Desk review of CBHA’s Emergency Response Fund performance

This desk review analyzes the grant activity of the CBHA Emergency Response Fund (ERF) since its initial
activation in June 2010. The purpose of the review, externally commissioned by the CBHA Programme
Management Unit, has been to determine whether or not there is measurable evidence that the ERF has
added value to humanitarian response efforts. The review seeks not to reiterate the findings and conclusions
of the midterm review and annual report, but rather to provide a quantitative evidence-base to further inform
the current discussions around continuing and potentially expanding the ERF model. Using data supplied by
CBHA, and aid flow figures from the UN Financial Tracking Service (FTS), the analysis compares the ERF
track record to the results of other funding mechanisms in the given case examples.