Topics

Disaster Risk Management and Disaster Risk Reduction
- Response

Region

Client

NGO
- Oxfam

Service

Advisory

Year

2016

Development of a CHS-aligned evaluation tool for Oxfam’s humanitarian action

Oxfam’s newly-created Global Humanitarian Team (representing all Oxfam International affiliates) requested IRMA’s technical assistance to redesign the former Humanitarian Indicator Tool, incorporating learning from 6 years of application in 20 crises, to align with Oxfam’s commitment to the Core Humanitarian Standard, and to meet the requirements of all Oxfam’s major humanitarian donors.

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Meta-evaluation of American Red Cross Community Preparedness Programming

The American Red Cross engaged IRMA to carry out a meta-evaluation of its disaster preparedness portfolio, to test its theory of change for ‘disaster ready communities’. In parallel, it asked IRMA to review similar programming by its peer organisations, to

Paris Saint Germain/Science Po: Launch of 20hr Module on Disaster Risk Management

IRMA has been invited to teach a 5th Year Masters students attending the St. Germain (France) Institut d’etudes politiques (IEP) Master Politiques de coopération internationale. This 20-hour course provided students with a solid introduction to climate/crisis and disaster risk management (RM). It

DRR School Toolkit for PIROI in the Southwest Indian Ocean

For PIROI–French Red Cross, IRMA updated and enriched a disaster risk reduction (DRR) pedagogical toolkit for primary and lower-secondary schools across the Southwest Indian Ocean. The assignment strengthened child-centred DRR education in line with the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF)

Evaluation of Disaster READY for Oxfam Australia

Photo credit : Glen Pakoa/Oxfam in Vanuatu Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are among the most vulnerable countries in the world to natural-hazard related disasters and climate change. The UN World Risk Index, which measures exposure to natural hazards and