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EC-JRC
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INFORM. 2020. INFORM Risk Index 2021. https://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/inform-index. INFORM is a collaboration of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Risk, Early Warning and Preparedness and the European Commission. The European Commission Joint Research Centre is the scientific lead of INFORM.
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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2021
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Pluriannual
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Global
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Countries
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The INFORM Risk Index is a global, open-source risk assessment for humanitarian crises and disasters. It can support decisions about prevention, preparedness and response. INFORM simplifies a large quantity of information about risks into a simple risk profile for each country. The index has three dimensions: hazard & exposure (events that could occur), vulnerability (susceptibility of communities to those hazards) and lack of coping capacity (resources available that can alleviate the impact). Each dimension encompasses different categories and each category is broken down into components that capture the topic and are presented with a carefully chosen set of indicators. For each component, the risk score ranges from 0-10, where 10 is the highest risk.
The indicator for the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) activity in the country comes from the score of Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) self-assessment progress reports of the countries. HFA progress reports assess strategic priorities in the implementation of disaster risk reduction actions and establish baselines on levels of progress achieved in implementing the HFA's priorities for action.
More on the INFORM methodology available at: https://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/inform-index/INFORM-Risk/Methodology
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Self-evaluation has a risk of being perceived as a process of presenting inflated grades and being unreliable.
The INFORM Risk Index is a composite index, which is a simplified view of reality. Therefore, it should be used in conjunction with other sources of information. Methodology and detailed discussion of limitations are available at: https://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/inform-index
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