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Beneficiary Communication and Accountability: A responsibility, not a choice

11 Sep 2013
The combination of rapid urbanization and population growth, alongside the proliferation of short message service (SMS) and internet based technology, making it possible for communities to publicize how they are being affected by our actions have cha...
Report, Communication As Aid
Assessment or evaluation

Beneficiary Communications Evaluation: Haiti Earthquake Operation 2011

11 Sep 2013
Providing evidence of the impact of beneficiary communications is incredibly difficult. Reports focus on the information disseminated and numbers of people reached but what are people doing with the information is often the missing link. This evaluat...
Assessment or evaluation, Communication As Aid
Guidance material

Briefing note: What is beneficiary communication?

11 Sep 2013
Short guide on beneficiary communication, developed by the IFRC. Briefing note: What is beneficiary communication? http://www.ifrc.org/Global/Publications/communications/302600-briefing-note.pdf
Guidance material, Communication As Aid

Seismic wallpaper

07 Sep 2013
Report from Bayer MaterialScience, on an economical and effective earthquake protection measure they have developed in the form of a glass fiber fabric combined with a special adhesive which increases the stability of masonry and therefore reduces th...
Assessment or evaluation

Analysis: Humanitarians tap into Indonesians’ digital activism

07 Sep 2013
Overview of a variety of examples where digital media have been put to use for disaster preparedness and humanitarian assistance in Indonesia. Analysis: Humanitarians tap into Indonesians’ digital activism http://www.irinnews.org/report/98708/analy...
Assessment or evaluation, Earthquake, Tsunami
Report

Pakistan: Children can play an important role in disaster preparedness

06 Sep 2013
An article by Amir Murtaza published by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the interests and capabilities of children to paly a role in decision-making related to development plans for their schools, playgrounds, and streets. Pakistan: Children can...
Report, Youth Disaster Preparedness
Report

FEMA Youth Preparedness Council History

06 Sep 2013
Overview of the history and work of the Youth Preparedness Council convened by FEMA to engage youth in guiding national preparedness programs. FEMA Youth Preparedness Council History http://www.ready.gov/youth-preparedness
Report, Youth Disaster Preparedness
Report

Managing Disaster Risks: Sendai Report

29 Aug 2013
The Sendai Report argues that the practice of disaster risk management (DRM) is a defining characteristic of resilient societies, and should therefore be integrated– or ‘mainstreamed’–into all aspects of development. The report outlines how t...
Report

Knowledge Notes on Structural Measures

29 Aug 2013
Part of a series of notes developed by the World Bank and the Government of Japan that analyze and synthesize what worked, what did not, and why in the response to the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, offering recommendations for developing co...
Case Study, Report

No time for doubt: Tackling urban risk

29 Aug 2013
Compilation of case studies on Red Cross urban resilience and preparedness programs from Colombia, Jamaica and Nicaragua. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) is responding to urban plight in the Americas Zone through the...
Case Study, Report, Urban Resilience

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