Annual report

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Annual Report 
2022

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The recruitment of dedicated safeguarding staff-
ing is underway in high-risk contexts. The IFRC 
is strengthening screening, recruitment, training 
and accountability mechanisms to safeguard 
communities. 
National Society Development and 
Operations Coordination 
National Society development and operational 
coordination works along the continuum from 
risk reduction and crisis prevention to response 
and recovery to build safe, healthy and resilient 
communities through strong National Societies, 
and is comprised of the National Society 
Development Services department, the Disaster 
and Climate Crises department, and the Health 
and Care department. 
This area of IFRC work provides vision, leadership 
and strategic direction to build stronger National 
Societies. It oversees efforts to ensure that 
up-to-date evidence, research and knowledge 
are available to National Societies and within 
the IFRC, including to enhance the professional 
qualifications, competencies and impact of vol-
unteers and staff.
It ensures the implementation of a model to 
accredit National Societies following the devel-
opment of agreed criteria for excellence and 
provides guidance and standards for sustainable 
National Society development – including lead-
ership strengthening, volunteering development, 
and youth engagement.
It provides vision, leadership, and coordination 
for the IFRC’s work in policy and knowledge 
development; operational coordination in the 
areas of disaster risk reduction and crisis pre-
vention, preparedness, response and recovery; 
and for the IFRC’s work in strengthening the resil-
ience of communities in health; water, sanitation 
and hygiene; shelter; food security and nutrition; 
climate change; livelihoods and poverty reduc-
tion; migration; prevention of violence (including 
gender-based violence); and social services. 
The division oversees efforts to ensure that 
the IFRC fulfils its coordination and operational 
responsibilities within the Movement and 
broader humanitarian community. 
National Society Development Services 
National Society development services is a 
dedicated function to build the capacities and 
skills of IFRC’s 192 member National Societies. 
It does so by ensuring aligned, evidence-based, 
and forward-looking services and programmes 
to support National Societies who wish to build 
their capacities and strengthen their institutional 
functions. 
The IFRC has a constitutional requirement to 
support the development of its member National 
Societies, but the importance of this work goes 
beyond constitutional expectations. 
The global network is only as strong as its 
least-developed member. Every Red Cross 
and Red Crescent entity thus has a strategic 
and moral imperative to support the National 
Societies so that they can do more and better 
within their domestic contexts, achieve their 
ambitions, and be the undisputed humanitarian