The agenda for the 11th Global Dialogue Platform is live

It's time to start choosing your sessions for the Global Dialogue Platform, with the agenda now finalized. Visit the event website to see what's coming up.

The Regional Dialogue Platform in Central America

Get ready for the Regional Dialogue Platform in Central America, which will take place from 31 October to 2 November 2023 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

Zimbabwe acts in anticipation of an impending drought

Zimbabwe has activated its EAP for Drought, after forecasts indicate a severe drought caused by El Niño in 2023.

Looking back at the 7th Asia-Pacific Dialogue Platform

With cartoonists, board games, a Nepali street drama and a new approach to hybrid events, this year’s Asia-Pacific Dialogue Platform was the most creative to

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Ecuador activates its EAP for Floods related to El Niño

The Ecuadorian Red Cross has activated it EAP for Floods related to El Niño and will now carry out early actions to support at-risk families.

Blog September 13, 2023

Dialogue Platform

Looking back at the 7th Asia-Pacific Dialogue Platform

With cartoonists and board games, a Nepali street drama and a new approach to hybrid events, this year’s Asia-Pacific Dialogue Platform was the most creative to date.

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Blog September 13, 2023

Early Action, Forecast, WASH

Acción anticipatoria ante lluvias extremas en Ecuador: Entrevista con Sabina Ortiz

En agosto del 2023, la Cruz Roja Ecuatoriana activó su Plan de Acción Temprana ante Lluvias Extremas asociadas al Fenómeno de El Niño. Sabina Ortiz, Técnica Nacional en Reducción de Riesgos, de la …

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Blog September 13, 2023

Early Action, Forecast, WASH

Anticipatory action ahead of floods in Ecuador: interview with Sabina Ortiz

In August 2023, the Ecuadorian Red Cross activated its Early Action Plan for Extreme Rainfall related to the El Niño Phenomenon. Sabina Ortiz from the Ecuadorian Red Cross tells us what has been …

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Blog September 11, 2023

Networks & Conferences

Strategies and synergies for the EW4All initiative to reach the ‘last mile’ and translate into early and anticipatory actions

One of the workshops at this year’s Global Dialogue Platform will focus on the Early Warnings for All initiative and what it means for anticipatory action. This blog tells us what we can look …

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Blog August 25, 2023

Early Warning System, Forecast

Anticipating floods in Sudan: the power of secondary data

The current conflict in Sudan prevents activities taking place on the ground, but the team behind the anticipatory action project in the country continue to analyse the risks and potential impacts …

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Blog August 24, 2023

Early Action, Early Warning System, Food Insecurity

From warnings to action: strengthening Karamoja's resilience to weather shocks

The ‘Strengthening shock-responsive systems in Karamoja’ project is helping communities in this region of northern Uganda to anticipate drought and prepare for the impacts.

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Blog August 14, 2023

Conflict, Food Insecurity, Livelihoods

Does anticipatory action have a role to play in ‘wicked crises’ like Somalia?

Anticipatory action projects have proved their worth when implemented ahead of short and manageable crises – but do they also have a role to play in ‘wicked crises’? This blog, from the SPARC …

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Blog August 08, 2023

Conflict

Sudan: protecting civilians and alleviating the consequences of both conflict and climate change go hand in hand

By respecting international humanitarian law, it is possible to facilitate anticipatory action in the midst complex humanitarian contexts. Looking at the current situation Sudan, where the climate …

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News September 27, 2023

Networks & Conferences, Scaling up

A national anticipatory action workshop in Sri Lanka: tools, mechanisms and a pathway forward

Sri Lanka held its first national-level sensitization workshop on anticipatory action, a first step towards developing a roadmap for implementing this approach in the country.

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News September 22, 2023

Cash & Voucher, Lessons Learnt, Social Protection

A new case study looks at how cash-based anticipatory action can connect with social protection programmes

A new case study published by the Anticipation Hub looks at the potential for connecting anticipatory cash transfers to social protection systems in the Philippines.

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News September 11, 2023

Cash & Voucher, Early Action, Food Insecurity

Zimbabwe acts in anticipation of an impending drought

Zimbabwe has activated its EAP for Drought, after forecasts indicate a very strong likelihood of an El Niño event in 2023, which is expected to result in a severe drought.

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News September 08, 2023

Dialogue Platform

Plataforma de Diálogo en Centroamérica reunirá a 200 actores clave de la Gestión de Riesgos para la integración de la acción anticipatoria

El evento se realizará del 31 de octubre al 2 de noviembre en San Pedro Sula, Honduras. La plataforma se realizará de forma simultánea con el foro Mitch +25.

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News September 08, 2023

Dialogue Platform

The Regional Dialogue Platform in Central America: a forum to further integrate risk management and anticipatory action

The Regional Dialogue Platform in Central America will take place from 31 October to 2 November 2023, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, under the motto ‘Towards a more local and integrated anticipatory …

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News August 25, 2023

Cash & Voucher, Early Action, WASH

Ecuador activates its Early Action Protocol for Floods related to El Niño

The Ecuadorian Red Cross has activated it EAP for Floods related to the El Niño Phenomenon. It will now carry out a series of early actions to families identified as being especially vulnerable to …

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News July 13, 2023

Networks & Conferences

Nepal’s second National Dialogue on Anticipatory Action

With more than 50 organizations attending, Nepal’s second National Dialogue on Anticipatory Action marked a significant milestone in efforts to foster discussions and progress around this approach.

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News July 10, 2023

Dialogue Platform

Committing to anticipatory action in Africa

After three days of discussion, the 6th Africa Dialogue Platform closed with a series of commitments to expand and strengthen anticipatory action.

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Conference, Online Conference

11th Global Dialogue Platform

Tuesday, 10th of October 2023 to Thursday, 12th of October 2023

Location

Berlin (by invite only); and online (accessible with registration)

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Windows of Opportunity for Risk-Informed Humanitarian Assistance: An Anticipatory, Early Action, and Disaster Risk Finance Framework Webinar

Wednesday, 20th of September 2023; 16:00 - 17:00 CEST Show event details
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Virtual inception meeting for the INFLOW project

Monday, 18th of September 2023 08:00 BST - Tuesday, 19th of September 2023 14:00 BST

Location

Online

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Raising awareness of early warning education for kids (7th Asia-Pacific Dialogue Platform)

Friday, 1st of September 2023; 12:00 - 12:45 CEST

Location

Online

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A roadmap towards shared resilience: mainstreaming anticipatory action into government systems and coordination mechanisms (7th Asia-Pacific …

Tuesday, 29th of August 2023; 11:00 - 12:00 CEST

Location

Online

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Financing anticipatory action: SUFAL’s experience of tackling this from a localization perspective (7th Asia-Pacific Dialogue Platform)

Monday, 21st of August 2023; 11:00 - 12:00 CEST Show event details
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Community conversation #13: Recording and cataloguing hazards and their impacts / Registro y catalogación de amenazas y sus impactos

Wednesday, 16th of August 2023; 15:00 - 17:00 CEST Show event details
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6th Africa Dialogue Platform

Tuesday, 4th of July 2023 to Thursday, 6th of July 2023

Location

Johannesburg (by invite only); and online (accessible with registration)

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Video: The Anticipation Hub at a glance

Through the online platform you can access a library of learning resources, global map of anticipatory action initiatives, an early action database, working groups and much more to support your work on anticipatory action as a practitioner, scientist or policymaker. 

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Therefore, scaling up is not just “more”, it also means “better”.
To respond collectively in a coordinated manner, we must work together.

Jagan Chapagain Secretary General, IFRC

What is global is local somewhere and what is local is global somewhere else. For this reason, it is very important for us to actually come together and co-design, co-produce and co-implement, so we can learn from each other and also cross-fertilize ideas and solutions.

Dr. Halima Saado Abdillahi Head of Research and Learning, International Centre for Humanitarian Affairs (ICHA) and Kenya Red Cross

Better anticipation allows us to stay ahead of the curve in an increasingly volatile climate, connecting scientific information to practical action on the ground.

Professor Maarten van Aalst Director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

Anticipatory action has tremendous potential to increase the efficiency of life-saving interventions and protect the most vulnerable. This is especially true for women and girls who often face some of the most severe risks. Through well-targeted anticipatory approaches, we can better empower women and girls to face crises on their own terms.

Lisa Carty Director, Humanitarian Financing & Resource Mobilization Division, OCHA

Anticipatory actions are the bright spots in a bleak humanitarian outlook. If we manage to move more in that direction, we will get a response that is faster, cheaper, and more dignified. One that protects hard-won development gains.

Mark Lowcock Emergency Relief Coordinator

The Anticipation Hub in numbers

The Anticipation Hub aims to share knowledge and experiences to jointly enhance and scale up anticipatory action globally.

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101 Number of partners
1500 People reached by Dialogue Platforms
9 Bi-monthly newsletters
63 Profiles in our community directory
60 Number of countries on our global map

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Emerging topics

In expanding the use of anticipatory action to address more risks, be applicable in more contexts and strengthen overall disaster risk financing approaches, experts and practitioners are engaging in multi-disciplinary collaboration to enable anticipatory action to be applied where and when it is needed using adapted tools, innovative solutions and new ways of working.

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