Select Page

Insights and Inspirations

Submit Yours
Sounding the Alarm: a unique role in Early Warning Early Action

Sounding the Alarm: a unique role in Early Warning Early Action

by Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) | 27 Dec 2023 |

Amid escalating climate uncertainties, the Global Disater Preparedness Center (GDPC)’s unique position in our Network bridges critical gaps in effective early warning systems, embraces the collaborative approach needed for precise early warnings and acknowledging diverse stakeholders, and commits to translating knowledge into action, ensuring no community is left vulnerable in the face of disaster. Discover why it is vital in 2024.

read more
Innovation for the people

Innovation for the people

by Paul Remic | 10 Jul 2023 | ,

When you think of the word ‘innovation’, what, or who comes to mind? Is it Edison and the lightbulb, or Marie Curie and her discovery of radioactive elements to help treat cancer, or Dr Gladys West and her pioneering invention of GPS. Maybe even Bill Gates’ and Microsoft Word? For me, it’s Professor John I.Q. Nerdelbaum Frink Jr., scientist, inventor and Simpsons character.

read more
A call for humanitarian consistency

A call for humanitarian consistency

by Maryann Horne | 20 Apr 2022 | ,

Maryann Horne, Senior Humanitarian advisor for Crises and Emergencies for Asia Pacific looks at of the global impacts of the Ukraine crisis. She argues that principled humanitarian action and the respect of International Humanitarian Law is more needed than ever.
The reverberations of the Ukraine/Russia crisis are plain to feel. Even if the violence were to de-escalate rapidly, the impacts are creating breaking points in an already precarious post pandemic global reality.

read more
We wrote a book with 200 Contributors and 120 pieces of content!

We wrote a book with 200 Contributors and 120 pieces of content!

by Heather Leson, Dirk Slater and Melissa El Hamouch | 8 Dec 2021 |

Wow! Over the past 11 months, we’ve been digging into ‘data is a teamsport’ with special events (sprints), learning and training. All this collaboration and social learning has resulted in us creating an updated IFRC Data Playbook version 1. The original IFRC Data Playbook Beta was published in 2018 and continues to be in use around our network. With Strategy 2030 citing digital transformation as a priority, our team set out to update the Data Playbook and align it with the IFRC Digital transformation maturity model.

read more