Response Preparedness 2022-2026: IFRC global response preparedness tools and approaches This project aims to support the development and roll out of global reponse preparedness and anticipation tools and approaches by IFRC, as part of the Netherlands Red Cross Response Preparedness 2022-2026 programme. Humanitarian crises and disasters are predicted to become more common and complex, more concentrated, more dynamic, and more costly. IFRC is committed to strengthening the ability of National Societies (NSs) and populations to cope with new and evolving crises and disasters as well as reduce the risks they face, and support the recovery from the primary and secondary impacts of COVID-19. This will require IFRC to examine the tools and mechanisms it uses to support National Societies to respond to crises, and ensure that they remain fit for purpose in the face of the changing humanitarian landscape. 
Within a changing and challenging global context, the IFRC will support National Societies to be there at the right time, in the right place, with the right capacity to take the right action.  The IFRC Secretariat will invest in National Societies to maintain the right focus on supporting affected people, communities and local actors to lead disaster risk reduction, preparedness, early action, response and recovery efforts – increasing resilience and continuously promoting ethical and people-centered approaches. IFRC secretariat has been working with the Netherlands Red Cross in continuous enhancing the NS response capacity globally. During the las last 10 years, through the Response Preparedness I and II programmes, supported by the NL MoFA, IFRC secretariat have been able to scale and support the NS Preparedness, Cash Preparedness and Surge Capacity files. During this new phase, IFRC at Geneva level will maintain a focus on strengthening National Society preparedness and readiness to respond to shocks, as well as ensuring National Societies have the right approaches and tools to be well prepared and ready to support community-based and people-centred disaster risk reduction and resilience. This includes early warning, early action and anticipation, with the aim of National Societies assisting the most disadvantaged and hard to reach before crisis strikes. 
IFRC will continue to improve the way it supports National Societies with global tools, surge, appropriate use of funding mechanisms, and a consistent approach to operations management and coordination. It aims to grow the size and also usage of the DREF, and ensure more adherence to the procedures of both the DREF and Emergency Appeals. Focus will be given as well to continue growing the National Societies access to funding for anticipatory action through the Forecast based Action by the DREF and the DREF for imminent crisis. It is expected that the FbA by the DREF undergoes a series of changes, to be more efficient, following the learnings from its pilot phase.  
Disaster response tools will keep optimizing through ensuring a more fit for purpose and quality service delivery ERU system that better contribute to localization, further development of operational leadership at regional level (including Ops management and D-HEOps), strengthening of needs assessment at Regional and NS level and reinforcing the corporate services pools in terms of competencies and availability. Ensuring the competencies are properly acquired through learning and development to all surge networks will also be pursued. The direct beneficiary of this project is the IFRC Secretariat, as the project provides the IFRC with financial capacity to strengthen its response preparedness tools. In the end, the indirect beneficiaries of this projects are people living in vulnerable conditions, at risk of disasters, who are served in anticipation and response to disasters by Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies and IFRC. Geneva, Switzerland (IFRC Secretariat HQ) and globally.