Q: IDRN emphasizes the grassroots aspect of our network. Why? A: Most disaster response efforts could benefit from more informed grassroots engagement. First, let us revisit things that are opposite of grassroots. Top-down. Highly structured. Corporate. Government. Elite. An establishment or power structure proactively shaping a culture or society with an agenda. Whatever word one...
May 2024 is an important month as we are consolidating what has been learned from the past 8 months of meetings, travel, and introductions. We will be working to significantly increase and improve the clarity of what the International Disaster Response Network (IDRN) will look like in the future. The initial and specific plans we...
Over the recent months, we have been encouraged to meet with people from over 50 different countries – introducing the vision for relaunching IDRN this coming year as a registry focused on improving awareness. That awareness will be multifaceted including: awareness of those responding to a specific crisis event, awareness of various groups’ focuses...
We have been actively researching possible venues to host an IDRN Global regional gathering – especially accessible to Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Current, venues being considered are in Cairo, Egypt and Istanbul, Turkey. We are looking at early December 2024 or January 2025 as a possible timeframe. If you are interested in hearing...
When we need everything all at once – systems, explainers, websites, printed material, examples, stories – it can be difficult to know to do first. And then sometimes, it becomes very clear. We are meeting a lot of people at this current conference – more than we met in Africa in late January. It would...
We are pleased to announce that our venue and other important details have been confirmed for a key International Disaster Response Network gathering to be held in Seoul, South Korea, August 27-30, 2024. Please put the last week of August 2024 on your calendar if there is any chance you might be able to join...
IDRN seeks to minimize top-down and centralized approaches and maximize decentralization and peer collaboration.
This recently shared YouTube video is the epitome of the concepts upon which IDRN seeks to operate. We want to celebrate people who get it!
This journey to reimagine and reinvigorate the International Disaster Response Network (IDRN) is in progress.
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