Commission staff working paper

Glossary

ACF	Action contre la Faim
ACP	African, Caribbean and Pacific States
ASEAN	Association of South-east Asian Nations
AUSAID	Australian government's overseas aid programme
AWD	Acute watery diarrhoea
BPRM	Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
CCSDPT	Committee for the Co-ordination of Services to Displaced Persons in Thailand
CERF	Central Emergency Response Fund
CHF	Common Humanitarian Fund
CIDA	Canadian International Development Agency
COHAFA	Council Working Group on Humanitarian Aid and Food Aid
DFID	UK Department for International Development
DIPECHO	Disaster Preparedness ECHO
DRR	Disaster risk reduction
EAR	Emergency Aid Reserve
EDF	European Development Fund
EU	European Union
EWS	Early warning systems
FAFA	The EC/UN Financial and Administrative Framework Agreement
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
FCA	Forgotten crises assessment
FPA	Framework Partnership Agreement (between the Commission and its operating partners)
FTS	Financial Tracking System (OCHA)
GHD	Good Humanitarian Donorship
GNA	Global needs assessment
HRF	Humanitarian Response Fund
IAC	Internal Audit Capability
IAS	Internal Audit Service
IASC	Inter-Agency Standing Committee
ICRC	international committee of the red cross
IDP	Internally displaced people
IFRC	International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent Societies
IHL	International Humanitarian Lam
INGO	International non-governmental organisation
IO	International organisation
LAC	Latin America and the Caribbean
LRRD	Linking relief, rehabilitation and development
MCIS	Multi cluster integrated survey
MIC	Monitoring and Information Centre
MINUSTAH	United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
MSF	Médecins sans Frontières
NGO	Non-governmental organisation
OCHA	UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Aid
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OFDA	Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance
REACH	Global Framework for Action, Renewed Effort Ending Child Hunger and Malnutrition
SD	Strategic dialogue
SPHERE	SPHERE project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response
UN	United Nations
UNAMID	UN African Union Mission in Darfur
UNDSS	United Nations Department of Safety and Security
UNHCR	United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF	United Nations Children's Fund
UNISDR	UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
UNRWA	UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in near East
USAID	US Agency for International Development
WASH	Water/sanitation and hygiene
WFP	UN World Food Programme
WHO	UN World Health Organisation

1The Consensus was endorsed in December 2007 by the Presidents of the Commission, Council and European Parliament

2SEC(2008)1991

3http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/humanitarian-law-factsheet

4COM(2009)84

5http://ec.europa.eu/echo/aid/dipecho_en.htm

6The Finabel Military Committee is an expertise forum contributing to european land armies interoperability since 1953 – www.espace-finabel.eu

7The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) is the primary mechanism for inter-agency co-ordination of humanitarian assistance. It is a unique forum involving the key UN and non-UN humanitarian partners - http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc/

8SEC(2008)135

9As adopted by the Council, EP and Commission on 18 December, (OJ 2008/C/ 25/01 of 30.01.2008).

10Commission Staff Working Document ‘European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid – Action Plan’ SEC(2008)1991, 29.5.2008

11GHD principle 18, but also principle 8 on strengthening the capacity of affected countries and local communities and principle 10 to support and promote the central and unique role of the UN.

12UN agencies such as WFP, UNHCR, UNICEF, international organisations like ICRC/IFRC, NGOs like OXFAM, ACF, Horn Relief, CARE Kenya and Member States’ humanitarian aid departments

13The methodology used and the results for 2009 are available at the following internet address http://EU.europa.eu/echo/information/strategy/index_en.htm

14Countries with a Crisis Index of 3

15€40.5 million out of an initial budget of €350.3 million for geographically delineated decisions (humanitarian aid budget line)

16Coastal states not included

17http://hdr.undp.org

18International Non-Governmental Organisation

19EU Council Working Group on Humanitarian Aid and Food Aid

20Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration

21Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)

22http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/food_safety/international_dimension_enlargement/ r12546_en.htm

23http://EU.europa.eu/external_relations/ifs/index_en.htm

24UK Department for International Development

25Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance

26Humanitarian Response Fund (HRF) gets funding from The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom

27World Health Organisation (UN)

28The veterinary initiatives also aim to ensure that morbidity rate of critical livestock diseases would not exceed 20% and mortality rates kept below the normal 20% thus contributing significantly to ensuing the protection of people's livestock herds and livelihoods

29Somalia UN CAP 2010 sources

30Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

31Global Framework for Action, Renewed Effort Ending Child Hunger and Malnutrition

32Angola, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

33EU Council Conclusions on the MEPP, 8 December 2009

34Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States

35The cyclone that hit the country in November 2007

36Previously 108 000 refugees

37Association of Southeast Asian Nations

38Thailand Burma Border Consortium

39SPHERE project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response http://www.sphereproject.org

40US Agency for International Development

41The Australian government’s overseas aid programme.

42Canadian International Development Agency

43Not if but when: Adapting to natural hazards in the Pacific islands region — a policy note’, World Bank, 2006: http://www.preventionweb.net/files/1141_NaturalHazardspacific.pdf.

44Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) "International Disaster Database", www.emdat.net

45The Malakand Accord, agreed upon after two years of fighting on 16 February 2009, included a ceasefire in Swat (between the Taliban and the army) and imposition of Sharia law in the districts of Malakand, Swat, Shangla, Buner, Dir, Chitral and Kohistan.

46ICRC — 1st revision, 5 March 2009, and second revision, 4 June.

47The total population of Yemen is estimated at 23 million, of whom 45% are under 15 years of age. The crude birth rate is 42.42 births per 1 000 population.

48OCHA financing tracking system, data for 2008.

49€ 10 million for emergency action

50Available since 1 January 2003

51https://webgate.EU.europa.eu/hac

52United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Aid

53Mainly IFRC, ICRC and IOM

54United Nations Department of Safety and Security

55Framework Partnership Agreement

56EC/UN Financial and Administrative Framework Agreement

57Commission's Budget: Operational and Support Expenditure + EDF resources

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