Launch of Red Cross and Red Crescent Global Disaster Preparedness Center

The event will include high-level speakers and interactive activities related to current efforts and initiatives around the world in disaster preparedness.

With Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies as its primary target audience, the center will focus on launching a host of services and initiatives, the center will focus on launching a host of services and initiatives, including an interactive website to foster learning, exchange of materials and networking around DP; mobile phone applications with preparedness-related information; a research program that will fund studies on topics such as the value of social media in public awareness; and cost benefit analysis of disaster preparedness interventions.