MENA Dialogue Platform postponed

Due to recent escalations in the region, the MENA Dialogue Platform has been postponed until further notice. Further updates will follow shortly.

Demystifying anticipatory action for displacement

The landscape for anticipatory action and displacement is nascent and complex. This blog provides an overview of the situations where the two already intersect.

UN agencies act to anticipate a cholera outbreak in DRC

The UN's framework for cholera was recently activated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Actions are now under way to prevent the outbreak spreading further.

New database on anticipatory action in Southern Africa

The Regional Anticipatory Action Working Group has established this platform together with the Anticipation Hub to serve as a technical resource for practitioners and stakeholders engaged in anticipatory action across the Southern African Development Community region.

Anticipation Hub publishes its third global overview report

The Anticipation Hub has published its third annual overview of anticipatory action worldwide. Drawing on data provided by its partners and other organizations that are implementing this approach, 'Anticipatory Action in 2024: A Global Overview' provides evidence that anticipatory action continues to grow in scale.  

More Related Content: News

News September 13, 2024

Early Action

The Nigerian Red Cross Society acts to protect people ahead of floods

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 …

Learn more
News September 11, 2024

Early Action, Forecast

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society acts to anticipate the impacts of drought

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society has activated its Early Action Protocol for Drought and will now carry out a series of anticipatory actions to support 70,000 people ahead of the worst impacts.

Learn more
News September 07, 2024

Dialogue Platform, Networks & Conferences

The 1st South Asia Dialogue Platform takes place in Sri Lanka

The 1st South Asia Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action will take place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 10 to 11 September. This will be followed by the Sri Lanka National Dialogue …

Learn more
News September 03, 2024

Dialogue Platform, Networks & Conferences

Register now for the 12th Global Dialogue Platform

This year’s Global Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action is just a few weeks away – and registration is now open.

Learn more
News August 29, 2024

Networks & Conferences, Scaling up

Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority establishes a National Coordination Forum on Anticipatory Action

Pakistan's new National Coordination Forum on Anticipatory Action will support the development and implementation of anticipatory action systems in the country.

Learn more
News August 05, 2024

Advocacy, Scaling up

Trabajando en sinergia por la Acción Anticipatoria en Latinoamérica y el Caribe

El Grupo Técnico de Acción Anticipatoria para América Latina y el Caribe pretende aunar esfuerzos para armonizar y ampliar las iniciativas de acción anticipatoria en la región.

Learn more
News August 05, 2024

Advocacy, Scaling up

Working in synergy for anticipatory action in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Technical Group on Anticipatory Action for Latin America and the Caribbean aims to unite efforts to harmonize and scale up anticipatory action initiatives in the region.

Learn more
News July 31, 2024

Remembering Dr Pablo Suarez: a brilliant mind and a wonderful friend of the anticipatory action community

It is with deep sadness that we mourn the passing of Dr Pablo Suarez. As we grieve such a huge loss, we remember his life and the indelible mark that he has left on this world.

Learn more

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. 

Play Video

View our databases

Early action database Learn more
Evidence database Learn more
Trigger database Learn more

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.

More about us
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

Get involved & participate

Exchange See more
Share content See more
Dialogue Platforms See more
Working groups See more

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.

More about emerging topics

Please note that our website content is being continuously updated as we receive information from our partners.