EU resilience compendium: saving lives and livelihoods

The European Commission (DG ECHO – Humanitarian aid and civil protection) publication showcases examples of successful resilience projects, i.e. 27 examples of existing best practices from around the world. 

The key aim of this publication is to foster learning and a better understanding of how resilience can lead to more effective humanitarian assistance and transformational change for the most vulnerable. Each example presented in the Compendium demonstrates that successful and cost-effective methods and approaches exist, and they can reduce vulnerability and build resilience of populations. 
 

This compendium illustrates how the resilience approach is being translated into reality by the EU, by governments, other donors, agencies, civil society organisations (CSOs) and vulnerable communities. Projects and programmes are presented from a variety of sectors, at different levels, with differing partners and a large spectrum of different contexts. Each demonstrates that successful and cost effective methods and approaches do exist, or can be developed, to address vulnerability and build resilience. They serve as a stimulus for further understanding and more widespread application of resilience-based action.

European Commision, 2015

EU resilience compendium: saving lives and livelihoods
http://ec.europa.eu/echo/files/policies/resilience/eu_resilience_compendium_en.pdf

Are you sure you want to delete this "resource"?
This item will be deleted immediately. You cannot undo this action.
File Name File Size Download
eu_resilience_compendium_en.pdf

Related Resources

Case Study
04 Nov 2014
Bhutan is known as the ‘Land of the Thunder Dragon ‘for the violent storms that blow in from the Himalayas. Here, climate change and weather hazards have always been point of vulnerability. Besides Himalayan storms, glacial melting can also ca...
Tags: Case Study, Food Security
Case Study
19 Mar 2024
Cette étude de cas rend compte des expériences de la Croix-Rouge Burkinabe travaillant sur «Communication des risques pour l’alerte précoce et l’action rapide à l’aide du protocole d’alerte commun (PAC) ». L’étude de cas a été éla...
Tags: Case Study, Early Warning Systems
Awareness material
21 Jul 2015
In recent years there has been increasing interest in area-based approaches among humanitarian actors responding to urban crises. Through analysis of case studies, as well as available policy literature, this paper proposes that, in an urban context,...
Tags: Awareness material, Urban Risk Reduction
Scroll to Top