DRC Humanitarian Fund 

ObjectivesFund scope

Established in 2006, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Humanitarian Fund was designed to address accountability and predictability issues in financing humanitarian emergencies. Since that time the Fund has evolved into a country-based pooled fund managed by the Humanitarian Coordinator. The Fund supports the timely allocation of donor resources for the most urgent humanitarian needs in the DRC. 

Supporting activities prioritized as the most urgent and strategic, the Fund closes existing humanitarian gaps and meets the needs of vulnerable communities. In close alignment with the DRC Humanitarian Response Plan, it funds interventions that offer immediate solutions to sudden emergencies or rapidly deteriorating conditions across the country. 

Projects run between three to 24 months and are implemented by a committed group of partners that include national and international NGOs, and United Nations organizations. 

Strategic and results framework

The DRC Humanitarian Fund channels resources to partners for humanitarian activities prioritized as urgent and strategic. Also available are grants for national and international NGOs, and United Nations organizations in DRC that are well-placed to deliver timely and integrated activities in accordance with broader humanitarian principles. 

Pooled funds are reserved for activities that cover one or more of 11 clusters and crosscutting issues—all based on Humanitarian Action Plan clusters: 

• Coordination
• Early recovery
• Education
• Food security
• Health
• Logistics
• Multi-sector (refugees)
• Nutrition
• Protection
• Shelter and non-food items
• Water, sanitation, and hygiene

Together, the Humanitarian Action Plan and DRC Humanitarian Fund advance humanitarian aid reforms by strengthening response capacity through clusters; providing predictable and timely resources to partners rolling-out emergency activities; improving coordination at the field and national levels, and endorsing Good Humanitarian Donorship principles that combine needs-based approaches with flexible, timely, and predictable funding.

NGO eligibility is determined following a rigorous capacity assessment to ensure an organization has the necessary structures and capacities in place to meet robust accountability standards and efficiently implement humanitarian activities. 

There are two mechanisms for allocating funds:

• Standard allocations comprise the bulk of resources for the highest priority humanitarian needs of up to 24 months.
• Reserve allocations are used to tackle sudden emergencies or the deterioration of existing crises. Under the reserve umbrella funding streams are broken down into ‘emergency’ and ‘first emergency’ categories.
   

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GovernanceGovernance arrangements

Humanitarian Coordinator

Supported by OCHA and the Joint Pooled Fund Unit, the Humanitarian Coordinator is responsible for overall management of the Fund. Tasks include (but are not limited to) the approval, review and allocation of funds; chairing the Fund Board; reporting to donors; supervising the Joint Pooled Fund Unit, and ensuring complimentary use of allocations in conjunction with other sources of financing.

Joint Pooled Fund Unit

Supports the Humanitarian Coordinator in steering Fund strategic direction and overseeing performance. The Unit advises the Humanitarian Coordinator on strategic and policy issues; represents Fund stakeholders; shares information on Fund coverage to strengthen donor coordination; discusses priorities; develops and manages the reporting system; acts as Secretariat for the Fund, and reviews accountability mechanisms.

Strategic Committee

Proposes allocation of funds according to geographical area and/or cluster.

Cluster Coordinators

Support the DRC Humanitarian Fund by recommending projects and drawing links between the national Humanitarian Response Plan and cluster strategies. At the operational level, Coordinators provide technical expertise and help prioritize review and endorsement requests. 

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

DRC Humanitarian Fund

DRC 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.

DRC Humanitarian Fund

ResultsImpact and results

The DRC Humanitarian Fund supports urgent and strategic action that closes existing humanitarian gaps and meets the needs of vulnerable communities. In close alignment with the national Humanitarian Response Plan, the Fund allocates resources to interventions that offer immediate solutions to sudden emergencies or rapidly deteriorating conditions in the DRC. 

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

ContactsPoints of contact