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Good Humanitarian Donorship 
- Saving lives and alleviating suffering
- Assistance according to need
- Adequate, predictable, flexible funding
- Donor accountability and learning
New Financing Tools
Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)
The Central Emergency Revolving Fund was established in December 1991 by UN
General Assembly Resolution 46/182. It aimed to ensure a rapid and
coordinated response in the initial phase of emergencies. The CERF is funded by
voluntary contributions from a broad base of 38 donors. On 12 December 2005 the General Assembly of the United Nations passed a
resolution to create an enlarged CERF (now renamed the
Central Emergency
Response
Fund). The revamped Fund aims to achieve an overall target of $500
million and will add to the current $50 million revolving facility, a grant
facility of $450 million. This new CERF will provide grants as well as
loans. It will make funding more predictable, and thereby encourage a faster,
more equitable response across all emergencies. To find out more see the
CERF Website
Other Resources
Strengthening of the Coordination of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance of the
United Nations. 
(Report by the UN Secretary General 23 June 2005)
Study
on Revised CERF Mechanism - 15 June 2005
UN General
Assembly Press Release
(on adoption of enlarged CERF (Resolution A/RES/60/124) 15 December 2005)
Common Humanitarian Funds
Pooled
funding is another new humanitarian financing instrument being piloted in
Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It provides a mechanism allowing
donors to put their money into a central pot to support humanitarian
action in a particular country. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator can then
draw on this pot to fund strategic priorities quickly and easily. An
independent evaluation of the Common Funds concluded that the predictability
and flexibility of funding had been increased and enabled funds to be
targeted to the most urgent priorities. A number of important administrative
issues, particularly with regard to ensuring NGO access. Please see the
Evaluation of Common Funding December 2006 report here.
Emergency Response Funding (ERF)
Emergency Response Funds allow Humanitarian Coordinators
access to funding to respond to new crises and to fill gaps in funding to
respond to urgent needs. An independent evaluation of this funding has
recently been completed. Please see the
Emergency Response Fund report here.
Please find the
Ethiopian ERF evaluation report here.
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