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The Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) is an independent forum where field workers, managers and policymakers in the humanitarian sector share information, analysis and experience HPN’s aim is to improve the performance of humanitarian action by contributing to individual and institutional learning.

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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.

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27 June 2020

Humanitarian Exchange: Using participatory tools to assess remittances in disasters

This issue of Humanitarian Exchange, co-edited with Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) Research Fellow Eva Svoboda, focuses on the crisis in Iraq. The article featured here is on "Using participatory tools to assess remittances in disaster".

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1 April 2020

Understanding the Covid-19 crisis: insights from risk management on choices, preferences and trade-offs

The Covid-19 crisis demands that governments understand the way different threats and risks intersect globally, with the potential to derail sustainable development.

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19 December 2016

Integrating aftershock forecasting into humanitarian decision-making: lessons from the April 2015 Nepal earthquake

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh and Concern Worldwide have collaborated to integrate forecasts of earthquake aftershocks into humanitarian planning, preparedness and response decision-making processes. They are also developing a training and support programme for humanitarian workers on how to interpret the forecasts and use them in emergency situations.

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13 October 2015

Disaster risk reduction: Good practice review 9

This book identifies and discusses the principles and practice of disaster risk reduction (DRR), drawing on experiences from around the world.

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6 March 2015

Humanitarian exchange, number 63, January 2015: the Typhoon Haiyan response

This document addresses disaster risk reduction in the context of the Typhoon Haiyan, presents lessons from the humanitarian response to the disaster and highlights the important coordination role of the Philippines government in it.

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22 January 2014

Knowledge is power: unlocking the potential for science and technology to enhance community resilience through knowledge exchange

Network paper no. 76, January 2014:

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20 November 2013

Learning from the city: British Red Cross urban learning project scoping study

This scoping study addresses the need need for good humanitarian planning for the future, supported by the increasing awareness of climate change, and the development of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction as fields of expertise.

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28 February 2009