The IFRC’s European Regional Office works in support of 53 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Through its Country Cluster Support Teams and Country Offices, it provides coordination, financial and technical support for disaster operations and longer term development programmes throughout the region.
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As a child, Rahim dreamed of being a martial arts fighter like his idol Chuck Norris. Although he never got to practice martial arts, Rahim did grow up to be a fighter, who inspires those around him every day.
Red Cross and Red Crescent leaders in the Mediterranean region have reaffirmed their support for vulnerable migrants along the entire migratory trail, promoted the participation of youth in decision-making, and agreed on strategic actions for climate change adaptation.
For 25-year-old Arezou the last seven years have passed painfully slowly. Separated from her young son while trying to make it from Turkey to Greece, she has spent this whole time not knowing how he was.
The Red Cross and Red Crescent’s first ever Early Action Protocol funded by IFRC’s Forecast-based Action by the DREF – which will use forecast-based financing to support herder families in the high Andes region of Peru – is now in place and ready for a …
The leader of a Norwegian Red Cross avalanche rescue team has told of the heroic efforts she and her team went to, in retrieving the bodies of three skiers killed in an avalanche last month.
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Europe in focus
Almaty Commitments
The Almaty Commitments is a declaration of our shared goals and objectives in Europe and Central Asia, agreed upon by leaders of National Societies in the region, focusing on Migration, Coordination and Sustainability.
Florence Call for Action
The Florence Call for Action is a set of commitments made by the 54 National Societies in the Europe Region to find new solutions to the long-term humanitarian impact of the economic crisis.
- Albanian Red Cross
- Andorran Red Cross
- Armenian Red Cross Society
- Austrian Red Cross
- Red Crescent Society of Azerbaijan
- Belarus Red Cross
- Belgian Red Cross
- The Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- British Red Cross
- Bulgarian Red Cross
- Croatian Red Cross
- Cyprus Red Cross Society
- Czech Red Cross
- Danish Red Cross
- Estonian Red Cross
- Lithuanian Red Cross Society
- Luxembourg Red Cross
- The Red Cross of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Malta Red Cross Society
- Magen David Adom in Israel
- Red Cross Society of the Republic of Moldova
- Red Cross of Monaco
- Red Cross of Montenegro
- The Netherlands Red Cross
- Norwegian Red Cross
- Polish Red Cross
- Portuguese Red Cross
- Red Cross of the Republic of San Marino
- Romanian Red Cross
- The Russian Red Cross Society
- The Red Cross of Serbia
- Slovak Red Cross
- Slovenian Red Cross
- Spanish Red Cross
- Swedish Red Cross
- Swiss Red Cross
- Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan
- Turkish Red Crescent Society
- Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan
- Ukrainian Red Cross Society
- Red Crescent Society of Uzbekistan
Growing vulnerabilities report
The recently published “Growing Vulnerabilities: increased action” is a follow up to the “Europe in Crisis – Think Differently” report, providing updates on the humanitarian needs and the Red Cross and Red Crescent response in the region. The report was produced in cooperation with the Centre for Policy Studies at the Central European University in Budapest and it presents evidence of the Red Cross and Red Crescent actions and patterns in cooperation with stakeholders in the areas of migration, volunteering and social action.