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Dialogue on Private- Public Partnerships for Disaster Risk Reduction
On February 22nd, 2007, about 70 professionals from the private sector and the development community met at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C. to explore the opportunities and challenges for developing Private-Public Partnerships (PPPs) for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). This...
The Case for Business to Undertake Disaster Risk Reduction Activities
Recognizing the challenge of private sector involvement on DRR activities, UNISDR, the World Economic Forum, and the World Bank, with funding support from GFDRR, have launched an effort to document working models and build strategies for promoting the private sector as an integral element of risk...
Building back better and safer: private sector summit on post-tsunami reconstruction
This report conveys the overarching themes of the Witt Associates’ assessment. It highlights areas where action is needed and provides some recommendations on how the business sector can help improve relief operations and reconstruction programs and assist the countries in the region in developing...
Natural Disaster Risk Reduction: The policy and practice of selected institutional donors
In early 2003 Tearfund interviewed nine key donor organisations to determine the level of priority they give to disaster risk reduction within their relief and development programming, and the reasons behind this level of prioritisation.
Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters
The World Conference on Disaster Reduction was held from 18 to 22 January 2005 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, and adopted the present Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters. The Conference provided a unique opportunity to promote a strategic and...
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) recommendation by the World Economic Forum
Embracing the concept of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is important for all actors – public, private and non-governmental. While robust cost/benefit analyses still need to be conducted, professionals in the field of disaster management argue that the human and economic costs of natural...
Consultancy Project on the Development of a Public Private Partnership Framework and Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in East Asia
As a follow up to the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR (AMCDRR), the UNISDR commissioned a review of the current status and framework for public-private partnerships (PPP) for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in East Asia. The objective of the review was to develop a common action plan that...
Surviving disaster and supporting recovery: A guidebook for microfinance institutions
This guide seeks to assist MFIs in defining an institutional strategy for disaster preparedness. It lays out the steps for assessing the potential risk of disaster, the clients’ needs and the institutional capacity to respond. Based on assessments, it offers a variety of recommendations for...
AERDO Interagency Gifts in Kind Standards
Association of Evangelical Relief and Development Organizations' (AERDO) Interagency Gifts in Kind Standards govern US-based member organisations' Gifts in Kind (GIK) activity. There are seven standards within the code, dealing with issues such as valuation recording practices, recognition of...
JCS International
JCS International provides expertise to address issues in the areas of community development, economic development, commercial enterprise, reducing unemployment, poverty alleviation, disaster relief, agriculture, animal husbandry, veterinary practice, health care, addiction recovery,...