Since 2018, the IFRC Disaster Response Emergency
Fund has integrated a second pillar, the ‘Anticipatory’ pillar, focused on
supporting Anticipatory Action and aims to complements the response pillar
launched in 1979. The IFRC-DREF’s Anticipatory Pillar supports two pre-agreed
funding modalities, specifically the Early Action Protocol (EAP) and simplified
Early Action Protocol, which are based on predefined triggers and a pre-agreed
budget, which instigates preapproved early actions in advance of a foreseen
disaster. In 2021, START Ready, launched a pooled fund which
provides humanitarian funding using a disaster risk financing approach for
anticipatory action. This means that decisions about funding are agreed upon in
advance: funding is pre-positioned, and disbursed when pre-agreed thresholds
are met to deliver pre-designed humanitarian projects. Background: The IFRC, with support from American Red Cross, has
undertaken desk-based research on 14 EAP activations ranging from 2020 to the
start of 2023, to analyze what was done versus what was planned, to identify
enablers and blockers to a successful activation. To date, START Ready has completed two rounds of
funding for anticipatory action, and before launching the third round, has
taken stock of lessons from these first rounds. The learning will focus on
internal analysis in terms of the global mechanism, as well as country level
implementation. START will reflect on the funding it provides as national
reserves which can be used to develop the trigger, and then contingency fund
for the early action. Objectives of the session:
- Provide an overview of
how each of the pooled funds are structured.
- Present the methodology
of the research and summarize the findings from the research undertaken by
IFRC-DREF and START.
- Identify common and
divergent achievements, challenges and learnings across all activations to
understand if there are recurring trends.
- Outline recommendations
to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the funding mechanisms
based on the above learnings.
- Answer questions
arising from the audience on pooled funds for anticipatory action and the
research outcomes.
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