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Title:

United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund – 2024 to 2027

Agreement Number:

7461600 P014368001

Agreement Value:

$88,200,000.00

Agreement Date:

Aug 28, 2024 - Mar 31, 2027

Description:

This project supports the United Nations (UN) Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005, the CERF is a global pooled fund that disburses funding directly to UN Agencies to deliver life-saving assistance. It is a rapid and flexible mechanism that frequently serves as the first source of funding in new and rapidly escalating emergencies. The CERF is managed by the United Nation’s Emergency Relief Coordinator, on behalf of the UN Secretary-General. The CERF delivers urgently needed humanitarian assistance at the country-level by kick-starting relief efforts immediately in a crisis and by scaling up and sustaining protracted relief operations to avoid critical gaps when no other funding is available. CERF funding supports time-critical, life-saving activities and provides humanitarian assistance and protection to those in the most vulnerable situations. This includes women and girls, people with disabilities, the elderly, refugees, and internally-displaced people. Project activities include: (1) supporting life-saving activities (food, nutrition, health, protection, shelter, water, sanitation, hygiene, transportation, communication and other items of assistance); and (2) enabling more timely and coordinated humanitarian action.

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) reduced loss of life through early action and response; (2) improved response to time-critical requirements; and (3) strengthened humanitarian response in underfunded crises.

The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved, suffering alleviated, and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.

Location:

Geneva, CH

Reference Number:

064-2024-2025-Q2-00409

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Operating Name:

OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Recipient's Legal Name:

OCHA - Office for the Coordination

Federal Riding Number:

Program:

International Development Assistance Program

Program Purpose:

The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.