneficiary communication activities conducted during the Haiti Earthquake Operation from January 2010 onward. Drawing on 626 individual interviews, 19 focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and fiel...
Report
This case study illustrates how Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO), a Pakistani NGO, worked alongside the Popular Engagement Policy Lab (PEPL) and Raabta Consultants to implement a Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) using FrontlineSM...
Report
This IFRC lessons learned report documents the experiences and recommendations emerging from beneficiary communication and accountability (BCA) programmes across three major disaster operations: the 2004 Asian tsunami response in Aceh, Indonesia; the...
Beneficiary communication was one of the most important tools directly after the earthquake that shook Haiti at a magnitude of 7.0 Mw on 12 January 2010. It allowed vulnerable communities to receive information that they needed most, as quickly and a...
Approximately one year after the 2004 tsunami decimated Aceh province in Indonesia, it was decided that more needed to be done when it comes to communicating with those that were falling through the gaps. Thus, the Community Outreach Program (COP) wa...