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Localized business coalitions working together to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies.
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CBI Member Networks bring together businesses operating in disaster-prone regions to coordinate their preparedness and response efforts.
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CBI helps the businesses prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters in a coordinated and collective manner
Engaging the private sector in manmade disasters – a case study on CBI Türkiye
The case study, from one of the manmade disasters toolkit implementation pilots, summarizes the Turkish manmade disaster context and the activities that TÜRKONFED (CBI Türkiye) and its partners carried out between September 2017 and August 2019. The report also highlights key observations and next steps for the CBI Member Network.
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Data is self-reported by all CBI Member Networks from 1 January 2017 to 30 June 2026.
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How private sector funders can contribute to crisis resilience
The humanitarian funding landscape is changing rapidly, and corporate philanthropy is increasingly being looked to as a meaningful player in disaster response and recovery.…
How private sector funders can contribute to crisis resilience
Connecting Businesses, Connecting People: Notes from a CBI Deployment in Venezuela
On August 10, I was finishing writing my handover note. Six weeks of work as OCHA-UNDP Connecting Business Initiative (CBI) Emergency Private Sector Coordinator,…
Connecting Businesses, Connecting People: Notes from a CBI Deployment in Venezuela
The airport that can’t afford to stop
How the people who keep Manila’s gateway running are quietly rehearsing for the next crisis, to ensure that when an emergency happens, everything still…
The airport that can’t afford to stopKnowledge Hub
Explore comprehensive guides, toolkits and best practices for effective private sector engagement in humanitarian action, from small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) resilience to coordination protocols.
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