External evaluation of the disaster-management capacity of the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan

This evaluation was commissioned by the Country Representation office in Dushanbe
of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, principally
on behalf of the most recent supporters of the disaster-management programme of the
Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan: the Finnish, German, Netherlands, Norwegian and
Swedish Red Cross, the UK Department for International Development, and DIPECHO –
the disaster-preparedness arm of the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil
Protection office. It draws on the testimony of Red Crescent personnel from Tajikistan
itself and from other National Societies based in the country, from Tajik citizens affected
by disasters, from Tajik officials in the capital and elsewhere, and on desk-based research
in Dushanbe and the UK. The opinions expressed herein are the author’s alone, as is
responsibility for any errors.