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Philippines' Flagship Initiative Dashboard: A game-changer in disaster preparedness The Philippines Flagship Initiative Dashboard, which recently featured on UN platforms such as iSeek and UN Delegates, highlights essential pre-crisis data aimed at boosting disaster preparedness andresponse. This tool…

Community Cash Grants empower disaster-affected areas in the Philippines In disaster-affected areas, community cash grants are emerging as a powerful tool for fostering resilience and driving early recovery. By providing direct financial assistance, these grants empower local…

CaLP and Flagship Initiative organize cash training in Legazpi The Flagship Initiative team, in collaboration with the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) and NORCAP, organized a Core Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) skills training in Legazpi City, Region…

Flagship Initiative team conducts stocktaking exercise to enhance humanitarian coordination The Flagship Initiative team and the Inter-Cluster Coordination Group (ICCG) conducted a comprehensive Stocktaking exercise on 14 May, bringing together HCT clusters, NGOs and CSOs to reflect…

UN Climate Official Reena Ghelani backs Philippines' El Nino response During her week-long mission to the Philippines in April, Reena Ghelani, Assistant Secretary-General, and Climate Crisis Coordinator for the El Niño Response, expressed strong support for the…

Philippines presents flagship initiative takeaways, refocusing context of resilience in communities Gustavo Gonzalez, Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator in the Philippines, and Manja Vidic, Head of OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) Philippines, recently shared the initial…

Flagship Initiative tests Resilient-Based Community Appraisal in CARAGA region From 12 to 15 February, the ERC flagship initiative team in collaboration with local government and partners conducted its first rollout of the Resilience-Based Participatory Community Appraisal (ReBPCA)…

OUR TOP STORY: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOOLS Testing of the Resilience-Based Participatory Community Appraisal (ReBPCA) tool took place on 18-19 December in Barangay Joroan, Tiwi, Albay. It brought together 111 community representatives to explore communities’ assets, needs, capacities…

Heads of offices of four Flagship initiative countries attended a 3-day community conversation workshop from 29 November to 1 December in Tacloban City as part of the initial phase of the Enhancing Resilient Communities (ERC) flagship…

The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) and UN Country Team (UNCT) launched the Enhancing Resilient Communities (ERC) initiative in Tacloban City, Leyte on November 7, a day before the 10th anniversary of super typhoon Haiyan, which ravaged…