CERF Anticipatory Action Simulation Exercise 2022 (October 2022)
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The Philippines was selected as one of the countries to pilot Anticipatory Action (AA)through the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) by the Emergency Relief Coordinator for the typhoon season 2021-2022.
A Joint Simulation Exercise (SIMEX) was conducted for both scenarios last September 2022 to test the framework and assess the effectiveness of the operational components, namely: risk communications/messages; information flow such as alert/warning signals including standby and stand-down messages; coordination with local authorities, community engagement, prepositioning of assistance that includes cash and in-kind, deployment of personnel and other cross-cutting issues such as prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) and Accountability of Affected Population (AAP).