Through its in-country work, GFDRR awards grants for specific activities in line with its seven operating principles:
- Demand-driven approach to ensure maximum impact
- Leveraging development investments and policies
- Focusing on inclusive design and participation
- Empowering women and main-streaming gender
- Jointly addressing disaster and climate risk
- Developing knowledge and sharing best practices
- Prioritizing a results-oriented approach
GFDRR’s grants are organized around eight areas of engagement, which represent our priorities in the coming years:
- Promoting open access to risk information
- Scaling up the resilience of cities
- Deepening financial protection
- Deepening engagements in resilience to climate change
- Promoting resilient infrastructure
- Strengthening hydromet services and early-warning systems
- Building resilience at community level
- Enabling resilient recovery
