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Self Report for Initiatives in 2018

The updates on initiatives shown below allow members or signatories to WHS initiatives to report on actions taken in support of the respective initiative. They are not intended to replace reporting processes undertaken by initiative secretariats.

  • Grand Bargain

    Report on The Grand Bargain Commitments

  • New Way of Working

    What concrete actions have you taken in support of the initiative.

    OCHA continued to lead on efforts to advance the New Way of Working, together with UNDP and in support of other stakeholders. Progress is starting to be seen at the end of 2017 at the field implementation level, with several countries, including Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Sudan, Somalia, Chad and Cameroon having worked or working towards collective outcomes and to operationalise these, in support of the government and often in coordination with donors. OCHA continues to collect best practice to support progress in other contexts, and to further refine the implementation, coordination and financing modalities that can help translate the New Way of Working into impact on the ground (i.e. to measurably reduce need, risk and vulnerability).

  • The Connecting Business Initiative

    What concrete actions have you taken in support of the initiative.

    OCHA continued its work on growing the Connecting Business initiative (CBi) together with UNDP and with technical support from UNISDR to facilitate the engagement of national and global private sector in disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness, response and recovery. In 2017, CBi provided support to 13 private sector-led networks to anticipate, strategically engage in disaster management and connect to disaster management mechanisms. According to the self-reporting, the networks provided contributions estimated at about US$20 million (financial and in-kind). Eight of the networks responded to emergencies in 2017 and others worked on preparedness and recovery activities. CBi also developed two flagship tools for the private sector networks and built a global online portal which was had viewers from 157 countries. For further information see attachment.

    The Connecting Business initiative Attachments