GHA Report 2009 Humanitarian donor profiles

EC’s total official humanitarian assistance expenditure, 2007

European Commission Multilateral (totally unearmarked)

UN agencies/EC
Bilateral (lightly to totally earmarked)
CERF Pooled funding Other
Total

The European Commission (EC) was the second largest DAC donor of humanitarian CHF ERF
assistance by volume in 2007. Its bilateral and multilateral contributions totalled
US$m 86 0 0 0 1,499 1,585
US$1.6 billion – or 18.2% of the collective DAC total. Volumes fell by 10.1%
% total 5.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 94.6% 100.0%
between 2006 and 2007 but preliminary DAC data suggests that bilateral
contributions alone could rise by 14.6% to US$1.7 billion in 2008. CHFs in 2007 relate to DRC and Sudan. The ERFs included in the data reported here are CAR, Ethiopia, Iraq, Somalia and Zimbabwe

The EC both provides direct donor support to developing countries and plays a
‘federating’ role with the other European Union (EU) institutions and member states. Total official humanitarian share of the EC’s
total ODA (excluding debt relief ), 2007
Collectively, the EC and EU15 (i.e., member states that are also members of the DAC) Top 10 recipients of the EC’s total official Sudan was the second largest
account for over 50% (over US$4 billion) of official humanitarian assistance. humanitarian assistance expenditure, 2007 recipient of the EC‘s official
humanitarian assistance in
In 2007, the EC spent 13.6% of its ODA (excluding debt relief ) on humanitarian
assistance. The share of ODA spent on humanitarian assistance peaked at 16.4%
2007 but the top UN CAP appeal
recipient, accounting for 9.7% US$1.6bn

699
800
of the EC’s reported expenditure
in 2005 and has been falling since then, but in the context of increasing ODA.

US$ million (constant 2007 prices)

through the FTS in 2007 The EC’s total official
The EC carries out its own needs assessments on the basis of its Global Needs 600 humanitarian expenditure, 2007
Assessment (GNA) and Forgotten Crises Assessment (FCA) frameworks. The food aid
budget was moved from the Directorate-General for Development to ECHO in 2007.
ECHO’s funds come from two sources: the general EC budget; and the European 14% 400
US$3

242
Development Fund.

210
The EC has endorsed the GHD principles and practice and was joint chair of GHD 200 Amount contributed by each

89
Imputed CERF
EC citizen to total official

76
in 2008/9. Its domestic implementation plan has been in place since January 2008.

67
64
52
39

35
37
The EC’s humanitarian aid programme was DAC peer reviewed in 2007. Total official humanitarian
0 assistance allocable by country humanitarian assistance, 2007

Other countries
Palestinian Adm. Areas
Sudan
Indonesia
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Somalia
Lebanon
Sri Lanka
Uganda
Jordan
Pakistan
The EC’s total official humanitarian assistance expenditure 2000-2008
-10.1%
1,762
1,764

Change in the EC’s total official

1,585

1,800 Total official humanitarian humanitarian expenditure,

expenditure
1,361

1,600 2006–2007
US$ million (constant 2007 prices)

Multilateral (UN agencies)

1,128
1,095

1,400
1,058
1,017

Bilateral
1,200 Top recipient of the EC’s flash and
1,000
consolidated appeal funding, 2007
Palestine/OPT was the largest recipient
800 of the EC’s total official humanitarian
assistance in 2007, accounting for 15% Sudan Work Plan (Humanitarian
600
of the total allocable by country Action component) 9.7%
400

200

0
Outside the CAP
2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008
(prelim)

62.0%
Data notes
The EC spent US$486m on 19
consolidated and flash appeals in
The EC’s humanitarian expenditure, 2008 – this expenditure (referred to Although both relate to ‘humanitarian’
reported through the FTS, 2006-2008 as ‘inside the CAP’) was equivalent expenditure, FTS and DAC data are not
to 26.2 % of its bilateral humanitarian comparable. Reporting requirements and
See Data notes definitions are different. Some, all or none of a
expenditure in 2008
1,278

DAC donor’s official humanitarian expenditure

might be included in the FTS figures. In some
1,107

1,400 Top recipients of the EC’s flash and

instances, more might be reported in
1,012

1,200 consolidated appeal funding, 2008 humanitarian assistance through the FTS than
is included in OECD DAC data
1,000
Sudan was the largest recipient of the
US$ million

800 Analysis of official humanitarian assistance is

EC’s contributions to UN flash and based on OECD DAC data (DAC1, 2a and CRS),
587 686 792 consolidated appeal funding in 2008,
Sudan Work Plan 14.4%
600 Palestinian territory, occupied 4.8% downloaded in April 2009. The data for 2008 is
accounting for 37.8% of the EC’s Democratic Republic of Congo 4.0% preliminary and relates to bilateral humanitarian
400 US$486m funding ‘inside the CAP’ Uganda 3.1%
Chad 3.0%
aid only. Full and final official data for 2008 will
(or 14.4% of the total reported by the Myanmar Flash Appeal 1.8% be published by the DAC in December 2009
200
425 421 486 EC through the FTS) Zimbabwe 1.7%
0 Total reported through the FTS Kenya 1.4% Outside the CAP FTS data is published in real time on ReliefWeb
West Africa 1.4% 62.0% and was downloaded in April 2009.
2006

2007

2008

Other funding (‘outside the CAP’) Somalia 0.6% Supplementary data on CERF and pooled funding
Other appeals inside the CAP 2.0%
was downloaded from their respective sites
UN flash and consolidated
appeal funding (‘inside the CAP’)
May/June 2009

All data is expressed in current US$m unless

otherwise stated. Numbers may vary due to rounding

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