Annual report

partnerships, interagency commitments, and 
programming relating to disasters and crises. 
Priority is also given to community resilience and 
local action in accordance with the IFRC Disaster 
Annual Overview 
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Risk Management Policy and Early Response 
Framework. Continuous work is done to support 
the capacity development and representation 
of National Societies through the provision of 
quality technical and management support to 
the organization’s regional and country offices.
The IFRC achieves this through a strong focus on 
positioning, standards and partnerships: imple-
menting and revising policies and procedures 
to improve IFRC’s programming and operations 
frameworks; providing strategic direction in 
interagency partnerships; implementing the 
IFRC Principles and Rules for Humanitarian 
Assistance within the Strengthening Movement 
Cooperation and Coordination workstream 
and supporting the development of globally 
recognized community-based approaches to 
programming.
It provides quality assurance and support to pro-
grammes and operations that prioritizes quality, 
agility, delivery, and impact. Work is also done to 
ensure the continuous improvement and devel-
opment of the IFRC’s local-to-global disaster 
response system, while also providing National 
Societies with effective and efficient tools for the 
design, implementation, monitoring, and evalu-
ation of their own programmes and operations. 
The IFRC has several teams working on emer-
gency operations and services including the 
Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF); 
Forecast-based Action; cash transfer pro-
gramming; National Society preparedness for 
effective response; shelter; climate; disaster risk 
reduction, and migration and displacement.
Information Management
Information management allows the IFRC and 
National Societies to systematically use and share 
quality information and analysis in programmes 
and operations before, during and after crises. 
Readers can find the theory of change and stra-
tegic direction of this area of IFRC work 
here
. 
The IFRC’s work in information management 
ensures the delivery of efficient humanitarian 
services through enhanced coordination, 
alignment and through building information 
management capacities; developing and 
maintaining robust information management 
solutions, framework s, processes and 
procedures, and ensuring that decisions are 
informed by robust evidence and analysis.
In 2022, the DREF process on the IFRC’s GO 
Platform was fully digitized. This means that 
from application, operational update to final 
report, National Societies can use GO to access 
funding, as well as to analyze, report and store 
operational data.
The immediate benefits include a more efficient, 
accountable and robust DREF process, including 
the potential for National Societies to better 
analyze trends and learn from peers. In addi-
tion, National Societies can better access the 
tools and services provided on GO, including 
seasonal risk analyses and impact forecasts for 
imminent hazards, operational guidance, surge 
catalogue of services, National Society prepar-
edness analyses, and learning from more than 
400 operations.
Migration and Displacement
Work across the IFRC provides strategic lead-
ership and direction ensuring that the network 
significantly enhances the scale and quality of 
action to support migrants and displaced people 
across the world. This support is aligned with 
Strategy 2030
and the 
Agenda for Renewal
and 
is focused on the collective IFRC network goal 
of “making sure that all people who migrate are 
safe, are treated humanely and with dignity, and 
ensuring that all people have the support they 
need to thrive in inclusive societies”.
To achieve this goal, the IFRC focuses on the 
following primary objectives for the network: 
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Expand our support to migrants along major 
migratory routes to meet their humanitarian 
needs through essential services, irrespec-
tive of legal status.