Objectives
Fund Objectives
Fund scope
Active since 2008, the Central African Republic (CAR) Humanitarian Fund supports partners in rolling-out solutions for critical humanitarian needs in CAR. Early donor contributions result in the rapid delivery of emergency responses—in particular, projects covered by the Coordinated Action Programme for CAR. Both mechanisms advance humanitarian aid reforms through the implementation of activities that are strategic in closing existing gaps and meeting the needs of vulnerable communities.
Interventions are closely aligned with humanitarian priorities for the country. They offer immediate solutions to sudden emergencies or rapidly deteriorating conditions and are implemented by a committed group of partners that include national and international NGOs, and United Nations organizations.
Strategic and results framework
The CAR Humanitarian Fund allocates resources to those well-placed to deliver timely and integrated activities in accordance with humanitarian principles. Funds are reserved for projects that focus on:
- Life-saving activities under the clusters of WASH, nutrition, food security, protection, health, emergency shelter, non-food items, and education.
- Enabling common services, logistics, and emergency telecommunications clusters.
- Supporting cluster coordination, along with livelihoods and community stabilization activities.
By upholding a consultative and participative process involving an array of humanitarian stakeholders the CAR Humanitarian Fund strengthens humanitarian coordination. Efforts contribute to increasing collective action under each cluster and growth in the number of integrated responses that meet the needs of the most vulnerable.
To be eligible for funding, NGOs undergo a rigorous capacity assessment to ensure they have the necessary structures and capacities in place to meet robust accountability standards and efficiently implement humanitarian activities.
Financing and contributions
Contributions are made by multiple United Nations organizations (including the United Nations Partnership Office), bilateral donors, international foundations, and national organizations.
The Canadian International Development Agency, Irish Aid, Jersey Overseas Aid, Swedish International Development Cooperation, and UK Department for International Development contribute to the Fund along with the governments of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, and Republic of Korea.
A pass-through management modality is used to redirect contributions to participating organizations.
Allocations
The two mechanisms for allocating funds are:
- Standard allocation, channeling the bulk of resources to the highest priority humanitarian needs of up to 24 months.
- Reserve allocation is used to tackle sudden emergencies or the deterioration of existing crises. Under this reserve umbrella funding streams are broken down into ‘emergency’ and ‘first emergency’ categories.
> $55M 
$55M - $25M
$25M - $5M
< $5M
