Reports

1. HCTT Background Since 2012, the Humanitarian Coordination Task Team (HCTT) has worked as a coordination platform to strengthen the collective capacity of Government, national and international actors to ensure effective humanitarian preparedness for, response to, and…

After a successful four years, Start Fund Bangladesh (SFB) has received an additional £1.23 million to continue its lifesaving work across the country. Funded by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the Start Fund Bangladesh (SFB)…

Since 2012, the Humanitarian Coordination Task Team (HCTT) has worked as a coordination platform to strengthen the collective capacity of Government, national and international actors to ensure effective humanitarian preparedness for, response to, and recovery from…

The meeting was conducted with two objectives: (1) to finalize the next five-year HCTT strategy for humanitarian-development collaboration and (2) to get the buy-in of stakeholders on the rollout of sub-national risk analysis tools (INFORM Index),…

The UK has led a push for the international community to take more action ahead of disasters – rather than responding reactively to them. At an event jointly hosted by the UK, Germany and UN OCHA, UK…

Getting Ahead of Severe Monsoon Flooding Today, we can predict with increasing confidence the occurrence and humanitarian impact of certain shocks including out-of-the-ordinary weather events. The projected impact of these events can proactively be mitigated based on…

An impact evaluation by the Center for Disaster Protection (CDP) finds that WFP’s Forecast-based Financing programme had a substantial positive impact on the beneficiaries’ food security, asset loss and damage, and overall wellbeing. On July 2020, WFP…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to natural disasters and climate change impacts. People in the country are often affected by several natural disasters, including floods, cyclones, drought, salinity intrusions, cold waves, riverbank erosion, and thunderstorms. Communities…

Floods are an annual occurrence in Bangladesh, and the risk weighs heavily on families when the monsoon season begins. In July 2020, FAO and partners in Bangladesh used state-of-the-art data collection and predictive analytics to anticipate…

Endorsed by the Resident Coordinator on 30 May 2021 Pre-approved by the Emergency Relief Coordinator on 3 June 2021 Executive Summary This document presents the pilot framework for collective anticipatory action to monsoon floods in Bangladesh, including the forecasting…