Global Disaster Preparedness Center
Overview
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Founded Since 1850
Company Description
GDPC Overview
The American Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have established the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) as a reference center to support innovation and learning in disaster preparedness. As one of 13 reference centers in the international Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) network, the GDPC aims to enhance disaster management – namely preparedness – capacities of Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies through a service-oriented and demand-driven approach to building community resilience.
Background
All over the world, the Red Cross and Red Crescent network is striving to help communities prepare for disasters. In the face of global trends that are exacerbating the impacts of disasters, such as rapid urbanization and climate change, Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies must develop additional capacity and resources to effectively meet changing needs.
To assess the needs and potential scope for network-wide action on disaster preparedness through a center such as the GDPC, the American Red Cross conducted an extensive study that was completed in May 2012. The results of that study are available here.
GDPC Services
With RC/RC national societies and their partners serving as its primary target audience, the GDPC provides services in three main areas — Knowledge Management, Research and Technical Assistance — in order to build national and community level preparedness. While other parts of the Red Cross Red Crescent network are specialized in long-term capacity and program development, the GDPC seeks to complement these efforts by providing specific network-wide services in response to national and community demand for tools and learning on disaster preparedness and resilience. The range of GDPC activities is outlined in the GDPC Activities section on the site, although the site itself is intended to function as a broader platform for collaboration among a wide range of stakeholders, including Red Cross Red Crescent national societies as well as other organizations and individuals championing disaster preparedness and resilience at global, national, and community levels. In this context, as part of the Knowledge Management activities of the Center, the GDPC hosts Preparecenter.org
Topics
Disaster preparedness issues are wide and cross-cutting. To present all the ways disaster preparedness can be involved in your program or initiatives, Preparecenter.org has compiled together themes and issues primarily presented for users who have little to some knowledge on the topic. For more advanced practitioners or researchers, the site also offers resources to help expand your research and knowledge.
- Behavior Change and Disaster Preparedness
- Business Continuity and Disaster Preparedness
- Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Community Engagement and Accountability
- Community Risk Assessment
- Crisis Mapping
- Crowdsourcing
- Disability Inclusive Disaster Preparedness
- Disaster Law
- Disaster Preparedness Games
- Early Warning Systems
- Food Security
- Hazard
- Immersive Technologies & Digital Games
- Infrastructure and Services
- Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
- Mobile Technology
- Post-Disaster Recovery
- Public Awareness and Public Education
- Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Transfer and Disaster Management
- Social Media in Disasters
- Supporting Sustainable Livelihoods
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Urban Preparedness
- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
- Women and Gender in Disaster Management
- Youth Disaster Preparedness
Our Address:
American Red Cross, National Headquarters,
431 18th Street NW in Washington, DC 20006
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