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This Observatory was launched with funding from MEAE (Centre de crise et de Soutien et Direction Générale de la Mondialisation) and Agence française de Développement (AFD)
The COVID-19 Observatory draws on years of experience analysing humanitarian situations with health consequences, as well as many crises caused by epidemics: cholera (Chad, Haiti, Yemen), and Ebola (Gulf of Guinea, DRC). In contrast to the observatories that we have set up in the field in the past (Afghanistan, Chad and Haiti), and currently in Mali, the COVID-19 Observatory essentially functions remotely to begin with, taking advantage of the many contacts that we have in the field.
It explores the different components of the Coronavirus pandemic, conducting both sector-specific and cross-sector analysis. In the face of uncertainty and the unknown, agility and health crises, we aim to propose original approaches to help decision-making. We are monitoring the different information sites on the virus that have been created in recent weeks, as well as consulting our networks in the field.
The COVID-19 Observatory’s publications are produced by Groupe URD, with support from Dr. Jean-Luc Poncelet.
“Solidarity during a systemic crisis – what the pandemic has revealed”
The 14th Autumn School on Humanitarian Aid took place on 23-25 September 2020 in Plaisians, at Groupe URD’s headquarters.
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COVID-19: lessons not always learned (briefing note n°13), 2021EN
Covid-19: Youth and education: Impacts and options (briefing note n°12), 2020EN
Local solutions to a global pandemic: the way of the future? (briefing note n°11), 2020EN
Covid-19, and beyond: Nexus, fragilities and endemicity (briefing note n°10)EN
COVID-19 : Interactions between the pandemic and conflict (briefing note n°9), 2020EN
Clarifying terminology to facilitate public debate (briefing note n°8), 2020EN
Disasters in the time of COVID-19 (briefing note n°7), 2020EN
Detection and warning systems (briefing note n°6), 2020EN
COVID-19, agriculture and food security (briefing note n°5), 2020EN
Migration during the COVID-19 crisis: current and future impacts (briefing note n°4), 2020EN
COVID-19: are we facing a ‘global social crisis’? (briefing note n°3), 2020EN
COVID-19 in different contexts: north and south, urban and rural (briefing note n°1), 2020EN
Key messages “Health crises: epidemics, pandemics and humanitarian challenges”, 2020EN
Report of the study on the mapping of future unintentional risks, 2010EN
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