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The second component of the Capacity Building Program for Disaster Risk Management of Civil Society Organizations provides support to rights-based organizations aimed at developing capacities in disaster risk management. This component will also contribute to ongoing humanitarian aid and empowerment activities in the Kahramanmaraş earthquake region.
The main beneficiaries of the grant will be:
- Civil society organisations active in the response to the February 2023 earthquakes and/or
- Right based CSOs who are working in other fields such as gender equality, children rights, nature protection, refugee rights and others aiming to support citizens and business community with initiatives to improve disaster risk management
Civil society organisations from the earthquake region prioritized. The following is a non- exhaustive list of actions and activities that can be implemented by civil society organisations:
- Activities to strengthen volunteerism and the role of volunteers in disaster management.
- Sharing of experience and knowledge in disaster risk management
- Improving advocacy and lobbying capacity
- Improving collaboration with public institutions, municipalities, and universities in disaster risk management
- Anticipatory actions for disaster response
- Supporting technical capacity to assess impact and vulnerability, improve monitoring and evaluation, and promote community-based education.
- Equipping civil society organisations and communities in disaster-prone areas with the necessary knowledge, skills, and capacity needed to manage and reduce disaster risk.
- Knowledge sharing with the EU and countries in the IPA region
- Active participation of CSOs in the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
- Establishment of local disaster management communities
- Risk communication with citizens and society
- Cooperation and joint work with academia
- Data collection, development, and analysis
- Activities to raise community awareness on hazards and disaster risks
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