Optimizing protocols for early action in Ethiopia
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(This is an edited version of a story first published by the Netherland Red Cross 510 data team and the Anticipation Hub on Wednesday.)
The IFRC earlier this month announced that its Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) had approved an allocation of 350,000 Swiss francs for a new early action protocol for Ethiopia with floods as the priority hazard.
The Ethiopia Red Cross Society (ERCS) is the primary implementer, with support from the Netherlands Red Cross (NLRC) and its 510 data team, the IFRC, and the Climate Centre.
A simulation exercise in early March in the Awash river basin was conducted “to test assumptions and to see if the EAP runs as effectively as possible or if there are potential tweaks that can be made in the process,” said Sirak Temesgen, NLRC Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Delegate.