How has the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement fared?
The Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement (the national societies, the Federation and the ICRC) received over $2 billion, most of it collected by individual societies in their own countries. This means that the Movement faced exactly the same challenges as those described above. Its solution was to develop a Regional Strategy and Operational Framework (RSOF) for the emergency and recovery phases, followed by an IFRC five-year plan. The large funding volumes have enabled the Movement to take a long view in fostering partnerships between its member societies and their governments in the affected region, working closely with UNDP, ISDR and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), in order to do its part in strengthening national disaster reduction, including multi-hazard early warning. The basic elements of the RSOF are its accountability framework, including monitoring and evaluation, reporting, audits and an external advisory group, its communication strategy and its coordination
