Humanitarian Financing ACF Training – March 2010 Session I: Humanitarian Financing (Appeals processes, pooled funding mechanisms, role of clusters, CERF.

Humanitarian Financing

ACF Training – March 2010

Session I: Humanitarian Financing (Appeals processes, pooled funding mechanisms, role of clusters, CERF exercise)

Session II: Financial Tracking Service (FTS) and CAP Project Database (OPS)


Humanitarian Finance - the basics

DEMAND:(Appeals for funding)

- stand-alone appeals- consolidated appeals

processes• Flash Appeals• Consolidated

Appeals Process (CAPs)

• Common Humanitarian Action/Response plans – Afg, Pak, Yemen, SL, Kenya, Nepal, Myanmar

SUPPLYSUPPLY:(Funding sources)•National government•civil society•NGO funds•bilateral donors•multilateral donors•private sector•pooled funds

•CERF•Emergency Response Fund•Common Humanitarian

Fund


Demand side:

Appeals


What is a Flash Appeal?

• overview of urgent life-saving needs

• within a week of emergency's onset

• acute needs 3- 6 months

Includes:•rapid needs assessments (3 days!)•all cluster response plans•projects for funding


Indicative timeframe

Day 1 • HC/RC triggers flash appeal – consults country team &

government.

Day 2-4• Clusters conduct rapid needs assessment and prepare

sector response plans and select projects.

Day 5• HC sends final draft to OCHA CAP Section, which

circulates it for comment within 24 hr to IASC HQs.

Day 7• CAP Section processes & electronically publishes

document• Official launch of appeal• Donors select from menu of projects.

Indicative timeframe


What is a CAP?

A Consolidated Appeal is, basically, a longer version of a Flash Appeal (12 months), for longer-term crises, offering more analysis and detail.


Supply side:Pooled funds


Pooled funds

3 types:

• CERF CERF - Central Emergency Response Fund

• CHFCHF - Common humanitarian funds

• ERFERF – Emergency Response Funds

Worldwide….Worldwide….

Country specific….Country specific….

Small scale for Small scale for gaps….gaps….


Flash Appeal –Multiple donors

CERF Project proposals

ClusterResponse Plan

plus projects

Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP)

6 months on up to 6 months

Timeline for Planning and Appeals


Clusters have crucial role:

• involve all cluster participants

• coordinate rapid needs assessments

• set cluster strategy and priorities

• lead & coordinate response plans

• gather project proposals inclusively

• vet projects transparently

ALL VERY FAST!


What is CERF?

1. Rapid response grants (2/3 of grant facility)

2. Under-funded crises (1/3 of grant facility)

if no other funding source immediately available, including agencies’ own unearmarked agency funds and earmarked donor grants

3. Loans ($50 million)

funding committed but not yet paid; or commitment very likely

• to meet immediate relief needs • max. per emergency is US$ 30m• min. CERF grant allocation per project is US$ 100,000• funding to be committed within 3 months


Who can receive CERF Grants?

NGOs cannot apply directly for CERF funds, but:

– should participate in process as part of the Cluster

– do receive funds as implementing partners of UN agencies & IOM


Life-saving activities or services

Time-critical actions or resources

Essential CERF criteria

If not m

et, then


CERF Funding Criteria

• All projects funded through the CERF grant component must be for life-saving / core emergency humanitarian programmes defined as:

Activities that, within a short time span, remedy, mitigate or avert direct loss of life, physical harm or threats to a population or major portion thereof.

– Also permissible are common humanitarian services that are necessary to enable life-saving activities (e.g. air support, emergency telecommunications, logistics).


Activities Outside CERF Mandate

• Activities that are not immediately life-saving, such as disaster mitigation, early warning, prevention and preparedness, economic recovery, poverty reduction, and disarmament, are not suitable for the CERF.

• CERF contributions do not cover:– Recurrent costs (regular government staff

salaries, running office and maintenance costs, etc.)

– Regular agency stockpiling – Capacity building and training (funded only if

related to direct implementation of emergency response)

• ** Proposals that contain life-saving elements in the project narrative but the budgets focus on non-life-saving elements are not suitable for the CERF grant window. **


Examples of Life-Saving Activities

SECTOR CRITERIA EXAMPLES

Agriculture Activities that have a direct and immediate impact in protecting and restoring the livelihood of families affected by an emergency

Provision of seeds, tools and fertilizer to restore food production capacity, survival of productive animals when primary source of livelihood, initial inputs for plague control

Coordination and support services

Activities that support the delivery of priority life-saving activities provided by UN agencies, NGOs and governments in emergency response

Emergency telecommunications equipment, evacuation services, transport, Joint Logistics Centers, safety and security measures

Education in Emergencies

Interventions aiming at restoring educational and recreational activities for children and adolescents during an emergency

School tents and other education material, emergency repair of primary education facilities, essential life-saving skills


Examples of Life-Saving ActivitiesSECTOR CRITERIA EXAMPLES

Food Aid Provision of minimum food requirements / basic food rations to people affected by emergencies

General food distributions to fill gaps / pipeline breaks for the most vulnerable groups

Health Activities that have an immediate impact on the health of population affected by an emergency

Mass casualty management, Primary Health Care, SGBV response and psycho-social support, reproductive health emergency interventions, immunizations, outbreak control, HIV/AIDS emergency awareness, disease surveillance

Nutrition Management of severe and moderately acute malnutrition

Infant feeding in emergencies, micronutrient supplementation, therapeutic feeding centers


Examples of Life-Saving ActivitiesSECTOR CRITERIA EXAMPLES

Shelter and NFIs

Immediate provision of temporary/ semi-temporary shelter and basic NFIs for victims of disaster.

Provision and distribution of materials, construction / repair of emergency shelter, cash grants / cash for work on a case by case basis

Protection / Human Rights / Rule of Law

Activities aiming at providing physical, social and legal protection (access to basic rights) to individuals and families affected by emergencies or protracted displacement situations

Establishment of IDP/refugee camps, profiling of IDP / refugee populations for registration, child protection, SGBV response, psychosocial counseling and Human Rights awareness. Assistance for relocation and creation of minimum conditions for return


Examples of Life-Saving Activities

SECTOR CRITERIA EXAMPLES

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Provision of minimum requirements of water, sanitation and hygiene standards in emergency situations

Provision of drinking water, emergency repair to wells/boreholes/pumps, water purification systems, sanitation systems, hygiene and sanitation supplies and awareness raising

Mine action

Activities that create immediate conditions of physical safety of populations affected by an emergency

Emergency de-mining to allow humanitarian access, mine awareness and education

Life-Saving Maybe, depending on

context

Not Life-Saving

Primary Healthcare De-mining Infrastructure Reconstruction

Therapeutic Feeding

Livestock Vaccinations

IM systems

Emergency Watsan

General Food Distributions

Micro-credit

Shelter/NFI Surveillance systems

Preparedness Plans

ProtectionEm. Education

Psycho-social Vulnerability assessments

Priority Activities


Main reason for delays in CERF funding… …

BUDGETERRORS


What is wrong with this budget?

Cost breakdown Amount (USD)

A. Staff costs (salaries and other entitlements) (drivers to deliver food) $50,000

B. Travel -

C. Contractual Services -

D. Operations (please itemize below; add rows if necessary)

Transport of food and water containers $50,000

-

E. Acquisitions

F. Other -

Subtotal project requirements $200,000

G. Indirect programe support costs (not to exceed 7% of subtotal project costs)

PSC amount (none needed) 0

Total cost $200,000


http://cerf.un.org

Cost breakdown Amount (USD)

A. Staff costs (salaries and other entitlements) (drivers to deliver food)

B. Travel

C. Contractual Services

D. Operations (please itemize below; add rows if necessary)

Transport of food and water containers

E. Acquisitions

F. Other

Subtotal project requirements

G. Indirect programe support costs (not to exceed 7% of subtotal project costs)

PSC amount (none needed)

Total cost

$4,000,000

What is wrong with this budget?


Time for an exercise!

Humanitarian Financing ACF Training – March 2010 Session I: Humanitarian Financing (Appeals processes, pooled funding mechanisms, role of clusters, CERF.

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