Phoebe Shikuku, IFRC regional advisor on FbF and DRR introduced the session by showing some examples of regional exchange and learning. „In Africa, with the momentum for anticipatory humanitarian action picking up, as Red Cross Red Crescent we are encouraging learning and exchanges to support with peer-to-peer learning, capacity building and information sharing, also with a view to scale up, especially for transboundary disasters.“ So far, there is the Africa Wide Regional Coordination that meets once every four months and also regional coordination working groups for Eastern and Southern Africa that include stakeholders both internal and external to the Red Cross Red Crescent.
There is also in-country coordination in contexts like Ethiopia and Uganda with other stakeholders, such as OCHA, START, FAO and WFP to support in-country scale up and increase funding.