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Responding to the Crisis in SyriaInstability and conflict in
Syria continue to affect hundreds of thousands of people. An
es-timated one million Syrians have been internally displaced,
while the overall total affected population is estimated at up to
2.5 million.
CERF has responded to the crisis with a total of US$30 million
in 2012 – most recently with $16 million to FAO, UNICEF, UNRWA,
UNHCR, WFP, UNFPA, IOM and WHO to enable a scaled-up response
through provision of life-saving assistance in the areas of
shelter, food, health, education, livelihoods, agriculture and
water and sanitation. In 2012, $9 million has also been allocated
to neighbouring countries affected by the conflict.
New CERF Advisory Group MembersThe UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon has announced seven new members for the CERF Advisory
Group. More than 30 nominations were received. The nominations were
reviewed with a view to gender balance, broad geographic
representation, and a healthy donor and recipient balance.
The new members are Ms. Catherine Walker (Australia), Mr.
Wenliang Yao (China), Ms. Nancy Butijer (Croatia), Mr. Mathewos
Hunde (Ethiopia), Ms. Yuka Osa (Japan), Ms. Susan Eckey (Norway)
and Ms. Susanna Moorehead (UK). The new members will participate in
the next Advisory Group meeting in Geneva on 30 and 31 October.
2012 Member State BriefingOn 17 September, the
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie
Amos, briefed Member States, Observers and UN agencies in New York.
The ERC briefing was well attended with 55 Member States
represented. Ms. Amos’ presentation focused on CERF’s allocations
to Syria and the Sahel, lessons learned from country reviews under
the Performance and Accountability Framework (PAF) and an update on
the Management Re-sponse Plan (MRP). The full presentation can be
found on the CERF website.
Country ReviewsAs part of the PAF, earlier in the year, CERF
commissioned country-level reviews of the added value by CERF to
humanitarian operations in the Horn of Africa, Cote d’Ivoire and
neigh-bouring countries and the Philippines. The reviews were
undertaken between May and July by four independent consultants.
Final reports will be available on the CERF website by
mid-October.
In line with a recommendation from the Five-Year Evaluation of
CERF, CERF secretariat also commissioned a review of the
underfunded emergencies window to re-examine the under-funded
process and determine how to better promote transparency. The
review also sought to ensure that the methodology guarantees that
allocations are made to the emergencies most in need of funding.
Two consultants have conducted desk research, interviewed CERF
stakeholders and analysed funding data. A final report is expected
in the first week of Oc-tober.
The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is a humanitarian
fund es-tablished by the United Nations to en-able more timely and
reliable humani-tarian response to those affected by natural
disasters and armed conflicts. CERF was approved by the United
Nations General Assembly on 15 De-cember 2005 to achieve the
following objectives:
• promote early action and response to reduce loss of life;
• enhance response to time-critical requirements; and
• strengthen core elements of humanitarian response in
underfunded crises.
Grants from CERF are made through rapid response or underfunded
grants. Rapid response grants are made in re-sponse to sudden onset
emergencies or rapidly deteriorating conditions in an existing
emergency. Underfunded grants support activities within exist-ing
humanitarian response efforts that have not attracted sufficient
resources.
CERF is funded though the voluntary contributions of governments
and pri-vate sector donors such as corpora-tions, individuals and
private organiza-tions.
CERF was created by all nations, for all potential victims of
disasters. It rep-resents a real opportunity to provide predictable
and equitable funding to those affected by natural disasters and
other humanitarian emergencies.
This newsletter provides a quarterly overview of the income and
expendi-tures of CERF. Since its inception, CERF has committed $2.6
billion in 86 coun-tries and territories .
CERF SecretariatUnited Nations
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
380 Madison Avenue (6th floor)United Nations - New York
[email protected]://cerf.un.org
QUARTERLY UPDATE3 rd Quarter 2012School meals served in to
school kids in Kenya. School meals are essential for children from
poor families and provide an
incentive to keep them in school. © WFP/Rein Skullerud
United Nations
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CERF QUARTERLY UPDATE3rd Quarter 2012
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2012 Underfunded Rounds
Second Round 2012
First Round 2012
Haiti$7.9 million
Colombia$3 million
DemocraticRepublic
of theCongo
$12 million
Pakistan$14 million
Afghanistan$10 million
Sri Lanka$2 million
Djibouti$4 million
Philippines$4 million
Madagascar$2 million
Nepal$5 million
Chad$7.9 million
Côted'Ivoire
$8 million
CentralAfrican
Republic$6 million
Republicof theCongo
$3.9 million
Ethiopia$10 million
Eritrea$4 million
Republicof theSudan
$6 million
SouthSudan
$20 million
Syrian ArabRepublic$7 million
DemocraticPeople’sRepublicof Korea
$11 million
Cameroon$2 million
$55 Million Approved in the Second Underfunded RoundIn July, the
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Re-lief Coordinator, Valerie
Amos, allocated $55 million from the Fund to humanitarian
operations in eight underfun- ded emergencies - Afghanistan,
Cameroon, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia,
Madagas-car, Sri Lanka and Sudan.
Since the announcement of the allocations,
Resident/Hu-manitarian Coordinators in the selected countries have
prioritised CERF funds for time-critical and life-saving programmes
identified by humanitarian UN agencies and the International
Organization for Migration (IOM). In August, Humanitarian Country
Teams submitted their projects to the CERF secretariat. The window
closed on 30 September to allow projects sufficient time for
imple-mentation by 30 June 2013.
Responding to CholeraA cholera epidemic has broken out in West
and Central Africa affecting countries already suffering from food
in-security and malnutrition. In response, CERF has allocat-ed more
than $15 million to WHO and UNICEF. In West Africa, $6 million was
given to five countries - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Niger and
Cote d’Ivoire. This com-plements earlier contributions to Central
Africa where the Democratic Republic of Congo received more than $9
million. These allocations will help more than 6 million direct
beneficiaries and close to 25 million indirect ben-eficiaries.
Support IDPs in MyanmarCERF has allocated $4.9 million to UNHCR,
UNFPA, WFP, UNICEF and WHO to provide emergency assistance to the
most vulnerable people affected by the communal violence in Rakhine
State. The conflict erupted in June 2012 and violence has since
then prompted loss of lives and livelihoods, massive displacement
of some 65,000 people and damage to public infrastructure and
homes. The allocation will support an estimated 80,000
benefi-ciaries.
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Funding by AgencyIn keeping with previous trends, UNICEF, WFP
and UNHCR were the top three recipients of CERF funds, accounting
for two thirds of funding (approximately $77 million) in the third
quarter. WFP in Ethiopia received the largest project allocation
($6 million) of all agencies to fund the agency’s efforts to
enhance peoples’ resilience to food insecurity.
Drought$6.2 mil.
10.6%
Conflict-Related Displacement$23.6 mil.40.1%
Disease$5.5 mil.
9.4%
Protracted Conflict-Related Emergency$0.6 mil. | 1.0%
Flood$7.2 mil.
12.2%Internal Strife$15.7 mil.26.7%
3rd QUARTERFUNDING by
EMERGENCY TYPE
$58.8MILLION
$2,461,235
$1,999,893
$1,997,430
$1,994,899
$2,990,259
$2,577,014
UFE
RR
$5 mil.
$10 mil.
$15 mil.
$20 mil.
$25 mil.
GhanaMali
Cote d'IvoireKorea, DPR
Sri LankaCameroon
MadagascarSierra Leone
ParaguayColombia
NigerMyanmar
LesothoYemen
EthiopiaAfghanistan
Republic of the SudanSyrian Arab Republic
Congo, DR $10,617,495$15,679,682
$8,503,075
$6,220,011
$4,858,026
$3,738,681
$11,770,546
$13,994,482
$9,995,396
$9,912,447
$1,955,140
$1,526,060
$324,230
$312,440
CERF QUARTERLY UPDATE3rd Quarter 2012
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Refugees in Mali find hope and food in Mauritania. Life is
es-pecially hard for children at M’bera, where temperatures during
the day can climb as high as 50C/120F. © WFP/Justin Smith
Rapid Response EmergenciesThe ERC approved $58.8 million for 19
countries from CERF’s rapid response window during the reporting
period. The largest allocations were given to the Humanitarian
Country Teams in Syria (approximately $16 million), the Democratic
Republic of Congo (approximately $11 million) and Yemen
(approximately $9 million).
Funding byEmergency TypeConflict-related displacement in nine
countries accounted for the majority (40 per cent) of CERF
allocations in the third quarter, totalling $24 million. UN
partners in Syria were allocated $16 million, or more than a
quarter of funding, for people affected by internal strife. CERF
gave $7 million (12 per cent) to people affected by floods.
UFE
RR
$5 mil.
$10 mil.
$15 mil.
$20 mil.
$25 mil.
$30 mil.
$35 mil.
UNDPUNRWAUNFPA
IOMFAO
WHOUNHCR
WFPUNICEF $16,288,732 $15,200,967
$12,040,456 $16,727,150
$9,431,592 $16,727,150
$8,927,131 $6,623,361
$4,609,129$6,138,556
$3,029,267$1,066,001
$1,517,080$1,903,954
$909,158$150,001
$2,020,544
3rd Quarter Funding by Country
3rd Quarter Funding by Agency
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Funding by SectorThe food and shelter sectors were the top
funded sectors for the quarter receiving approximately $23 million,
or some 40 per cent in total. The third quarter was characterized
by a significant increase in the health sector and a decrease in
the food sector from the second quarter of the year. This
development is mainly caused by the responses to the cholera
epidemic in West and Central Africa and the Syria conflict during
the third quarter, as well as the ‘food heavy’ allocations to the
Sahel crisis early in 2012.
Coordination &Support Services
$1.8 mil.3%
Health$9.7 mil.16%
Food$12.2 mil.21%
Nutrition$1.1 mil.2% Early Recovery
$0.4 mil.| 1.0%Mine Action$0.3 mil.| 0%Education
$0.1 mil.| 0%
Agriculture$4.6 mil.
8%
Multi-sector$4.7 mil.
8%
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene$9.8 mil.17%
Shelter& NFIs$11.1 mil.19%
Protection$3.0 mil.
5%
3rd QUARTERRAPID RESPONSE
FUNDING by SECTOR
$58.8MILLION
Syrian refugees welcomed with food at Zaatari camp in Jordan.
Families arriving in Jordan often have few assets and little cash,
and over time become increasingly dependent on humanitarian
assistance. © WFP/Abeer Etefa