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News: Niger

17 May 2013: ECB Project publish new Case Study on Simulations

The new case study addresses the questions ‘What is a simulation and why use them?’, before focusing on six different simulation types to compare, contrast and draw lessons from. Read more

2 May 2013: The ECB Project’s Niger Consortium planning joint evaluation

Following the joint needs assessment and advocacy work in Niger after the 2011 food crisis, the ECB Project’s Niger Consortium has decided to conduct a joint evaluation of the response. Read more

6 March 2013: Watch ECB Bolivia’s new video about the PDRA Project

The ECB Project’s Bolivia consortium have developed a video summarising the journey of the Participatory Disaster Risk Assessment (PDRA) Project (Análisis de Riesgos y Planificación Participativa (ARPP). Read more

21 February 2013: The AIM Standing Team Experiment

In 2011, the ECB Project agencies created a new Accountability and Impact Measurement (AIM) Standing Team initiative designed to train national staff from multiple agencies to support accountability to disaster affected communities and find ways to implement accountability in a practical and sustainable ways across their own agency programs. Read more

18 February 2013: Our learning from the Participatory Disaster Risk Assessment (PDRA) and Planning Project in Bolivia, Uganda and Niger

The ECB Project’s Participatory Disaster Risk Assessment (PDRA) and Planning Project is an initiative that seeks to harmonize existing and new approaches to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). It encourages humanitarian staff and community members to work together to identify community needs, recognize threats faced and prepare risk reduction measures in partnership. Read more

12 February 2013: Toward Resilience: A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

After more than two years of fundraising, workshops, writing and peer review our new resource Toward Resilience: A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation is available to download (free) and buy. Read more

11 February 2013: Kenya Pre-election Simulation Tests Preparedness

As part of the Kenya Initial Rapid Assessment initiative (KIRA) the ECB Project agencies supported UNICEF, UNOCHA, the Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) and the World Food Programme (WFP), to deliver a successful simulation in Nairobi, Kenya, December 5–7, 2012 ahead of the March 2013 national elections. Read more

31 January 2013: UNISDR and African Union to host Fourth Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Tanzania

The African Union (AU), in collaboration with UNISDR, has organized the Fourth Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), scheduled to take place in Arusha, Tanzania from February 13-15, 2013. Read more

29 January 2013: EFSL 48-hour assessment tool now available in English, French and Spanish

The increase in rapid-onset humanitarian emergencies has put pressure on those who need to make quick, well informed and effective decisions. In response, Oxfam, with the support of the ECB Project agencies, created an Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods (EFSL) ’48-hour assessment tool’, now available in English, French and Spanish. The purpose of the tool is to obtain a quick understanding of the EFSL situation within the first few days after a rapid-onset disaster so that humanitarian staff can make timely assessments that will inform the design of EFSL response programs. Read more

23 January 2013: ECB Consortia Countries launch Toward Resilience: A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

Last month all five ECB Project consortia in Bangladesh, Bolivia, the Horn of Africa, Indonesia and Niger, launched Toward Resilience: A Guide to DRR and CCA through a series of practical training workshops. Read more

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