Links

    International Organisations

UNDP Emergency Response Division -- a major partner (http://www.undp.org/erd)

Green Cross - This International Non Governmental Organization is our partner in the Green Star Awards initiative.

European Environment Agency - an agency of the European Union with the objective to provide sound, independent information on the environment. 

WMO’s emergency response activities and support for humanitarian and relief missions (http://www.wmo.ch/web/aom/pwsp)

IDNDR general and specialised information on disaster reduction (http://www.oneworld.org/idndr/)

WHO's division on emergency and humanitarian action homepage (http://www.who.int/disasters/)

World Disasters Report -- The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/wdr2002/index.asp)

World Bank Disaster Management Facility -- operational support, capacity-building, and partnerships with the international and scientific community working on disaster issues. (http://www.worldbank.org/dmf/)

IMF Emergency Assistance Related to National Disasters and Postconflict Situations (http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/conflict.htm)

World Food Programme (http://www.wfp.org)

Food and Agriculture Organization (http://www.fao.org)

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies  (http://www.ifrc.org)

PAHO Disaster Humanitarian Assistance (http://165.158.1.110/english/ped/pedhome.htm)

CDERA Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (http://www.cdera.org/)

Habitat -- The Habitat Agenda on Disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness, and post-disaster rehabilitation capabilities (http://www.unhabitat.org/unchs/english/hagenda/ch-4c11.htm)

INCEDE International Center for Disaster-mitigation Engineering  (http://incede.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/htm)

UNV - The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide.

    Others

The Natural Hazards Center -- clearinghouse for information on natural hazards. Of particular interest, exhaustive list of conferences, seminars, meetings and access to library and internet resources (publications, periodicals) (http://www.Colorado.EDU/hazards)

GEMS (Global Emergency Management System) -- for useful links to related resources (http://www.disasters.org/emgold/Library/GEMS.htm)

The US Federal Emergency Management Agency  (http://www.fema.gov)

The Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association (networking)  (http://www.disasters.org/dera)

Emergency Management Australia - useful information on conferences/seminars all over the world (http://www.ema.gov.au/)

CCEP – Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (http://www.ccep.ca/)

VITA - sitreps, emergency information  (http://www.vita.org)

Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership (EIIP) -- voluntary association of organizations and individuals seeking to enhance their effectivenesscop with disasters and emergency situations, by exploring the opportunity for sharing information and ideas made possible by electronic technology (http://www.emforum.org)

Disaster Resources Univ of Illinois Extension disaster preparedness, information resources, links (http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/)

Emergency Management Center - wide range of research related to disasters such as evacuation, public response, emergency planning, post-disaster audits. Methodologies for reviewing emergency plans, exercise plans, training courses, job aids, computer-based training modules, and videos are available from EMC. (http://emc.ornl.gov/emc/)

The Natural Hazards Mitigation Group  (http://www.unige.ch/hazards)

Disaster Prevention Research Institute – research on a variety of problems related to the prevention or reduction of natural disasters  (http://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

CERES -- links to disaster preparedness resources  (http://www.ceres.ca.gov/theme/disaster_prep.html)

British Columbia Emergency Program -- central planning and technical support for emergency prevention, preparedness and response for oil and hazardous material spills (marine & inland); dam failures, and; dyke safety and floods. (http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/eeeb/overview/overview.html#role)