Disaster preparedness is the knowledge and capacities developed by governments, response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to and recover from the impacts of likely, imminent or current disasters.
Disaster response is action taken directly before, during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.
(Source: UNISDR)
Disaster response is action taken directly before, during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.
(Source: UNISDR)
We provide services in...
- International and regional disaster response law and domestic implementation – drafting, comparative research, analysis, advice
- Governance and institutional arrangements for disaster preparedness and response – evaluation of effectiveness, mandates, practical recommendations
- Disaster preparedness plans – advice and drafting
- Simulations and desk-top exercises - drafting, preparation, coordination
- Humanitarian coordination of the various actors in a sector or specific response and recovery operation
- Quality and accountability standards in disaster response and recovery
- Managing shelter, housing, land and property issues in response, recovery and reconstruction
- Planning and coordination of responses to disaster and climate-related displacement, including relocation
- Evaluation of disaster response operations - real-time and post-disaster
- Consultations, training and lecture programs on international and national law, policy on disaster response and its implementation; and disaster response and recovery operations