The GDPC performs the following actitities to support the work done at the RCRC movement through learning, knowledge sharing, innovation, technical assistance, research and collaboration amongst disaster preparedness practitioners worldwide.
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The GDPC is encouraging Open Data access to the data and information on the PrepareCenter.org website. As a start the GDPC has enabled a set of data feeds drawing on the resources from the site, using the following API: GDPC Content API Documentation The following outlines how the content API...
Urban Collaboration Platform The International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Secretariat (IFRC) and the American Red Cross have been leading an Urban Collaboration Platform (UCP) since early 2016, with strong support from increasing number of National Societies, the Global Disaster...
Community based needs assessments lead to action planning to develop activities and programs in an intervention area. To guide the review and prioritization of potential solutions that form the basis of community action plans the GDPC is working with the Institute for Social and Environmental...
The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) piloted the #MyResilienceStory video contest from March 3rd to April 12th of 2015 to raise awareness on how local efforts and actions are contributing to community resilience. Through this initiative, the GDPC highlighted disaster preparedness efforts...
The 2019 Common Alerting Protocol ( CAP ) Implementation Workshop was held 17- 18 October, in Mexico City, Mexico. The workshop was hosted by the Secretariat of Integral Risk Management and Civil Protection and co-sponsored by: the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) , the...
The 2018 CAP Implementation Workshop was held 31 October - 1 November, in Hong Kong, China. The Workshop was hosted by Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) and co-sponsored by the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) , the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (...
The 2020 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop will be 29-30 September in Geneva Switzerland. The Workshop is a technical meeting intended for information sharing among experts. There is no charge to participate. Everyone interested in emergency alerting is welcome: managers,...
To enhance resilience efforts worldwide the IFRC has launched the One Billion Coalition for Resilience (1 BC) to engage and inspire one billion people to take active steps towards enhancing individual and community resilience by 2025. Coalitions at local, national, and global levels between actors...
As part of the global Red Cross and Red Crescent network, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) is a resource center that promotes innovation in disaster preparedness and supports learning and knowledge sharing amongst disaster preparedness practitioners worldwide. One key aspect of the...
Mobile Technology Use in Humanitarian Organizations: To better serve the needs of people affected by disasters, humanitarian organizations must be able to make use of new technologies, having the mobile nature of operations, there is an increasing need to enable humanitarian staff with tools and...
