Adapting Urban Tools

Tailoring humanitarian response to the urban context by developing shared assessment and profiling tools, promoting joint analysis, and adapting coordination mechanisms.

Initiatives

• Knowledge Product 1: Urban Profiling for Better Responses to Humanitarian Crises.
• Knowledge Product 5: Protocol of Engagement between Local Governments and Humanitarian Actors.

Mobilizing Urban Expertise

Developing or working with existing global, regional and national rosters to facilitate the deployment of urban leaders, managers and technical experts.

Initiatives

• Urban Competency Framework, User Guide, Research Report
• Knowledge Product 2: Philippines Case Study
• The Global Alliance for Urban Crises Response Roster

Managing Urban Displacement

Building the evidence base on characteristics of protracted displacement in urban areas and contributing to the design of appropriate and cost-effective responses, with particular regard to the protection of vulnerable people, shelter, basic services and infrastructure.

Initiatives

• Knowledge Product 3: Urban Displacement from Different Perspectives.
• Humanitarian Learning Center Operational Practice Paper 4: Vulnerabilities in Urban Protracted Displacement.

Building Urban Resilience

Ensuring that initiatives focused on building urban resilience incorporate components on resilient response and recovery from crises and that they leverage the greatest impact in cities most at risk of humanitarian emergencies.

Initiatives

• Knowledge Product 4: Building Urban Resilience in the Face of Crisis.