The purpose of this Handbook is to provide actors with guidance on how to coordinate child protection responses in humanitarian contexts in order to ensure more predictable, accountable and effective child protection responses in emergencies around the world. This Handbook is designed for situations where the international community is formally engaged with the humanitarian response… [Read More]
Environment and Conservation Resources
A list of free guides, how-to tools and other resources on Environment and Conservation for NGOs and development professionals.
A Free Toolkit for Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition
The Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Initiative shares a new open-access guide that collects lessons learned from four partner countries to help others harness agricultural biodiversity to transform the food system for development, food security and nutrition. Throughout its six years of experience in Brazil, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Turkey, the Biodiversity for Food and… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit for Creating Inclusive, Learning-Friendly Environments: Embracing Diversity
This Toolkit will be especially valuable for teachers who are working in schools that are beginning to change into more child-centred and learning-friendly environments, possibly due to reforms introduced by the Ministry of Education, a non-governmental organization (NGO), or another project. It provides you with useful tools to make your schools and classrooms more welcoming… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit for Analysis: Toward Gender Equality in Europe and Eurasia
‘Toward Gender Equality in Europe and Eurasia: A Toolkit for Analysis’, has been prepared to provide USAID Mission staff working in the E&E region with a resource for conducting gender analysis in the context of project design. It is intended as a tool to assist in implementing USAID policy on promoting gender equality and female… [Read More]
A Free Girl Safety Toolkit for Practitioners
The aim of this Girl Safety toolkit is to support organizations in creating and expanding safe opportunities for girls. A safe programme needs to build the social capital of girls, not only to build their sense of comfort and support them in gaining and deploying skills, but also to provide them with an early sensing… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit for Action: Young Men and HIV Prevention
This guide serves to reinforce the benefits of working with young men and provides conceptual and practical information on how to design, implement and evaluate HIV prevention activities which incorporate a gender perspective and engage young men and relevant stakeholders. Specific topics include how to: Carry out a needs assessment to understand the influences on… [Read More]
A Free Community Development Toolkit
Community Development Toolkit was the product of a joint project between the World Bank Group’s Oil, Gas and Mining Policy Division, the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). The development of this revised toolkit was informed by a review of the usage of the 2005 version…. [Read More]
Free Toolkit for Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
The coastal and marine environment plays a vital role in supporting human welfare by virtue of its immense biological and mineral resources and the life-supporting systems it provides. Production operations and economic installations along the coast, such as marine fishing, aquaculture, agriculture, oil and gas exploration, ports and harbours, and tourism, contribute significantly to the… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit for Intervention on Land & Conflict
The purpose of this Land & Conflict toolkit is to provide a practical introduction to the relationship between land and violent conflict. The relationship is stark, whether they are talking about how land issues function as causal or aggravating factors in conflict, or whether we are thinking about land-related issues that arise in post-conflict settings…. [Read More]
A Free Advocacy Toolkit: Influencing Decisions that Improve Children’s Lives
The Advocacy Toolkit is applicable for all levels of the organization as a resource for building a structured approach for sustained advocacy. The tools are particularly relevant for UNICEF country offices and national committees, but its content will also be valuable to anyone who wants to expand their understanding of the human rights-based approach to… [Read More]
Managing Marine and Coastal Protected Areas: A Free Toolkit for South Asia
Marine and Coastal Protected Areas (MCPAs), in their variety of forms and scales, are seen as one of the solutions to threats facing the coastal and marine environment, while contributing to the long-term sustainable livelihoods of coastal communities, their cultures and their economies. The South Asia Toolkit has been designed to support MCPA managers in… [Read More]
Download this Free Toolkit for South Asia on “Managing Marine and Coastal Protected Areas”
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A Free FrontEnd Toolkit to Transform Ideas into Intelligent Action
This FrontEnd Toolkit is about applying Design Thinking to transform new ideas into innovative products, services and businesses with an impact. The front end development of new user and customer-oriented solutions is a key opportunity as well as a significant challenge for organizations and success is built on collaborative approaches. The overall objective is to… [Read More]
A Free Guide to Using Theatre to Reduce HIV Risk and Promote an Enabling Environment for HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment: Magnet Theatre in India
This toolkit aims to help key population communities use Magnet Theatre to reduce their risk of HIV and promote an enabling environment for HIV prevention, care, and treatment. This toolkit was developed by PATH for key population troupes trained in Magnet Theatre to use as a reference for their rehearsals and performances. It is also… [Read More]
Download this Free Guide to Using Theatre to Reduce HIV Risk and Promote an Enabling Environment for HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment: Magnet Theatre in India
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A Free High Conservation Value Forest Toolkit for Papua New Guinea
The Papua New Guinea High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) toolkit was developed through consultative processes and peer reviewing by experts and stakeholders. The HCVF concept was initially developed by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) for use in forest management certification. Within FSC certification, for compliance with Principle 9, forest managers are required to identify any… [Read More]
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A Free Handbook on Child-Responsive Urban Planning: Shaping Urbanization for Children
Shaping urbanization for children, a handbook on child-responsive urban planning, presents concepts, evidence and technical strategies to bring children to the foreground of urban planning. By focusing on children, this publication provides guidance on the central role that urban planning should play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), from a global perspective to a… [Read More]
A Free Nutrition-WASH Toolkit: Guide for Practical Joint Actions
The recent and increasing body of evidence indicates a strong relationship between poor WASH and stunting, and stresses the need for joint Nutrition and WASH interventions for improving nutrition outcomes. Responding to growing demand for practical guidance on joint Nutrition – WASH programming and actions, this EAPRO led WASH-Nutrition Toolkit is the first of such… [Read More]
A Free G20 Energy Efficiency Investment Toolkit
Each year, governments, financial institutions, companies and consumers around the world are investing more than USD 221 billion into capital expenditure in buildings, industry and transport, to improve energy efficiency. For G20 countries, who are responsible for over 80% of primary energy consumption and 80% of green house gas emissions globally, energy efficiency and improved… [Read More]
