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Contingency planning and humanitarian action: a review of practice (pdf 350kb)

This paper, based on a thorough review of international practice, explores the current processes and practices of contingency planning in humanitarian organisations.

It explores a range of issues including:
- What is contingency planning?
- Towards a dynamic contingency planning process
- Developing scenarios
- Developing contingency plans
- Managing the contingency planning process

The paper also provides a simple framework for emergency preparedness, which can be used as a guide for developing an emergency preparedness or contingency planning program, or for evaluating one.

 

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