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The Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies (JB GIS) is a coalition of leading international geospatial societies which can speak on behalf of the geospatial profession at international level, especially to the United Nations and other global stakeholders. Its second goal is to coordinate activities within the geospatial society and organisations

The United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination, (UNDAC) handbook is intended as an easily accessible reference guide for members of an UNDAC team before and during a mission to a disaster or emergency.

This Map Library are assembled by The Afghanistan Team at the Civil-Military Fusion Centre and consists of hundreds of maps of Afghanistan and the surrounding region. The maps in the collection cover varying scopes, from regional and national levels to provincial, district and even city levels. The maps reflect information on a wide range of topics, themes and sectors, including humanitarian aid, infrastructure, natural resources and security, among others. The maps have been collected from credible open-sources, including international organisations, research bodies, governmental agencies and others.

The first State of the Humanitarian System report is an ambitious snapshot of the entire humanitarian system. It outlines what's working, what's not, and how the sector has been performing in 2009-2010. The 'international humanitarian system' is defined here as the network of national and international provider agencies, donors and host-government authorities that are functionally connected to each other in the humanitarian endeavour and that share common overarching goals, norms and principles. The system also includes actors that do not have humanitarian assistance as their central mission but play important humanitarian roles, such as military and private-sector entities.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health agency with almost 110 years of experience in working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. It serves as the specialized organization for health of the Inter-American System. It also serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization and enjoys international recognition as part of the United Nations system

This literature review is part of an HPG project entitled 'Civil-Military Coordination: The Search for Common Ground'. This two-year research and public affairs project explores how recent global developments have affected the relationship between military and humanitarian actors, with the aim of facilitating more effective and principled ollaboration to support better humanitarian outcomes for crisis-affected populations. This paper identifies key trends emerging from the literature on civil-military coordination in conflicts and natural disasters. It deals with the interaction between international humanitarian and international or foreign military actors operating in crisis contexts, and offers some reflections on the relationship between national military actors and the international humanitarian community

From November 30 to December 2, 2011, the Center for Complex Operations hosted the 7th International Lessons Learned Conference, titled: For Practitioners and Policy Makers: Sharing Lessons on the Conduct and Design of Stability Operations, at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.

"The Global Gender Gap Report, introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, provides a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities around the world. The index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education- and health-based criteria and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparison across regions and income groups and over time. The rankings are designed to create greater awareness among a global audience of the challenges posed by gender gaps and the opportunities created by reducing them. The methodology and quantitative analysis behind the rankings are intended to serve as a basis for designing effective measures for reducing gender gaps"

Building resilient national institutions and capacities in the aftermath of conflict is critical to the consolidation of peace. The present report, the last standalone report on civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict, addresses issues raised by Member States, highlights results achieved in the past two years, underlines lessons learned, and identifies remaining challenges and a way forward

The Index for Risk Management (InfoRM) initiative began in October 2012 as a convergence of interests of United Nations agencies, humanitarian donors and the European Commission to establish a common evidence-base for global humanitarian risk analysis. A concept was developed by a core group of agencies and presented publicly at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in May 2013. The aim of the initiative is to publish and manage a humanitarian risk index as an open resource for use by actors engaged in resilience, emergency preparedness, disaster management and humanitarian response.

United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) Field Handbook - 2013 - 6ed

The APCMCOE is a whole-of-government initiative to improve Australia's effectiveness in civil-military collaboration for conflict and disaster management overseas

InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), with more than 190 members working in every developing country.

The GHP was created as an outcome of the 12-13 July 2006 Dialogue Between UN and Non-UN Humanitarian Organisations. A Steering Committee was appointed to oversee the work of the Platform, which is to be "flexible, ad hoc, time-bound and action-oriented

infoasaid is a consortium of Internews and the BBC World Service Trust. The objective is to improve how aid agencies communicate with disaster-affected communities - the focus is on providing humanitarian information. The emphasis is on the need to deliver information, as aid itself, through the most appropriate channels

EPHA is an international non-profit association registered in Belgium. EPHA is a change agent - Europe's leading NGO advocating for better health. We are a dynamic member-led organisation, made up of public health NGOs, patient groups, health professionals, and disease groups working together to improve health and strengthen the voice of public health in Europe

The EU Civil Society Contact Group is an alliance bringing together eight large rights and value based NGO sectors acting in the public interest: CONCORD, the European NGO confederation for Relief and Development Culture Action Europe, the Forum for the Arts and Heritage EPHA, the European Public Health Alliance EUCIS-LLL, the European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning EWL, the European Women's Lobby Green10, a group of leading environmental NGOs active at EU level HRDN, the Human Rights and Democracy Network Social Platform, the Platform of European Social NGOs