Preparedness
The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, response and recovery organisations, communities, and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to and recover from the impacts of likely, imminent or current crises. Preparedness can be distinguished between financial preparedness (e.g. the creation of budgetary or financial mechanisms to respond to a particular type of crisis) and delivery system preparedness (e.g. investments in enabling social protection systems to be able to scale up rapidly following a crisis) (the Centre, based on UNISDR 2016).
This report captures and builds on learning from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) anticipatory action pilot in Nepal.
Read more
This guidance note is intended as a common framework to support practical approaches to meaningful accountability across the sector.
Read more
Process Learning For Disaster Risk Financing
This guidance document offers practical steps on how to capture lessons from DRF initiatives.
Read more
This brief reviews the evidence on the welfare impacts of proactive approaches to setting up finance for disaster response.
Read moreTotal crisis financing
Development funding focused mainly on crisis prevention, preparedness and response activities.
Resilience
The ability to withstand shocks, adapt, recover and continue functioning over time.
Prevention
Actions taken to avoid or reduce the impacts of future crises and hazards.
Financial Flows
Financial flows refer to the movement of funds for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and response, covering planned and unplanned sources.
Risk layering
Using different financial instruments for different disaster frequencies.
Adaptive social protection
Social protection systems that adjust to shocks, helping vulnerable people prepare, cope and recover over time.
