Network Foundation Guide

A grounding in the humanitarian sector, the Connecting Business initiative, and the value of collective private sector action around DRM are all important to ensure private sector networks and other actors are building toward a common vision. This chapter will provide an overview of these topics, as well as available external resources.

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The resources in this chapter help answer the following questions:

1. What constitutes a humanitarian or natural disaster?

2. What are the 'humanitarian principles' and why are they important?

3. What is the basic humanitarian architecture and who are the key actors?

4. What are the vision, mission and objectives of CBi?

5. What is the value proposition of a private sector network for DRM as a platform for collective action and what are the roles and activities of these networks?

6. What are the requirements and types of support provided to networks by CBi?

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