Specialist skills in IFRC reference centres: ‘Increasing impact for the communities we serve’ Format The IFRC yesterday released a new video detailing the work of its reference centres, hosted by National Societies worldwide and providing its humanitarian operations with specialist skills, information on best practice, and strategically important knowledge. It's part of a general expansion of information materials on the centres to include a new minisite and newsletter later this year. "Our reference centres help to promote strong, sustainable National Societies," IFRC Secretary General Jagan Chapagain says in a foreword to the full catalogue on the centres that's quoted in the video.