The USAID Resilience Measurement Practical Guidance Note Series synthesizes existing technical documents into pragmatic guidance to assist practitioners in integrating core aspects of resilience measurement into their program assessments, design, monitoring, evaluation, and learning. The series was prepared by Mercy Corps [...]

The Centre for Resilience/USAID is pleased to announce it Resilience Thematic Training Series is now availalbe online.  Measurement, livelihood diversification and sustainable poverty escapes have been identified as priority resilience learning areas by participants of An Introduction to Resilience at USAID and [...]

On Thursday 22 March 2018 the Global Report on Food Crises 2018 will be launched in the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, in Rome, Italy. On this occasion, FAO and the World Food Programme (WFP) will brief [...]

Scaling up of Adaptation in the Agricultural Sectors (SAAS) Module 1: Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in the agricultural sectors Webinar 3: Ecosystem-based Adaptation and National Adaptation Planning: Opportunities for the Agricultural Sectors Tuesday, 20 March 2018 – 10:00-11:30 CET (UTC/GMT +1) The third webinar of the [...]

Date: 15-16 March 2018Place: Ha Noi, Viet NamOrganized by: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsHosted by: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Viet Nam More than 2.2 billion people in Asia solely rely on agriculture for their livelihoods. [...]

Date: 14-15 March 2018Place: Geneva, Switzerland Is investment in preparedness a good use of humanitarian funding? What are the best approaches to funding and programme design to ensure sustainable solutions and community leadership in preparedness programming? How can we inform future [...]

Research and  webinar lead by Tufts University's Feinstein International Center and sponsored by USAID Center for Resilience. Date: Thursday 22 February 2018 Time: 9.00-10.30 EST (UTC/GMT -5) Despite global improvements in malnutrition and under-five mortality child Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) continues to be an [...]

Date: Wednesday 14 February 2018 Time: 9.00-10.30 EST (UTC/GMT -5) FAO’s Strategic Programme 2 (SP2) identified the Global Farmer Field School Platform as one of its global knowledge products over the 2018-19 biennium.  The seminar on February 14th 2018 launching the global FFS platform, [...]

The joint Microlinks and Agrilinks webinar explores how investing in resilience will result in reduced humanitarian assistance needs and avoided losses, comparing a range of investment and response scenarios in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia.  When: Thursday 25 January 2018, 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM Time [...]

Thursday 18 January 2018 FAO Headquarters, German Room C-269 Introduction The importance of energy access for affected populations in the context of acute emergencies and protracted crises cannot be overstated. Nearly 60 million people are currently displaced due to violence and conflict, and [...]