REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL Annual report on the European Union's humanitarian aid policies and their implementation in 2017
Date: 2018-11-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, activity report, aid evaluation, aid to disaster victims, aid to refugees, development aid, financial aid, forced migration, natural disaster, third country

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 30.11.2018  COM(2018) 774 final  REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL Annual report on the European Union's humanitarian aid policies and their implementation in 2017  
 
 
Annual report on the European Union's humanitarian aid policies and their implementation in 2017 

Contents 

Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 2 

Overview of the main humanitarian aid operations supported in 2017 ..................................... 2 

Additional information and sources ........................................................................................... 9 

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INTRODUCTION 

This  report presents  the  Union's main activities and policy outcomes in  2017 in  the field  of 
humanitarian  aid,  as  carried  out  through  the  European  Commission.  The  report  is  prepared 
pursuant  to  Article 19 of  Council Regulation  (EC) No 1257/96  of 20 June 1996 concerning 
humanitarian aid, which requires the Commission to submit an annual report to the European 
Parliament and to the Council with a summary of the operations financed in the course of the 
preceding year. 

OVERVIEW OF THE MAIN HUMANITARIAN AID OPERATIONS 

SUPPORTED IN 2017 

2017 was a challenging year for the Commission’s work in  humanitarian aid.  Humanitarian 
needs  continued  to  expand,  not  least  in  Europe's  immediate  neighbourhood,  driven  by  a 
combination of protracted conflicts that show no sign of abating, the impact of climate change 
and population growth. 

There  was  little  or  no  improvement  in  the  most  severe  large-scale  crises,  with  27%  of  the 
people in need concentrated in three crises only: Yemen, Syria and Iraq. The Syrian conflict 
has  created  the  worst  humanitarian  crisis  of  our  time,  causing  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
deaths, displacing more than 11 million people and leaving close to 19 million Syrians in need 
of assistance.  

The  Commission  allocated  EU  funds  for  more  than  EUR  1.548  billion1  in  94  countries.  A 
significant proportion of this went on supporting the conflict-affected populations inside Syria 
and  refugees  in  neighbouring  countries  and  regions.  The  EU  has  also  continued  to  be  a 
leading donor in other parts of the world, with Africa continuing to account for a large share 
of funding. 

Promoting  principled  humanitarian  aid  and  respect  for  international  humanitarian  law  has 
continued to be at the heart of the Commission’s overarching objectives as a donor, and it is 
worth noting in this regard the 10th anniversary of the European Consensus on Humanitarian 
Aid – which was reaffirmed as more topical than ever at an event in the European Parliament 
with the participation of Commissioner Stylianides. In June 2017, moreover, the Commission 
took  the  chair  of  the  “Call  to  Action”  on  protection  from  gender-based  violence  in 
emergencies, and this will continue to be a major priority for the Commission. 

The Commission has also continued to work for the greatest possible efficiency and value for 
money  in  the  way  humanitarian  funding  is  used,  in  line  with  the  Grand  Bargain  agreed  in 
2016  between  donors  and  operational  agencies  at  the  World  Humanitarian  Summit.  The 
Commission  has  also  pursued  work  on  resilience  as  a  key  response  to  the  "new  normal"  of 
crisis  and  fragility  in  many  parts  of  the  world,  as  well  as  making  significant  strides  in  the 
operationalisation of the humanitarian-development nexus.  

Support  for  innovation  and  digitalisation  has  moreover  emerged  as  a  major  focus  in  the 
Commission's  support  to  maximise  the  impact  of  humanitarian  aid.  In  this  context,  in 

1 EUR 2.2 billion including External Assigned Revenues from Member States 

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November  2017  the  Commission  launched  the  European  Innovation  Council  (EIC)  Horizon 
Prize on Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid, which seeks to unlock the full potential 
of research and innovation in addressing crisis and emergency situations.      

Education  in  emergencies  remains  more  than  ever  a  flagship  policy  for  the  Commission:  in 
2017,  the  Commission  devoted  6%  of  the  EU's  humanitarian  aid  budget  to  education  in 
emergencies.  

In  line  with  its  commitment  to  support  cash  as  a  delivery  modality  whenever  possible2,  the 
Commission has encouraged the use of cash in its humanitarian programmes throughout the 
world  and  has  continued  to  roll  out  the  innovative  programme  known  as  the  Emergency 
Social Safety Net (ESSN) for refugees in Turkey. The EU has now surpassed its initial target 
of  supporting  one  million  of  the  most  vulnerable  refugees  in  Turkey  with  regular  cash 
allocations. As of September 2018 the ESSN is supporting around 1.4 million refugees. 

Overview of the main humanitarian aid operations supported in 2017 

Responding to the Syria crisis 

The Commission allocated more than EUR 280 million to humanitarian operations in Syria, 
Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt, in line with the pledges made at the Brussels Conference of April 
2017. In Turkey, humanitarian assistance formed part of the support provided in the context 
of the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey. 

Inside Syria (EUR 142.5 million), the EU’s humanitarian assistance was provided mainly to 
life-saving  emergency  operations.  Activities  were 
integrated  and  flexible  essential 
implemented 
regular 
programming.  

through  all  modalities:  cross-border,  cross-line  and 

through 

In Lebanon (EUR 80.5 million), the country with the highest number of refugees per capita in 
the  world,  the  EU  provided  support  to  Syrian  refugees  through  cash  assistance,  secondary 
healthcare, non-formal education and shelter (including water, hygiene and sanitation).  

In  Jordan  (EUR  55  million),  the  EU  provided  thousands  of  Syrian  refugees  with  cash 
assistance, protection, health, winterisation response, as well as targeting the emergency needs 
of  more  than  45  000  refugees  stranded  along  its  north-eastern  border  with  Syria  and  Iraq 
(commonly known as the "Berm").  

In  Egypt  (EUR  3.6  million),  the  EU  supported  refugees  living  in  substandard  conditions  in 
urban areas through protection, health, education, and cash assistance. 

Turkey hosted over 3.5  million  refugees in  2017. The Commission  contracted the full EUR 
1.4 billion humanitarian envelope under the Facility for Refugees in  Turkey  for 2016-2017. 
This  included  EUR  998  million  for  the  EU's  largest  ever  humanitarian  programme,  the 
Emergency Social Safety Net, providing over 1.1 million refugees with direct cash payments; 
and  the  EU's  largest  ever  education  in  emergencies  programme,  the  Conditional  Cash 
Transfer for Education.  

2   In 2018, DG ECHO aims to deliver 35% of its assistance in the form of cash-based transfers.  

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Responding to humanitarian needs in Africa 

In  2017,  in  West  and  Central  Africa,  four  major  regional  crises  continued  to  require  a 
significant  humanitarian  response,  and  EUR  263  million  were  allocated  to  this  end.  This 
includes  emergency  food  and  nutrition  assistance  in  the  Sahel  countries,  where  9  million 
people  required  emergency  food  assistance  and  3.5  million  children  suffered  from  Severe 
Acute Malnutrition. It also includes the response to the large-scale Lake Chad crisis, with 2.3 
million IDPs, over 200 000 refugees and more than 7.1 million people in food crisis, notably 
in Northeast Nigeria but also in neighbouring Niger, Cameroon and Chad. Emergency support 
was  provided  to  conflict-affected  populations  in  North  and  Central  Mali  as  well  as  in 
neighbouring Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger, as the humanitarian impact of the conflict 
continued to grow. Support was provided to vulnerable people affected by the Central African 
Republic crisis, where increased violence led to more forced displacement – inside CAR and 
to neighbouring countries – and, hence, increased humanitarian needs.  

In Eastern Africa and in the Great Lakes regions, major crises continued to require increased 
humanitarian assistance in view of the deterioration of the situation both in terms of conflicts, 
in particular in DRC, Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan and of natural disasters, in particular 
drought  and  floods,  leading  to  large-scale  forced  displacement  and  serious  food  insecurity. 
More than EUR 474 million were allocated to respond in the Greater Horn of Africa and in 
the Great Lakes to the needs of some 35 million people in severe food insecurity, as well as to 
5 million refugees originating from Burundi, DRC, Eritrea, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan, 
with  Uganda  and  Ethiopia  being  the  two  first  African  hosting  countries,  and  to  almost  15 
million  Internally  Displaced  persons  mainly  in  DRC,  Ethiopia,  Somalia,  Sudan  and  South 
Sudan.  The  combination  in  most  of  the  countries  of  conflicts,  ethnic  tensions  and  natural 
disasters, epidemics, food insecurity and malnutrition has largely contributed to the significant 
increase of people in need. In the Southern Africa/Indian Ocean region, natural disasters have 
largely  contributed  to  food  insecurity  and  other  humanitarian  needs.  EUR  15  million  were 
also  allocated  to  both  respond  to  the  most  acute  needs  but  more  specifically  to  work  on 
preparedness measures with a view to increasing the resilience of populations at risk.  

The wider Middle East, Iraq, North Africa, Ukraine and Western Balkans 

A  total  of  EUR  82.5  million  was  allocated  to  Iraq  in  2017.  In  2016-2017,  the  EU  also 
delivered  in-kind  assistance,  offered  by  countries  participating  in  the  EU  Civil  Protection 
Mechanism,  in  response  to  the  Mosul  emergency.  A  sustainable  response  and  transition  to 
early  recovery  and  mid-term  support  have  been  promoted  in  line  with  the  humanitarian-
development nexus. 

The Commission allocated an amount of EUR 20 million to support humanitarian operations 
in Palestine. Gaza was the main focus. The EU responded to the increased humanitarian needs 
resulting  from  ten  years  of  blockade,  lack  of  access  to  basic  services  (Health/WASH)  and 
recurrent bouts of violence. In the West Bank, the Commission continued to support the most 
vulnerable communities who have little or no access to education, water, and livelihoods and 
who are at risk of forcible displacement.  

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The  Commission  allocated  a  total  of  EUR  76.7  million  in  2017  to  humanitarian  aid  within 
Yemen.  Commission-funded  humanitarian  projects  prioritised  integrated  multi-sectoral 
response  to  new  and  protracted  cases  of  displaced  populations;  integrated  response  to  the 
health,  nutrition  and  food  security  crises;  integrated  or  standalone  protection  activities  with 
particular  attention  to  gender-based  violence  and  education  in  emergencies;  and  enhanced 
rapid response capacity as well as logistical support, coordination and advocacy. 

EUR  10  million  of  humanitarian  aid  was  allocated  in  Libya  to  IDPs,  returnees  and  host 
populations  mainly  in  the  health,  food  and  protection  sectors,  as  the  conflict  continued  to 
impact one million vulnerable people.  

After  3  years  of  conflict  the  humanitarian  situation  in  affected  regions  of  Ukraine  has 
continued  to  seriously  deteriorate  and  has  become  what  the  Commission  classifies  as  a 
‘forgotten crisis’3. In 2017, the Commission allocated EUR 20 million to address the needs of 
conflict-affected people living along both sides of the contact line and in the non-government 
controlled areas of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts.  

In  2017,  the  EU  continued  to  provide  multisector  assistance  to  refugees  and  migrants 
transiting  through  the  former  Yugoslav  Republic  of  Macedonia  and  Serbia  and  stranded  in 
Serbia after the closure of borders (EUR 5 million).  

Asia and Latin America 

The EU continued in 2017 its support to Asian countries with some EUR 95 million allocated 
to the humanitarian response as well as Disaster Preparedness activities. The focus was on the 
deteriorating  Afghan  displacement  crisis,  assistance  to  the  more  than  700,000  Rohingya 
newly  displaced  from  Myanmar  to  Bangladesh,  and  the  Rohingya  and  other  minorities  in 
Myanmar  suffering  from  violence  and  confinement.  The  Commission  also  reacted  to  the 
deteriorating crisis in the Philippines / Mindanao, aggravated by the effects of Cyclon Tembin 
in December 2017. 

In Latin America and the Caribbean, more than EUR 30 million have been made available for 
disaster preparedness and response to humanitarian emergencies, with a key emphasis on the 
response  to  the  devastating  hurricanes  IRMA  and  MARIA  in  the  Caribbean,  the  food  and 
shelter  crisis  in  Haiti,  and  the  deteriorating  humanitarian  situations  in  Colombia  and 
Venezuela. Drought and violence in Central America was another priority during the year in 
the region.  

Natural disaster response 

The  Commission  responded  to  numerous  natural  disasters  in  2017,  both  within  the  EU  and 
around the world. To this end, it provided humanitarian aid through partner organisations; it 
also  sought  to  ensure  synergies  whenever  possible  between  its  humanitarian  assistance  and 
the  in-kind  assistance  provided  by  the  EU  Member  Sates  through  the  EU  Civil  Protection 

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Mechanism, coordinated by the Commission's Emergency Response Coordination Center. In 
September 2017, the response to hurricanes IRMA and MARIA in the Caribbean was a good 
example  of  the  complementarity  between  humanitarian  aid  and  civil  protection  instruments. 
The Commission allocated EUR 2.9 million to the most affected populations in eight severely 
affected countries (Cuba, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Saint 
Kitts and Nevis, St Maarten, and Turks and Caicos), in addition to the production of satellite 
maps, consular support  and evacuation of EU  citizens, tranportation and delivery of in-kind 
assistance and provision of emergency response expertise. 

Cross-cutting issues 

Education in emergencies 

In  2017  the  Commission  dedicated  6%  of  its  humanitarian  budget  to  Education  in 
Emergencies (EiE). Besides the humanitarian budget, in 2017 the Commission also managed 
EiE  funding  through  the  Emergency  Support  Instrument  in  Greece  and  the  EU  Facility  for 
Refugees  in  Turkey, amounting to  nearly EUR 96 million  support to  EiE globally.  In 2017, 
1.14  million  girls  and  boys  benefited  from  this  assistance.  The  EU  also  continued  to  raise 
awareness of the importance of quality education in crisis and forced displacement contexts, 
linking the work of humanitarian and development actors, and to strengthen coordination and 
capacity building in the sector through funding the Global Education Cluster and hosting its 
annual partners' meeting. 

The Grand Bargain 

2017 has seen important progress in key elements of the Grand Bargain, a series of measures 
agreed  between  humanitarian  donors  and  agencies  at  the  World  Humanitarian  Summit  in 
2016  to  enhance  the  efficiency  of  humanitarian  aid.  This  includes  new  approaches  to 
strengthen linkages between humanitarian and development actors notably, in the EU context, 
through the designation of pilot countries for the humanitarian – development nexus, and new 
ways  of  aid  delivery,  such  as  cash  assistance.  In  particular,  through  its  function  of  steering 
work on joint needs assessment, the Commission has contributed to progress in the technical 
discussions on this topic.  

Cash as an aid modality 

The EU has continued to encourage the use of cash to deliver humanitarian assistance and has 
met its Grand Bargain commitment to deliver 35% of assistance in this way. For large-scale 
operations,  greater  efficiencies  are  possible  and  the  EU  has  issued  a  guidance  note  to 
humanitarian  partners  with  a  view  to  enhancing  the  efficiency  and  effectiveness  of  such 
operations. 

The humanitarian–development nexus 

The  humanitarian-development  nexus  approach  is  about  encouraging  humanitarian  and 
development  actors  to  work  closer  and  better  together  in  order  to  have  a  greater  impact 
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2017 in  view of the length of protracted crises and the demands on humanitarian financing. 
The key objectives are to find efficiency gains, to better anticipate crises, respond earlier and 
find more durable solutions. As this requires a change of mind-set, a series of pilot countries 
was approved in 2017 to test the approach. First, Commission services committed to increase 
collaboration in 14 countries (Afghanistan, Chad, Ethiopia, Iraq, Kenya, Myanmar, Nigeria, 
Niger, Somalia, Sudan, South-Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen). DG ECHO and DG NEAR 
have also concomitantly agreed to enhance collaboration in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria via the 
design of Joint Humanitarian Development Frameworks. Member States are also engaged in 
six of these countries (Chad, Iraq, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Uganda) to demonstrate the 
added  value  of  a  political  dimension  in  collective  objectives  and  actions.  The  successful 
coordination  of  emergency  and  longer-term  assistance  in  the  context  of  the  Facility  for 
Refugees in Turkey is another good example of the nexus at work. 

The  Communication  "A  Strategic  Approach  to  Resilience  in  the  EU's  external  action"  was 
adopted  on  7  June  2018  and  Council  conclusions  on  the  subject  were  adopted  on  13 
November 2017. The work on the operationalisation of the humanitarian-development nexus, 
launched at the September 2017 Informal FAC/DEV in Tallinn in six pilot countries (Nigeria, 
Chad, Uganda, Sudan, Myanmar, Iraq), has taken place in this context. It attempted to address 
two  main  challenges:  (i)  how  to  be  more  joined-up  in  addressing  risks  and  vulnerabilities 
across different fields (climate, economic, social, security, political) and instruments; (ii) how 
to work more closely with Member States. 

Forced displacement 

In 2017 the number of people displaced by conflict around the world continued to grow. The 
Commission  and 
the 
implementation  of  the  EU  approach  to  forced  displacement.  Regular  coordination,  joint 
missions and workshops contributed to the design of coordinated response actions in specific 
situations such as Sudan, Jordan, Lebanon and Ukraine.  

the  European  External  Action  Service  (EEAS)  focused  on 

The implementation of the EU approach to forced displacement was anchored in the work to 
strengthen  the  humanitarian-development  nexus  and  linked  to  global  initiatives  such  as  the 
Comprehensive  Refugee  Response  Framework  (CRRF)4  and  the  World  Bank's  engagement 
on displacement.  

Forgotten crises 

The EU is committed to meeting the needs of the most vulnerable, wherever they are and to 
ensuring that people in  less visible crises are not  forgotten. 15% of humanitarian funding is 
allocated to such crises using a methodology which combines objective criteria – INFORM5, 
media coverage and public aid per capita - with a qualitative assessment by the Commission's 
humanitarian experts.  

Emergency Toolbox 

4 http://www.unhcr.org/comprehensive-refugee-response-framework-crrf.html 
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The  Commission's  Emergency  Toolbox  for  humanitarian  aid  is  designed  to  respond  to 
sudden-onset  emergencies.  It  contains  three  instruments  to  allow  for  a  fast  response  to 
disasters.   In 2017, the initial financial allocation amounted to  EUR 7 million.  It  received a 
budgetary reinforcement of EUR 1 million from the Operational Reserve, which made a total 
budget of EUR 8 million, broken down as follows: 

1) 

2) 

Epidemics Tool (EUR 2.4 million) 

Small-scale Tool (EUR 2.6 million) 

Support to the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' 

3) 
(IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund – DREF (EUR 3 million).  

The Emergency Toolbox responded to humanitarian needs via the 'epidemics and small-scale 
response' instruments, including for floods in Peru, Zimbabwe and Niger; hurricanes in Costa 
Rica,  Dominica  and  the  Philippines;  cholera  outbreaks  in  Yemen,  Somalia,  Chad  and  the 
Democratic  Republic  of  Congo  as  well  as  the  plague  in  Madagascar;  food  insecurity  in  the 
Republic  of  the  Congo  and  Venezuela,  and  landslides  in  Sierra  Leone  and  Colombia.  The 
support  to  the  International  Federation  of  Red  Cross  and  Red  Crescent  Societies  (IFRC)'s 
Disaster Relief Emergency Fund was used for 28 different disasters. 

The Commission's humanitarian air service (ECHO Flight) and other humanitarian transport 
and logistics operations 

In certain  crisis  contexts,  humanitarian  air services are the only way to  access  remote  areas 
and  reach  people  in  need  due  to  security  constrains  and/or  lack  of  adequate  infrastructure. 
These  flights  primarily  enable  the  provision  of  life-saving  assistance  to  people  who  are 
otherwise cut off and make it possible for aid workers to provide assistance in locations that 
are  otherwise  difficult  to  reach.  Humanitarian  flights  are  also  used  for  medical  and  security 
evacuations.  To  achieve  these  objectives,  the  EU  is  funding  specific  transport  and  logistics 
projects (EUR 21.52 million in 2017) and has its own humanitarian air service, ECHO Flight, 
in Sub-Saharan Africa (EUR 16 million in 2017). In 2017, ECHO Flight transported 26 071 
passengers  and  194  tons  of  humanitarian  cargo  in  Mali,  Democratic  Republic  of  Congo, 
Uganda and Kenya. 

Evaluation of humanitarian aid operations 

The  Commission's  humanitarian  evaluation  programme  runs  over  five  years  and  aims  at 
providing  full  coverage  of  the  Commission's  humanitarian  activities.  This  is  ensured  by 
carrying out a set of geographic and thematic evaluations that cover all important aspects of 
DG ECHO's humanitarian interventions. These have also fed into a comprehensive evaluation 
carried  out  in  2017,  building  on  existing  evaluations  completed  during  2012-2016.  It  is 
published at: 

http://ec.europa.eu/echo/funding-evaluations/evaluations/geographic-evaluations_en

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2017 budget 

1. List of funding agreements concluded by the Commission in the field of humanitarian aid6: 

http://ec.europa.eu/echo/files/funding/agreements/agreements_2017.pdf 

2. Humanitarian aid budget implementation 2017  

HUMANITARIAN AID BUDGET 
IMPLEMENTATION 2017 

Excluding external assigned revenue from Member States7 

Region/country 

Amount 

Africa 
Sudan & South Sudan 
Central Africa 

Great Lakes 
Horn of Africa 

Southern Africa, Indian Ocean 
West Africa 

North Africa 
Africa 

Middle East and Eastern neighbourhood 
Middle East 
Eastern neighbourhood (including Turkey, Ukraine, Western 
Balkans, Caucasus) 

Asia, Pacific 
South West and Central Asia 
South East Asia and Pacific 

Latin America, Caribbean 
Latin America 
Caribbean 

Worldwide disasters 

Complementary operations and support 

TOTAL 

727 
128 
79 

57 
289 

15 
129 

20 
10 

587 
413 

174 

95 
49 
45 

43 
14 
29 

24 

73 

1.548 

( in million €) 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SOURCES 

  General information on DG ECHO: 

http://ec.europa.eu/echo/en 

Including names of partner organisations concerned. 
Including  external  assigned  revenue  from  Member  States,  the  total  budget  for  humanitarian  aid 
managed by the European Commission in 2017 amounted to EUR 2.2 bn. 

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  Financial  information  on  the  European  Commission's  humanitarian  aid  activities  in 

2017:   
http://ec.europa.eu/echo/financing-decisions-hips-2017_en 

  Operational information from previous years: 

http://ec.europa.eu/echo/about/annual_reports_en.htm 

  2017 Annual Activity Report, DG ECHO: 

https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/annual-activity-reports-2017_en 

  2016 Annual Management and Performance Report: 

https://ec.europa.eu/info/node/10237 

  DG ECHO’s evaluation reports: 

http://ec.europa.eu/echo/funding-evaluations/evaluations_en  

  European Commission and Member States' humanitarian aid funding data: 

https://euaidexplorer.ec.europa.eu 

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List of partners having signed the 2014 Framework Partnership  

PARTNERS 2017 - HUMANITARIAN AID OPERATIONS 

Partner name 

Partner nationality 

ACCIÓN CONTRA EL HAMBRE - ES 

SPAIN 

ACTED – FR 

FRANCE 

ACTION AGAINST HUNGER - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM - FR 

FRANCE 

ACTIONAID - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

ACPP 

SPAIN 

ADRA DANMARK - DK 

DENMARK 

ADRA DEUTSCHLAND E.V. - DE 

GERMANY 

AGA KHAN FOUNDATION - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

AGENCY FOR CO-OPERATION AND 
RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENT - UK 

AGRONOMES ET VETERINAIRES SANS 
FRONTIERES - FR 

ALLIANCE POUR L'ACTION MEDICALE 
INTERNATIONALE - FR  

UNITED KINGDOM 

FRANCE 

FRANCE 

ÄŒLOVEK V TÃ(cid:141)SNI, O.P.S. - CZ 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

ARBEITER-SAMARITER-BUND 
DEUTSCHLAND E.V. - DE 

GERMANY 

ARTSEN ZONDER GRENZEN - NL 

NETHERLANDS 

ASSOCIAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE 
VOLONTARI LAICI- SERVIZIO DI PACE - IT 

ITALY 

BØRNEFONDEN 

CARE - AT 

CARE - DE 

CARE - FR 

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DENMARK 

AUSTRIA 

GERMANY 

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CARE - NL 

CARE - UK 

CARITAS - AT 

CARITAS - CH 

CARITAS - DE 

CARITAS - FR 

CARITAS - LU 

CATHOLIC AGENCY FOR OVERSEAS 
DEVELOPMENT - UK 

NETHERLANDS 

UNITED KINGDOM 

AUSTRIA 

SWITZERLAND 

GERMANY 

FRANCE 

LUXEMBOURG 

UNITED KINGDOM 

CESVI FONDAZIONE ONLUS – IT 

ITALY 

CHRISTIAN AID – UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

COMITATO COLLABORAZIONE MEDICA 

ITALY 

COMITATO INTERNAZIONALE PER LO 
SVILUPPO DEI POPOLI - IT 

ITALY 

CONCERN WORLDWIDE - IE 

IRELAND 

COOPERAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE - IT 

ITALY 

DANISH COMMITTEE FOR AID TO AFGHAN 
REFUGEES - DK 

DENMARK 

DANSK FLYGTNINGEHJAELP - DK 

DENMARK 

DEUTSCHE WELTHUNGERHILFE E.V. - DE 

GERMANY 

EVANGELISCHES WERK FÜR DIAKONIE UND 
ENTWICKLUNG E.V. - DE 

GERMANY 

FAO 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

FEDERACION DE ASOCIACIONES MEDICUS 
MUNDI ESPAÑA - ES 

SPAIN 

FEDERATION HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL - 
FR 

FRANCE 

FOLKEKIRKENS NODHJAELP - DK 

DENMARK 

FONDAZIONE TERRE DES HOMMES ITALIA 
ONLUS - IT 
FUNDACION ALIANZA POR LOS DERECHOS, 
LA IGUALD Y LA SOLIDARIDAD 
INTERNACIONAL - ES 

ITALY 

SPAIN 

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FUNDACION OXFAM INTERMON - ES 

SPAIN 

FUNDACIÓN PLAN INTERNATIONAL ESPAÑA 
- ES 

SPAIN 

FUNDACIÓN SAVE THE CHILDREN - ES 

SPAIN 

FONDAZIONE L'ALBERO DELLA VITA 

ITALY 

GENEVA CALL 

SWITZERLAND 

GOAL - IE 

IRELAND 

GRUPPO DI VOLONTARIATO CIVILE - IT 

ITALY 

HELP - HILFE ZUR SELBSTHILFE E.V. - DE 

GERMANY 

HELPAGE INTERNATIONAL - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

HELPCODE ITALIA ONLUS 

ITALY 

ICRC 

IFRC 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

INTERNATIONAL NGO SAFETY 
ORGANISATION - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTE - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

INTERSOS - IT 

ITALY 

IOM 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

JOHANNITER-UNFALL-HILFE E.V. - DE 

GERMANY 

KIRKENS NØDHJELP - NO  

NORWAY 

KIRKON ULKOMAANAPU SR. - FI 

FINLAND 

LA CHAINE DE L'ESPOIR - FR 

FRANCE 

LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION - CH  

SWITZERLAND 

MALTESER HILFSDIENST E.V. - DE 

GERMANY 

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MDECINS DU MONDE - BE 

BELGIUM 

MEDAIR - CH 

SWITZERLAND 

MEDECINS DU MONDE - FR 

FRANCE 

MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES - BE 

BELGIUM 

MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES - CH 

SWITZERLAND 

MEDICO INTERNATIONAL E.V - DE 

GERMANY 

MEDICOS DEL MUNDO ESPAÑA - ES 

SPAIN 

MERCY CORPS EUROPE - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP 
INTERNATIONAL - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

MISSION OST FORENING - DK 

DENMARK 

MOVIMIENTO POR LA PAZ, EL DESARME Y 
LA LIBERTAD - ES 

SPAIN 

MUSLIM AID - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

NORWEGIAN REFUGEE COUNCIL – NO 

NORWAY 

OXFAM – UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

OXFAM ITALIA ONLUS ASSOCIAZIONE – IT 

ITALY 

OXFAM-SOLIDARITE(IT) – BE 

BELGIUM 

PELASTAKAA LAPSET - RÄDDA BARNEN - FI  

FINLAND 

PLAN INTERNATIONAL - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

PLAN INTERNATIONAL SVERIGE 
INSAMLINGSSTIFTELSE - SE 

PLAN IRELAND CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE - 
IE 

SWEDEN 

IRELAND 

POLSKA AKCJA HUMANITARNA - PL 

POLAND 

PRACTICAL ACTION - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

PREMIERE URGENCE INTERNATIONALE - FR 

FRANCE 

RADDA BARNENS RKSFORBUND - SE 

SWEDEN 

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RED BARNET - DK 

RED CROSS - BE 

RED CROSS - DE 

RED CROSS - DK 

RED CROSS - ES 

RED CROSS - FI 

RED CROSS - FR 

DENMARK 

BELGIUM 

GERMANY 

DENMARK 

SPAIN 

FINLAND 

FRANCE 

RED CROSS - LU 

LUXEMBURG 

RED CROSS - NL 

NETHERLANDS 

RED CROSS - NO 

NORWAY 

RED CROSS - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

REDD BARNA - NO 

NORWAY 

REDR - ENGINEERS FOR DISASTER RELIEF - 
UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

RED EEN KIND 

NETHERLANDS 

RELIEF INTERNATIONAL - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

SAVE THE CHILDREN - NL 

NETHERLANDS 

SAVE THE CHILDREN ITALIA ONLUS - IT 

ITALY 

SECOURS POPULAIRE FRANCAIS 

FRANCE 

SOLIDAR SUISSE - CH 

SWITZERLAND 

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL - FR 

FRANCE 

SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES 

NETHERLANDS 

SOS SAHEL INTERNATIONAL FRANCE - FR 

FRANCE 

SOS-KINDERDORF INTERNATIONAL - AT 

AUSTRIA 

STICHTING OXFAM NOVIB - NL 

NETHERLANDS 

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STICHTING WAR CHILD - NL 

NETHERLANDS 

STICHTING WORLD VISION NEDERLAND - NL  NETHERLANDS 

SVENSKA KYRKAN - SE 

SWEDEN 

TEARFUND - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

TERRE DES HOMMES - CH 

SWITZERLAND 

THE INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC MIGRATION 
COMMISSION - CH 

SWITZERLAND 

THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

THE SMILE OF THE CHILD 

GREECE 

TIERÄRZTE OHNE GRENZEN E.V. - DE 

GERMANY 

TRIANGLE GENERATION HUMANITAIRE - FR 

FRANCE 

TROCAIRE - IE 

IRELAND 

UN - OCHA 

UN - OHCHR 

UN - PAHO 

UNDP 

UNESCO 

UNFPA 

UNHCR 

UNICEF 

UNISDR 

UNOPS 

UNRWA 

UNWOMEN 

WAR CHILD 

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

UNITED KINGDOM 

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WFP 

WHO 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION 

WORLD VISION - DE 

GERMANY 

WORLD VISION - UK 

UNITED KINGDOM 

ZOA - NL 

NETHERLANDS 

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