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Disaster response in an urban environment presents a wide variety of challenges. Humanitarian organisations often have more experience of disaster response in rural settings, and local authorities...
This independent review into how the UK responds to humanitarian emergencies was commissioned by the Secretary of State for International Development and led by Lord Paddy Ashdown. It was asked to...
After the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995, Central Bosnian settlements faced the challenges of dealing with returning refugees and displaced people. Tuzla faced particular housing...
The cluster approach was introduced as part of humanitarian reform in 2005. Itseeks to make humanitarian assistance more effective by introducing a systemof sectoral coordination with designated...
The purpose of this background report is twofold: to describe the evolution of the "RestoringFamily Links Strategy (and implementation plan) for the International Red Cross and RedCrescent...
The strategic framework guiding œP&V? (Principles and Values)Strategy 2010, Influence behaviour in the communityInternational Federation Global Agenda, Goal 4: The reduction of intolerance,...
This brief annual report published by the IFRC Geneva office, outlines theaims to provide global support to further put the principles and values intoaction and to foster a culture of behavioural...
This Network Paper explores the current and practice of contingency planning in humanitarian organisations. It sets out the key terms and concepts relating to contingency planning, explores the...
This is derived from NGO reports, discussions with international agency staff in Kosovo in early November 1999, and a variety of publicly available reports. Tensions between Albanian Kosovars and...
In recent years, international humanitarian agencies have been adapting theirresponses to emergencies. Many have begun using cash-based initiatives, alongsideor in place of conventional relief...