An RICS research report and online tool will help the built environment sector in eight European countries to determine the risk and impact climate change will have on non-domestic, or commercial, buildings. The effects of climate have always been a major consideration when planning and designing effective and efficient buildings. Until recently buildings were planned… [Read More]
Free Toolkit for National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa
This National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Tool Kit was developed for African countries by UNISDR Regional Office for Africa, based on information provided by national DRR focal points in Africa, with the kind support of the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO). Why is this toolkit necessary?… [Read More]
Top 35+ Free Downloadable Handbooks and Toolkits for African NGOs and CSOs
Here is a compilation of 35+ toolkits, designed for the the quick reference of the NGOs and CSOs on various pressing issues affecting the African continent. These toolkits have been made available by various international organizations and programs implemented across the world. A Free Private Health Policy Toolkit for Africa “Private Health Policy Toolkit for… [Read More]
Civil Society and Human Rights in Peril: Threats and Responses Across the World
[MUSIC PLAYING] Everybody, I know it's a Friday It's been a long week and this is the last mile, but you're all here for what I think is a very exciting event, this panel on Civil Society and Human Rights in Peril My name is Patrick Keller I'm a professor in the department of sociology,… [Read More]
Civil Society | Yascha Mounk: How do we save democracy? | March 29, 2018.
[music] Yascha Mounk: But what we've seen over the last 20, 25 years is that nationalism is not going away as a political force And so I think it's a half-domesticated animal If you leave it to its own devices, the worst kinds of people are gonna come in In the United States, they tend… [Read More]
Jan Egeland – Secretary General of the NGO Norwegian Refugee Council
So, Mr Egeland, thank you for accepting this interview on the occasion of the Forum Espace Humanitaire in Annecy This interview will be conducted by Antonio Donini, who is visiting fellow at the Feinstein International Center of the Tufts University, and research associate at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and… [Read More]
