Appeals & Funding
Monday, February 13, 2012   
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The Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP)

The CAP is the humanitarian sector’s main tool for coordination, strategic planning and programming and has contributed significantly to developing a more strategic approach to the provision of humanitarian aid. As a coordination mechanism the CAP has fostered closer cooperation between governments, donors, and aid agencies, in particular United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and components of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Speaking with a common voice, UN agencies and NGOs have been able to raise funds for immediate action, demand greater protection, get better access to vulnerable populations and work more effectively with governments and other actors. Since 1992, well over one hundred donor countries have provided more than $42 billion for 330 appeals to address the needs of people in more than fifty countries and regions.

The CAP works to provide people in need the best available protection and assistance, on time.Further information on the CAP process, including FAQs is available on the main OCHA website. 

The Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) is much more than an appeal for money. It is a tool used by aid organisations to plan, implement and monitor their activities together. Working together in the world's crisis regions, they produce appeals, which they present to the international community and donors.

The CAP is the humanitarian sector’s main tool for coordination, strategic planning and programming and has contributed significantly to developing a more strategic approach to the provision of humanitarian aid. As a coordination mechanism the CAP has fostered closer cooperation between governments, donors, and aid agencies, in particular United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and components of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Flash Appeals

The Flash Appeal is a tool for structuring a coordinated humanitarian response for the first three to six months of an emergency. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator triggers it in consultation with all stakeholders. The Flash Appeal is issued within one week of an emergency. It provides a concise overview of urgent life saving needs, and may include recovery projects that can be implemented within the timeframe of the Appeal. In 2009, there were two Flash Appeals launched in the Asia and the Pacific region in the Philippines and Lao PDR.

Further information on the Flash Appeal process, including FAQs is available on the main OCHA Website.

For further information on current humanitarian funding in the Asia and the Pacific region, refer to the quarterly updates here

Appeals in the Region:

Nepal Consolidated Appeal for Transition MYR 2010


 
  
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CERF

The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is a humanitarian fund established by the United Nations and funded by governments, Non-government organisations and individuals to enable more timely and reliable humanitarian assistance to those affected by natural disasters and armed conflicts. The CERF allows the UN to react immediately when a disaster strikes by making funding available for life-saving activities.

Click here to read more about the CERF.

The CERF is a tool to pre-position funding for humanitarian action and was approved by consensus by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 December 2005 to achieve the following objectives: promote early action and response to reduce loss of life; enhance response to time-critical requirements; strengthen core elements of humanitarian response in underfunded crises.
 
The CERF, managed by OCHA, has approved US$74.6 million for countries in the Asia-Pacific region in 2009. Funding for immediate life-saving activities was provided in the
Philippines, Indonesia, Nepal, Lao PDR, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Myanmar. Sri Lanka was the biggest recipient of CERF funding in 2009 for Asia and the Pacific, having received $23.5 million. The Asia-Pacific region as a whole received 22.7% of the CERF funding provided worldwide in 2009.
 
Since its launch on 9 March 2006, CERF has committed more than US$1.6 billion for 1,700 projects in 76 countries and oPt, spanning the globe in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. Countries in the Asia-Pacific region have played key role in ensuring that the fund can continue to enable timely and reliable assistance to those affected by natural disasters and armed conflicts, with 22 countries having committed a total of US$82 million during this period. Eleven countries in the Asia-Pacific region committed US$18.5 million to the CERF in 2010, or 5.4% of the US$345.8 million of that committed globally. This represents a 31% increase on what Asia-Pacific donors committed to the CERF in 2009. Australia has been by far the largest CERF donor in the region this year, committing just under US$11 million.
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Financial Tracking System (FTS)

The Financial Tracking System (FTS) is a global, real-time database of humanitarian aid, managed by OCHA. It covers funding through the Consolidated Appeals Process for Nepal and Sri Lanka as well as Flash Appeals (The Philippines and Lao PDR) and outside appeals. The FTS serves to improve resource allocation decisions by indicating to what extent populations in crisis receive humanitarian aid, and in what proportion to needs.

Click here to read more about the FTS for the Asia-Pacific Region.

The FTS is a global, real-time database which records all reported international humanitarian aid (including that for NGOs and the Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid, and private donations). FTS features a special focus on consolidated and flash appeals, because they cover the major humanitarian crises and because their funding requirements are well defined – which allows FTS to indicate to what extent populations in crisis receive humanitarian aid in proportion to needs. FTS is managed by the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). All FTS data is provided by donors or recipient organisations.

To submit information on funding for countries in the Asia-Pacific Region to the FTS, please click on the linked form below:

Report a Contribution (Donors, NGOs and Agencies)

Click here for Frequently Asked Questions on the FTS.

 

 

 
  
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