The Global Disaster Preparedness Centre

The American Red Cross and the International Federation Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have established the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) as a resource to support innovation and learning in disaster preparedness around the world. As one of 12 reference centers in the international Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) network, the GDPC aims to strengthen and enhance disaster management – namely preparedness – capacities of Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies and their partners worldwide.

The GDPC provides specific network-wide services in response to national and community demand for tools and learning on disaster preparedness and resilience. In additional, the GDPC supports research to identify disaster preparedness programs that can be implemented effectively in a wide variety of settings. This empowers a robust global partnership spanning the Red Cross and Red Crescent network, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, regional and civil society organizations and academic institutions.