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Development Co-operation Report 2020

OECD (2020) CC

The annual Development Co-operation Report brings new evidence, analysis and ideas on sustainable development to members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and the international community more broadly. The objectives are ... promote best practices and innovation in development co-operation and to inform and shape policy reform and behaviour change to realise better lives and the Sustainable Development Goals for all more

World Heart Federation Roadmap on Atrial Fibrillation – A 2020 Update

Freedman, B.; Hindricks, G.; Banerjee, A. Global Heart (2021) CC

The World Heart Federation (WHF) commenced a Roadmap initiative in 2015 to reduce the global burden of cardiovascular disease and resultant burgeoning of healthcare costs. Roadmaps provide a bluepri... more

Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response, Recovery

Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) (2010) CC

The INEE Minimum Standards Handbook is the only global tool that articulates the minimum level of educational quality and access in emergencies through to recovery. The Minimum Standards express a commitment that all individuals—children, youth an... more

Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Mali (S/2015/219)

UN Security Council (2015)

The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2164 (2014), by which the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and requested me ... report to it every three months on the implementation of the resolution and the progress on the implementation of the Mission’s mandate. The present report covers the period from 17 December 2014 to 19 March 2015. more

Minimum Inter-Agency Standards for Protection Mainstreaming

World Vision (2012) C2

The Minimum Standards for Protection Mainstreaming are a set of international standards designed to provide practical assistance to humanitarian actors to... mainstream protection in the assessment, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian programmes, projects and activities. All humanitarian actors are expected to mainstream protection in their humanitarian assistance activities as a component of a broader commitment to quality and accountability in humanitarian response. more

Forced Migration Review Issue 57 February 2018: Syrians in displacement
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Couldrey, M.; J. Peebles Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford (2018) C1

This important issue of Forced Migration Review draws our attention to the current challenges facing displaced Syrians and the continuing search for solutions. The statistics of Syrian displacement are staggering – and the numbers continue ... rise. Half of Syria’s population has been displaced: five and a half million are registered refugees and over six million are internally displaced. more

INEE Minimum Standards Handbooks

Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (2010) CC

This resource presents "the minimum level of educational quality and access in emergencies through to recovery. The aim of the handbook is to enhance the quality of educational preparedness, respons... more

Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) Manual in Lao PDR

(2016) C1

The CBDRR Manual is a practical ‘how-to’ guide on community-based disaster risk reduction for government and non-government agencies in Lao PDR. It is a commonly agreed document to be referred <... by agencies working on CBDRR in Lao PDR. It provides guidance and support for systematic implementation of CBDRR programs by explaining each of the steps as well as tools used.
The manual will also support the Government of Lao PDR (GoL) to monitor CBDRR activities, oversee progress of activities implemented by different actors and locations, provide necessary support on CBDRR technical knowledge as well as provide a reference point for replication of initiatives for local government and implementing agencies. more

Draft Department of basic educational policy on HIV, STIs and TB

Department of Basic Education; Department of Basic Education: Republic of South Africa (2015) C2

STAATSKOERANT, 5 MEI 2015 No. 38763 No. 38763 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5 MAY 2015 General Notice Notice 295 of 2015 Department of basic education National education policy act, 1996 (Act No 27 of 1996) Call for written submissions from stakeholder bodies and members of the ... on Department of basic education draft national policy on HIV, STIs and TB more

Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response, Recovery (Available Languages)

Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) (2010) CC

Suicide first aid guidelines for Sri lanka

Fernando R. (2010) C1

Suicide can be prevented. Most suicidal people do not want to die, they just do not want to live with the pain they are feeling. Helping a suicidal person talk about their thoughts and feelings ca... more

Using the Sphere Standards in Urban Settings

Ben Mountfield The Sphere Project (2016)

Fills a gap in current guidance on how to implement humanitarian standards in urban situations. In Arabic, English, French and Spanish available

Mapping Children on the Move
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African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Children ACERWC GIZ; Save the Children; EU (2018) CC

In reviewing State Parties report on the implementation of the Charter, the Committee has identified children on the move as an emerging child protection issue in African, and therefore commissioned a study in view of making recommendations to tackl... more

COVID-19 and political stability in Ethiopia

Yusuf S. Institute for security Studies (2020) C1

This policy brief examines the implications of COVID-19 and the government’s preventative measure for political stability,9 especially in the short to medium term. It argues that in the short term the disease and the preventative measures could ma... more

Developing and Sustaining Safe, Effective Staffing and Workload Practices, Second Edition

Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) (2017) CC

Learn how the decision making process must ensure that appropriate structures and supports are in place to maximize the nursing effort resulting in the best possible care and positive outcomes for the patients/clients, nursing personnel, and the org... more

Critical aspects of the safe use of personal protective equipment

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2014)

A training tutorial for healthcare professionals This ECDC tutorial presents the fundamental concepts of personal protective equipment (PPE) and barrier nursing to support preparedness in hospitals... more

Ebola and beyond: Equality, sustainability, security - interlaced challenges in a global development era

Leach, M. (2014)

This paper, originally presented as a Sussex Development Lecture, asks how the Ebola crisis might offer a lens to reflect on interlaced challenges around curbing inequalities, accelerating sustainability, and building inclusive, secure societies, an... more

The Oxfam Ebola Response in Liberia and Sierra Leone: An evaluation report for the Disasters Emergency Committee

Adams, J.; Llyod, A.; Miller, C. Oxfam (2015)

The context of the Ebola epidemic presented extreme challenges for Oxfam, as it did for many organisations. At the onset of the epidemic, there was a general lack of understanding of the disease and how to respond ... it effectively and safely. A pervasive and persistent climate of fear, coupled with changing predictions about the likely evolution of the epidemic, influenced analysis and response at all levels. There was strong pressure to treat the epidemic as a medical emergency requiring a medical response – organised through topdown processes – rather than standard humanitarian coordination more

Dangerous ground - Syria’s refugees face an uncertain future

Danish Refugee Council, Norwegian Refugee Council, CARE, et al. (2018) C1

Hundreds of thousands of refugees are at risk of being pushed to return to Syria in 2018, despite ongoing violence, bombing and shelling that are endangering the lives of civilians, leading humanita... more