IRMA undertook a comprehensive review of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s main risk assessment methodology – the Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA). Through an extensive literature review and a global consultation process, IRMA produced a new strategy to relaunch VCA as a multi-sectorial community-led approach to risk assessment, adaptable to any context. The strategy includes enhancements to the methodology itself, an internal and external social marketing campaign, and recommendations for technological innovation.
Analysis of the Climate Policy Environment for the Africa Resilience Initiative
IRMA undertook an in-depth examination of all pertinent policies across the West Africa region as a critical foundation for the Africa Resilience Initiative (ARI) that the Dutch Red Cross will implement with funding from the European Union. The results were
