Assessments

Physically isolated from the rest of Myanmar, by inaccessible ranges of mountains and hills, is the state of Rakhine. A combination of geography, history and ethno-regional politics, has seen Rakhine’s social and economic development slow down.…

European Economic and Social Committee Mission Report – Italy, 18-19 January 2016 In December 2015 and January 2016, EESC delegations visited 11 EU Member States to meet civil society organisations working with migrants in order to identify the problems,…

Every year, the Task Force on the Kabul Informal Settlements conducts a needs assessment to inform planning for winter assistance and other types of interventions in the 50 informal settlements or slum areas scattered around the…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 25 April 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal with its epicentre in Gorkha district, approximately 81km northwest of the capital, Kathmandu. Intense tremors, and subsequent aftershocks, landslides, and avalanches caused widespread damage to…

In July – August, 2015 flash flooding, coupled with the Glacier Lake Outburst Floods of high to very high intensity, caused human losses and intensive damages to public infrastructure, houses and other buildings in various areas…

Executive summary • Recurring drought is one of the major challenges faced by Balochistan province of Pakistan. Assessment of this natural calamity is crucial so that necessary precautionary measures may be taken to avoid colossal losses. This study…

1. Introduction 1.1 Background During the past 6 years, the Pakistan army launched three military operations in Bara Tehsil (Khyber Agency) namely in 2009, 2011, and 2014. Bara was notified in 2012 and remained a conflict zone until December…

Authors/editor(s): Galit Wolfensohn In 2015 over one million women and men sought asylum in Western Europe. The vast majority transited from Turkey to Greece and traveled through the Western Balkans to reach destination countries further north. For…

European Economic and Social Committee Mission Report – Croatia, 12-13 January 2016 In December 2015 and January 2016, EESC delegations visited eleven EU Member States to meet civil society organisations working with migrants in order to identify the…

1. BACKGROUND An earthquake struck Nepal on the 25th April 2015 with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale. This was followed by several aftershocks the strongest being magnitude 7.3 on the 12th May. The serious…