Global Disaster Preparedness Center
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Guidance material
The city strength diagnostic has been developed to help World Bank staff apply the city resilience framework (developed by Arup International and the Rockefeller Foundation) to World Bank operations. The city resilience framework provides a lens...
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This guide was developed by members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee and Experts Group on Resilience as a simple “how to” guide to allow people in the field to analyse what is needed to boost the resilience of specific groups, speci...
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The Rockefeller Foundation has been working with HR&A Associates to develop a workshop-based Resilience Academy that they have offered to local governments in the United States. The Academy brings together mulit-disciplinary teams of stakeholder...
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The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) in collaboration with the IFRC and American Red Cross has received an award from USAID/OFDA to design and test a set of tools and services to assist Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) National Societies and t...
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On August 26, 2016, the IFRC and American Red Cross hosted a showcase and workshop in support of the 1 Billion Coalition for Resilience (1BC) and invited other actors to learn about and consider joining this initiative to bring a greater focus on c...
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The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) is requesting proposals for a new consultancy on City-wide Assessment for Community Resilience. Working in collaboration with the IFRC and American Red Cross, the GDPC has received an award from USAID/OF...
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Short posting by Timothy Riecker that outlines a set of simple guidelines for maximizing the value of injects in disaster management simulations and drills. Five Guidelines for Creating Effective Disaster Exercise Injects https://www.linkedin.com/pul...
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An article by Cynthia Renaud, police chief in Folsom, California, on how to strengthen the National Incident Management System (NIMS) by integrating solutions for managing complexity. The article explores the dynamics of the initial edge-of-chaos th...
Case Study
An overview of the people-centered design process undertaken by Practical Action in the development of a flood solutions catalgoue under the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance. UX Discovery – Practical Action UX Discovery – Practical Action