ProVention Consortium
The overall goal of ProVention is to reduce the risk and
social, economic and environmental impacts of natural hazards
on vulnerable populations in developing countries in order
to alleviate poverty and contribute to sustainable development.
This is achieved through: forging linkages and partnerships
among key actors and sectors involved in disaster risk management;
advocating for greater policy attention and commitment to
be given to disaster risk management by leaders and decision
makers; developing and promoting innovative approaches and
applications for reducing risk; sharing knowledge and information
from ProVention partners and projects about good practices,
tools and resources for disaster risk management. All ProVention
project activities are intended to contribute to these four
overarching and interconnected objectives and to the Hyogo
Framework for Action.
Sphere Project
The Sphere Project was launched in 1997 by a group of humanitarian
NGOs and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Sphere is based on two core beliefs: first, that all possible
steps should be taken to alleviate human suffering arising
out of calamity and conflict, and second, that those affected
by disaster have a right to life with dignity and therefore
a right to assistance. Sphere is three things: a handbook,
a broad process of collaboration and an expression of commitment
to quality and accountability. The project has developed
several tools, the key one being the handbook.
Steering
Committee for Humanitarian Response
The Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR),
created in 1972, is an alliance for voluntary action of
currently nine major international humanitarian organizations
and networks. Its vision is a more just and humane world,
where the poorest and most vulnerable are placed at the
centre of their concerns. The SCHR mission is to bring together
the major international humanitarian networks with common
values to make this vision reality.
Inter-Agency Standing Committee
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) is a unique inter-agency
forum for coordination of humanitarian assistance, policy
development and decision-making involving the key UN and
non-UN humanitarian partners.
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
aims at building disaster resilient communities by promoting
increased awareness of the importance of disaster reduction
as an integral component of sustainable development, with
the goal of reducing human, social, economic and environmental
losses due to natural hazards and related technological
and environmental disasters.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945 and
works through education, social and natural science, culture
and communication to further the goal of building peace
in the minds of men. Today, it functions as a laboratory
of ideas and a standard-setter to forge universal agreements
on emerging ethical issues.
World
Food Programme
As the food aid arm of the United Nations, the World Food
Programme (WFP) uses its food to meet emergency needs and
support economic and social development. The agency also
provides the logistics support necessary to get food aid
to the right people at the right time and in the right place.
WFP works to put hunger at the centre of the international
agenda, promoting policies, strategies and operations that
directly benefit the poor and hungry.
Disaster management
