Following intensive preparatory work by the core-group of interested Signatories, Ambassador Koehler launched the Caucus on Scaling up Anticipatory Action. The caucus is co-championed by Germany, OCHA, Save the Children, and WFP, and includes members such as EU/DG ECHO, FAO, IFRC, NEAR, Oxfam, and UK/FCDO.
The quarterly meeting of the Facilitation Group Sherpas (EU/DG ECHO, Germany, OCHA, UNICEF, IFRC, InterAction, NEAR) took place on 16 January 2024. Ambassador Koehler provided updates on progress in focus area 2, on innovative financing and the nexus.
The Grand Bargain Ambassadors Jemilah Mahmood, Manuel Bessler, Michael Köhler and the Facilitation Group (FG) Sherpas (EU/DG ECHO, Germany, OCHA, UNICEF, IFRC, InterAction, NEAR) met with the Signatories.
As agreed in the Grand Bargain 2023-2026 framework to revise the self-reporting mechanism, the Ambassadors with the support of the Secretariat will launch a process with the aim of having a revised mechanism by spring 2024. The objective is to have more transparency, more accurate and more comparable data.
Mercy Corps’ new study explores the potential of cash at scale to meet increasing humanitarian needs and deliver peoplecentric response. For Mercy Corps, cash at scale to date has been delivered via consortium models. Over the past few years, Mercy Corps has led cash consortia around the globe, delivering cash at scale with partners to meet critical basic needs.
As part of the conference organised by the Anticipation Hub, a session on ”Anchoring Anticipatory Action in the Grand Bargain” was held on 12 October, co-organised by the Anticipation Hub, the co-leads of the Grand Bargain interest group on Anticipatory Action, Germany (GFFO) and WFP, and the Grand Bargain Secretariat.