Submit your data for the third global overview report

The Anticipation Hub is now collecting data for the third edition of its report series, which will provide a global overview of anticipatory action in 2024.

Launch of the Anticipatory Cash Working Group

Join us next week for the official launch of the Anticipatory Cash Working Group - with webinars on 29 and 30 January

Save the date for the 13th Global Dialogue Platform

The 13th Global Dialogue Platform will take place in Berlin and online from 2 to 4 December 2025 - and you can register your interest in taking part now.

Report from the 1st Eastern Africa Dialogue Platform

This report captures the main highlights from the event, including the 'Mombasa Declaration 2024' - a vision for anticipatory action in eastern Africa.

Report from the 1st South Asia Dialogue Platform

The 1st South Asia Dialogue Platform saw the eight countries in this region make progress towards developing national frameworks for anticipatory action. This report summarizes the main outcomes from the event.

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How do people say 'anticipatory action' in your language?

How do people say 'anticipatory action' around the world? Share your videos at the 12th Global Dialogue Platform.

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At the 1st Eastern Africa Dialogue Platform, participants jointly wrote a declaration that sets out their shared vision for what needs to happen next for anticipatory action in the region.

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As heavy rains continue to affect the country, the Nepal Red Cross Society has activated its Simplified EAP for Floods and will now implement a series of anticipatory actions to support people at …

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A reflection on the 2nd Southern Africa Dialogue Platform, which was held from 13 to 15 August 2024, with around 155 people gathering in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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A pathway towards national frameworks for anticipatory action: highlights from the 1st South Asia Dialogue Platform

More than 80 participants gathered for the 1st South Asia Dialogue Platform in Sri Lanka, working together to establish clear pathways towards national frameworks for anticipatory action.

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The Nigerian Red Cross Society has activated its Simplified Early Action Protocol (EAP) for Floods. Over the next 10 days, it will carry out a series of anticipatory actions to help 3,000 at-risk …

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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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122 Number of partners
7500 People reached by Dialogue Platforms
15 Bi-monthly newsletters
98 Profiles in our community directory
73 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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