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Closing event: It is time for resilience, equity, anticipation and preparedness, and global

Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
2 min

Closing event: It is time for resilience, equity, anticipation and preparedness, and global

Along the 2021 Red Cross Pre-Hurricane Conference, Red Cross National Societies, IFRC teams, partners, allies and public official have...

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Information Management - alliance with Disaster Pacific Center and IFRC Risk Watch

Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
2 min

Information Management - alliance with Disaster Pacific Center and IFRC Risk Watch

For more than 20 years, Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) has supported governments, non-profits worldwide, and organizations including IFRC,...

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PER and NSD, complementarities and alignment

Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
2 min

PER and NSD, complementarities and alignment

Strengthening of National Societies is one of the Federation’s and particularly the IFRC Secretariat’s fundamental tasks, as well as...

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Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
3 min

Volunteering in Emergencies

The panel was led by Andrés Morales, IFRC's Volunteering & Youth Development Regional Coordinator and included insights from Félix...

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Localization and Red Cross’ capacities - As local as possible, as international as needed.

Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
2 min

Localization and Red Cross’ capacities - As local as possible, as international as needed.

Localization in the emergency context means recognizing, respecting and strengthening leadership and decision making by local and...

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Strategic alliances between Private Sector & Red Cross National Societies

Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
1 min

Strategic alliances between Private Sector & Red Cross National Societies

Together with academic, corporate and humanitarian actors, the Red Cross work in the Americas to understand better the risks that...

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Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
2 min

Displacement in Disasters

In 2020, 238,000 displacements were due to conflict issues, and 4.5 million due to disasters. Specialists define climate migration as one...

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Cash and Voucher Assistance: Preparedness Actions

Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
2 min

Cash and Voucher Assistance: Preparedness Actions

Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) refers to programs where cash transfers or vouchers for goods or services are directly provided to...

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Gender equity in emergency operations leadership (GLOW)

Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
2 min

Gender equity in emergency operations leadership (GLOW)

The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement renewed its commitment to gender equity and inclusion in 2020: having a diversity of people in...

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Anchoring the Auxiliary Role in Laws and Policies

Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
2 min

Anchoring the Auxiliary Role in Laws and Policies

Ariel Kestens, IFRC Head of Delegation for the Dutch- and English-Speaking Caribbean, noted that Red Cross’ preparedness efforts imply...

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Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
1 min

IFRC Logistics in the Americas

In the Logistics session of the Pre-Hurricane Conference, the IFRC team in the Americas spoke about the different response mechanisms...

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Participant National Societies and Governments

Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
2 min

Participant National Societies and Governments

Partnerships between sectors is crucial in order to respond to emergencies across the region. During the first session on 24 June,...

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Challenges, Opportunities, and Learnings in Communication and Community Engagement and Accou

Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
2 min

Challenges, Opportunities, and Learnings in Communication and Community Engagement and Accou

During the 2020 Hurricane Season, the Community Engament and Accountability team in the Americas had three key learnings for the current...

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Adapting to a Changing Climate: Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
1 min

Adapting to a Changing Climate: Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

In order to adapt to a changing climate, IFRC and Red Cross National Societies, as well as partners, work on different Disaster Risk...

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Forecast Based Financing and DREF for Early Action - We can respond faster

Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
2 min

Forecast Based Financing and DREF for Early Action - We can respond faster

Forecast Based Financing (FBF) is an innovative early action mechanism to act faster in a region with multiple threats and risks and that...

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Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
2 min

Health needs during hurricanes

The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us that we are all at risk and need to pay close attention to health during emergencies. Red Cross...

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Forecast by NOAA - What we need to know about the 2021 hurricane season

Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
2 min

Forecast by NOAA - What we need to know about the 2021 hurricane season

The mission, data, information products of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency of the United States were explained in this...

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CDEMA & CEPREDENAC - Joint action to save lives and build up resilience

Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
1 min

CDEMA & CEPREDENAC - Joint action to save lives and build up resilience

2020 was a year like no other. With 30 named storms – the most ever recorded – there was the need to use the Greek alphabet in naming...

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Opening Ceremony - Getting prepared to guarantee that no one is left behind

Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
2 min

Opening Ceremony - Getting prepared to guarantee that no one is left behind

To increase readiness for hurricane preparedness throughout the region and to ensure that National Societies and IFRC will have an...

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Pre-Hurricane Conferece

Jul 7, 2021
1 min

PRE-HURRICANE SEASON CONFERENCE 2021

Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30 in the Atlantic and in the eastern Pacific from May 15 to November 30. The International...

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