ProVention Consortium

Switzerland
Networks and Others

Mission

The ProVention Consortium (September 2000-January 2010) was a global coalition of governments, international organizations, academic institutions, the private sector, and civil society organizations aimed at reducing disaster impacts in developing countries. The Consortium functioned as a network to share knowledge, connect and leverage resources to reduce disaster risk. Its mission was to help developing countries build sustainable and successful economies and to reduce the human suffering that too often results from natural and technological catastrophes.

Show more
Latest additions
Items: 8
Publication
Tools for mainstreaming disaster risk reduction, environmental assessment
Guidance note 7:
Publication
Learning from recovery after hurricane Mitch: experience from Nicaragua
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.
Publication
Responding to earthquakes 2008: learning from earthquake relief and recovery operations
This briefing paper provides a distillation of the learning from thirty years of humanitarian response to earthquakes, looking at preparedness, relief and recovery.
Publication
Flood disasters: learning from previous relief and recovery operations
This briefing paper provides a synthesis of and introduction to key lessons from evaluations of relief and recovery/humanitarian response to flooding in the last 20 years from Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Publication
South Asia earthquake 2005: learning from previous earthquake relief operations
This briefing paper provides a synthesis of key lessons learned from relief responses to past earthquakes. The main intended audiences are operational decision-makers and relief programme managers working in the South Asia earthquake relief operation.
Publication
Working in partnership to build safer communities and reduce disaster risk: annual report 2006
The overall goal of ProVention is to reduce the risk and social, economic and environmental impacts of natural hazards on vulnerable populations in developing countries in order to alleviate poverty and contribute to sustainable development, in li
Publication
Case study: rebuilding after hurricane Mitch, housing reconstruction in Honduras and Nicaragua
This case study presents the Canadian Red Cross's housing reconstruction activities in Honduras and Nicaragua after 1998 hurricane Mitch.
Publication
Slow-onset disasters: drought and food and livelihoods insecurity - learning from previous relief and recovery responses
This briefing paper provides a synthesis of key lessons learnt from evaluations of relief and recovery responses to past slow-onset disasters – particularly drought, and food and livelihoods insecurity.

More content for this organization may be available on PreventionWeb or on the site search.

Voluntary Commitments

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

Contact information

http://www.proventionconsortium.net/
[email protected]