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Disaster response in an urban environment presents a wide variety of challenges. Humanitarian organisations often have more experience of disaster response in rural settings, and local authorities...

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Date: Feb 2014

After the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995, Central Bosnian settlements faced the challenges of dealing with returning refugees and displaced people. Tuzla faced particular housing...

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Date: Feb 2014

Following the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995, many communities did not have the living space to accommodate returnees. This document describes a project which constructed 61...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Italy

Every year, foods, droughts, earthquakes, outbreaks of plant and animal pests anddiseases and other natural disasters adversely affect the lives of millions of people in thedeveloping world. In...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Italy

This manual provides technical guidance on the use of the IPC for FSAU analysts and technical partners. It will hopefully contribute to ongoing global efforts to standardize core elements of...

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The cluster approach was introduced as part of humanitarian reform in 2005. Itseeks to make humanitarian assistance more effective by introducing a systemof sectoral coordination with designated...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Switzerland

Flash appeals present an early strategic response plan and specific projects within5-7 days of the emergency's onset. If major uncertainty exists about the evolution of thecrisis, the appeal...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Switzerland

In international responses to humanitarian crises, some sectors have in the past benefitedfrom having clearly mandated lead agencies, while others have not. This has repeatedly ledto ad hoc,...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Switzerland

The Consolidated Appeal is one of four main components of General AssemblyResolution 46/182 provided to the Emergency Relief Coordinator [ERC] topromote effective and appropriate responses to...

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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Switzerland

This paper has been prepared, following the request of the Working Group ofthe Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)5, with the overall goal of enhancing theunderstanding of civil-military...

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