Anticipatory Action Update

In 2018, the CERF Advisory Group asked OCHA to explore CERF’s role and added value in scaling up anticipatory action and endorsed this approach to be tested on a pilot basis in select countries. The following document seeks to provide CERF Advisory Group members with an overview of efforts being made to develop and roll out Anticipatory Action Frameworks in five pilot countries (Bangladesh, Chad, Ethiopia, Malawi and Somalia), and one thematic area (cholera). Two frameworks have triggered thus far (Bangladesh and Somalia) offering lessons on how best to undertake this work, as well as initial evidence on the merits of collective anticipatory action at scale. OCHA is committed to learning from the pilots and documenting impact. Initial evidence has shown that anticipatory action works, and enables assistance that is faster, cheaper, and more dignified while also protecting development gains.