Summary: CHF 218,932 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF), to support the Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina in delivering assistance to some 1,450 families (5,800 beneficiaries), or to replenish disaster preparedness stocks. Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged.

GLIDE n° FL-2010-000250-SRB

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross Red Crescent response to emergencies. The DREF is a vital part of the International Federation’s disaster response system and increases the ability of National Societies to respond to disasters.

Summary: CHF 102,752 was allocated from the Federation’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 8th December 2010 to support the Red Cross in Kosovo in delivering assistance to 600 families and to replenish disaster preparedness stocks.

Due to the heavy rainfalls in Kosovo like in several other countries in the Balkans, many villages were flooded, some of them in the rural low-income areas. The rivers that caused the floods were Morava e Binqes, Kaqareva, Krena, Ereniku, Prishtevka. Some 850 households were affected by the flooding.

This report covers the period from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010.

In brief

Programme purpose: All programmes and activities of the Red Cross of Serbia are aligned and contribute to the Global Agenda goals and Strategy 2020 aiming to improve the lives and to alleviate the suffering of the most vulnerable people through disaster management, health and care, organizational development, and focus on the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s Fundamental Principles and humanitarian values.

This report covers the period 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010.

In brief

Programme outcome: The National Society programmes are aligned with the strategic aims of the Strategy 2020 to save lives, protect livelihoods, and strengthen recovery from disasters and crises; enable healthy and safe living; and promote social inclusion and culture of non-violence and peace. The capacity-building efforts are in line with the enabling action one to build strong National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

By Giovanni Zambello

Your first impression when you drive through the streets of Kraljevo in central Serbia is that "nothing happened here". You might see some strips of yellow insulating tape here and there, some thin cracks on the walls if you look a bit more carefully, but they're all things that the casual observer might miss.

Tirana, March 3, 2011, The World Bank, the Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection (MoAFCP) and the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water Administration (MoEFWA) of Albania are working together to increase the resiliency to climate change of agricultural systems in Albania through the Regional Program on Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change in ECA Agricultural Systems.

Through this cooperation, in-depth analysis of the projected impact of climate change on agriculture has been undertaken and key adaptation policies, programs and investments have been identified

IP/11/220

Brussels, 24 February 2011

The European Commission has today proposed to allocate €7.46 million to Slovenia and €1.17 million to Croatia from the EU Solidarity Fund, following the devastation caused by floods in September 2010. The money from the Solidarity Fund is aimed to finance emergency measures such as relief operations, cleaning up the affected areas and repair of basic infrastructure, made by national, regional and local authorities.

European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn, responsible for the EU Solidarity Fund, said: "With

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, January 7 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has warned that victims of the worst floods to hit Bosnia and Herzegovina and neighbouring Montenegro in decades will continue to need help during the winter months.

The flash floods in early December led to 40,000 people being evacuated from their damaged or destroyed homes, including about 10,000 who were uprooted by violence in the region in the 1990s. Many of these people needed shelter and other assistance.

But Naveed Hussein, UNHCR's representative