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The politics of principle: the principles of humanitarian action in practice

This report is the synthesis report of an independent study by ODI into humanitarian principles. In recent years there has been an outpouring of reflection on principles by humanitarian agencies, and attempts in several countries by groups of agencies to develop a more explicitly ‘principled’...

Humanitarian Information Centre (HIC) - Iraq

The HIC (Humanitarian Information Center) for Iraq is an initiative of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The purpose is to act as a central location for data and information resources, with the aim of reinforcing co-ordination and humanitarian response activities.

FedEX Packaging Tips

A resource provided by FedEX that includes downloadable guides containing guidance on how to pack, seal and label packages for shipment. The page also includes general guidelines on restricted shipments and size and weight limits.

Disaster Preparedness Information (Red Cross)

This page on the American Red Cross website provides information and advice for families about how to prepare for and cope in emergency situations. A key goal is to serve the needs of vulnerable people such as the elderly and people with disabilities.

AlertNet - The Diary

AlertNet is a humanitarian news network. It aims to keep relief professionals and the wider public up-to-date on humanitarian crises around the globe. AlertNet has a network of more than three hundred contributing humanitarian organisations and its weekly email digest is received by more than...

Joining Forces for Change: Demonstrating Innovation and Impact through UN-Business Partnerships

Joining Forces for Change: Demonstrating Innovation and Impact through UN-Business Partnerships, a publication by the UN Global Compact Office, presents a case for partnering with the UN in addition to listing case studies of successful UN-business partnerships. The partnerships presented in the...

Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI)

Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI), operated under a grant from USAID and IBM, is a resource for the public, as well as US government agencies, foreign embassies and international corporations. The website provides guidelines for giving effective material donations to relief...

Internet Centre for Corruption Research

The Internet Centre for Corruption Research is a joint initiative of the University of Passau (Germany) and Transparency International. It hosts the TI-Corruption Perception Index, a comparative assessment of a country's integrity performance, along with related academic research on corruption. The...

Map Quest Inc.

Map Quest Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of America Online Inc, provides detailed maps and driving directions for the US, as well as an online world atlas.

Volunteer.Monster.com

Volunteer.Monster.com is a site which lists volunteering resources and articles and includes a database of volunteering opportunities.

Jordanian Yellow Pages

The Jordanian Yellow Pages allow for a search under "NGO" which provides a list of local charities with contact details. Using this directory you can search by name, activity, area and city.

Annotated list of funding sources

A list of organisations that cooperate with the IAVCEI in various ways. The page includes information about the organisations and their activities. It may be useful for organisations seeking information about IAVCEI-related activities.

One for all and all for one: Intra-organizational dynamics in humanitarian action

A significant proportion of humanitarian assistance is now delivered by NGOs which have in effect become federated trans-national organisations, alliances of members from different countries, all seeking to provide assistance in times of crisis. This report describes research carried out to better...

Doing Business with the Poor: A Field Guide

Doing Business with the Poor: A Field Guide encourages "sustainable livelihoods (SL) business", that is, doing business with the poor in ways that benefit the poor and benefit the company. It discusses how successful SL business models focus on core competencies, partner across sectors and localise...

Principles of Corporate Citizenship

The Principles of Corporate Citizenship address the activities of transportation and logistics companies. The principles include compliance through integrity, optimising shareholder value over time, transparency and accountability, social justice in the workplace, global corporate citizenship,...

Public-Private Partnerships: Meeting in the Middle

Public-Private Partnerships: Meeting in the Middle was offered as a means of stimulating discussion about partnerships at the World Economic Forum's 2003 Meeting in Davos. The document attempts to define public-private partnerships, provide examples of such partnerships and suggest questions that...

Joint evaluation of the international response to the Indian Ocean tsunami: Synthesis Report

Joint evaluation of the international response to the Indian Ocean tsunami: Synthesis Report examines the successes and failures as well as the constraints within which the response occurred between the first eight and 11 months of the response. It does this by distilling the findings and learning...

Millennium Development Goals Report 2008

Millennium Development Goals Report 2008 is a report based on a master set of data that has been compiled by an Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators led by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, in response to the wishes of the General Assembly...

Taking IT Global - Malaysia

Taking IT Global is a web-based platform for ideas and expression and a resource that provides opportunities for young people to network and develop projects with others. There are 170,000 members globally, with 904 in Malaysia. The site provides country-based information, and is available in many...

Time Zone Converter

Time Zone Converter converts the time from one location to another selceted location.