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Principles and Rules for Red Cross and Red Crescent Humanitarian Assistance

09 May 2018
These Principles and Rules recognize the importance of strengthening organizational, coordination and delivery capacities of National Societies, to respond to the increasing number and complexity of disasters and the growing number of vulnerable ...
Guidance material
Guidance material

Voice Biometrics & Blockchain: Identity Management in Humanitarian Aid Distribution

23 Apr 2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in collaboration with Members of the Global Disaster Preparedness Center, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and Red Cross Climate Center (RCCC) presented the MIT-Human...
Guidance material, Community Engagement and Accountability
Research

Learning from the Ebola Response in cities: Responding in the context of quarantine

12 Mar 2018
As part of ALNAP’s Learning from the Ebola Response in cities, this paper describes approaches toquarantine in urban Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. It focuses in particular on how humanitariansnavigated the context of urban quarantine, what ...
Research, Communicable Disease, Communication As Aid, Urban Resilience
Video

Urban Webinars

08 Mar 2018
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...
Video, Climate Change Adaptation, Urban Resilience
Report

Cities of Refuge in the Middle East

02 Mar 2018
Bringing an Urban Lens to the Forced Displacement Challenge This policy note published by the World Bank aims to advance our understanding of urban forced displacement, induced by conflict, by looking at the issue from the perspective of receiving to...
Report, Urban Resilience
Assessment or evaluation, Research

Hidden Aftershocks: An Assessment of the Mental Health and Psychosocial Status and Needs of Earthquake-Affected Communities 2017

05 Feb 2018
This report presents the results of an assessment of the psychosocial and mental health status and needs of communities in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and Makwanpur districts of Nepal. The assessment took place between November 2016 and January 2017, approximat...
Assessment or evaluation, Research, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Report

Promoting Disaster Resilient Cultural Heritage

05 Feb 2018
Cultural heritage is vulnerable to the adverse impacts of natural disasters, and climate change is adding to the urgency of addressing this challenge. Countries around the world are employing a variety of measures to safeguard cultural heritage aga...
Report, Earthquake, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Risk Assessment, Urban Resilience
Report

The Urban Amplifier: Humanitarian Action in Urban Crises

25 Jan 2018
The European Commission’s Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) has taken stock of its funded interventions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its humanitarian response in urban ...
Report, Urban Resilience
Guidance material

Hoja de Orientación Innovación

23 Jan 2018
Hoja de orientación para uso del espacio por los usuarios.
Guidance material
Case Study, Report

Resilient: Zero carbon, risk-informed, sustainable

17 Jan 2018
UNDP’s work in climate change, disaster risk reduction and energy (2015-2017) This report is comprised of 15 country case studies providing examples of climate action, disaster risk reduction and recovery, and sustainable energy. Each case emph...
Case Study, Report, Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Risk Assessment, Urban Resilience
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