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EuropaPress: IECAH calls for conflict to be taken into account in risk prevention
Source: EuropaPress El codirector del Instituto de Estudios sobre Conflictos y Acción Humanitaria (IECAH), Francisco Rey, ha instado a los organismos que evalúan la reducción de riesgos que tengan en cuenta no sólo los factores ambientales o socioecon [...] Read more...
IRIN Global: Analysis- The UN in 2023
Source: IRIN Global HIGHLIGHTS Calls for UN to be more anticipatory, strategic, innovative Test public-private partnerships Less bureaucracy, more leadership Risk-taking should extend to UN security policies DAKAR, 31 July 2013 (IRIN) - The UN [...] Read more...
ALNAP: A call for evidence-based decision-making in humanitarian response
Source: ALNAP By Riccardo Polastro The ALNAP 2013 Annual Meeting held in March focused on evidence following the increasing demand of donors and humanitarian agencies for evidence-based and measurable responses. Evidence of needs and how we respond to [...] Read more...
Zimbabwe Telegraph: Ghana has more opportunities to tackle climate change
Source: Zimbabwe Telegraph Mr Matthew McKinnon, Head οf Climate Exchange Vulnerability Initiative, DARA, οn Thursday ѕаіԁ Ghana hаѕ a lot οf opportunities tο tackle issues οf climate exchange. Hе mentioned finance, carbon markets, technology [...] Read more...
The Guardian: Top aid donors score badly in responding to crises
Source: The Guardian The Humanitarian Response Index says top donors fail to implement reforms to streamline emergency aid provision Aid donors have failed to address long-standing systematic problems in how they respond to disasters and emergencies [...] Read more...
Evaluation of Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies pilot stage
DARA is undertaking an evaluation of the pilot phase of the Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies (CBHA) Read more...
Humanitarian Evaluation Workshop in Abu Dhabi
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Office for the Coordination of Foreign Aid (OCFA) will host a one-day workshop on the principles and practices of evaluating humanitarian aid programmes. The workshop, which will be attended by the UAE’s donor community will [...] Read more...
Huffington Post: Climate Politics Grow Curiouser and Curiouser
The Huffington Post featured an op-ed about climate politics, and featured information about the Climate Vulnerable Forum: Am I going mad, or are climate politics becoming as weird as the weather itself? Read more...
AlertNet: Western emergency aid increasingly seen as ‘intrusive and disempowering’
Local people often have little say in what kind of aid is needed and do not receive enough training in what to do in a disaster, the World Disasters Report by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said. Read an interview with Philip Tamminga about the report. Read more...
The Guardian: Humanitarian aid for Palestinians should be unnecessary
Source: The Guardian As Friday's expected Palestinian bid for UN membership draws closer, an overlooked issue is the untenable situation of the Palestinian population, who are subjected to collective poverty, misery and desperation, and the role that international [...] Read more...