Disaster Risk Financing: A Guide To Our Quality Assurance Service

This guidance note provides an overview of the Centre for Disaster Protection’s quality assurance service—a free-to-use and impartial service that provides governments, donors, multilateral organisations, and NGOs expert advice on the design and implementation of disaster risk financing projects.
Available in English, French, German and Arabic.
Key Findings
Key Terms Used In This Report
Financial arrangements made in advance to pay for disaster prevention, response and recovery.
The network of global organisations funding crisis prevention, preparedness and response.
Policies and actions to reduce disaster risks, manage impacts and strengthen resilience.
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