Recovery programming for the IFRC means supporting peoplefollowing a disasterand starts early, alongside immediate relief efforts. It borrows ways of working from longer-term sustainable development and adapts them to a humanitarian context. These guidelines help to describe the main elements of a recovery programming approach required to deliver high-quality, timely and accountable humanitarian assistance.
This guide is designed to help Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies plan and develop public awareness and public education efforts for disaster risk reduction.
Persons with disabilities often experience discrimination and exclusion, despite the adoption of an increasingly rights-based approach to humanitarian assistance. All Under One Roof wants to transform the way humanitarian organisations approach inclusion and accessibility in their shelter and settlement programmes. It is the result of a collaborative process that started in 2013, involving CBM, Handicap International and the IFRC.
This guidance noteoutlines the connections between theNational Society Preparedness for Effective Responseapproach and forecast-based financing.
The purpose of this IFRC Child Safeguarding Policy (“Policy”) is to provide a framework for ensuring that IFRC programmes are designed and implemented with the best interests of the child in mind. In particular, it aims to ensure that children are protected from all forms of violence, abuse, exploitation, and neglect in all IFRC programmes, preventative actions are prioritized, and accountability is ensured.
This short briefing document explains the mandate, role and origins of the Joint ICRC/IFRC Commission for National Society Statutes—the Joint Statutes Commission (JSC). More information is available on our guidance for National Society Statutes webpage.
Independent Auditors’ Report to the President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on the Consolidated Financial Statements 2018, conducted by KPMG.
The Red Cross and Red Crescent European Youth Network (EYN) gathered in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in 2018 to discuss its priorities and find new ways of strengthening regional collaboration. This declaration outlines the commitments made during the meeting. The Bishkek declaration is also available in English, French and Spanish here.
Seven Moves is the IFRC's2.5 day-long training course on Protection, Gender and Inclusion in Emergencies. Its objective is to enable participants to understand the issues of protection, gender and inclusion, and their implications for their respective areas of work. The training course will introduce you to the Minimum Standards for Protection, Gender and Inclusion in Emergencies, and its approach to gender, age, disability and diversity with a strong focus on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) prevention, mitigation and response and child protection, through a framework of dignity, access, participation and safety (DAPS). The facilitator manual for this course can be found here. Click here to learn more about the IFRC's work in protection, gender and inclusion.
This step-by-step guide aims at supporting Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers to establish and manage a systematic community feedback mechanism using the Ground Truth Solutions’ Constituent VoiceTM methodology. It focuses on migration programmes but can be adapted and used in other contexts.
This strategy articulates National Societies’ and IFRC core strengths and common purpose in migration, setting out aims and objectives to be achieved over a 5-year timeframe, from 2018 to 2022.Migration is anarea of strong International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movementcollaboration and coordination, and this strategy is envisagedas a stepping stone towards a future Movement migration strategy,which incorporates the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)more fully. This strategy is available inEnglish, French, Spanish and Arabic here.
By supporting their local communities, National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have been strengthening community resilience to shocks and crises for many years. This framework aims to guide and support the work of National Societies through the following three strategic objectives: Supporting National Societies’ efforts to assist communities as they adopt risk-informed, holistic approaches to address their underlying vulnerabilities. Supporting National Societies’ efforts that encourage communities to adopt demand-driven, people-centred approaches to community resilience strengthening. Supporting National Societies to be connected to communities—being available to everyone, everywhere to prevent and reduce human suffering.
Strategy 2030 sets out how the IFRCwill build on over 100 years of striving for a more humane and peaceful world and adapt to emerging 21st century challenges. It ensures we will remain a dynamic global network of organizations that are fit for purpose and can best serve our communities.
The IFRC's plan for delivering rapid and effective response to emergencies and crises via the Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) in 2020.
The IFRC's plan for delivering rapid and effective response to emergencies and crises via the Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) in 2019.
