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In line with the United Nations Reforms for better-coordinated development system and more effective humanitarian structures, UNHRD enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of humanitarian assistance, with the specific mandate to "assist the population living in countries affected by natural disasters or complex emergencies, through a ...
Following the recommendations of an independent Humanitarian Response Review in 2005, the cluster approach was proposed as a way of addressing gaps and strengthening the effectiveness of humanitarian response through partnerships. [4] The Logistics Cluster is one of the eleven sectorial coordination bodies [1] [5] key to
A 2010 independent assessment of the cluster system found that the use of the cluster system has improved the humanitarian response to gender-based violence, inclusion of people with disabilities, child protection, nutrition, water and sanitation in some countries. [4]
Digital Humanitarians: How Big Data is changing the face of humanitarian response is a 2015 book by Patrick Meier. [1] [2] The book focuses on how to ethically use digital data when responding to a sudden onset humanitarian emergencies. Content includes use of drones for aerial imagery and effective use of Big Data.
The Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR) is an alliance made up of chief executive officers representing nine humanitarian networks or agencies (CARE International, Caritas Internationalis, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, International Save the Children Alliance, Lutheran World Federation, Oxfam ...
The Central Emergency Response Fund (French: Fonds central d'intervention d'urgence, CERF/FCIU) is a humanitarian fund established by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 December 2005 and launched in March 2006. With CERF's objectives to 1) promote early action and response to reduce loss of life; 2) enhance response to time-critical ...
The United States government will resume an updated version of a migrant sponsorship program that it had paused earlier this summer over concerns of fraud, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ...
The Global Emergency Response Coalition is a lifesaving humanitarian alliance made up of eight of the world's largest U.S.-based international aid organizations whose ultimate vision is to solve for the emergency, humanitarian situations more effectively and to respond to the crisis of the present and the future.