IASC Weekly (GVA) - Financing Preparedness
Geneva
Meeting Documents
1. Financing Preparedness - Findings of a Study (1st Phase) and What to Do About Them
In the context of rising demands placed on the humanitarian system and constrained donor finances, and considering a seeming inability to have all in place that we need for crises that we know very well will occur, preparedness is being discussed and developed at many levels and many stakeholders. In early 2011 the IASC tasked FAO as Task Team lead for Preparedness Financing to examine in detail the financing architecture. Development Initiatives was asked to examine this issue in detail. Questions were asked of not just financing and financing models themselves but also of definitions, institutions, donors, aid structures and actors of all kinds. The result of this work was a report launched by FAO and the IASC in December 2011. Part of this work was also an initiative to track funding for emergency preparedness over a longer period of time, through to the middle of 2012. A final piece of work has now been undertaken to place the results of that tracking exercise in context of the developments in policy and practice.
Background
The results of this work are mixed. Although much of the humanitarian system is discussing preparedness and policy is being developed, there has been no increase in actual funding over the tracking period. Humanitarian financing mechanisms and the CAP have not changed significantly to provide more opportunities for preparedness financing. Donors are debating what to do with preparedness and are looking for options for financing but there has been little movement to date. Resilience is taking more and more of the focus which could impact both positively and negatively on financing for preparedness. Under the umbrella of resilience, there are new opportunities and challenges.
Presenters
Jan Kellett, independent consultant, will present on the reports findings. Sandra Aviles, Senior Officer, Humanitarian Affairs in the FAO Office in Geneva and Co-Chair of the IASC Humanitarian Financing SWG, will provide a brief update of the second phase of the country-based work on preparedness funding.
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