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.
Report
![](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/humanitarianshelter2018-1.png)
The aim of this report is to raise the profile and provide a better understanding of the humanitarian shelter and settlements sector. This report is intended to be used by humanitarian policy makers, donors, governments, academics and senior managers...
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New technologies continue to present great risks and opportunities for humanitarian action. To ensure that their use does not result in any harm, humanitarian organisations must develop and implement appropriate data protection standards, including r...
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![Urban Profiling in Vietnam](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
American Red Cross (ARC) country office together with Vietnam Red Cross (VNRC) has been implementing Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRM) Program, supported by USAID/OFDA funding since 2011 in Vietnam. Responding to increasing urban risk, ...
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![Urban Resilience in Asia Pacific: A Scoping Study for Red Cross and Red Crescent](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
IFRC Asia Pacific Zone has conducted a scoping study to map urban resilience initiatives in the Red Cross Red Crescent movement and beyond. The review looked at past and present knowledge and experiences regarding urban resilience to both provide a...
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![Future of Cities: Emerging trends and what they mean for Red Cross Red Crescent](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
In preparation for the IFRC Startegy 2030, the Solferino Academy consulted with over 100 Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies and external experts. The results were grouped into the nine futures thematic areas. While these are relevant to ur...
Guidance material
![Urban Resilience for Red Cross Red Crescent](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
You can find more detailed information about the Red Cross Red Crescent Urban Collaboration Platform here: The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is at the forefront of assisting communities facing the growing risk of disasters, protracted crises ...
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![Programmatic directions for the RCRC in building urban community resilience](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
Programmatic directions for the Red Cross and Red Crescent in building urban community resilience in the Asia Pacific Region This report provides guidance to IFRC in determining its role in urban disaster risk reduction. It also provides additional i...
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![RCRC Urban Collaboration Workshop Nairobi 4-6 June 2018](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
The overall purpose of the Nairobi workshop was to increase the familiarity and knowledge of the RCRC family in building resilience in informal settlement areas in high-risk urban settings. The workshop was designed to be interactive and highly parti...
Video
![Urban Webinars](https://preparecenter.org/wp-content/themes/prepare-center/images/default.png)
Scroll down to watch the descriptions and video recordings of the webinars organized by the IFRC Urban Collaboration Platform on a variety of topics such as: Rethinking Urban Community Risk Reduction and Resilience while responding to COVID-19 The Co...