Synthesis of Resident Coordinator annual reports 2008:
This annual synthesis documents the work of the UN development system in countries in support of national development strategies and priorities, such as: (i) supporting disaster risk reduction; (ii)
Each year, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) responds to more than 200 emergencies around the world, working with governments, civil society, communities, private companies and non-governmental organizations to meet urgent needs, protect
United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)
This handbook offers a menu of best practice tools for preventing and detecting corruption in humanitarian operations that includes ways to track resources, confront extortion and detect aid diversion.
This document reviews how Nicaragua has recovered from Hurricane Mitch over the past ten years. The focus is on how relevant the assumptions and claims that were made in the initial recovery planning have been in light of subsequent development.
Stockholm Environment InstituteProVention ConsortiumGlemminge Development Research ABInstitute of Applied Research and Local Development
This resource handbook aims to help grassroots organizations monitor governmental security agencies and assesses role that civil society can play in overseeing the security sector in emergency states resulting from natural disasters or health epidemics.
Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery - UNDPUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
This new book is a collection of writing illustrating the progress made in the area of crisis response and preparedness in action with input from policy experts and practitioners in the field. It builds on the range of views aired at the Commission's
This document presents the results of OCHA's 2008 activities in its mission of mobilizing and coordinating effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to: promote preparedness and prevention
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Headquarters
This handbook is designed to give governments and humanitarian workers the tools that they need to address the Education for All and UN Millennium Development Goals. It is the first step toward ensuring that education initiatives in emergency situations
Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)
This document explains that "disaster and conflict" is one of the six priority areas of work UNEP has identified. Through the Disasters and Conflicts programme, UNEP provides four core services to Member States: post-crisis environmental assessments, post
This guidebook focuses on ensuring access to quality schooling at primary and secondary levels and is addressed primarily at staff of ministries of education, including national, provincial and district level planners and managers, in countries affected by conflict or natural disasters, or hosting refugees from a neighbouring states. In incorporates conflict prevention and disaster preparedness (though not disaster prevention).
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization - International Institute for Educational Planning