M3 – S4

FUNCTION 3 – ‘PLANNING AND STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT’: Resource Mobilisation

Humanitarian Finance - the basics DEMAND: (Appeals for funding)

– agency appeals

– Interagency appeals

– consolidated appeals processes

• Preliminary Response Plan

• Strategic Response Plan

• Global Appeal

SUPPLYSUPPLY:(Funding sources)National governmentcivil societyNGO fundsbilateral donorsmultilateral donorsprivate sectorpooled funds

CERF Emergency Response Fund Common Humanitarian Fund

Demand Side

What is in the Preliminary Response Plan ?

What is the Global Appeal?

All the SRPs in protracted and current emergencies, presented together.

Supply side: POOLED FUNDS

Pooled funds3 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….

What is CERF?1. Rapid response grants (2/3 of grant facility)

• to meet immediate relief needs • for local procurement and/or transport

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

If no other funding source immediately available, including agencies’ own un-earmarked agency funds and earmarked donor grants

3. Loans ($50 million)

Funding committed but not yet paid; or commitment very likely

Who can receive CERF Grants?

NGOs cannot apply directly for CERF funds, but:

– should participate in process as part of Child Protection Sub-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

Coordinators have crucial role in organising appeals for funding. They need to:

involve all cluster participants

coordinate needs assessments

communicate agreed priorities and funding gaps

lead & coordinate response plans

gather project proposals inclusively

When required, vet projects transparently

5 general conclusions about donors:1. donors have varied interpretations of xxxxxxxxxxxx

to a large extent because it lacks a simple conceptual framework with a universal terminology: it is hard to explain to the public and to decision-makers.

1. donors don’t generally make the major xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx decisions

(indeed no donor can say with confidence how much of their funding is spent on protection) but tend to allocate resources to priority countries and trusted partners ideally with as little earmarking as possible.

3. Many donors are concerned about the xxxxxxxx of protection programming

and the narrow range of capable partners in this sometimes sensitive field of humanitarian work. At the same time, donor administrative constraints lead them in most cases to prefer fewer, larger projects.

4. Most donors would like to see better xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx.

3. some donors are placing increased emphasis on xxxxxxxxxxx, as an important complement to protection-specific programming.

2 recommended protection funding strategies: 1. Increase the supply by advocating for more funding to be

allocated to protection, and

2. increase the demand by improving the standing of protection within the overall humanitarian response and the quality of protection work.

The two are closely related. Advocacy to increase the quantity of protection funding will fall short of expectations unless it is accompanied by clear commitment and action to improve the quality of protection work.

In the short term, it is operational humanitarian actors more than donors who can increase the focus on protection:

1. Advocate within protection organisations for a greater share of unearmarked or privately-raised funding to be allocated to protection, and

2. Increase protection content in multi-sector or integrated programmes pitched to donors.

Child protection

Activities•Identification, registration, family tracing and reunification or interim care arrangements for separated children, orphans and children leaving armed groups/forces.•Ensure proper referrals to other services such as health, food, education and shelter•Identification, registration, referral and follow-up for other extremely vulnerable children, incl. survivors of GBV and other forms of violence, children with no access to basic service and those requiring special protection measures

Conditions

Context of specific emergency response

Child protection (continued)

Activities•Activities incl. advocacy, awareness-raising, life-skills training, and livelihoods•Provision of psychosocial support to children affected by the emergency, e.g. through provision of child-friendly spaces or other community-based interventions, return to school or emergency education, mental health referrals where expertise exists•Identification and strengthening, or establishment of community-based child protection mechanisms to assess, monitor and address child protection issues

Conditions

Context of specific emergency response

Main reason for delays in CERF funding… …

BUDGET ERRORS…

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