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GDPC Overview 2015-2017

09 Apr 2015
Purpose of the GDPC Overview 2015-2017 This document is meant to serve as a guide to the strategic direction and current priorities of the GDPC as well as its operational modality. The document is a reference point in the continued evolution of the r...
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GDPC- FY13 in Review

09 Apr 2015
FY13 in review from the Global Disaster Preparedness Center The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (“Center”) is both a resource center and think tank that promotes innovation in disaster preparedness and supports research and knowledge sharing ...
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GDPC- Year in Review 2014

09 Apr 2015
The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC), as a resource center to all 189 Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies, is working with partners to make a contribution toward building resilient communities. As an integral part of the Red C...
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Report

The role of information and communication technologies in post conflict reconstruction

09 Apr 2015
This report is concerned with the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and postconflict reconstruction, especially with ways in which ICTs can be used by governments and donors to support the transition from violence...
Report, Mapping and Geospatial Data, Mobile Technology, Post-Disaster Recovery
Report

Mobile technologies in emergencies

09 Apr 2015
Increasing numbers of children around the world are affected by humanitarian emergencies and there is an urgent need for innovative, scalable, cost-effective approaches to tackling these crises. Alongside this, digital technology is spreading rapidly...
Report, Mapping and Geospatial Data, Mobile Technology
Video

Beneficiary Communications

09 Apr 2015
The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement believes communities need and deserve to have information that affects their future, both before and after a disaster. As in everyday life, communities make decisions based on the best possible information availabl...
Video, Communication As Aid
Video

Climate Change, Natural Disasters and the Urban Poor

08 Apr 2015
The urban poor from several cities, including Mexico City, Jakarta and Sao Paolo, face challenges due to the impacts of climate change and natural disasters. - World Bank, 2011
Video, Climate Change Adaptation
Report

Building Social Resilience: Protecting and empowering those most at risk

08 Apr 2015
This paper was prepared as an input to the fourth Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR). The GAR reports biannually on global progress, trends, and challenges in the field of disaster risk reduction (DRR). It also serves as an ins...
Report, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Women and Gender in Disaster Management
Report

WMO statement on the status of the global climate in 2014

08 Apr 2015
This 2014 edition of WMO’s internationally recognized series provides an overview of the key climate events of the year and an in-depth analysis of regional trends as part of a WMO drive to provide more information at regional and national lev...
Report, Climate Change Adaptation
Guidance material

GIS Use Cases

08 Apr 2015
American Red Cross International Services Department (ISD) has piloted and refined applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to its core programming and response activities. In this time, we’ve found that the best tools and the most effc...
Guidance material, Mapping and Geospatial Data, Urban Resilience

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