Briefing paper which highlights key lessons from past urban responses to guide local authorities, national governments, international agencies, the private sector, and community organisations in approaching the challenges of addressing and responding to disaster risks in urban environments.
Blog being used to gather input for European Development Days.
The GSDRC maintains a document library and resource helpdesk for a wide variety of topics related to governance, conflict and social development issues.
Interesting site that collects suggestions on improving governance in the U.S. and allows visitors to vote up or down the various suggestions.
The Global Accountability Project at the One World Trust which aims to generate wider commitment to the principles and values of accountability; increase the accountability of organisations to those they affect; and strengthen the capacity of civil society to better engage in decision making processes.
A collection of practice notes developed by Christian Aid to help civil society organisations and communities to better monitor, influence and secure commitment to the Hyogo Framework for Action at the local level.
A toolkit designed to help African civil society organisations analyse and monitor government policy implementation.
'This page provides information and reference documents/ tools for understanding and improving institutional and legal frameworks for disaster preparedness and response.'
