Anticipatory Action Framework Philippines 2024

Anticipatory Action Framework for Tropical Cyclones
Philippines Pilot

1.Overview

Summary

The purpose of this document is to present the framework for anticipatory action (AA) in the Philippines, including the forecasting trigger (the model), the pre-agreed action plans (the delivery) and the pre-arranged financing (the money).

Executive summary

The Framework outlines an approach to a collective anticipatory action delivered at scale as an innovative attempt to pilot typhoon response in the Philippines. The document includes details about the forecasting trigger (the Model), the preagreed action plans (the Delivery) and the pre-arranged financing (the Money). As this is a learning pilot an investment will be made in documenting evidence and learning (the Learning). Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated $7.5 million for this pilot in typhoon season 2024.

The objective of the pilot is to mitigate, and to a certain extent prevent, the severe impact of typhoons on people’s homes and livelihoods, while building on government’s mandatory pre-emptive evacuation procedures that saves lives. With this intervention, the most at-risk communities will have better financial resources to prepare prior to landfall. Multi-sectoral assistance will be delivered by the UN agencies, NGOs and the Red Cross/Red Crescent in close collaboration with local authorities. For example, IOM will provide cash assistance and support vulnerable families in strengthening their houses; FAO’s intervention will promote preservation of livelihoods and income by supporting poor farmers and fisherfolks to rent a secure and safe place for their farming and fishing tools and livestock while FAO’s multi-purpose cash will support other needs; and WFP’s multi-purpose cash will support food and other relevant needs while in evacuation. Anticipatory action interventions will mount a collective humanitarian action at scale to mitigate the impact of a severe typhoon hitting Region 5 (Bicol), Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) and/or Region 13 (Caraga). In March 2022, the AA Core Group conducted an afteraction review and recommended a few improvements to the pilot. To extend the geographic coverage of the pilot, two scenarios were developed for the 2022 AA under CERF to cover most vulnerable areas in Region 5, 8 and 13 (Caraga). Scenario 1 covers pilot areas in Region 5 and Samar Island Provinces (Northern Samar/Eastern Samar/Western Samar) in Region 8. Scenario 2 covers Region 13 (Caraga) and Leyte Island provinces in Region 8 (Leyte/Southern Leyte)

The segment-based approach ensures that community perspectives are met and ensures tailored actions for children, adults, elderly, LGBTQIA+, persons with disabilities, and other intersecting factors. The pilot aims to reach about 372,700 people under Scenario 1 and 203,300 people under Scenario 2 with assistance ahead of a typhoon’s landfall.