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Publications of the Emergency Capacity Building Project

 

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Risk Reduction, risk reduction models to help communities reduce their vulnerability to disasters
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Icon ECB Risk Reduction Pilots Overview  Report

Overview report summarizing key learning and promising practices from the three ECB DRR pilots, setting that learning in the context of other sector initiatives, and suggesting ways forward  with risk reduction in other areas. October 2007

2,786 kb
Icon ECB Risk Reduction Pilot Report Indonesia

Final report of the pilot project undertaken in Indonesia by the Disaster Risk Reduction Initiative of the Emergency Capacity Building Project. October 2007

517 kb
Icon ECB Risk Reduction Pilot Report Guatemala Final report of the pilot project undertaken in Guatemala by the Disaster Risk Reduction Initiative of the Emergency Capacity Building Project. October 2007 652 kb
Icon ECB Risk Reduction Pilot Report Ethiopia Final report of the pilot project undertaken in Ethiopia by the Disaster Risk Reduction Initiative of the Emergency Capacity Building Project. October 2007 401 kb
Icon Excerpts from ECB3 Ethiopia: Pilot Studies in Disaster Risk Reduction practices and lessons The ECB Risk Reduction Initiative has been working in Ethiopia since September 2005, documenting good practice in DRR and studying DRR strategies employed by IWG agencies in specific contexts. This document  presents a concise summary of highlights from this research, including key lessons and recommendations. 6,287 kb
Icon Leaving Disasters Behind Chapter 1 Introduction In partnership with IIRR, the ECB Risk Reduction Initiative convened a ‘writeshop’, bringing all the key stakeholders together to develop a handbook on DRR in Ethiopia. ‘Leaving Disasters Behind’ is the result of this unique process. 1,257 kb
Icon Leaving Disasters Behind Chapter 2 Key Concepts See above 1,991 kb
Icon Leaving Disasters Behind Chapter 3 Ethiopia See above 7,584 kb
Icon Leaving Disasters Behind Chapter 4 Risk Assessment See above 4,750 kb
Icon Leaving Disasters Behind Chapter 5 Risk Reduction Strategies See above 5,293 kb
Icon Leaving Disasters Behind Chapter 6 Capacity Building See above 4,448 kb
Icon Leaving Disasters Behind Chapter 7 Cross Cutting Issues See above 1,980 kb
Icon Leaving Disasters Behind Chapter 8 Resources See above 128 kb
Icon ECB 3 Monday Developments Jan 2006 Article about ECB on the publication Monday Developments published by Interaction, Author Malaika Wright. January 2006 51 kb

      

 
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ALNAP

 

HAP-I

 

Humanitarian Practice Network

 

InterAction

 

Lingos

 

Microsoft

 

NetHope

 

People in Aid

 

Relief Web

 

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

 

The Sphere Project

 

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