annual conference of the european commission's humanitarian aid partners 2010 1 funding...

Annual Conference of the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Partners 2010

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Funding Humanitarian Aid

Basic figures - Draft Budget 2011By Budget line

€ million Humanitarian activities

23 02 01 Humanitarian aid 536.708 23 02 02 Food aid 244.168 23 02 03 Disaster preparedness 34.417 23 02 04 European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps 1.000

816.293 23 01 04 Support for operations of Humanitarian aid 9.400

Civil Protection 23 03 01 Civil protection within the EU 18.000 23 03 06 Civil Protection in third countries 9.000

27.000 23 01 04 Support for operations of Civil protection activities 0.352

ECHO's overall budget for operations 853.045

40 02 42 Emergency Aid Reserve 253.000


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ECHO overall budget for operations

= Humanitarian Activities + Civil Protection Activities

Humanitarian Activities

95,85%€ 825.693 million

Civil Protection Activities

4,15%€ 27.352 million

100% = € 853.045 million


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9.40034.4171.000

244.168

536.708

Humanitarian aid

Food aid

Disasterpreparedness

European VoluntaryHumanitarian AidCorps Support foroperations ofHumanitarian aid

9.40034.4171.000

244.168

536.708

Humanitarian aid

Food aid

Disasterpreparedness

European VoluntaryHumanitarian AidCorps Support foroperations ofHumanitarian aid

18.000

0,352

9.000 Civil protectionwithin the EU

Civil Protection inthird countries

Support foroperations of Civilprotection activities

18.000

0,352

9.000 Civil protectionwithin the EU

Civil Protection inthird countries

Support foroperations of Civilprotection activities

Funding Humanitarian Aid II.

Humanitarian Activities

€ 825.693 million

Civil Protection Activities

€ 27.352 million


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Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) Expenditure plan translating EU’s priorities in financial

terms Current MFF 2007 -2013 (total € 820 billion in 2004 prices)

Composed of financial instruments e.g. DCI,ICI,HA Heading 4 “EU as a global player” - €56.0 billion Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection - €5.7 billion Emergency Aid Reserve - €1.7 billion

Other tools – Legislation, Communication, Coordination Inter-Institutional Agreement – Imposing financial discipline


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Lessons learnt as part of Budget Review MFF did not respond enough to changed

circumstances and new political priorities Fixed margins too inflexible e.g. food crisis Value added insufficiently considered (Juste retour)

Input and not performance or results driven Lack of Integration and mainstreaming - Leaving

policy gaps

Budget sources to be- Autonomy, transparency & fairness


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Budget is adequately & appropriately financed

Basic Basic principlesprinciples

Value added- better targeting

Avoid policy overlaps (integration and mainstreaming) Operate at right scale

(subsidiarity, proportionality & additionality)

Results driven


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The future budgets (1) Based on Lisbon treaty and Europe 2020 strategy Lisbon treaty

High Representative and the EEAS EU president Humanitarian Aid new competence without preventing

MS exercising their competence. Article 214 forms a new chapter separate from Development

Civil protection Article 196 competence to support, coordinated and supplement Member states action within and outside the Union.


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The future budgets (2) Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable & inclusive growth

Seven flagship initiatives

Europe 2020 seeks to the EU to add value on the global scene - Strong competition for limited budgetary resources

Budget Reform also to review CAP and smarter use of the Cohesion policy by improving targeting and quality of expenditure

An industrial policy for the globalisation era;An agenda for new skills and jobs; European platform against poverty.

Innovation Union;Youth on the move;A digital agenda for Europe; Resource efficient Europe;


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The future budgets (3) Both the Humanitarian policy and the Civil Protection

activities well recognised by the Budget Review communication of 19 October 2101 as being part of "Global Europe".

The recognition extends to the importance of improving the EU's ability to respond to large scale conflicts and disasters and to rebuild for crisis situations and to develop more resilience to the future.

Greater use of EU solidarity is emphasised to respond to major natural disasters within the Member States and enable civil protection teams to work support work outside the EU.


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The future budgets (3) Duration of the next MFF

10 years with mid term review after 5 years Budget structure (could change e.g.)

Three sections Internal, external and Administrative parts

Budgetary margin for each part to be applied more flexibly

Currently Emergency Aid Reserve (EAR) outside the margins

The EAR Could be increased and merged with the flexibility instrument

Currently the EAR is mainly for Humanitarian and crises response


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What’s next? Commission to enter phase of consultation and

reflection External Actions public consultation to expected on 5

November 2010 Specific stakeholder consultations for HA and CP areas

to take place Focus is on demonstrating of need and value

added Innovative ways of achieving policy objectives

welcome


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What’s next - more? Questions that could be posed in public consultations

Humanitarian needs continue to rise as a result of armed conflicts and of the increasing number and severity of natural and man-made disasters. By what means should the EU enhance its lead role in the provision of humanitarian assistance?

by strengthening the coordination with member-state and other donors by improving the transition from emergency relief to recovery and

reconstruction and longer-term assistance by balancing the coverage that includes major disasters as well as

potentially forgotten crises by fostering innovating response strategies to optimise cost-

effectiveness

Strongly agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly disagree, No opinion

Other ideas


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What’s next – still more ? Revision of the Humanitarian Aid Regulation Revision of the Civil Protection Instrument Regulation for the European Voluntary Humanitarian

Aid Corps Enhancement of disaster response capacity Revision of the Food Aid convention Activities on Preparedness Training – security activities New sources of funding for HA

Voluntary contributions, private sector/ MS/Multilateral- bilateral agreements

Trust funds

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