This document offers a tool kit regarding education in emergencies. The first section attempts to clarify  what is meant by education in emergencies. It goes on to  explore which children are typically affected by an  emergency and how their education opportunities may have  changed.

The second section outlines a process, in the form of key  questions, that can be used for putting together an  education initiative. Next comes a discussion on how  education principles are still valid in times of  emergencies, but will need

Containing short papers that are updated every year, this kit describes activities carried out by the ICRC to restore family links, provide care and protect unaccompanied children and child soldiers, among others. It contains, among others, the following papers:

- Children and War
- Legal protection of children in armed conflict
- Summary table of IHL provisions specifically applicable to children
- What is protection for the ICRC?
- Assisting Children in War
- Communication programmes for young people
- Mine/UXO risk education programmes and children

The purpose of these guidelines is to offer practitioners with insights, principles and strategies in key facets of assessment and delivery of psychological services in the disaster context. They aim to facilitate recovery, ensure ethical practice and to protect victims and support workers in their respective roles and have been endorsed by the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. The following sections are developped:

- Basis for the provision of psychological services
- Concepts of the psychological effects in disaters
- Psychological service providers

This document describes the global trends in humanitarian assistance for the year 2003. It focuses especially on the financial aspects of humanitarian assistance. The following topics are discussed:

- Trends in humanitarian assistance
- Defining humanitarian assistance flows
- Which International Organisations deliver humanitarian assistance and what do they do?

The document is part of Development Initiatives' ongoing monitoring and analysis of voluntary and official flows for development cooperation and humanitarian assistance.

Seeking to help cut down the amount of illegally-held weaponry in circulation, this handbook contains a set of guidelines outlining best practice guides on the following topics:

 - National controls over manufacture of small arms and light weapons (SALW)
 - Marking, record-keeping and traceability of SALW
 - National procedures for stockpile management and security
 - National control of brokering activities
 - Definition and indicators of a surplus of SALW
 - National procedures for the destruction of SALW

Aiming to increase the effectiveness of humanitarian assistance as well as the accountability of humanitarian agencies, this handbook sets out what people affected by disasters have a right to expect from humanitarian assistance.

The Humanitarian Charter describes the core principles that govern humanitarian action and asserts the right of populations to protection and assistance. Defining the legal responsibilities of states and parties to guarantee the right to assistance and protection, it is based on principles and provisions of international humanitarian,

Reporting on developments and relevant issues concerning catastrophe insurance in the year 2002, this document contains information on the following:

- Summary of events and trends
- Catastrophes in 2002
- Floods - a growing challenge
- Tables for reporting year 2002
- Tables on the major losses 1970 - 2002

The information is based on newspapers, direct insurance and reinsurance periodicals, specialist publications, and reports from insurers and reinsurers.

These tools seek to assist relief workers in refugee and displaced person settings in gathering information to assess attitudes toward reproductive health practices and local medical practices/policies, the extent of needed service and the degree to which current services provide what is needed.

To be used in conjunction with the Inter-agency Field Manual, the following five tools are offered:

- Refugee leader questions
- Group discussion questions
- Survey (for analysis by computer)
- Survey (for analysis by hand)