Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience

Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Reduction, 13 October 2014 Resilience is for life Vulnerability to natural hazards is increasing to alarming rates, as...

Discussions at the World Health Organization Conference on Health and Climate include ways to promote links between health policy and climate policy, enhance climate resilient health systems, and support health-promoting climate...

In the run up to 1 September, we, the European Think Tanks Group (ETTG), will be publishing a blog each Monday setting out the context of the five global challenges - trade and international finance; environmental sustainability...

by Damien Helly & Greta Galeazzi Coordination from donors and actors from the region itself can help address the Sahel’s cross-border challenges including organised crime, food security and governance to name but a few...

The Cook Islands, Palau and Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) have achieved key national governance and resilience planning milestones. This achievement affords these countries a strategic perspective on priorities to address...

If ever there were a time when the EU needs to be more comprehensive and coherent in its international action, it is now – and not just in response to the crisis in Ukraine… In our past analysis of the Comprehensive Approach in...

Important progress, but real EU comprehensiveness is still ahead of us By Volker Hauck and Andrew Sherriff The “EU’s comprehensive approach to external conflict and crisis”, launched jointly last week by the European Commission...

Between 9th and 13th September 2013, the European Commission, DG DEVCO 07 – Fragility and Crisis Management Unit, in close cooperation with other Commission services and with the European External Action Service, and with the...

Dear Group Members, This week's front page 'Voices & Views' on www.capacity4dev.eu features an interview with EuropeAid Policy Officer, Timothy Baines, who was instrumental in putting the New Deal Compact for Somalia in place: The...