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On August 17, the Colombia Red Cross Society (CRCS) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies launched their “Study on Legal Preparedness for International Disaster Assistance: Towards the Application of the IDRL Guidelines in Colombia,” at an event at CRCS headquarters in Bogota.  The event gathered representatives of the Colombian National Unit for Disaster Risk Management, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations active in humanitarian response.

This year, with support from the European Commission, the IFRC and the National Red Cross Societies of Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom launched a joint project to study the regulatory frameworks of the European Union and in each of the six case-study countries with regard to international disaster assistance.