GHA Report 2009 Humanitarian donor profiles

Germany’s total official humanitarian assistance expenditure, 2007

Germany Multilateral (totally unearmarked)

UN agencies/EC
Bilateral (lightly to totally earmarked)
CERF Pooled funding Other
Total

Germany was the fourth largest DAC donor of humanitarian aid by volume in 2007. CHF ERF
Its bilateral and multilateral contributions totalled US$618 million – or 7.1% of
US$m 339 7 0 0 272 618
the collective DAC total. Total humanitarian assistance expenditure fell by 21.1%
% total 54.9% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 44.1% 100.0%
between 2006 and 2007, but preliminary DAC data suggests that bilateral
contributions could rise to US$328 million in 2008. CHFs in 2007 relate to DRC and Sudan. The ERFs included in the data reported here are CAR, Ethiopia, Iraq, Somalia and Zimbabwe

In 2007, total humanitarian assistance expenditure accounted for 6.6% of Germany’s

total ODA (excluding debt relief ) – a smaller share than in the previous two years. Total official humanitarian share of
Germany’s total ODA (excluding debt
Top 10 recipients of Germany’s total official DRC was the seventh largest
Germany distinguishes between ‘emergency response’ and ‘developmental’ relief ), 2007
humanitarian assistance expenditure, 2007 recipient of German official
humanitarian aid. The Federal Foreign Office (AA) is responsible for the former humanitarian assistance in
(along with mine action) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development (BMZ) is responsible for the latter. Germany’s humanitarian strategy
is based on ‘Twelve Basic Rules of Humanitarian Aid’. Germany's policies specifically
2007 but its top UN CAP appeal
recipient, accounting for
4.3% of Germany’s reported
US$618m

US$ million (constant 2007 prices)

recognise the links between vulnerability and disasters.
expenditure through the FTS Germany’s total official
in 2007
humanitarian expenditure, 2007

248
300
Germany’s development cooperation programme was last DAC peer reviewed in
250
December 2005. It is scheduled to be peer reviewed again in 2010.
www.auswaertiges–amt.de/diplo/de/Startseite.html 7%
200

150
US$7

92
100 Amount contributed by each

62
Imputed CERF

45
German citizen to total official

28
31

26
26

16
50

16

16
Total official humanitarian
0 assistance allocable by country humanitarian assistance, 2007

Other countries
Palestinian Adm. Areas
Sudan
Indonesia
Afghanistan
Sri Lanka
Somalia
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Burundi
Chad
Pakistan
Germany’s total official humanitarian assistance expenditure 2000-2008 -21.1%
Germany is the eighth largest
contributor to the CERF. In 2007,
Change in Germany’s total
official humanitarian
782

900 Total official humanitarian its US$7m contribution accounted

776

expenditure
for 1.1% of its total official
800
humanitarian expenditure
expenditure, 2006–2007
US$ million (constant 2007 prices)

Multilateral (EC)
618

700
548

553

Multilateral (UN agencies)

527

0.02%
486

478

600 Top recipient of Germany’s flash and

Bilateral consolidated appeal funding, 2007
500
Palestine/OPT was the largest recipient of
400 Germany’s official humanitarian assistance Share of German GNI spent
in 2007, accounting for 15.1% of the total Democratic Republic of Congo on total official humanitarian
300
allocable by country (including CERF). Humanitarian Action Plan 4.3%
200 assistance 2007
100

0
Outside the CAP
2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008
(prelim)

71.8%
Data notes
Germany spent US$73m on 18
consolidated and flash appeals in
Germany’s humanitarian expenditure, 2008 – this expenditure (referred to Although both relate to ‘humanitarian’
reported through the FTS, 2006-2008 as ‘inside the CAP’) was equivalent expenditure, FTS and DAC data are not
to 20.7% of its bilateral humanitarian comparable. Reporting requirements and
See Data notes definitions are different. Some, all or none of a
expenditure in 2008.
349

400
DAC donor’s official humanitarian expenditure
350 might be included in the FTS figures. In some
Top recipients of Germany’s flash and
instances, more might be reported in
300 consolidated appeal funding, 2008 humanitarian assistance through the FTS than
242

is included in OECD DAC data

250
US$ million

189

DRC was the largest recipient of

200 Analysis of official humanitarian assistance is
German contributions to UN flash and based on OECD DAC data (DAC1, 2a and CRS),
276 consolidated appeal funding in 2008,
Democratic Republic of Congo 5.2%
150 Sudan 3.2% downloaded in April 2009. The data for 2008 is
153 174 accounting for 25.1% of US$7m funding West Africa 3.1% preliminary and relates to bilateral humanitarian
100 ‘inside the CAP ‘(or 5.2% of the total Haiti 1.5%
Palestinian territory, occupied 1.4%
aid only. Full and final official data for 2008 will
reported by Germany through the FTS) Myanmar 1.3% be published by the DAC in December 2009
50
36 68 73 Chad 1.1%
0 Total reported through the FTS Uganda 0.8% Outside the CAP FTS data is published in real time on ReliefWeb
Iraq 0.6% 79.1% and was downloaded in April 2009.
2006

2007

2008

Other funding (‘outside the CAP’) Southern African Region 0.6% Supplementary data on CERF and pooled funding
Other appeals inside the CAP 2.1%
was downloaded from their respective sites
UN flash and consolidated
appeal funding (‘inside the CAP’)
May/June 2009

All data is expressed in current US$m unless

otherwise stated. Numbers may vary due to rounding

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