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Alliance2015 is a partnership of seven like-minded European non-government organizations working in the field of development cooperation. The Alliance members are Cesvi from Italy, Concern Worldwide from Ireland, Welthungerhilfe (WHH) from Germany, Hivos from the Netherlands, IBIS from Denmark, People in Need (PIN) from the Czech Republic a…
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- Technical assistance in emergencies, disaster risk reduction, monitoring, evaluation, humanitarian capacity building and capture learnings.
- Special focus on child protection and children’s rights.
- The Technical Programme Manager will be a part of Save the Children´s Global Roster and also available to deploy to regional emergenci…
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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and…
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To strengthen Oxfam's humanitarian role in Haiti (priority 1 country) by developing a humanitarian strategy to address both short and long term needs, managing emergency response and early recovery projects/programmes and to assess and build capacity of Oxfam and partner staff, in line with regional and organisational objectives.
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Objetivo del Puesto:
Realizar el seguimiento global de las intervenciones de emergencia en las diferentes regiones en las que trabajamos: América Latina, África y Asia, asegurando la gestión eficaz y la calidad de los proyectos bajo su responsabilidad, y apoyando el seguimiento del resto de proyectos del áre…
A declaration adopted by the Member States of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) on September 27, 2012, on the sidelines of the 67th United Nations General Assembly, calling for urgent action to address the climate change crisis which Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are already experiencing with impacts such as sea-level rise and storm su…
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Migración, Medio Ambiente y Cambio Climático: Serie de Notas de Políticas, Número 7, Vol. 1, Noviembre de 2015:
Los flujos migratorios siempre han caracterizado la historia de la República Dominicana. La migración interna es un fenómeno significativo en el país. Sin embargo, aunque la República Dominicana sea uno de los países con mayor vul…
This annual report draws on information from a wide range of sources, including governments, UN and international organisations, NGOs and media, to provide up-to-date figures and analysis on displacement caused by disasters associated with rapid-onset geophysical and weather-related hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods and storms. The…
This is the fourth report of the revised INFORM’s concept and methodology. INFORM is a composite indicator that identifies countries at risk of humanitarian crisis and disaster that would overwhelm national response capacity. The INFORM index supports a proactive crisis and disaster management framework, and covers 191 countries.
The INFORM model is ba…
Press release
Humanitarian actors call for swift and adequate funding to respond to the unfolding crisis
Niamey – Humanitarian actors are concerned by the early depletion of food reserves of many Nigerien families and warn of the risk of aggravation of the food and nutrition crisis if the aid response is not rapidly reinforced.
According to the natio…
Rose Mwebaza, Senior Legal Advisor & Damaris E. Mateche, Intern Environmental Security Programme, Nairobi
The term 'environmental refugees' is defined by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), as "those people who have been forced to leave their traditional habitat, temporarily or permanently, because of a marked environmental disruption…
This document reports on a project estimating the exposure to environmental hazards and the adaptive capacity of communities at continuous geographic areas across North and South Darfur. It presents results in simple and readily interpretable maps that allow the identification of the most vulnerable geographic units, the comparison of vulnerability amon…
LocationAtlantaDescriptionThe Georgia Tech Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems (CHHS) offers a professional certificate program designed for practitioners in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government, industry, and military who are active participants in humanitarian operations including disaster response, long term development and publ…
This paper features Australian investment in disaster risk reduction, which helps partner countries save lives, reduce the costs of responding to disasters, protect their economies, and safeguard critical infrastructure. It highlights three good practices: (i) in Indonesia with a pilot programme involving risk assessment and mapping of areas most at ris…
By Louisa Yasukawa
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities we explain how people with disabilities can be disproportionately affected in disaster situations and why we need more disability-inclusive approaches to internal displacement.
A disturbing finding emerged during the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011: people with physical, me…