The Wisdom of Crisis Prevention

The Price of Crisis Prevention

Crisis prevention and recovery

Crisis prevention and recovery

Crisis Prevention and Recovery

ICSC International Civil Service Commission

Staff and management of BCPR have been trained in gender mainstreaming approaches to crisis prevention and recovery programming.

Multilateral surveillance remains at the centre of crisis prevention efforts.

Economic theory holds that all crises are caused by bubbles or over heating, so if you can manage to prevent bubbles, you can prevent crises.

The simple truth is that the cost of preventing financial crises is much lower than the costs imposed by them after they erupt.

Indeed, strengthening Africans' capacity in conflict prevention in crisis situations and in crisis management must remain our main objective.

The crisis prevention and recovery practice supports conflict prevention, the reduction of disaster impact, the creation of a safe and secure development environment, and early, rapid crisis recovery.

This regularization fully mainstreamed the function of crisis prevention and recovery into UNDP core functions and organizational priorities.

Answering that question starts at the origin of all of EMU s troubles crisis prevention.

But the similarity between the two types of crisis ends where preventing their recurrence begins.

I seriously urge the world to focus more on preventing crises than on responding to them.

A statement was made by the moderator of the panel discussion, Kathleen Cravero, Director, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, UNDP.

The service lines under the priority goal of crisis prevention and recovery are funded separately.

The availability of emergency financing at the international and regional levels contributes significantly to both crisis prevention and management.

The Security Council further recognizes the increasing importance of civilian aspects of conflict management in addressing complex crisis situations and in preventing the recurrence of conflict and acknowledges the importance of civilian military cooperation in crisis management.

In mitigating or even preventing financial crises, however, sometimes policemen are needed.

Crisis prevention requires coherent and coordinated action by all actors involved, State and non State alike.

The 2004 2005 budget regularized the funding of BCPR core capacity and basic infrastructure to operate effectively.

A number of ministers highlighted the key role of IMF in helping to prevent and managing financial crises.

Surveillance of national macroeconomic and, since the Asian crisis, financial policies remains at the centre of crisis prevention efforts.

The enhanced provision of emergency financing in the face of capital account crises is important not only to manage crises when they occur, but also to prevent such crises and to avoid contagion.

Disaster is an opportunity for thinking of ways to make the world fundamentally better and also prevent future crises.

Good policing has a vital role to play in the prevention of conflict, the preservation of social stability during political crises and the post conflict rehabilitation of societies.

Beyond crisis prevention and management, regional organizations have a role to play in the stages of the political and economic reconstruction of a country emerging from a major crisis.

Even when China s voice could be decisive in resolving crises or preventing bloodshed, instead of acting, its diplomats repeat the old platitudes about non interference.

Similarly, UNICEF will further increase its attention and support to conflict prevention, peacebuilding, early warning and emergency preparedness.

In Latin America, the top areas for South South cooperation are crisis prevention and recovery, and fostering democratic governance.

Improvement of the IMF early warning system for crisis prevention could lead to more effective coordination in policymaking.

Humanitarian activities are one of the key components in a comprehensive strategy aimed at preventing crisis and at bringing about a post conflict settlement.

This capacity is similar to that used in the 2004 2005 biennium, which has proven to be an effective approach in implementing the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) rapid response mission in the wake of natural disasters or other crisis situations

In the Asian and Pacific region, it is most used in crisis prevention and recovery and in dealing with energy and the environment.

Prevention of financial crises

Resolution of financial crises

And the European Union? There has not been much active crisis prevention diplomacy from Brussels or from Europe s national capitals.

Let us not forget in this respect the role of women and their associations in preventing crises by minimizing their worst effects and by taking action to remedy them.

This would enable NATO and the EU to assess future scenarios and find ways to work together to prevent and manage crises.

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Crisis mapping in one form or another has been used in many crises since then.

(d) Response to and management of crises