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Travel Health Online
Travel Health Online provides country profiles, detailing general travel information including necessary vaccinations, other health issues, crime information, and consular contact details. The website requires registration.
Africa Data Dissemination Service (ADDS)
Africa Data Dissemination Service (ADDS) provides internet access to the data collected for the FEWS NET project. The FEWS NET is a multi-disciplinary project that collects, analyzes, and distributes regional, national, and sub-national information to decision makers about potential or current...
TravLang
TravLang provides a variety of comprehensive language resources for travellers and students interested in learning a foreign language.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Management of Social Transformations Programme
UNESCO Management of Social Transformations Programme website has a database of best practices, information explaining best practices and links to other best practice information.
Social Entrepreneurs: vital partners for business
"Social Entrepreneurs: vital partners for business", a news article, reports on a meeting of over 80 leaders from international business, non-governmental organisations and government to discuss how partnerships between social entrepreneurs and business can enable companies to address development...
Doing Business in Bolivia - a Country Commercial Guide for US Companies
Doing Business in Bolivia - a Country Commercial Guide for US Companies is aimed at US companies involved in trading with Bolivia but it also contains useful regional information on trade, laws, business travel and other issues relating to Bolivia.
Botswana Council of NGOs (BOCONGO)
Code of Conduct - Botswana Council of NGOs (BOCONGO) aims to enable NGOs in Botswana to respond to the challenges of sustaining democratic and participatory institutions. The Code provides guidelines on establishing an enabling environment, values, transparency, governance, accountability,...
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Egypt
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Egypt. This website provides information about the UNDP activities in Egypt, together with a country profile.
UNOSAT Satellite imagery for all
UNOSAT is a United Nations programme created to provide the international community and developing countries with enhanced access to satellite imagery and Geographic Information System (GIS) services. These tools are used mainly in humanitarian relief, disaster prevention and post crisis...
ReliefWeb - Iraq page
ReliefWeb is a UN project serving the information needs of the humanitarian relief world. It includes a country-by-country guide, with an entry for Iraq. Topics include disaster history, geography and economics, infrastructure, and media links. ReliefWeb also has a list of other country profiles...
Humanitarian Information Unit (US Department of State)
Humanitarian Information Unit (US Department of State) serves as a US Government interagency centre to identify, collect, analyse, and disseminate information to assist decision-makers and partners in preparation for and in response to humanitarian emergencies worldwide, and to promote best...
Sierra Leone Information System (SLIS)
Sierra Leone Information System (SLIS) was established to implement a simple and robust management information system that could draw primarily on data already collected by the humanitarian community and the Government. SLIS's aim is to develop sustainable solutions which are primarily geared...
Natural Hazards Education & Research Co-Operative (NHERC)
Natural Hazards Education&Research Co-Operative (NHERC) provides information and educational material about disasters and how to cope with disasters. NHERC's website has links to many sites concerned with disaster monitoring and relief.
Poised for a Breakthrough? A Review of Significant Findings and Trends in Humanitarian Action
Poised for a Breakthrough? A Review of Significant Findings and Trends in Humanitarian Action, a report, analyses recent trends in humanitarian response. It discusses how humanitarian organisations implement crisis and disaster management and assesses the link between humanitarian principles and...
Natural Disaster Reference Database
The database, provided by NASA, provides information about research and the results of NASA's satellite remote-sensing programmes. The website is for historical reference only and is no longer updated.
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) is an international development federation which provides skilled volunteers to advise and train local individuals within developing countries.
Brilliant Brokerage: tips for success
Brilliant Brokerage: tips for success, a booklet, is a guide to brokering business community partnerships. It demonstrates the value and importance of the brokerage role and identifies the key skills and processes required for effective delivery.
BBC report: ''Doubts over Mexican GM maize report''
BBC article on whether genetically modified (GM) crops in Mexico have contaminated wild maize (corn). The suggestion that the GM corn may have come to Mexico as part of food aid highlights the need for careful planning in choosing appropriate aid.
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM)
The Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM) is a community of researchers, scholars, practitioners and policy makers involved in information management for disasters.
Aesthethika
Aesthethika is an online journal devoted to the interdisciplinary study and research of culture, subjectivity and aesthetics. Aesthethika was created by the faculty and the doctoral students from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,IL, USA. ...