PIMS
Definition
Programme Information Management System
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PIN
Definition
People (Persons) in Need
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People (Persons) in Need
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PIRAC
Definition
The Regional Intervention Platform for the Americas and the Caribbean
Explanation
French Red Cross initiative. The Americas-Caribbean Regional Response Platform was created in partnership with the Haitian Red Cross to provide emergency assistance to all disaster-stricken Caribbean and Central American countries.
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PIROI
Definition
Indian Ocean Regional Intervention Platform
Explanation
French Red Cross initiative, covering the islands of the Indian Ocean.
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PLW
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Palau
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PMEAL
Definition
Planning Monitoring Evaluation And Learning
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Planning Monitoring Evaluation And Learning
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PMER
Definition
Performance Monitoring Evaluation Reporting
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Performance Monitoring Evaluation Reporting
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PMO
Definition
Population Movement Operation
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Population Movement Operation
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PNG
Definition
Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea
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PNS
Definition
Partner National Societies
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Partner National Societies
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PNS
Definition
Participating National Societies
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Participating National Societies
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PO
Definition
Purchase Order
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Purchase Order
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PoA
Definition
Plan of Action
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Plan of Action
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PoC
Definition
Persons Of Concern
Explanation
It is a UN term that is more frequently being used instead of 'beneficiaries'
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Persons Of Concern
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POL
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Poland
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POSM
Definition
Portable OpenStreetMap
Explanation
Portable OpenStreetMap or "POSM" is project to bring together assorted OpenStreetMap tools onto a portable device which works without an internet connection. POSM is being developed by the American Red Cross with humanitarian field mapping in mind.
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Portable OpenStreetMap
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PPE
Definition
Personal Protective Equipment
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Personal Protective Equipment
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PPP
Definition
Project/Programme Planning
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Project/Programme Planning
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PPP
Definition
Pilot Programmatic Partnership
Explanation
Now called the Programmatic Partnership (originally a Pilot), this is a partnership between the IFRC, many of our member National Societies, and the European Union
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Pilot Programmatic Partnership
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PR
Definition
Public Relations
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Public Relations
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PRA
Definition
Participatory Rural Appraisal
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Participatory Rural Appraisal
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PRD
Definition
Partnerships and Resource Development
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Partnerships and Resource Development
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PRI
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Puerto Rico
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PRK
Definition
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
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Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
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P&Rs
Definition
Principles and Rules of Humanitarian Assistance
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Principles and Rules of Humanitarian Assistance
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PRT
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Portugal
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PRY
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Paraguay
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PSE
Definition
Palestine, State of
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Palestine, State of
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PSEA
Definition
Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
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Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
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PSFA
Definition
Psycho Social First Aid
Explanation
Psychosocial support and psychological first aid, used to help people in distress.
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PSK
Definition
The Policy, Strategy and Knowledge department
Explanation
A department at the IFRC. The Policy, Strategy and Knowledge (PSK) manages the areas of policy engagement, National Society development which includes: Organizational Development, Volunteer and Youth development, gender and diversity, Social inclusion, culture of peace and security, Learning and Innovation.
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PSO
Definition
Programme Support Officer
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Programme Support Officer
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PSP
Definition
Psychosocial Support Programme
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Psychosocial Support Programme
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PSS
Definition
Psychosocial Support
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Psychosocial Support
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PSSR
Definition
Programmes and Services Support Recovery
Explanation
Programme overhead For each programme funded by voluntary contributions, indirect expenses (i.e., overhead) are recovered by a programmes and services support recovery (PSSR) cost comprising 6.5 per cent of the total programme budget. PSSR covers administrative and programme support costs that the IFRC incurs when supporting, monitoring and/or implementing a programme on behalf of a funding partner.
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PST
Definition
Psychosocial Team
Explanation
Provide beneficiaries and staff and volunteers with psychosocial support
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Psychosocial Team
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PTO
Definition
Personal Time Off (or Paid Time Off)
Explanation
An American term for a type of time off work
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Personal Time Off (or Paid Time Off)
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PWD
Definition
People With Disability
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People With Disability
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PYF
Definition
French Polynesia
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French Polynesia
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Q&A
Definition
Question and Answer
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Question and Answer
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QAT
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Qatar
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RADAR
Definition
Radio Detection and Ranging
Explanation
A system used to find the distance between two objects by bouncing Radiowaves from one to another. Used in mapping to find topography
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Radio Detection and Ranging
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RAG
Definition
Red Amber Green
Explanation
Used in the phrase "RAG rating"
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Red Amber Green
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RAM
Definition
Rapid Assessment of Markets
Explanation
IFRC Tool for doing market assessment
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Rapid Assessment of Markets
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RAP
Definition
Regional Action Plan
Explanation
Some BRC International Division thing
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Regional Action Plan
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RASP
Definition
Risk Assessment Site Priority
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Risk Assessment Site Priority
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RAT
Definition
Recovery Assessment Team
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Recovery Assessment Team
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RC
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Rest Centre
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RCCE
Definition
Risk Communication and Community Engagement
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Risk Communication and Community Engagement
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RCEU
Definition
Red Cross EU office
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Red Cross EU office
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RCM
Definition
Red Cross Movement
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Red Cross Movement
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RCM
Definition
Rest Centre Manager
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Rest Centre Manager
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RCT
Definition
Red Cross Training
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Red Cross Training
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RCT
Definition
Randomised Coffee Trials
Explanation
Jyoti's Monday morning learning group
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Randomised Coffee Trials
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RD
Definition
Regional Director
Explanation
Principle Director of an IFRC Regional Office
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Regional Director
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RDM
Definition
ICRC Rapid Deployment Mechanism
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ICRC Rapid Deployment Mechanism
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RDRT
Definition
Regional Disaster Response Team
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Regional Disaster Response Team
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RDT
English
RDT
Française
TDR
Definition
Rapid Diagnostic Test
Définition
Test de Dépistage Rapide
Explanation
Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) for the Ebola virus disease. As experimental status, it was tested the field in November 2018 during the EVD response in Nord Kivu, DRC
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TDR
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RDU
Definition
Rapid Deployment Units
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Rapid Deployment Units
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REDI
Definition
Register Deployment Information
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Register Deployment Information
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REU
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Réunion
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RFL
Definition
Restoring Family Links
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Restoring Family Links
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RFQ
Definition
Request for Quotation
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Request for Quotation
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RIASCO
Definition
Regional Inter Agency Standing Committee
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Regional Inter Agency Standing Committee
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RITA
Definition
Relief Item Tracking Application
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Relief Item Tracking Application
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RITs
Definition
Regional Intervention Team
Explanation
equivalent to RDRT in Americas regions
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Regional Intervention Team
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RITS
Definition
Refugee & International Tracing Service
Explanation
see also ITMS
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Refugee & International Tracing Service
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RLU
Definition
Regional Logistics Unit
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Regional Logistics Unit
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RLU
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Regional Unit
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RM
Definition
Resource Mobilisation
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Resource Mobilisation
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RMMS
Definition
Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat
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Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat
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RMS
Definition
Resource Management System
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Resource Management System
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RNAT
Definition
Rapid Needs Assessment Team
Explanation
A Red Cross-specific acronym...
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Rapid Needs Assessment Team
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ROA
Definition
Response Option Analysis
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Response Option Analysis
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ROE
Definition
IFRC Regional Office for Europe
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IFRC Regional Office for Europe
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ROFL
Definition
Rolling On the Floor Laughing
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Rolling On the Floor Laughing
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ROLAC
Definition
Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
Explanation
UN regional Office (includes quite a few UN-type of organisation)
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Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
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ROSA
Definition
Regional Office for Southern Africa (OCHA)
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Regional Office for Southern Africa (OCHA)
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ROU
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Romania
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RPOG
Definition
Response Programmes on the Ground
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Response Programmes on the Ground
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RRRC
Definition
Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission
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Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission
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RRU
Definition
Regional Response Unit
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Regional Response Unit
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RS
Definition
Refugee Services
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Refugee Services
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RSRFL
Definition
Refugee Support and Restoring Family Links
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Refugee Support and Restoring Family Links
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RTE
Definition
Real Time Evaluation
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Real Time Evaluation
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RUS
Definition
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
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RWA
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Rwanda
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SADC
Definition
Southern African Development Community
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Southern African Development Community
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SADD
Definition
Sex and Age disaggregated data
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Sex and Age disaggregated data
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SADS
Definition
Situational Awareness and Decision Support
Explanation
The Information Management team that supports the domestic side of American Red Cross.
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Situational Awareness and Decision Support
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SAM
Definition
Severe Acute Malnutrition
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Severe Acute Malnutrition
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SAPRCS
Definition
Southern African Partnership of Red Cross Societies
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Southern African Partnership of Red Cross Societies
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SAR
Definition
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Explanation
Specialised RADAR system used in mapping
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Synthetic Aperture Radar
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SAR
Definition
Search and Rescue
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Search and Rescue
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SARC
Definition
Syrian Arab Red Crescent
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Syrian Arab Red Crescent
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SAT
Definition
Society Action Team
Explanation
Relates to ETF (Emergency Task Force)
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Society Action Team
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SAT
Definition
Strengthening Analytical Thinking
Explanation
One of the trainings for Information Management
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Strengthening Analytical Thinking
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SAU
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Saudi Arabia
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SCAD
Definition
Supply Chain Admin Delegate
Explanation
One of the roles in ERU team, deals with admin and supply chain...
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Supply Chain Admin Delegate
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SCG
Definition
Strategic Coordination Group (also known as Gold Command)
Explanation
BRC group to help with any key strategic decisions coming from the operational and supporting groups e.g. is our response appropriate? Is our appeal proving effective? Executive leaders will take any requests for support to their directorates via emergency DMT meetings.
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Strategic Coordination Group (also known as Gold Command)
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