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27 October 2023
Little Anish Prasath celebrated his seventh birthday in Sri Lanka by asking all his friends to bring stationary items and other preschool necessities instead of birthday presents. Everything went to…
20 October 2023
AKOM, the Istanbul disaster coordination center, is a state-of-the-art facility at the heart of Istanbul’s preparedness and response planning. Employing over 90,000 staff and with operations as…
18 October 2023
Trust amongst actors and mechanisms to connect businesses with national disaster management organizations are essential for better disaster preparedness, a more effective and coordinated response,…
10 October 2023
Today, two new countries and two regions joined the Connecting Business initiative (CBi) as partners, known as Member Networks. They were welcomed during a ceremonial launch as part of the CBi Global…
26 September 2023
Istanbul, 22 September 2023. Earlier this year, 9.1 million people in Türkiye were directly affected by the devastating earthquakes that struck the country on 6 February 2023. The Turkish private…
22 September 2023
Last week, on 14 September 2023, the UN Security Council held a debate on “Advancing Public-Private Humanitarian Partnership”. During the session, United States Permanent Representative to the UN…
21 September 2023
The dynamics of fragility, conflict and crises around the world have become more complex. About one in five countries around the world are considered to be fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS…