Review of OCHA Emergency Response Funds (ERFs)

Author(s)
Mowjee, T. & Randel, J.
Publication language
English
Pages
46pp
Date published
01 Jan 2007
Type
Programme/project reviews
Keywords
Accountability and Participation, Accountability to affected populations (AAP), Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disaster preparedness, Funding and donors, Leadership and Decisionmaking
Countries
Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Liberia, Somalia
Organisations
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Link
http://ochaonline2.un.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=ocha&docid=35565

Objectives: 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.