Crisis State Research Centre

The Crisis State Research Centre at the LSE is funded by the UK Department of International Aid.

Overseas Development Institute

ODI Programmes are responsible for delivering on our mission of "locking together high quality applied research, practical policy advice, and policy-focused dissemination and debate."

Stabilisation strategies and the protection of civilians

Better protected? Stabilisation strategies and the protection of civilians
25 March 2011 - Round-table, Geneva

...how and to what extent is the protection of civilians a stabilisation objective; how have stabilisation strategies contributed to enhanced protection of civilians in specific contexts; and what engagement is desirable between stabilisation and humanitarian actors on protection of civilians at global and country levels.

Crisis Commons

Interesting-looking bunch: CrisisCommons.

Australian Civilian Corps (ACC)

AusAID's civilian corps program, Australian Civilian Corps.

Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence

APCMOE (Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence) is:

a whole-of-government initiative to improve Australia’s effectiveness in civil-military collaboration for conflict and disaster management overseas.

We support best practice approaches to civil-military engagement by those involved in the strategic planning and delivery of conflict and disaster management activities.

We support the development of national civil-military capabilities to prevent, prepare for and respond more effectively to conflicts and disasters overseas.

We develop best practice in civil-military training, education, doctrine, research and implementation.

We support cohesive civil-military effectiveness in disaster and conflict management overseas.

We strengthen national, regional and international engagement in civil-military affairs.

The Liaison Office

Interesting outfit, The Liaison Office.

The Liaison Office (TLO) is an Afghan non-governmental organization that seeks to improve local governance, stability and security through systematic and institutionalized engagement with customary structures, local communities, and civil society groups. Our mission is to facilitate the formal integration of communities and their traditional governance structures within Afghanistan’s newly emerging peace, governance and reconstruction framework. TLO’s three main areas of activity are: Research and Analysis; Peacebuilding and Mediation; and Natural Resource Management.

GeoHazards International

Profile:

...Tucker founded GeoHazards International. His message was simple: Stop thinking of earthquakes and tsunamis as unpredictable, and stop thinking of mass fatalities as inevitable. We know where the faults are, we can estimate when quakes will hit, and we can see trends in shoddy construction. The math says more than two million people will die in this century. But those deaths can be prevented, just as vaccines prevent disease. Instead of waiting to send disaster relief after the next Haiti, fund better construction now. Instead of waiting for the next epidemic, inoculate the world.