OCHA Review of Emergency Response Funds (ERFs)

Author(s)
Mowjee, T & Randel, J.
Publication language
English
Pages
50pp
Date published
01 Jan 2007
Type
Programme/project reviews
Keywords
Coordination, Development & humanitarian aid, Response and recovery
Organisations
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

This report presents overall findings from a review of OCHA-managed Emergency Response
Funds (ERFs) in five countries (Angola, the DRC, Indonesia, Liberia and Somalia) with
additional input from a separate review in Ethiopia. The purpose of the review was to:

• Build a central body of knowledge on ERFs within OCHA;
• Examine the role of ERFs in humanitarian response and in relation to other funding
mechanisms;
• Provide guidance on how an optimal ERF can function.