Agenda

Humanitarian - development perspective: In this session, we will hear of community experiences of the impacts of the changing climate on the day to day lives of communities in the Small Island State of the Seychelles. We shall also hear more insights from the World Food Programme on how can we collectively contribute towards institutionalising of Anticipatory Action in Africa and what needs to be done to achieve this goal of supporting effective implementation of anticipatory action with our African communities.

Marie-May Esparon, Red Cross Seychelles, Secretary General

H.E. Ole Thonke, The Danish Ambassador in Nairobi

Business leaning perspective: Through this session, the speaker will share on the impacts of a changing climate on the business community and why we must approach the changing climate in a different and innovative manner. The speaker will further appreciate the role of anticipatory humanitarian action in preparing for the impacts of the changing climate and how the business sector can partner and support the concept of anticipatory humanitarian action in Africa. The East Africa grain council will share their experience on the use of climate information for anticipatory purposes and the difference this has made in their operation. 

Gerald Masila, Eastern Africa Grain Council

Structured datasets of loss and damage data, i.e., data on the impact of past disasters caused by natural hazards (in short, impact data) are of paramount importance for several applications in DRR and, in particular, for anticipatory action. For example, the design of trigger mechanisms is usually based on the analysis of around 30 historical events and/or a few decades. Global impact data repositories such as EM-DAT and DesInventar Sendai, regional and national databases offer impact data, but are often limited in terms of their spatial and temporal granularity and are not designed for interoperability. This session will discuss ongoing initiatives that aim to tackle these challenges and explore what we need to do collectively to realize better data quality and scale. The session includes an open discussion and aims to define concrete follow up steps for a regional data collaboration.

Sessions leads:

Marc van den Homberg, Netherlands Red Cross 510 Data Team, Scientific Lead
Lydia Cumiskey, Anticipation Hub, Partnerships Consultant

Speakers:
Debarati Guha Sapir, CRED/University of Louvain
Pierre Chrzanowski, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
Katarina Soltesova, UNDRR, Programme Officer - Risk Knowledge, Regional Office for Africa
Rahul Sengupta, UNDRR, Programme Management Officer - Risk Knowledge, Monitoring and Capacity-Development Branch

In this session, we will engage the participants in a dynamic and enlightening discussion about the current status and the way forward on anticipatory action in a complex context affected by conflict. The session will start by sharing new research, including mapping in conflict areas and double vulnerability analysis. The second half of the session will be organized as interactive exercise to explore the challenges and opportunities for AA in situations of conflict.

Sessions leads:

Moritz Krüger, German Red Cross, Manager Methodologies in Anticipation
Liesa Sauerhammer, German Red Cross, Manager DRR in fragile contexts
Catalina Jaime, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Climate and Conflict Manager

Speakers:
Shaban Mawanda, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Policy and Resilience Advisor
Gado Abdouramane, Technical Adviser, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Cornelia Scholz, Junior Researcher, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Mark Weegmann, Junior Researcher, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

Three speakers will present case studies with a focus on the trends and issues above.

Sessions lead:

Jeff Woods, German Red Cross, Advisor for Humanitarian Assistance in Urban Contexts – Africa Region

Speakers:

Genito Maure, Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands (FRACTAL), Researcher from Eduardo Mondlane University
Khairul Sheik – German Red Cross / Bangladesh Red Crescent
Dr. Hassan Ahmadul, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Senior Advisor

This session will look to thoroughly discuss on how we can scale up anticipatory humanitarian action in three levels:

1. Moving from pilot phase to implementation phase
2. Multi sector stakeholder engagement 
3. Increased financing to reach scale (geographically and in terms of number of people)

It further seeks to highlight the various attempts that have been made towards sustainability of efforts by various stakeholders at the national and regional levels.

Moderator:
Halima Saado - Kenya Red Cross Society, Head of Research and Learning at the International Center for Humanitarian Affairs (ICHA)

Panelists:
Kara Siahaan, IFRC, Early Action and Disaster Risk Financing Coordinator
Randa Merghani - OCHA/CERF, Head of Humanitarian Financing Unit, Manager Somalia Humanitarian Fund
Sahle Tefera - Ethiopia national disaster risk management commission