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COBACORE Project Meeting

8th May 2014

The COBACORE consortium met at the offices of the Netherlands Red Cross in The Hague between 14-16 April, 2014. As the project enters its first birthday, significant progress has been […]

COBACORE’S Evaluation Process

25th March 2014

As suggested in the project title, Community Based Comprehensive Recovery (COBACORE ) is focused on just that- communities. COBACORE sees three main communities involved in disaster response and recovery: the […]

CECIS: COBACORE on EU level?

22nd January 2014

The Common Emergency Communication and Information System (CECIS) has been developed by the EU under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. CECIS facilitates communication between the ERCC with National Authorities, making […]

Crisis management in Europe: a comparative study

Colleagues from TNO from the IFV institute have compared several EU countries to check what the differences and matches are in crisis mitigation and preparation. In general, there are clear […]

Typhoon Haiyan: the limits of crowdsourcing?

As the global media coverage of the destruction meted out by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) on November 8th gradually recedes, the recovery effort in the Philippines continues. With 14.1 million people […]