Purpose of the Centre

The Asia Pacific Disaster Resilience Centre (APDRC) supports Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies and partners in the Asia Pacific region in reducing disaster risks and strengthening community resilience by providing trainings, and knowledge and innovation.

Purpose of the Centre

The purpose of GAP is to provide advice to National Societies and their affiliated blood services, IFRC and other related bodies in matters related to corporate governance and risk management of National Society blood programmes.

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The Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) Global Migration Lab, currently hosted by Australian Red Cross, develops insights into migration trends, policies and good practice responses at a local, regional and global level. It aims to provide the RCRC with the information it needs, to work where most needed, in a way that best addresses the strengths of individuals, communities, and the Movement across borders. The Lab seeks to ensure that the voices and expertise of people with lived experience (i.e. migrants and the communities in which they live and work) are amplified to guide and inform policy development and programme operations. The Lab will be hosted by a new National Society every three to four years and its Steering Group will be made up of people with lived experience in migration and the Co-Chairs of the RCRC Migration Leadership Group.

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The Global Disaster Preparedness Centre (GDPC) helps to enhance the disaster preparedness capacities of Red Cross and Red Crescent national zocieties and the wider humanitarian community. It provides specific network wide services in response to national and community demands for tools and learning on disaster preparedness and resilience.

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Contribute to the development of NS capacities from the field of learning and research promoting: innovative methodologies, tools, learning techniques and harmonization processes, considering experience and best practices within and outside the RCRC.

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CADRIM takes the lead in building and contributing knowledge and providing services to the Red Cross network in the Caribbean, the Americas and globally; actively working towards the development of evidence, data and research that can inform leadership and recognize digital gaps and adaptation, by using evidence-based analysis and research to further amplify our advocacy and policy influence.

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The ICVD focuses on volunteer learning, innovation and research, in favour of all volunteers from the Americas Region in order to guarantee the reinforcement and volunteer leadership, social action, ethics and education skills for sustainability, in broad fields of thought and practice that revolve around the focus areas of the network and the Volunteering Development Framework(VODFRA).

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The Psychosocial Centre’s mission is to enable and support National Societies in implementing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) by providing training, educational material and direct support in times of emergencies. The Psychosocial Centre focuses on MHPSS as part of emergency preparedness and response to armed conflicts, natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies. It specializes in integrating psychosocial components into the full spectrum of community-based programmes, including caring for Red Cross Red Crescent staff and volunteers.

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The Climate Centre supports the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and its partners in reducing the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events on vulnerable people. caring for Red Cross Red Crescent staff and volunteers.

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The Livelihoods Resource Centre (LRC) spreads awareness of effective livelihoods programming strategies and helps IFRC members to enhance community capacity and individual skills, restore and sustain livelihoods, and thereby establish more secure living conditions. The LRC is also a network of community-based livelihood experts, who can pass on knowledge, develop methodologies and policies, build capacity, and provide technical assistance.

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The IFRC-SRU focuses on humanitarian shelter and settlement responses. It undertakes projects including field missions in support of ongoing operations through the provision of on-demand technical assistance. The Unit undertakes project-based applied research to answer shelter and settlement operational needs, aimed at strengthening the technical capacity of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

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The Global First Aid Reference Centre (GFARC) is a hub of technical expertise in first aid, supporting learning and knowledge sharing for first aid practitioners worldwide.

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The Cash Hub aims to accelerate the use and scale up of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian action. The Cash Hub supports a programme of activities focused on: enabling cash preparedness of National Societies; strengthening human resource capacity and developing a cadre of cash practitioners; providing an online platform (cash-hub.org) to access programme tools, data, resources and share learning; harnessing use of technology and data management systems for CVA; and supporting policy and advocacy to promote the Movement as a partner of choice in the delivery of CVA.

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The Anticipation Hub is a knowledge and exchange platform for practitioners, scientists and policymakers to enhance their ability to anchor anticipatory action in the humanitarian sector, and subsequently reduce disaster risk and adapt to climate change. The Anticipation Hub equips practitioners, scientists and policymakers with knowledge, skills, expertise and connections to collectively support communities at-risk ahead of disasters. The three strategic priorities of the Anticipation Hub are to
1) stimulate innovation, learning and exchange,
2) provide guidance and support and
3) promote policy and advocacy on anticipatory (humanitarian) action.

Purpose of the Centre

Our role is to create and support multi-sector road safety partnerships that are engaged with front-line good practice road safety interventions in countries and communities throughout the world. We play a powerful role in capacity building and training of road safety practitioners and traffic police, engage actively in advocacy at all levels, provide road safety programme coordination at the global level, and are a recognised expert source of road safety knowledge and good practice.

Purpose of the Centre

The Red Cross and blood banking and transfusion have been intrinsically linked ever since the concept of transfusion was discovered. The Transfusion Research Center (TReC) operates in this field with a focus on innovation in blood banking, storage of blood products and medicinal safety and efficacy of transfusion. Our research eventually leads to innovations that reduce cost, increase the benefit/risk ratio for patients and maximize the use of voluntarily donated blood. The laboratory hosts and trains highly skilled research experts thus attracting human capital with a heart for basic and applied research in a humanitarian setting. As such TReC has an unique position at the intersection of fundamental knowledge acquisition and applied science to advance transfusion medicine by maximally safeguarding the interests of both donor and patient.