Central African Republic Humanitarian Fund 

ObjectivesFund 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.

GovernanceGovernance

Humanitarian Coordinator

Supported by OCHA, the Humanitarian Coordinator is responsible for overall management of the Fund. Tasks include (but are not limited to) approving disbursements; defining the level of emergency reserves; reporting to donors; managing Fund monitoring and evaluation processes, and ensuring complimentary use of allocations in conjunction with other sources of financing.

Advisory Board

The Board is comprised of representatives from participating organizations. It supports the Humanitarian Coordinator in steering Fund strategic direction and overseeing performance, advising on strategic and policy issues, sharing information on Fund coverage to strengthen donor coordination, and reviewing project accountability and allocation mechanisms and procedures.

Cluster Coordinators

Recommend projects for future/ongoing support and draw links between national response plans and cluster strategies. 

Administrative Agent

Participating Organizations receive funds through the Administrative Agent, Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) Office. The Administrative Agent is responsible for the receipt, administration and management of contributions from donors, disbursement of funds to Participating Organizations, and consolidation and dissemination of progress reports to donors. 

Participating Organizations

Programme implementation is the responsibility of Participating Organizations. Each organization is programmatically and financially responsible for resources received.

Projects

Central African Republic Humanitarian Fund

Central African Republic Humanitarian Fund is currently supporting count_projects ongoing projectscount_globalInterregional and count_countries country-specific. This table shows the most recently approved ongoing projects.

All project financial information can be found in the Financials section, including delivery analysis by organization, theme and project; project financial status by country and by theme.

Central African Republic Humanitarian Fund

ResultsFocus on impact and results

The CAR Humanitarian Fund supports timely and integrated solutions for sudden emergences and/or rapidly deteriorating situations. Projects are implemented by a committed group of partners, while activities are closely aligned with national action plans and international humanitarian principles.

In this section you will find the latest editions of reports that detail Fund performance and results.

ContactsPoints of contact