Annual report

National Society Investment Alliance 
(NSIA)
launched its fourth round of applications 
in May 2022, with 24 applications received (nine 
accelerators and 16 bridges). In September 2022, 
the NSIA steering committee, the main govern-
ance structure of the mechanism, which includes 
IFRC and ICRC senior officials, approved a total 
of 20 projects (six accelerators and 14 bridges), 
worth 5.4 million Swiss francs.
This brought the total number of NSIA-funded 
projects (2019-2022) to 46, 15 of which are accel-
erators. The majority of National Societies (67 
per cent) focused their interventions on resource 
mobilization, with a strong focus also on areas 
such as branch development or governance.
In 2022, the 
Empress Shôken Fund
received 52 
applications covering a diverse range of humani-
tarian projects run by National Societies in every 
region of the world.
The Joint Commission agreed to allocate more 
than 471,000 Swiss francs to 16 projects in 
Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Dominica, 
the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jordan, Libya, 
Mongolia, Niger, Portugal, Serbia, South Korea, 
Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Yemen. The 2022 projects 
covered themes including first aid and rescue, 
support for young people, disaster prepared-
ness, health, social welfare and National Society 
development.
In early October, the 102nd call for applications 
was launched, which enabled the fund to secure 
51 new applications to be processed in 2023.
Enabling Functions
| National Society development 
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In 
volunteering
, the IFRC worked to strengthen 
the Volunteering Alliance and boost its mem-
bership. In 2022, the number of members in the 
alliance jumped from 75 to 120 members across 
the five regions, developing better strategies for 
the engagement and management of volunteers 
and identifying opportunities for collaboration. 
The work of the alliance has also benefitted from 
a redesigned website in 2022, offering a more 
user-friendly interface and a more comprehensive 
overview of the alliance’s activities and resources.
The IFRC, in partnership with the Volunteering 
Alliance technical team on volunteer motivation, 
further rolled out the MOTI app with interested 
National Societies in 2022.
MOTI is a leadership and motivational learning sys-
tem designed to improve volunteer engagement 
and wellbeing. Dedicated training sessions were 
provided to interested National Societies, and 
coaches from IFRC and other National Societies 
were trained across different regions to provide 
peer-to-peer support to test approaches in 
improving the engagement of Red Cross and Red 
Crescent volunteers based on their MOTI results.
The V-Community app for volunteers reached 
4,000 users in 2022 and was adopted by the 
Mexican Red Cross to launch a national campaign 
for the World Day on Volunteering.
National Societies were also supported in 
strengthening