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    University of Jyväskylä

    Finland
    Academic & Scientific
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    Mission

    The University of Jyvaskyla (JYU) is a dedicated research university located in Jyvaskyla, central Finland. It has its origins in the first Finnish-speaking Teacher Training College, founded in 1863. Around 15,000 students are currently enrolled in many different degree programmes of the university. The university values multidisciplinary research and international collaboration.

    Disaster Reduction Goal
    JYU contributes to DRR through its research, focusing on innovation and knowledge development.
    DRR activities
    Education, information and public awareness (HFA 3)

    Through open access and free web publications.

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    Documents and publications
    20 October 2017
    Developing a crisis communication scorecard

    This book is about how communication can support public authorities in their efforts at crisis management. It does not address reputation crises in particular but rather emergencies and disasters. It aims at helping public authorities to better fulfil

    University of Jyväskylä
    This book is about how communication can support public authorities in their efforts at crisis management. It does not address reputation crises in particular but rather emergencies and disasters.
    Documents and publications
    20 October 2017
    The crisis communication scorecard: A tool for crisis communication evaluation

    The Crisis Communication Scorecard presents critical factors in the communication of public authorities with stakeholders such as citizens, news media, and other response organisations before, during and after emergencies. It also pays attention to the

    University of Jyväskylä
    The Crisis Communication Scorecard presents critical factors in the communication of public authorities with stakeholders such as citizens, news media, and other response organisations before, during and after emergencies.

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    The organization has no registered commitments.

    The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

    Contact information

    http://www.jyu.fi/en
    (597) 52 0840 / 42 6416

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