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Resilient Tourism: A Guide for MSMEs in the Tourism Sector – Sri Lanka
Extreme events have catastrophic direct and indirect effects on corporate operations and continuity. These disastrous events have had a substantial influence on Sri Lanka’s…
Seizing the Peace Dividend: Private Sector Contributions to Forging Resilient Societies
This policy brief explores the auspicious role the private sector can play in addressing fragility, responding to crises and building resilient communities to prevent…
Responding to Multiple Disasters: Case Study on the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation Emergency Operations Center and Response to Super Typhoon Goni and Vamco during the COVID-19 Pandemic
As COVID-19 continued to threaten business operations and health conditions, the Philippines had to also deal with Super Typhoon Goni (known locally as Rolly)…
From Vaults to Villages: How Banks Build Financial Resilience in Crisis Response
Banks can provide the infrastructure that makes response faster, more efficient, and more locally rooted. From mobile money waiving fees to foundations building health…
Private Sector Partnerships in Disaster Management in the Philippines – A Story of Resilience Through Relationships
In the Philippines, the private sector has become a key partner in disaster preparedness, response and recovery, working alongside the Government, the United Nations…
Integrating Conflict Sensitivity in Private Sector Disaster Management: Lessons from the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation
When a disaster strikes, aid interventions can have unintended consequences, and lead to social tensions and ultimately more violence – even in otherwise peaceful…
CBI Annual Report 2024-25
The Connecting Business Initiative (CBI) Annual Report 2024-25 provides an overview of our activities in private sector disaster preparedness, response, and recovery during an…
Quick guide on network engagement and coordination with humanitarian actors
This guide is designed to highlight how a business resilience organization in the Pacific, the Vanuatu Business Resilience Council (VBRC), has integrated itself into…
Quick planning guides in preparedness, response and recovery
This guide is designed to highlight how a business resilience organization in the Pacific, the Vanuatu Business Resilience Council (VBRC), has integrated itself into…
Case study from Vanuatu: Best practices in risk reduction, emergency preparedness, response and recovery
The Vanuatu Business Resilience Council (VBRC) was created in 2017, two years after Category 5 Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu and caused widespread devastation. Since…
Innovation in Disaster Management: Leveraging Technology to Save More Lives
Technological advances can help reduce the global death toll following extreme weather events, despite the increase in frequency and magnitude of such events and…
The Unblocked Cash Experience in Vanuatu
This report provides details of the Vanuatu Business Resilience Council’s (VBRC) role and approach to supporting the businesses in the Oxfam UnBlocked Cash humanitarian programme in 2020-2021 in Vanuatu. …