UNHCR’s Emergency Preparedness Unit (DESS) conctrated IRMA to update the Preparedness Package for Refugee Emergencies (PPRE-2), (i) applying recent lessons learned in the organization ; (ii) integrating more effectively UNHCR’s commitments on such core issues as the centrality of protection, quality programming, cross-cutting issues, alternatives to camps, cash and local level preparedness and (iii) improving the flexibility of the workflow, aligned for coherence with UNHCR’s Policies and Operational Guidelines, and with the IASC ERP approach.

Disaster Preparedness Mapping for DG ECHO
In 2024–2025, the European Commission’s Directorate‑General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) contracted INSPIRE+/Groupe URD, working with IRMA, to provide technical assistance on disaster preparedness (DP) mapping in support of its Disaster Preparedness Guidance Note. The




