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FEWS Project
http://www.fews.net/
The
objective of FEWS NET is to help establish more effective, sustainable, and
African-led food security and response planning networks that reduce the
vulnerability of at-risk groups.
Website
includes reports and updates on food and weather
situations in Africa. Technical reports online include agronomic information,
commodity
prices, and food aid evaluations. FEWS uses the above to analyze
vulnerability in the region. Information on approach, guidelines,
and current assessments
of vulnerability analysis are available. A full list of FEWS publications
(English and French) including special reports and a bulletin are also
available. Links
offers list of websites that work with early warning, food security, and
humanitarian relief.
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
http://www.jha.ac/
Journal
encompasses all aspects of humanitarian assistance, from early warning and
emergency provision to post-conflict peace building and the transition to
development. This is inclusive of law, politics, the military, logistics,
and the work of national and international organizations.
The website
offers online access to Academic sources: journal articles, book reviews, and Reference sources:
policy reports, manuals, and evaluations. Wide range of subjects including
coordination, ethics, military, mental health, human rights, staff
security, and gender.
New Zealand Digital Library (University of
Waikato, NZ)
http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library
The New
Zealand Digital Library project is a research programme at The University
of Waikato whose aim is to develop the underlying technology for digital
libraries and make it available publicly so that others can use it to
create their own collections.
Website
provides access to several large document collections including
humanitarian and development information. Scroll down to "humanitarian
and UN collections” which includes the WHO –PAO Disaster Virtual Libraryand numerous other
libraries. Links to guides and manuals on health, medical, food, water,
nutrition, and development are downloadable. Search by subject, title, or
organization.
Refugees International (RI)
http://www.refintl.org/
Based in
Washington, D.C., RI was founded in 1979 with the objective of providing
early warning in cases of mass migration.
The web
site provides information on refugees and refugee issues. Issues can be
found on the top tool bar and includes: early warning, emergency relief,
protection, refugee women’s issues, internally displaced persons, and
building local capacity. Information can also be viewed by country. Access
to RI articles
and Bulletin
(by country) is also available on the left side of the home page.
Relief Web(United Nations Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)
http://www.reliefweb.int
ReliefWeb
is an electronic clearinghouse for those needing timely information on
humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters – designed specifically to
help the humanitarian community improve its response to emergencies.
Searchable
website offers daily updates on complex emergencies and natural disasters,
and has extensive country background information. Large Directory
of Humanitarian agencies provides contact information and websites for
UN agencies, Governmental organizations, NGOs, academic and resource
organizations. Libraryprovides an online archive of humanitarian,
human rights and development reference documents related to crisis
situations and humanitarian response.
 http://www.reliefweb.int/training/index.htmlHumanitarian
Assistance Training Inventory contains information on training activities
and manuals of many different organizations. Search by organization, date,
country, or keyword. Keywords include refugee, emergency management,
shelter/site planning, logistics, early warning, and coordination. Links to
other training databases and funding resources are also available.
http://www.reliefweb.int/hcic/
Humanitarian Community Information Center (HCIC) promotes and facilitates
coordination by serving as an information focal point for local and
international NGOs, UN and other inter-governmental agencies, donors and
KFOR for Kosovo relief operations. Their website offers information on a
variety of topics related to the Kosovar effort including access to their GIS/Map
and Data coordination unit, which provides information on pcodes, GIS
and other map technologies.
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http://www.reliefweb.int/hcic/maps/pcodes.htm
Pcodes, Spatial Data Standards for Kosovo provides information on what
Pcodes are and how they are used.
http://www.reliefweb.int/telecoms/
Emergency TelecommunicationsInformation and resources available for
the provision of emergency telecommunications during relief operations.
Includes an introduction to general information on emergency
telecommunications and links. Operational and technical information includes
manuals, documents, reports, and links to related sites and suppliers.
Trainings provides information on different trainings, conferences, and
provides access to training manuals (some on line, others are orderable).
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http://www.reliefweb.int/telecoms/tampere/index.html
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for
Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations.
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WGET - Working
Group on Emergency Telecommunications
provides information about group, email subscription for updates,
and links to participants.
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