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Case Study, Report
21 Mar 2024
The Developing Risk Awareness through Joint Action (DARAJA) project is a collaborative initiative aimed at enhancing weather and climate information services (WCIS) for urban communities, with a particular focus on vulnerable populations residing in ...
Tags: Case Study, Report, Community Engagement and Accountability, Early Warning Systems
Case Study
05 Mar 2024
Community mapping in paper-based formats is low-cost, technology-independent, that is easily facilitated, and adopted at the community level. However, the output can be less sustainable compared to digital map products. The digitalization of the comm...
Tags: Case Study, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Community Engagement and Accountability, Community Risk Assessment, Crisis Mapping, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Risk Assessment
Research, Review
22 Jan 2024
This publication posits that effective communication of disaster threats to decision makers and at-risk communities is a growing challenge in a people-centred approach to disaster risk reduction. Traditional communication approaches tend to involve e...
Tags: Research, Review, Behavior Change and Disaster Preparedness, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Community Engagement and Accountability, Early Warning Systems
Manual
30 Oct 2023
The Missing Voices Approach developed by Practical Action seeks to proactively listen to the experiences of marginalized individuals to inform policies and practice that affect their lives. The approach is centred on building trust and actively liste...
Tags: Manual, Community Engagement and Accountability, Disability Inclusive Disaster Preparedness, Women and Gender in Disaster Management
Guidance material
20 Sep 2023
This solution brief forms part of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance’s solutions series. The solution series aims to improve outreach and impact of such resilient practices at a global level. This brief explores how the Mexican Red Cross have...
Tags: Guidance material, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Community Engagement and Accountability, Flood, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Six Characteristics of a Safe and Resilient Community
Case Study, Research
26 Jul 2023
This paper shows how educational games for enhanced disaster preparedness can be created in cooperation / collaboration with local communities. The specific case presented discusses how students from the local university (here: La Plata National Univ...
Tags: Case Study, Research, Behavior Change and Disaster Preparedness, Community Engagement and Accountability
Awareness material, Report
24 Apr 2023
Early warnings for hazards are essential for living safely and minimizing economic losses. For many hazards, it is possible to give advance notice and accurate information to help communities prepare and respond. However, issuance of the warning ...
Tags: Awareness material, Report, Community Engagement and Accountability, Early Warning Systems, Hazard, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone, Volcano
Video
20 Mar 2023
Join us for a webinar series on Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) & Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Programming hosted by IFRC Africa DRR and CEA teams! The series will be split into three consecutive...
Tags: Video, Community Engagement and Accountability
Awareness material
19 Jan 2023
This ‘Warnings Briefing Note’ focuses on ‘Early Warning Systems for Landslides: The necessity of a systematic and bottom-up approach.’
Tags: Awareness material, Community Engagement and Accountability, Early Warning Systems, Landslide
Awareness material
13 Oct 2022
This ‘Warnings Briefing Note’ focuses on ‘Inclusive Warnings’ and involving everyone in warning processes.  
Tags: Awareness material, Community Engagement and Accountability, Early Warning Systems
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