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    The role of CSOs: training modules - MDG-based national development strategies

    Ghana Civil Society Resource Centre, 2007
    Civil society organisations (CSOs) provide one of the more formal channels for ensuing community concerns are heard and addressed. Practice has shown that CSOs can play a critical role in making sure a government’s development promises are fulfilled — and when they are not, that policy changes are made.
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    The Great Lakes Pact and the rights of displaced people: a guide for civil society

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2008
    The Great Lakes region has one of the largest displaced populations in the whole world with about two million refugees and ten million IDPs. Most of these displacements are due to violent conflict.
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    Disaster risk management systems analysis

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008
    The authors of this guide assert that there are few practical tools to guide the analysis of national, district and local institutions and systems for Disaster Risk management (DRM) - and to conceptualise and provide demand-responsive capacity-building thereafter.
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    When disaster strikes: a guide to assessing seed system security

    Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2008
    Intervening in seed systems is serious business. Seed systems are at the heart of agricultural production and determines what farmers grow and whether they will have a harvest. Badly designed and poorly implemented seed aid during a crisis harms farmers, making them even more vulnerable to uncertainties.
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    Tsunami Warning Center Reference Guide

    US Agency for International Development, 2007
    In the aftermath of the Great Sumatra Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004, countries of the Indian Ocean basin formed an Intergovernmental Coordination Group (ICG) for the development of an Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System (IOTWS). An effective end-to-end tsunami early warning system could have saved thousands of lives that were lost in the devastating tsunami.
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    Preparing for disaster: a community based appraoch

    ProVention Consortium, 2005
    During the past decade less people have died in natural disasters, but more and more lives and livelihoods are affected by the negative consequences of them. The increase is steep, triggered by more frequent extreme weather conditions with twice as many affected only in the last five years. [Adapted from author]. This guide outlines community based disaster preparedness.
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    Reporting on violence against children: a thematic guide for non-governmental organisations reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

    Consortium for Street Children, 2008
    These guidelines are designed to help non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to include comprehensive information on the incidence of violence in their reports to the Committee.
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    Emissions trading, carbon financing and indigenous peoples

    Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University,, 2008
    Greenhouse gas abatement activities can have both beneficial and detrimental impacts on the communities in which they operate. For this reason, it is vital that Indigenous communities have accurate information about carbon financing and carbon market processes at the outset – to help them make informed decisions and choices about activities that work for them.
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    Child-led disaster risk reduction: a practical guide

    Save the Children [Sweden], 2007
    This guide, and the examples within it, show the varied, productive and leading roles children can play in disaster risk reduction (DRR). The guide states that it is crucial that as the most vulnerable section of society, children are empowered and educated to be able to prepare themselves and their communities to cope with potential disasters.
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    Older people’s associations in community disaster risk reduction: a resource book

    HelpAge International, 2007
    Building community capacity through Older People’s Associations (OPAs) enhances the resilience of a community in the event of a disaster. Lessons learnt suggest that there are many ways in which older men and women can contribute in planning and coordinating community responses to disasters. [adapted from author]

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