Ready to respond: Strengthening humanitarian preparedness in high-risk countries
World Food Programme lessons learned and best practices on emergency preparedness
This report focuses on lessons learned by WFP from the Ready to Respond project, a joint UN humanitarian preparedness programme funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). It draws lessons from the most telling cases, focusing on preparedness investments that have actually been used in emergencies and which have enabled more efficient response, in areas such as cash-based transfers, logistics and supply chain, vulnerability analysis, accountability, capacity building and inter-agency coordination. Concentrating mainly on qualitative impacts, together with the quantitative findings of the Return on Investment study it contributes to evidence that humanitarian preparedness does pay off.
This lessons learned report is addressed primarily to an internal WFP audience: staff in Country Offices (COs), Regional Bureaux (RBs) and Headquarters (HQ) who are involved in emergency preparedness/readiness work. It brings together lessons and good practices in emergency preparedness that emerged from the Ready to Respond project, in the hope that they will be shared and built upon in future programming.
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