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Local Media and Community Engagement in Humanitarian Settings

Internews (2020), 3 pp.

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Data Impact Assessments

Centre for Humanitarian Data (2020), 6 pp.

"• Data impact assessments determine the potential benefits and risks associated with data management. They are a critical component of responsible data management, but are often overlooked. • There are a wide variety of approaches to data impact assessments. Selecting the right assessment for a ... more

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Information Saves Lives: Ebola Outbreak in the DRC. End Line KAP Survey

USAID;Internews DR Congo (2020), 72 pp.

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Handbook on Data Protection in Humanitarian Action

Christopher Kuner, Massimo Marelli (eds.)

Geneva: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (2020), 307 pp.

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ITU guidelines for national emergency telecommunication plans

Juan Manuel Roldan, Felipe Ordoñez

Geneva: ITU (2020), v, 95 pp.

"The effective management of the risk of disasters depends on communication and information sharing across all levels of government, within communities, and between public and private organizations. In particular, timely and effective information flow is important for early warning and alerting the ... population, for preparing for an emergency event, and for the effective coordination and articulation of response activities that can minimize economic loss, mitigate the impact on public well-being and loss of life. A national emergency telecommunication plan (NETP) sets out a strategy to enable and ensure communications availability during the disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery phases, by promoting coordination across all levels of government, between public and private organizations, and within communities at risk. Preparation and implementation of an NETP engages stakeholders to think through the life cycle of a potential disaster, it determines the required capabilities for emergency responses, and establishes a governance framework of roles and responsibilities. It also clarifies how to shape planning, envision and share desired outcomes, and it outlines effective ways to achieve and communicate expected results. The NETP will reflect what diverse stakeholder communities need to focus on in order to address specific risks with available resources. Additionally, for developing countries, the NETP will highlight major areas of risk. This not only provides support and justification for the funding of vital equipment and personnel in an emergency, but also promotes the need for day-to-day resources and procedures that keep national authorities prepared, especially to maintaining vital communications, the essential lifeline during emergencies. This report assists national authorities and policymakers to develop a clear, flexible and user-friendly framework that guides countries on how to develop a strategic plan to support and enable the continued use of telecommunication and information and communication technology (ICT) networks and services in all four disaster management phases. It not only describes the main elements that an NETP should consider, but also highlights its potential benefits. It includes a step-by-step guide to the development of an NETP, it serves as a useful resource based on ITU recommendations and concepts, as well as expertise from other global bodies and organizations." (Overview, page 1) more

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Trauma Reporting: A Journalist's Guide to Covering Sensitive Stories

Jo Healey

London; New York: Routledge (2020), xii, 205 pp.

"Features guidance from some of the industry’s most successful news correspondents and documentary makers, including Louis Theroux, Lucy Williamson, Tulip Mazumdar, Richard Bilton, Jina Moore and many more, all sharing their experience and expertise. It also features people who chose to tell their ... more

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Covering COVID-19: Handbook for Journalists. Collection of Tools, Techniques, Resources and Strategies for Journalists Covering the Cornonavirus Outbreak. Includes Tools for Fact-Checking Misinformation and Hoaxes

Media Empowerment for a Democratic Sri Lanka (MEND) Program

IREX;USAID (2020), 7 pp.

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Information and Communication Technologies for Humanitarian Services

Muhammad Nazrul Islam (ed.)

London: Institution of Engineering and Technology (2020), xx, 371 pp.

"This book provides new developments, innovations, and research outcomes; case studies and lessons learned; and other considerations for the creation and deployment of effective ICTs to provide humanitarian services for the resource-constrained and vulnerable populations in the world in order to imp ... more

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A Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Framework for Humanitarian Innovation Programmes

London: GSMA (2020), 18 pp.

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Human-Centred Design in Humanitarian Settings: Methodologies for Inclusivity
Key Guidance

London: GSMA (2020), 40 pp.

"To ensure that mobile solutions are designed inclusively in humanitarian contexts, it is important that target users are involved as co-creators of the future they want. A human-centred design approach is one way to ensure that users’ perspectives are fully integrated into programme design. This ... more

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COVID-19: Orientaciones para comunicar sobre la enfermedad por el Coronavirus 2019. Guía para líderes

Washington, DC: Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) (2020), 10 pp.

"En un escenario ideal, se contaría con tiempo para hacer planes, establecer una estrategia de comunicación y una guía de acción. Pero situaciones como estas, requieren aptitudes inmediatas para comunicarse con el público. La comunicación de riesgos es un componente integral de la gestión de ... more

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Suffering in Silence: The 10 Most Under-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2019
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Care International (2020), 19 pp.

"With CARE’s fourth global 'Suffering In Silence' report, we are starting to see a trend of certain countries annually remaining on the list of the most under-reported crises. While we expanded the analysis in 2019 by including Spanish and Arabic online media coverage (in addition to English, Fren ... more

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The World’s Most Neglected Displacement Crises
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Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (2020), 14 pp.

"Each year, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) publishes the list of the ten most neglected displacement crises in the world, to shine a spotlight on these forgotten emergencies. This is the list for 2019. Although humanitarian assistance should be based on needs alone, some crises receive more att ... more

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Situational Analysis of Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability in Burkina Faso

Rachel Maher

CDAC Network (2020), 17 pp.

"Burkina Faso is dramatically confronted with the consequences of violence, persistent food insecurity and malnutrition. Five of the thirteen regions of the country are particularly affected, and the humanitarian situation has been steadily deteriorating since 2017 with a peak observed in the second ... more

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Common Services for Communication and Community Engagement: National and Sub-National Platforms. A Status Update

CDAC Network (2020), 29 pp.

"It has been widely agreed that national platforms for Communication and Community Engagement (CCE) are essential for making progress toward greater participation and accountability in humanitarian response. A policy paper describing this in detail was produced by the CDAC Network in 2016, supported ... more

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Communiquer sur Ebola: Expérience du Sénégal du 23 mars au 1er décembre 2014. Récit et analyse critique des faits

Baba Gallé Diallo

Paris: L'Harmattan (2020), 204 pp.

"Le 23 mars 2014, l'Organisation mondiale de la Santé publie sur son site web l'apparition de la maladie à virus Ébola en Guinée. Du fait de la proximité du Sénégal avec la Guinée, la commission Média et Communication, dispositif multisectoriel et centre nerveux de la communication impulse ... more

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Improving the Response to COVID-19: Lessons from the Humanitarian Sector Around Communication, Community Engagement and Participation

Philip Tamminga

CDAC Network (2020), 22 pp.

"Lesson one: Put people and principles at the centre of COVID-19 decision-making, not politics. Lesson two: Reframe discussions about responsibility in a pandemic so that those who are considered vulnerable are a priority rather than an afterthought. Lesson three: Prepare ways to share sophisticated ... more

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Saving Lives and Changing Minds with Twitter in Disasters and Pandemics: A Literature Review

Hamed Seddighi, Ibrahim Salmani, Saeideh Seddighi

Journalism and Media, volume 1, issue 1 (2020), pp. 59-77

"Twitter is a major tool for communication during emergencies and disasters. This study aimed to investigate Twitter use during natural hazards and pandemics. The included studies reported the role of Twitter in disasters triggered by natural hazards. Electronic databases were used for a comprehensi ... more

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People, Poultry and Pandemics: Risk Communication and Community Engagement in Indonesia

William Paul Forster

Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) (2020), 4 pp.

"This SSHAP Case Study illustrates how the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) worked in 2006-07 to support the Indonesian government in response to avian influenza outbreaks. The agency provided social mobilisation and education programmes to schools and villages in affected communities and p ... more

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Risk Communication Involving Vulnerable Populations: An Annotated Bibliography

Nnenia Campbell, Kamryn Roper-Fetter, Mary Yoder

Boulder, Col.: University of Colorado Boulder, Natural Hazards Center (2020), 48 pp.

"This document is intended to be used as a resource bibliography for in-depth reading about risk communication best practices. It summarizes academic research and practical guidance on the topic of hazards and disaster risk communication, with a particular focus on socially vulnerable populations. I ... more

Human-Centred Design in Humanitarian Settings: Methodologies for Inclusivity Key Guidance

Suffering in Silence: The 10 Most Under-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2019 Quick Overview

The World’s Most Neglected Displacement Crises Quick Overview

Human-Centred Design in Humanitarian Settings: Methodologies for Inclusivity
Key Guidance

Suffering in Silence: The 10 Most Under-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2019
Quick Overview

The World’s Most Neglected Displacement Crises
Quick Overview