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Relief Web - Turkmenistan page

A UN project serving the information needs of the humanitarian relief world. Includes a country-by-country guide, with an entry for Turkmenistan. Topics include disaster history, geography and economics, infrastructure, and media links. Also has a list of other country profiles websites and links...

Uruguay map page

A United Nations map resource, with general and relief maps of Uruguay. Also includes information on natural disasters and population.

Relief Web - Uruguay page

A UN project serving the information needs of the humanitarian relief world. Includes a country-by-country guide, with an entry for Uruguay. Topics include disaster history, economics, infrastructure, and media links. Also has a list of other country profiles websites, related news stories on...

Pan American Health Organisation - The DO'S and DON'TS of Humanitarian Supplies Management

Preparing and dispatching donated supplies This section provides detailed guidelines on preparing, dispatching and receiving supplies. This includes suggestions for preparing a packing list and recommendations for packaging goods. Packaging guidelines suggest that donors "make parcels of a weight,...

Satellite Images on Alertnet

Alertnet provides a wide range of detailed satellite maps which can be used to pinpoint sites where emergencies and humanitarian disasters have occurred.

EU Import Requirements

This document provides guidelines on regulations for importing into the EU. It has sections on tariff classification and import duties, textiles and clothing, restricted ue of hazardous materials etc. Although the information has a commercial focus, much is also relevant to humanitarian shipments. ...

Alertnet - Serbia page

Disaster relief website with information about Serbia, including information about teh economy, history, government and a humanitarian profile.

Council Directive 2009/132/EC "Exemption from value added tax on the final importation of certain goods"

Council Directive 2009/132/EC - "Exemption from value added tax on the final importation of certain goods" page contains the full text of this EU directive. Articles 40-55 are specific to VAT exemption for charitable goods and disaster relief work.

Twelve Habits of Highly Effective ICT-Enabled Development Initiatives

Twelve Habits of Highly Effective ICT-Enabled Development Initiatives are a set of best practice guidelines for project management, which aim to ensure the internal health of initiatives harnessing ICT for development. Like the Real Access criteria, the 12 Habits can be used proscriptively for...

Time and Date.com

This site gives the time and date in any country or city in the world. Allows the user to view the time in every country at once.

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...

United Nations World Summit on the Information Society

The United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was established by the UN General Assembly to develop a better understanding of the information revolution and its impact on the international community. Objectives of the summit, held in 2 phases during 2003 and 2005, were (1) to...

NextBillion.net

NextBillion.net is a website and blog bringing together the community of business leaders, social entrepreneurs, NGOs, policy makers and academics who want to explore the connection between development and enterprise. It is a discussion forum, networking space and knowledge base for individuals...

Socially Inclusive Business: Engaging the Poor through Market Initiatives in Iberoamerica

The first section of this chapter defines its object and the main research questions that guided the researchers' collective efforts.

Publications on PPPs and Inclusive Business

Many agencies are working to build a vibrant private sector, and to partner with business for development goals. But donor coordination is only possible if agencies share a ‘world view’ on how to do this most effectively. The Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED) works to build that...

LexisNexis Human Trafficking Awareness Index

The Human Trafficking Awareness Index uses the respected Nexis® service to track and analyze the volume of news articles related to human trafficking. It is hoped that the service will provide a valuable tool for campaigners looking to raise awareness of human trafficking on an ongoing basis.