5-year evaluation of the Central Emergency Response Fund

Publication language
English
Pages
108pp.
Date published
11 Aug 2011
Type
Evaluation reports
Keywords
System-wide performance
Organisations
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Link
http://ochanet.unocha.org/p/Documents/CERF%20Evaluation%20Report%20v5.4%20Final%…

This evaluation of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) was broadly positive; however, the data presented in the report showed that CERF is not a rapid mechanism, with an average of four weeks from first application to disbursement to UN agencies for rapid-response grants. Disbursements to NGOs by UN agencies took an average of 13 weeks from first application. However, the CERF was found to have strongly contributed to humanitarian reform.