Interim Guidance: IASC Emergency Response Preparedness (ERP) Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic - Preparedness, Early Action and Readiness Sub-Group, IASC Results Group 1 on Operational Response

The interim Emergency Response Preparedness (ERP) guidance is designed to be a short technical step-by-step guide aimed at non-HRP countries to support the development, or strengthening, of preparedness measures to ensure that country teams are operational ready to implement activities to address the potential non-health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and its compound effect on existing risks. The interim guidance is based on the IASC 2015 ERP Guidance. The interim ERP guidance is intended to support and complement the eight guiding principles of the WHO supported national PRPs, the purpose of this ERP Interim Guidance is to assist country teams to identify the steps to strengthen their preparedness to support the gaps in a state’s capacity to respond to potential new humanitarian needs as well as to anticipate the impact on existing risks.