The Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP) is a three-year, £40m DFID-funded programme jointly implemented by the Start and CDAC Networks. The programme aims to significantly improve the quality and speed of humanitarian response in countries at risk of natural disasters or conflict related emergencies by building the capacity of local actors. This DEPP Learning Report 2016, produced by the DEPP Learning Project at Action Against Hunger UK, explores the extent to which the programme is leading to the changes it has set out to make, namely the improvement of the quality and speed of humanitarian response and a shift in aid investment towards crises prevention, preparedness and building national humanitarian capacity in order to reduce the damage caused by disasters. It does this by highlighting examples of key learning, reflections, successes and challenges from the 14 projects that make up the DEPP. This piece is aimed at both DEPP stakeholders as well as other humanitarian actors with a vested interest in emergency preparedness and response.