Links
Below are links to other interesting European Union funded projects. These projects聽are all concerned with differing aspects of disaster and risk resilience and/or management, and can be seen as complementary to the work of CUIDAR.
A Horizon 2020 funded project that explores聽the issues of preparedness, response to disasters and after-crisis recovery which is inevitably influenced by cultural background of individuals and the society they live in.
Funded by the Horizon 2020 programme this project聽looks at the role of culture in disaster management聽and risk.
An innovation project funded by the Horizon 2020 programme, this project aims to use social media, smartphones and wearables to improve natural disaster management.
A Horizon 2020 funded project that聽investigates the essential role played cultural factors in managing safety and security issues related to emergencies in public transport systems.
An online hub for dialogue, knowledge exchange and collaboration between the climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) communities.
An EU funded project under the Framework 7 programme, completed in April 2016, that aimed to increase preparedness for large-scale and cross-border disasters amongst communities and societies in Europe.
An EU funded project under the EC’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) programme, that tries to facilitate local communities access to expert knowledge on non-structural seismic risk protection solutions. Scientific knowledge is turned into practical knowledge to be used by citizens and to engage communities in disaster risk reduction.
聽(website in Italian and English)
An EU funded project under the EC’s LIFE programme,聽the LifePrimes project aims to build resilient communities through their engagement and proactive participation in the operations of early warning and flood risk prevention measures. The project is conceived to respond to the European challenge in the area of adaptation management, in particular early warning integrated systems.
Resources
Links to various useful resources and tools:
1 – Education Policy: Comprehensive School Safety
, UNISDR, Geneva, 2007
2 – School Disaster Management
, RISK RED, 2010
, IFC, World Bank, 2010
, Risk Red, 2009
, National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2005
3 – Climate-Smart Disaster Risk Reduction Education
, Risk RED, Turkey, 2005
, Risk RED, 2008
, New Zealand Government, 2009
, IFC, World Bank, 2010
, Foghlam Alba Education Scotland website
, Get Safe Initiative website
, UNISDR – UNICEF
, Children in a Changing Climate (Annex I and II)
4 – Child-Centered and Child-Participatory Approaches
, PLAN International, 2010
, UNICEF, 2009
, PLAN INTERNATIONAL, 2010
, Save the Children International, 2007
, Provention 鈥� ADPC, 2007
, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2010
, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), ProVention Consortium, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
, Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre, 2015 (For Monitoring and Evaluation)
, Plan International, UK Aid, 2015 (For Monitoring and Evaluation)
5 – Additional Resources
, ARC, 2010
This comprehensive package for children鈥檚 rights contains seven foundation modules. Introductory slides provide an overview of the module. Each topic includes valuable training exercises and handouts. Particularly relevant are: Foundation Module 1,2,4,5,6 and Critical Issue 2 and 3.
, Save the Children, 2012
, Save the Children 鈥� UNICEF, 2012
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The collection has more than 2000 items on disaster risk reduction and education
InterAgency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), Key Thematic Issues:
An extensive collection of Spanish language materials is also available, through .