Climate
The RRI team participates in UNHCR’s High-Level Dialogues on Protection Challenges
The tenth annual High Commissioner’s Dialogue, which took place on 12 and 13 December 2017 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, was dedicated to taking stock of progress made towards the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR). The GCR is an ongoing attempt [...] Read more...
Risk Reduction Index: Burkina Faso Case Study
DARA presented a new country case study of the Risk Reduction Index (RRI), carried out in Burkina Faso. The Risk Reduction Index aims to help governments, civil society and other actors understand the underlying risks that render communities more vulnerable to [...] Read more...
Addressing the perennial problems of disaster response
Background study for the Disaster Response Dialogue Conference Manila, Philippines, October 2014 Better cooperation between international and local actors, especially the government, is necessary to help improve the effectiveness of the response to the [...] Read more...
Job opportunities: We are recruiting 2 new evaluators
2 positions open! DARA is recruiting an Evaluator and a Senior Evaluator! Click here to see the job descriptions Read more...
NEW OCHA & DARA Report: Saving Lives Today and Tomorrow
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in collaboration with DARA, has launched its 2014 Flagship Policy Report Saving Lives Today and Tomorrow: Managing the Risk of Humanitarian Crises in New York City today. The report [...] Read more...
Presentation: Disaster risk reduction needs to be addressed more holistically by the humanitarian sector
DARA presented the Risk Reduction Index in West Africa at the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) weekly meeting in Geneva , 22 January. The IASC weekly meeting is organised by the IASC Secretariat to disseminate reports and promote debate on issues relevant [...] Read more...
Risk Reduction Index in West Africa
DARA presented the second report of the Risk Reduction Index (RRI), this time carried out in West Africa, in Madrid today. Read the full report The RRI aims to help governments, civil society and other actors understand the underlying risks that render communities [...] Read more...
Risk Reduction Index 2013 Request for Printing Proposals-closed
DARA is working towards the second report of the Risk Reduction Index, carried out in West Africa, to be published in December 2013. For this assignment, DARA is seeking a printing company to print the Risk Reduction Index in West Africa in four different [...] Read more...
RRI in international forums
DARA participated in the UNISDR Making Cities Resilient Campaign Partners’ Meeting, held in Barcelona, April 4-5, 2013. Approximately fifty participants were in attendance, representing a range of countries across the globe and different sectors, including [...] Read more...
Risk Reduction Index 2013 Request for Design Proposals- closed
DARA is working towards the second report of the Risk Reduction Index, carried out in West Africa, and to be published in December 2013. The report will have a graphic-led magazine style with an ‘info-graphic’ approach to help drive home core messages from [...] Read more...