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Communicating with communities in Mozambique after Cyclone Idai
This photo story from the CCEA coordinator for the Cyclone Idai crisis illustrates some of the critical work that was done to get information to those most affected by the disaster.
Fiji Media, Language and Telecommunications Landscape Guide
The Fiji Media, Language and Telecommunications Landscape Guide supports the coordination of CCE activities, particularly in preparation for an impending disaster and during the response phase.
Accidental and intentional innovation: valuing what’s there – Public Forum report
This report summarises the main themes raised during the 2019 CDAC Network Public Forum and offers solutions to some of the innovation challenges facing the humanitarian system.
Accidental and intentional innovation: valuing what’s there
Written in advance of the 2019 CDAC Network Public Forum, this background paper looks at the evolution of innovation in the humanitarian sector.
Scoping mission report for Fiji
Operationalising localisation and the ‘Participation Revolution’: communications preparedness and accountability for disaster response in Fiji.
Scoping mission report for Vanuatu
Operationalising localisation and the ‘Participation Revolution’: communications preparedness and accountability for disaster response in Vanuatu
Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme: innovation labs
The Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP) Innovation Labs was a two-year programme that fostered innovations that address key problems faced by disaster-prone communities.
Framework for assessing success of national CCE platforms
This framework for assessing success of national CCE platforms is designed to clearly lay out the different elements that combine to build a complete platform.
How-to guide: collective communication and community engagement in humanitarian action
A guide to implementing communication. community engagement and accountability programming in humanitarian action, bringing together a decade of best practice.
‘From words to action’: communication & community engagement in humanitarian action – Africa regional workshop report
Report from the Communication and Community Engagement Initiative (CCEI) workshops in Nairobi.
Learning review of communications and community engagement during the Hurricane Maria response in Dominica
This learning review was an opportunity to reflect together on experiences of communication and community engagement during the response, and for shared learning. It highlights examples of good practice, lessons learnt and where and why challenges arose
Advancing a collective model for communication and community engagement: lessons from the Rohingya response
A real-time evaluation of the coordination of communicating with communities (CwC) in the Rohingya refugee response in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh since August 2017, focusing on the role and contribution of the CwC Working Group.
Hearing the roar! Digital inclusion and community voices beyond the humanitarian-development divide
Report from the CDAC Network Annual Global Forum in 2018. Participants acknowledged the communication environment is now one where hierarchical ‘business as usual’ approaches are demonstrably less effective and on the wrong side of history.
Global frameworks and commitments on communication and community engagement
There are a number of global level frameworks and commitments that have components specific to communication and community engagement. While these spell out what action needs to be taken, they are not consistently and coherently taken on board by humanitarian actors. This paper summarises those existing frameworks.
Prepositioning national platforms: an independent evaluation of CDAC's work under the Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP)
This evaluation found that the flexible funding that the national multi-stakeholder platforms had access to helped the platforms develop their own capacity strengthening plans based on gaps analyses they undertook, resulting for example in locally adapted tools and skills in communicating with communities.
An assessment of surge capacity available for communication and community engagement
An assessment of the level and quality of surge capacity available for communication and community engagement in the humanitarian sector.
The characteristics of different communication channels
A description of different communication channels, their coverage and reach, the type of information that is suitable for dissemination in this way, the level of interactivity with the audience, and the cost. This document is useful in the planning of communication and community engagement activities.
Dominica: Media & Telecommunications Landscape Guide
This guide provides comprehensive information on the media and telecommunications landscape in Dominica, as at October 2017.
Better dialogue, better information, better action
Lessons on communicating with communities in emergencies.
12 essentials for system change
The ‘12 essentials for system change’ came out of a global forum held in May 2017 by CDAC Network and the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response, on ‘The authenticity challenge to the Participation Revolution’.