Annual report

Disasters and crises
continued to dominate 
the humanitarian landscape in 2022. This year, 
the Forecast-based Action by the Disaster 
Response Emergency Fund (DREF) was fully 
merged into the DREF, creating one fund with 
two pillars, namely the anticipatory and the 
response pillars. DREF supported 91 National 
Societies this year with predictable funding to 
anticipate specific hazards, implement early 
actions and respond to disasters, allocating 59 
million Swiss francs in total. More than 15 million 
people were supported through 154 operations.
The DREF played a significant role in the localiza-
tion process in 2022. Under the response pillar, 
82 per cent of resources were channelled to, 
and implemented by, National Societies. Under 
the anticipatory pillar, that figure rose to nearly 
92 per cent. 
Executive summary 
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In 2022, the volume of cash delivered by IFRC 
humanitarian programmes and services con-
tinued to grow - particularly in operations in 
Ukraine and neighbouring countries, and in 
response to the Africa food crisis - alongside 
an increase in the number of National Societies 
choosing to respond with cash. 
By the end of 2022, 92 National Societies had 
invested in cash preparedness, benefitting from 
the steady delivery of cash training courses in 
various languages. This represents a significant 
increase in cash readiness across the network.
The IFRC supported National Society disaster 
and crisis operations through its dedicated 
Surge facility, which is supported by 62 National 
Societies. In 2022, this rapid response system 
deployed 481 specialists to emergencies across 
the world. 
Work in community resilience and pandemic pre-
paredness included the launch of a Community 
Resilience Measurement Dashboard, while the 
IFRC also launched an enhanced vulnerability 
and capacity assessment tool through new 
materials and training workshops. In Shelter, the 
IFRC worked with partners on initiatives sup-
porting countries hosting refugees and people 
displaced by the crisis in Ukraine.
The innovative IFRC-ECHO Programmatic