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Public-Private Partnerships in Humanitarian Relief: An Overview of Some Options for OCHA

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This paper focuses on the main issues relating to the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' work with the private sector as a potential partner in relief and rehabilitation. Presenting "categories" of partnerships in which OCHA has already been engaged in, or which may be useful in the future, the paper considers: • Relationships with service providers• Direct and Indirect contributions of the private sector in support of humanitarian action • The private sector as an actor on more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on September 13, 2009

Global Survey of Early Warning Systems

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With a view to establish a “worldwide early warning system for all natural hazards building on existing national and regional capacity”, United Nations Secretary-General Mr. Kofi Annan requested in March 2005 that a global survey of capacities and gaps for early warning systems be undertaken.The present report synthesizes the findings of this survey, which was carried out by the ISDR secretariat in collaboration with a multi-party working group established at the 11th session of the more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on September 02, 2009

The Development of a Public Private Partnership Framework and Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Asia

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Natural disasters have a significant financial impact on individuals, business and insurers but also on the public sector which is responsible not only for cost of relief efforts but also for rebuilding public infrastructure. The rising impact of natural catastrophes is driving up the cost of disaster relief and reconstruction for the public sector. In Asia's smaller and developing countries with less financial resources, a catastrophic event can result in higher public deficit and debts. It is more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on August 30, 2009

Living with Risk - Focus on Disaster Risk Reduction

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The power and drama associated with natural disasters have always fascinated people. Prior to the widespread use of global communications, disasters seldom had the possibility to influence decisions and events beyond the area of immediate impact. The initial reaction of people who were not immediately affected by the tragedy was to organize urgent specialized services or other forms of help to respond to the needs of the victims.This paper intends to set the scene and discuss the strategic more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 22, 2009

Summary Progress Report to the Second Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

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This paper highlights key areas of progress made in tackling the gaps and challenges identified in the Chair’s Summary1 from the First Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in June 2007. It accounts for major developments or results from follow-up to the commitments made in the Chair’s Summary. It is based on inputs from ISDR system partners. Full paper in PDF format; Number of pages: 8p

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 22, 2009

Disaster Risk Reduction in the United Nations 2009

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This not exhaustive compilation shows an impressive portfolio of services and programmes of the United Nations and the World Bank in support of disaster risk reduction. It brings together the core set of ISDR system partners, the Inter-Agency Group, also listing disaster risk reduction networks and national counterparts, responsible for various areas of work at the country level. Full publication in PDF format (7.55MB); Number of pages: 145p; Source(s): United Nations International Strategy for more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 16, 2009

Making Disaster Risk Reduction Gender-Sensitive: Policy and Practical Guidelines

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This publication is the result of extensive consultations and a response to the call for clear policy and practical guidance for mainstreaming gender perspectives into disaster risk reduction. It offers much-needed policy and practical guidelines for national and local governments to further implement the Hyogo Framework for Action. Also included a policy guideline on gender mainstreaming, and practical guidelines on how to institutionalize gender-sensitive risk assessments, implement more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 16, 2009

AID All in Diary: A Practical Tool for Field Based Humanitarian Workers

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The immediate pressures of working in a disasters environment mean that humanitarian workers can struggle to access the most relevant information needed for the situation in which they are working. The AID All in Diary is designed for use in disaster situations and is specifically aimed at field based humanitarian workers in international and local NGOs. It aims to improve the quality and appropriateness of relief work and offers a comprehensive single source of the most up-to-date humanitarian more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 11, 2009

Reducing Disaster Risk: A Challenge for Development

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Some 75 percent of the world’s populations live in areas affected at least once by earthquake, tropical cyclone, flood or drought between 1980 and 2000. The consequences of such widespread exposure to natural hazard for human development are only now beginning to be identified. This Report shows that billions of people in more than 100 countries are periodically exposed to at least one event of earthquake, tropical cyclone, flood or drought. As a result of disasters triggered by these natural more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 03, 2009

Participatory Impact Assessment: A Guide for Practitioners

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This guide aims to provide practitioners with a broad framework for carrying out project level Participatory Impact Assessments (PIA) of livelihoods interventions in the humanitarian sector. Other than in some health, nutrition, and water interventions in which indicators of project performance should relate to international standards, for many interventions there are no ‘gold standards’ for measuring project impact. This guide aims to bridge this gap by outlining a tried and tested more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 03, 2009

Characteristics of a Disaster-Resilient Community

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This guidance note is for government and civil society organizations working on disaster risk reduction (DRR) initiatives at community level, in partnership with vulnerable communities. It shows what a ‘disaster-resilient community’ might consist of, by setting out the many different elements of resilience. It also provides some ideas about how to progress towards resilience. Full document in PDF format (417kb); Number of pages: 40p

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on June 03, 2009

Country activities report 2009

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This report summarizes UN-HABITAT’s programme aimed at building capacities at local and national levels to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries through slum upgrading policy development and implementation of pilot projects. It carries short summaries of each of the agency’s country activities, including disaster management programmes and disaster risk reduction projects. These reference sheets include: the total project or programme more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on April 23, 2009

The link between Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and disaster risk reduction

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Eight targets, known as the Millennium Development Goals and all of these targets touch upon areas which are closely linked to vulnerability to natural hazards, such as eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, ensuring environmental stability and partnerships for development. For example, the goal of improving the lives of thousands of slum dwellers around the world living in high-risk areas by 2020, involves poverty eradication, more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on March 22, 2009

Reducing Disaster Risk: A Challenge for Development

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A considerable incentive for rethinking disaster risk as an integral part of the development process comes from the aim of achieving the goals laid out in the Millennium Declaration. The Declaration sets forth a road map for human development supported by 191 nations. Eight Millennium Development Goals were agreed upon in 2000, which in turn have been broken down into 18 targets with 48 indicators for progress. Most goals are set for achievement by 2015. The MDGs contain cross-cutting more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on March 22, 2009

The Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN)

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Asia, the most disaster prone continent in the world experienced more than half of the world's major disasters in the last half century. As a result, economies and the very fabric of human societies were affected, lives were lost and nations continue to struggle in a bid to recover. Alarmingly, these disasters are on a rising trend. In February 2002, the Asia Disaster Reduction Centre (ADRC) Kobe and the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) in Kobe with more...

Added by Zunia to Disaster Prevention & Response on March 17, 2009

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