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.

Latest ‘CEA in Emergencies’ resources

22 February 2023

Engaging communities to build resilience and accountability mechanisms

A case study on engaging communities to build resilience and accountability mechanisms after the Nepal 2015 earthquake.

9 August 2023

Learning from the Ukraine Crisis Webinar Series: CEA for Remote CVA programming webinar

The first webinar in the series aimed to explore how Community, Engagement and Accountability (CEA) minimum actions and…

9 August 2023

Community Engagement in Humanitarian Action Toolkit (CHAT)

A toolkit designed to support with developing effective community engagement strategies for different emergencies with specific tools for…

9 August 2023

Learning from the Ukraine Crisis Webinar Series: CEA for Remote CVA programming webinar

Type:

Webinar

Organization:

British Red Cross

The first webinar in the series aimed to explore how Community, Engagement and Accountability (CEA) minimum actions and approaches were integrated into CVA within the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement…

  • CEA and Cash
  • Conflict
  • Ukraine
  • Webinar

22 February 2023

Engaging communities to build resilience and accountability mechanisms

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

UNICEF

A case study on engaging communities to build resilience and accountability mechanisms after the Nepal 2015 earthquake.

  • Earthquakes
  • Nepal

19 October 2022

Ten actions to engage communities during emergency response operations

Type:

Infographic

Organization:

IFRC

An infographic detailing ten actions to engage communities during emergency response operations.

  • Emergencies

27 September 2022

Lessons on communication, community engagement and accountability for the Pakistan floods response

Type:

Briefing note

Organization:

CDAC Network, CWS, IFRC

A briefing note outlining the key lessons on communication, community engagement and accountability (CCEA) from past flood emergencies in Pakistan, along with recommendations for the current response.

  • Asia Pacific
  • Emergencies
  • Flooding
  • Pakistan

17 August 2022

PASSA Case Study in Honduras – Safe Homes, Resilient Communities

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

IFRC

This case study shares the experience of Honduras Red Cross in implementing the Participatory Approach to Safe Housing Awareness and Home Repair Program developed as part of the ETA&IOTA hurricane…

  • Extreme weather
  • Flooding
  • Hurricanes
  • PASSA

25 July 2022

National Society Preparedness: Community engagement and accountability

Type:

Video

Organization:

IFRC

This video talks about the importance of community engagement and accountability when Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies work to reduce risk, prepare for and respond to emergencies.

  • Arabic
  • Bahasa
  • Emergencies
  • French