resources

• The Community Resilience Measurement Dashboard website
• STAR Template (AR; EN; FR; ES)

• EVCA Guidance - English
• EVCA Guidance - Arabic

• EVCA Toolbox - English
• EVCA Toolbox  - Arabic

• Revised EVCA ToT Training Package

• Interactive video on EVCA - Link

Key concepts of EVCA: determinants of risk - Link

• History of VCA and the Enhancement Process - Link

• Climate change considerations in VCA. A summary for practitioners

• Guidance note gender and diversity sensitive VCA

• Introduction - Digitalizing the Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (EVCA) Tools
• Lebanon - Predictive analysis using highly accurate digital mapping
• Nigeria - Digitalizing the community mapping and transect walk tools in the EVCA
• Philippines - Digitalization to Ensure Sustainable Use of Data
• Colombia - Digitalizing Paper-Based Community mapping in the EVCA

• ​Session 1: Community engagement and Planning
• Session 2: Hazard prioritization and characterization
• Session 3: Vulnerability and Capacity – Using Resilience Stars
• Session 4: Vulnerability and Capacity – Using other tools
• Session 5: Risk Ranking
• Session 6: Planning and Learning
• Session 7: EVCA in Urban Areas & COVID-19 Context

EVCA and Epidemics Package – English
EVCA and Epidemics Package – French

The package includes updated EVCA documents in English and French:

• Training materials focusing on epidemic risks, with integration tips for the 2022 IFRC EVCA ToT
• Epidemic-inclusive Resilience Star (with facilitation manual, discussion guide, and question bank)
• All 10 eVCA tools incorporating epidemic risk
• EVCA Full Guidance with epidemic risk considerations
• Epidemic-related checklist and terminology document.

• Cost–benefit analysis of community-based disaster risk reduction Red Cross Red Crescent lessons learned, recommendations and guidance
• The long road to resilience – Impact and cost-benefit analysis of community-based disaster risk reduction in Bangladesh
• Measuring impact and cost benefit: a Sudanese case study
• Impact and Cost Benefit Analysis A Case Study of Disaster Risk Reduction Programming In Red Sea State Sudan, 2009
• Pathways to a climate resilient future: a community-based cost benefit analysis of a food security project in Ethiopia
• Mangrove plantation in Viet Nam: measuring impact and cost benefit
• Assessing Quality and Cost Benefit – A Philippines Case Study
• Measuring cost benefits of community disaster risk reduction in Ilam, Nepal
• How Preparedness Pays Off: Evolution, costs, benefits and prospects of disaster risk management in Georgia

As part of the Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (EVCA) approach, two new tools are available to support community-centered Early Warning Systems (EWS):

• The Communication Landscape Analysis Tool helps identify trusted communication channels to ensure early warnings reach everyone effectively.
• The Qualitative Guide for Focus Group Discussions enables practitioners to gather critical insights from communities and local authorities on the relevance, trust, and actionability of early warnings.

Please note that these are working documents and may be updated based on pilot testing and feedback.