2003-2010 Projects

Between 2003 and 2009, the ProVention Consortium was based at the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and its workplan focused on 5 overarching priority areas:

• Mainstreaming Risk Reduction

  • Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN)
  • Community Disaster Resilience Fund
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Production Sector Climate Risk Analysis in the Philippines
  • Risk Reduction Indicators
  • Tools for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Urban Master Planning Megacities:
    Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management

• Risk Analysis & Application

  • African Urban Risk Analysis Network (AURAN)
  • Community based Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) in Central America
  • Community Risk Assessment and Climate Adaptation Tools
  • Global Risk Identification Programme (GRIP)
  • Identification and Analysis of Global Disaster Risk Hotspots
  • Reducing Flood Risk in Africa
  • Tools for Community Risk Assessment and Action Planning

• Reducing Risks in Recovery

  • Learning Lessons from Disaster Recovery
  • Strengthening Social Analysis in Rapid Assessment

• Risk Transfer & Private Sector Investment

  • Catastrophe Risk Management Initiative in Bulgaria
  • Corporate social responsibility and disaster reduction
  • Microinsurance pilot scheme
  • Microinsurance research study
  • Multi-hazard risk assessment for disaster risk reduction and financing in Madagascar
  • Solidarity and Opportunity:
    The Potential of Insurance for Disaster Risk Management in Developing Countries

• Expanding Risk Research & Learning

  • Partners for Humanitarian and Risk Education Expansion (PHREE-Way)
  • ProVention Forum
  • Research & Action Grants for Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Training and Learning Circles

2000-2003 Projects

ProVention was launched by the World Bank in 2000, and hosted there for 3 years. At the Bank, ProVention initiated many initiatives and research studies in the area of risk identification, risk reduction, risk transfer and knowledge sharing. These activities included:

• Critical Infrastructure, Disaster Vulnerability and the Role of the Private Sector
• Economic and Financial Impacts of Natural Disasters:
  An Assessment of Their Effects and Options for Mitigation
  
• Improved Database for the Social and Economic Analysis of Disaster Impacts
• Innovations in Managing Catastrophic Risk: How Can They Help the Poor?
• Methodology and Standards for Damage and Needs Assessments
• Modeling the Macroeconomic Impacts of Natural Disasters