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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
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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
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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
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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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Date: Feb 2014
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This study looks at natural disasters and forced displacement in the context of climate change. It has two aims: �rstly, to provide an estimate of forced displacementrelated to disasters in 2008...

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Dealing with disasters is a key part of the work of theInternational Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies(the International Federation). Its global emergency response andhumanitarian...

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El acceso a una vivienda es un derecho básico para las personas de todas las edades, pero para la gente mayor, la sensación de seguridad y comodidad que proporciona un hogar es particularmente...

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