CEA in Emergencies
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement always works in partnership with communities. In an emergency, it can be difficult to balance time and limited resources with our commitment to engage with the people in a meaningful way. These resources will offer useful guidance. Explore resources on integrating CEA into conflict, earthquake and extreme weather responses below, or discover all CEA in emergencies resources by using the search function at the bottom of the page. If you’re looking for health related emergencies, you can visit our CEA and Health page.
When working on emergency operations, you should be meeting the below CEA minimum actions. An explanation of where each CEA minimum action sits in the below programme cycle can be found here.
CEA minimum actions for an emergency
Latest ‘CEA in Emergencies’ resources
2 April 2024
Humanitarian Impacts of Climate Change in Bangladesh
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ReportOrganization:
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, IFRC, US AID, ICCCADThis study assesses the humanitarian impacts of climate change by identifying vulnerabilities and challenges faced by local communities. The study includes local perspectives, gained through community engagement, ensuring active participation…
5 February 2024
Community Listening (Women): Herat Earthquake, Afghanistan
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ReportOrganization:
Afghan Red Crescent Society, IFRCThis report captures the results of a CEA rapid assessment that was carried out by Afghan Red Crescent Society with IFRC following a series of earthquakes that hit Afghanistan’s Herat…
5 February 2024
CEA Practices in Program Cycle: Indonesia Red Cross
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Case StudyOrganization:
Indonesian Red CrossThis case study explores the use of Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) in the Indonesia Red Cross (PMI) programme cycle, during both emergency and non-emergency contexts.
5 December 2023
Information preparedness and community engagement for El Niño in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region
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Briefing noteOrganization:
Social Science in Humanitarian Action PlatformThis key considerations brief describes the implications of El Niño in the East and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) for Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) initiatives, based on previous comparable…
25 September 2023
Eswatini Drought FbF: Validating Early Actions with Community Members
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Case StudyOrganization:
British Red Cross, Eswatini Baphalali Red Cross SocietyThis case study captures learnings from an Early Action Protocol (EAP) validation exercise which was carried out by Eswatini Baphalali Red Cross Society (BERCS) between June and July 2022 as…
9 August 2023
Community Engagement in Humanitarian Action Toolkit (CHAT)
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ToolOrganization:
UNICEFA toolkit designed to support with developing effective community engagement strategies for different emergencies with specific tools for natural hazards, conflicts, disease outbreaks, epidemics, and complex emergencies.
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