Exploring EU Humanitarian Donors Funding and Conditions for Working with NGOs: Building Evidence for Simplification

The study commissioned by VOICE in July 2015 seeks to examine and compare the funding and grant modalities of four donors illustrating the institutional diversity within the EU: Denmark; DANIDA, The EU; ECHO, France; Centre de Crise and Germany; Auswartiges Amt. In total, this study consulted 43 respondents from several NGOs or networks active in humanitarian aid across 8 countries in Europe. The report contains - An overview of selected donors humanitarian funding and funding architecture - The analysis of the four donors conditionalities through a matrix that maps the requirements of each donor. - NGO perspectives on donor funding requirements - VOICE findings and advocacy recommendations