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Displaying 45 of about 109 resultsThis latest edition of the the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action – the CCCs – brings UNICEF’s humanitarian policy in line with evolving humanitarian contexts, including humanitarian reform and the cluster approach, informed by field-based evidence and practice. It includes references to strengthening UNICEF’s programming framework aff…
These guidelines provide a holistic approach to addressing land issues from the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster through early recovery and reconstruction phases. Disaster risk reduction is included as a sector from a humanitarian perspective in section 5, Land as a cross-cutting issue, sections: 5.2 Land and the landless; 5.4 Land use and sett…
This publication tackles the long-term rebuilding of Haiti and specifically addresses the challenges in meeting the sanitation needs for the country in order to avoid the risk of a secondary disaster, in which the people who have survived the earthquake could succumb to preventable disease, and to use this real opportunity to build back much better. It…
This report focuses on an assessment of damage and medium- to long-term reconstruction costs. It suggests governance and institutional arrangements for implementing the reconstruction program along with an overview of cross-cutting approaches that should be taken into consideration, including social and environmental aspects, and disaster risk managemen…
The purpose of this document is to reaffirm the main elements of the African common position on climate change. As part of the gaps, challenges and recommendations relating to adaptation, mitigation and supporting and enabling measures, it points out that the components of disaster risk reduction are not all integrated in most public adaptation projects…
This report aims to explore the issue of multi-agency coordination and cooperation in disaster response from a non-government organisation (NGO) perspective by assessing the interactions between NGOs, as well as between NGOs and other stakeholders, in terms of preparedness, planning and initial deployment of personnel and resources from the NGO viewpoin…
This document reports on a programme set up to reduce the risk of 'natural' disasters and help communities of the most flood-prone provinces in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to protect themselves, overcoming the effects of disasters, raising awareness of the risk and learning how to prepare at the community level. It presents the many lesson…
This article discusses why unusually heavy monsoon rains in northern Pakistan had such a devastating impact across the entire Indus River basin. It analyses what can be done to accelerate progress towards implementation of the Hyogo Framework and what lessons can we draw from the Pakistan flooding to ensure the nation rebuilds itself in a way that can p…
This document assesses the reasons why Haiti is considered as a fragile state and how the 2010 earthquake further weakened the Haitian institutions, increasing risks of social unrest. It addresses Haiti's vulnerability to natural hazards such as tropical cyclones, flooding, and mudslides, and reports on the assistance needs of the country in terms of di…
This publication draws from documented experiences of past and present recovery efforts, collected through a desk review and consultations with relevant experts. It aims to provide emergency planners and other officials in the health sector with guidance as to how the health sector in a country devastated by a disaster can be reconstructed and rehabilit…
This review addresses the catastrophic Wenchuan Earthquake of 12 May 2008 with the objectives of: (i) strengthening operational recovery procedures with regard to the integration of disaster risk reduction; (ii) defining lessons learned and good practices for integrating disaster mitigation in post disaster operations; and (iii) informing the transition…
The purpose of this document is to create a cohesive documented body of knowledge for disaster recovery planners and policy makers, in the recognition that preventive measures are vital to reducing the more costly efforts of responding to disasters. It is an initial step in documenting, collecting and sharing disaster recovery experiences and lessons. I…
The project “Making Aceh Safer Through Disaster Risk Reduction In Development” (DRR-A) is designed to make disaster risk reduction a normal part of the development process established in core functions of Aceh’s local government and their public and private partners especially in Aceh’s local communities where the most effective and direc…
The Government of Togo, with the support of the World Bank through the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction (GFDRR) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), led the process of assessment of damage, losses and reconstruction and rehabilitation needs assessment after the 2010 floods (PDNA) with intention to carry out a socio-economic analysi…
Designed to accompany and supplement the INEE Minimum Standards, this guidance for educational sector administrators and personnel provides detailed for meeting minimum standards in teaching and learning by elaborating on analysis, content and methodology, supervision, monitoring and evaluation and resources in four areas:
1. Curricula
2. Training, Prof…