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CIDA and Crisis Prevention and Recovery
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Ways of viewing Crises and Recovery

• Bilateral Programmes (NB prevention), including
  the offices in HQ and the field
• Support to INGOs, CSOs, etc.
• Multilateralism International Humanitarian
  Assistance

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International Humanitarian Assistance
(IHA) Overview of the presentation

• IHA mandate and activities
• Expenditures and partners
• IHA how we work
• Working with the field

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CIDA humanitarian response Who does what?
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International Assistance Envelope 2002-2003A
little more than 2.3 Billion
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International Humanitarian Assistance Program -
Mandate

• To help ease human suffering resulting from
  conflicts and natural disasters in
  developing countries by providing an
  appropriate, timely, and effective on-site
  response

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IHA Disbursements by Geographic Area FY2000-2001
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IHA Disbursements by Sector FY 00-01 99,625,601

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IHA Disbursement Channels 2000-2001
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International Humanitarian AssistanceOperational
framework

• Response to resquests for emergency relief
  submitted by organizations entitled to funding
  (eligible organizations must have established
  their capacity to respond in the region
  concerned)
• Work in close cooperation with United Nations
  organizations and agencies, the Red Cross
  movement and Canadian NGOs

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International Humanitarian AssistanceFunding to
address basic human needs

• Short-term assistance
• Health, nutrition, water, sanitation, shelter,
  and other essential needs
• Long-term assistance
• Care, maintenance, eventual repatriation
  and reintegration of refugees and displaced
  persons
• Disaster prevention
• Institutional support for multilateral
  organizations (UNHCR, UNRWA, OCHA, ICRC, IFRC)

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International Humanitarian AssistanceActivities
not funded by the IHA Program

• Search and rescue teams
• Independent specialists
• Cost of transporting unsolicited new or
  used goods (clothing, medecine, shoes, toys,
  canned goods, etc.)
• Rehabilitation and reconstruction activities
• Other (multi-year projects, food aid,
  institutional support for NGOs)

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International Humanitarian AssistanceIHA Program
process
Appeal ______ Consultation ---------
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In the event of a new disaster

• Information monitoring and needs assessment
• Media, QA, status report, appeal for assistance
• Contacts activation
• Emergency Operations Support Centre (EOSC)
• DFAIT (AGH, country desk at CIDA and in the
  field) Task force
• Humanitarian partners (UN, Red Cross, NGOs)
• Decision making
• Type of Canadian response (financial, material,
  CHART)
• Budget allocated and partners (IHA, Canada Fund)
• Consultation
• Implementation / Delivery
• Logistical and/or administrative process and
  disbursements
• Communication, announcement
• Follow-up

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What is expected from the field

• Before
• Background information (UNDMT contingency plan,
  National response plan, political and security
  situation)
• During
• Sitreps on Hum. Situation, Agencies and Donors
• Recommendations on proposals and appeals
• Contact with main partners
• Communication / Representation
• Canada fund for local initiatives
• After
• Follow up

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Humanitarian Action,Challenges and Dilemmas
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Context

• Widening gap between needs and resources
  (persistent conflicts, growing number of natural
  disasters, leveling of funding allocated to IHA
  Program)
• Erosion of humanitarian values and principles
• Politisation and Bilateralisation of humanitarian
  assistance
• Professionalization of humanitarian activities
• Several governments have improved their
  responses to emergency situations
• The public expects Canada to respond quickly and
  effectively

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Challenges

• Questioning of humanitarian principles that must
  be defended. Impartiality, Neutrality,
  Universality, IHL, Refugee law (non refoulement)
• Should Canada supports Hum. Assistance in
  Zimbabwe?
• Canadas recent position on Afghan refugees with
  Pakistan!
• What should be DND  humanitaran  role in
  Afghanistan?
• Resist the CNN effect and how its affects the
  Distribution of funding (e.g. Kosovo versus
  Sierra Leone) How to address the forgotten
  crisis ?
• Need to strengthen a weak international
  humanitarian system (Weak coordination,
  politisation, Underfunding)

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Challenges Contd

• Reduce the GAP Institutional, budgetary, and
  functional barriers between humanitarian
  assistance, reconstruction efforts, and
  development assistance
• More attention to disaster mitigation and
  preparedness measures in development policy
  framework

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The Human Imperative

• Every possible step must be taken to
  prevent or alleviate suffering caused by
  conflicts or disasters, and to provide the
  protection and assistance to which the
  affected civilian populations are entitled