Annual report

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Annual Report 
2022

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Societies have revised their statutes and met 
all the standards of the guidance document 
as verified by the Joint ICRC/IFRC Commission 
for National Society Statutes, while another 71 
National Societies are in the process of revising 
their statutes.
According to the information available to the 
joint IFRC/ICRC Statutes Commission, half of 
all National Societies (96) still need to initiate a 
review to meet the IFRC decision requesting that 
all National Societies do so by end of 2024.
The pool of specialists to support National 
Societies in the revision of their statutes was 
further strengthened during 2022. A number of 
resources have been developed and collected 
to support National Societies in their statute 
revision process, including National Society 
illustrations, guidance on the statutes revision 
process, and an e-learning course divided into 
an introductory module and practical examples, 
among others.
As part of the Ukraine operation, several 
positions related to 
National Society devel-
opment in emergencies
were identified and 
supported. This function was clearly identified 
as one of the main priorities for any emergency 
by the several real-time reviews of the operation 
in response to the Ukraine crisis.
Since the launch of the re-engineered 
Capacity 
Building Fund 
(CBF ) between August 
2021-December 2022, the fund disbursed 
4.8 million Swiss francs to support addressing 
the needs of 93 National Societies (48 per cent 
of National Society members) through different 
types of funding assistance.
The allocations addressed in a balanced way 
the current focus areas supported by the fund, 
namely, integrity, transparency and accounta-
bility; financial sustainability; volunteering and 
youth development; and systems development 
and digital transformation.
This work has included allocating 59 individual 
National Society grants (3.5 million Swiss francs) 
and supporting a group of National Societies in 
developing basic digital maturity through a bulk 
allocation of 1.5 million Swiss francs. Individual 
grants have had a maximum funding ceiling of 
100,000 Swiss francs.
By December 2022, 23 National Societies had 
successfully completed their initiatives, and 
reported on their achievements.
Preliminary results and testimonials received 
from the National Societies in 2022 indicate a 
deep appreciation for how the re-engineered 
Capacity Building Fund has contributed to their 
development.
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