Annual report

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1,250 hygiene kits distributed to target 
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Annual Report 
2022

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By the end of 2022, 21 Early Action Protocols 
(EAPs) were in place to support 780,000 peo-
ple and eight new National Societies applied 
for Anticipatory Action funding during the year. 
Seven EAPs and three simplified EAPs – this lat-
ter format was introduced by the DREF in June 
2022 – were approved this year.
Seven EAPs were triggered – Mozambique floods, 
Mali floods, Niger drought, Honduras tropical 
storm, Guatemala tropical storm, Kyrgyzstan 
heatwave, Philippines Typhoon – and 17 DREF for 
imminent crisis were launched. Some 6.9 million 
Swiss francs were allocated from the DREF to 
Anticipatory Action, representing 13 per cent of 
the total fund.
In addition, the IFRC worked with the Red Cross 
Red Crescent Climate Centre to complete, for 
the first time, two anticipatory action feasibility 
studies in Yemen and Burkina Faso.
In September 2022, with the evolution of the 
DREF, the IFRC implemented changes and new 
operational parameters for both grants and 
loans from the DREF to ensure that the fund 
and its processes are more agile and flexible 
enough to provide better support to National 
Societies operating in an increasingly complex 
humanitarian environment. In line with these 
strategic ambitions, the DREF launched an 
online application process on the GO Platform, 
with a simultaneous review between techni-
cal and operations teams – to be faster and 
more efficient.
The DREF played a significant role in the local-
ization process in 2022. Under the response 
pillar, 82 per cent per cent of resources were 
channelled to, and implemented by, National 
Societies. Under the anticipatory pillar, that fig-
ure rose to nearly 92 per cent. This is in keeping 
with the IFRC’s approach of “as local as possible, 
and as global as necessary”.
Other actions in support of local action included 
the management of National Society prepar-
edness dashboards. These were updated 
frequently throughout 2022 to consolidate 
global and regional data, preparedness trends, 
and lessons learned from DREF-supported 
operations. In total, more than 5,700 data points 
from 373 DREF-supported operations in 112 
countries were collected and made available to 
inform future operations and programmes by 
National Societies and their IFRC. At the same 
time, preparedness tools, guidance and resource 
materials were continuously maintained in the 
preparedness section of the IFRC’s Go Platform.
As part of its efforts linked with strengthening 
the risk management, compliance and account-
ability of the fund, the DREF has maintained and 
introduced a number of important tools and 
processes, including: