Annexes to COM(2020)6 - Annual report on the EU's humanitarian aid operations financed in 2018

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agreements, crisis assessment and planning tools. In addition it proposed ways of further fostering leadership in the realm of logistics, working collaboratively with other humanitarian actors to achieve efficiencies and improve results.

Evaluation of the EU humanitarian aid intervention in the African Great Lakes region, 2013-2017

This evaluation provided an assessment of EU humanitarian interventions in the African Great Lakes region from 2013-2017. Budget allocations were not proportionate to the increasing needs in the region, which implied that the Commission had to restrict its interventions to the core mandate of saving lives. Despite that, the strategy adopted was adapted to the evolution of the needs, a high level of coherence was achieved amongst actions and the Commission played a key role in humanitarian coordination structures in the region.

The evaluation identified specific aspects contributing to DG ECHO’s efficiency, e.g. strong monitoring processes. Scope for improvement was noted in relation to ‘re-application’ processes (i.e. for renewal of grants to an implementing partner for the continuation of a specific action) and/or multi-year projects.

2018 budget

1.List of funding agreements concluded by the Commission in the field of humanitarian aid 3 :

Agreements for humanitarian aid awarded by the EU can be

2.Humanitarian aid budget implementation 2018

the EU 2018 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION
Excluding external assigned revenue from Member States
Region/countryAmount%
Africa65137%
Sudan & South Sudan86
Central Africa95
Great Lakes70
Horn of Africa200
Southern Africa, Indian Ocean11
West Africa160
North Africa19
Africa10
Middle East and Eestern neighbourhood55232%
Middle East474
Eastern neighbourhood79
Asia, Pacific1167%
South West and Central Asia57
South East Asia and Pacific59
Latin America, Caribbean734%
Latin America52
Caribbean21
Worldwide disasters362%
Civil protection412%
EU Aid Volunteers191%
Emergency support within the Union19911%
Complementary operations and support674%
TOTAL1.753100%
( in million €)


Additional information and sources

•General information on DG ECHO:


•Financial information on the European Commission's humanitarian aid activities in 2018:


•Operational information from previous years:


•2018 Annual Activity Report, DG ECHO: https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/annual-activity-report-2018-european-civil-protection-and-humanitarian-aid-operations-echo_en

•2018 Annual Management and Performance Report: https://ec.europa.eu/info/node/10237

•DG ECHO’s evaluation reports:


•European Commission and Member States' humanitarian aid funding data: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/hac/


List of partners having signed the 2014 Framework Partnership


(1) Communication on education in emergencies and protracted crises (COM (2018)304 final of 18.5.2018).
(2) Council Conclusions on education in emergencies and protracted crises (12817/18 of 26 November 2018).
(3) Including names of partner organisations concerned.