Outcome Document Commitments
Anticipatory action has proven to be an effective and efficient instrument to prevent and reduce human suffering from predictable shocks before they unfold. This is increasingly important against the backdrop of decreasing humanitarian funding and persistent needs driven by escalating and protracted conflicts and the expanding impact of the climate crisis. Moreover, anticipatory action has proven to have the potential to promote accountability to affected populations and to strengthen localised and locally-led approaches.
With the endorsement of the Grand Bargain 3.0 framework in June 2023, signatories affirmed the potential of the Grand Bargain to catalyse sector-wide transformation towards shrinking humanitarian needs. Grand Bargain signatories agreed to prioritise the scaling up of anticipatory action and to identify barriers that could be addressed within the Grand Bargain 3.0, as a concrete contribution to shrinking the humanitarian needs.
As the only platform that brings together donors, UN organisations, the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, and both international and local/national NGOs, the Grand Bargain is uniquely positioned to drive the necessary political changes required to address the challenges of insufficient coordination and funding.
In February 2024, the Grand Bargain caucus to scale up anticipatory action was launched by Ambassador Koehler, and is jointly led by Germany, OCHA, Save the Children, and WFP. It includes DRC, EU/DG ECHO, FAO, IFRC, IOM, NEAR, Oxfam, Sweden, UK/FCDO, UNFPA, USAID, DRC, World Vision and ZOA. The caucus receives technical support and expertise from the Anticipation Hub and is supported by the Grand Bargain secretariat.