ECHO

ECHO

• Directorate General • of the

• European Commission • for

• Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection

Regional Support Office Bangkok

• Amelie Yan Gouiffes, Coordinator Disaster Risk Reduction and focal point for the Pacific.

• (before: Maria Olsen)

• Desk Officer Pacific Head Office: Hermann Spitz

Surveillance

Mission to the disaster site

Disaster

Recommendations for ECHO Brussels

Decision on release of funds to assist victims of the disaster

Monitoring

DG ECHO’s Rapid Response capacityHow does it work?...

ECHO-partners

• 191 NGOs with Head Office in the European Union that signed a Frame Work Partnership Agreement with ECHO

• 12 UN-agencies

• Red Cross

Number of Disaster attended by RSO Bangkok per year

ECHO deployment

ECHO monitor for potential humanitarian impact

ECHO RSO Bangkok Deployment 2011

Instruments

1. Small scale2. (Primary) Emergency Decision3. DREF (Red Cross only)4. Epidemics5. Civil Protection mechanism (Government to Government or requested by Int. Organisation)6. DIPECHO (Disaster Risk Reduction)

DIPECHO (Disaster Risk Reduction)

1. Publication Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) expected within 1 month

2. Deadline submission likely ca. end December3. Indicative amount to be allocated EUR 2.8 mln4. Eligibility date and Starting date 01-01-20135. Duration up to 18 months6. Focus on Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea7. Vulnerable communities and institutions involved in DRR8. All DG ECHO partners are welcome to submit a proposal in

the “E-single form”