EUROPEAN COMMISSION HUMANITARIAN AID AND CIVIL PROTECTION (DG ECHO)

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION HUMANITARIAN AID AND CIVIL
PROTECTION (DG ECHO)
WHO WE ARE
OUR FUNDING
OUR PARTNERS
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ECHO mandate

• The European Unions mandate to ECHO Regulation
  (CE) n 1257/96 is to provide emergency
  assistance and relief to the victims of natural
  disasters or armed conflict outside the European
  Union. The aid is intended to go directly to
  those in distress, irrespective of race, religion
  or political convictions.

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DG ECHO - worldwide

• Through the Commission (DG ECHO), the EU provided
  needs-based EU humanitarian assistance and
  facilitated the provision of European in-kind
  civil protection assistance
• In 2010 the Commission, through DG ECHO, provided
  needs-based humanitarian assistance to more than
  135 million people in 80 countries for a total
  amount of 1.115 million

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INDONESIA

• ECHO's current country strategy aims to response
  to new disasters focusing on large
  scale disasters, or localized events in remote
  disaster prone areas where humanitarian needs are
  justifiably assessed, complementing to GoIs
  humanitarian operation
• ECHO continue to support disaster risk reduction
  initiatives through its disaster preparedness
  programme (DIPECHO)
• In 2010, the Commission, through DG ECHO provided
  EUR 1.5 million for humanitarian response to
  Mentawai EQ/tsunami and Merapi eruption

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ECHO FUNDING DECISIONS
Primary EmergencyEmergencyAd-HocDiPECHOPrepare
dness and Response to EpidemicsSmall Scale
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PRIMARY EMERGENCY DECISION

• Fast provision of funding for emergency
  operations ( 72 hrs decision taken)
• Max. 5 days for submission of simplified proposal
  and start action
• Date of crisis start date/eligibility of
  expenditure
• 3 month implementation, non-extendable

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EMERGENCY DECISION

• In response to emergency situation
• Date of crisis can be start date eligibility of
  expenditure
• Latest possible date for submission of simplified
  proposal and start action is max 6 month (with
  PED), or 3 months (no PED)
• 6 months implementation, no extendable

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Actions Global Plan / Ad-HOC

• In response to protracted, forgotten crisis
• Duration of the financial decision 18 months
• Submission of proposal can be (max.) 3 months
  prior to adoption of the decision. In this case
  start date of eligibility of expenditure is max.
  3 month back
• In case submission of proposal after adoption of
  the decision, start date eligibility of
  expenditure is as per submission of proposal
• Expiry (date of decision) all actions to be
  completed. No extension after the end date

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DIPECHO

• Disaster Preparedness program of ECHO, launched
  in 1996 prioritizing 'people-oriented'
  preparedness measures
• Regional-setting, covers 7 disaster-prone regions
  (SEA, South Asia, Central Asia, SE Africa
  Indian Ocean, South and Central America and
  Caribbean)
• Countries eligible under the decision (note
  Action Plan) are referred in the document of the
  decision
• Bi-annual action based decision
• Maximum duration of the decision 18 months
  Expiry decision all projects to be completed.
  No extension after the end date
• http//ec.europa.eu/echo/aid/dipecho_en.htm

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Preparedness and Response to Epidemics

• Global funding decision
• 10 million, 18 months
• Starting date 01/07/2010
• To reduce the impact of public health disasters
• caused by epidemics in developing countries,
• focusing on those diseases with a special
• epidemics potential meningitis, measles,
  cholera, viral
• haemorrhagic fevers (VHF) (Ebola, Marburg , Congo
  Crimea, Rift
• valley, Lassa fevers), yellow fever, dengue ,
  leptospirosis.

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Preparedness and Response to Epidemics (2)

• Principal objective To reduce morbidity and
  mortality rates related to epidemics in
  developing countries.
• Specific objective to improve the humanitarian
  situation of epidemic affected populations by
  developing local, regional and national
  preparedness and response capacities aimed at
  controlling epidemic outbreaks, including case
  management of victims of epidemics.

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Response possible activities

• 1) Rapid field assessment during initial phases
  of outbreaks.
• 2) Provision of free curative primary and
  secondary health care (case management).
• 3) Temporary support to existing health centres
  and facilities through provision of
  drugs,vaccines, medical/laboratory equipment and
  water and sanitation products.
• 4) Organisation, implementation and supervision
  of mass vaccination campaigns.
• 5) Environmental health actions to control
  epidemics.
• 6) Data analysis and impact of action required.
• 7) Accompanying training of staff.

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Small scale humanitarian response

• Global funding decision
• 8 million, 18 months
• starting date 01/07/2010
• Principal objective
• To provide assistance and protection in the form
• of a small scale humanitarian response to
• vulnerable populations affected by disasters
• SO 4 To provide assistance / in Asia including
  Mongolia, and Latin America, Caribbean and
  Pacific.
• EUR 3,500,000 allocated to this specific
  objective.

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Conditions

• At least one of the two following criteria for
  intervention must be fulfilled
• extent of damage the number of affected
• people is less than 50,000
• unmet needs (gaps left by ongoing assistance),
• where an intervention limited to a maximum
• amount of EUR 200,000 per disaster is sufficient
• to cover unmet needs.

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Response possible activities

• Water and sanitation
• Food assistance and nutrition
• Basic emergency livelihood support
• Health
• Non-food items
• Emergency rehabilitation of schools and other
  vital infrastructures
• Shelter
• Disaster preparedness
• Protection
• Support to emergency communications
• Logistics and coordination

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OUR PARTNERS

• FPA signatory organizations (UN agencies, IO,
  European-based INGOs, specialized agencies of
  European MS, Red Cross)
• ? Legal partner

• Local/national organizations?
• ? Partnership with FPA partners

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