A joint learning and action initiative to strengthen resilience of communities, organizations, and countries
Preparedness Working Group
PUBLICATIONS
The PWG members have published several documents, articles and papers on preparedness.
In this page you can find a selection of publications and useful resources around preparedness.
Publications authored or co-authored by PWG and its members
Spielberg, Frederick. "HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY, RISK AND DISASTER: A RECENT HISTORY OF LESSONS LEARNT FROM A UNITED NATIONS PERSPECTIVE". Presses universitaires de Rennes | « Norois » 2019/2 n° 251 | pages 119 à 125 ISSN 0029-182X Link:
Peugeot, Heidi and Spielberg, Fred. "HOW CHILDREN CAN MAKE A SAFER WORLD".Children Rights Information Network. CRIN Newsletter, no. 20. February 2007. pages 8-10.
Spielberg, Fred. "USING SIMULATIONS TO IMPROVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE".
People in Aid. November 6, 2012.
Contributions by PWG members to policy and guidelines
IASC, Interagency Contingency Planning Guidelines, 2007
WFP, Policy on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management - Building Food Security and Resilience, 2011.
WFP, Emergency Field Operations Pocketbook, (first edition, 2002)
https://emergency.unhcr.org/sites/default/files/WFP%2C%20Emergency%20field
%20operations%20pocketbook.pdf
WFP, Contingency Planning Guidelines, 2002
Useful resources
Global Disaster Preparedness Centre
Choularton, Richard. "CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND HUMANITARIAN ACTION:
A REVIEW OF PRACTICE". ODI Global Working Paper. 01 March 2003
Hockaday, David et al. "ECB PROJECT CASE STUDY--SIMULATING THE WORST TO PREPARE THE BEST: A STUDY OF HUMANITARIAN SIMULATIONS AND THEIR BENEFITS" Emergency Capacity Building Project. May 2013