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Assistance and emergency aid to the most vulnerable populations of third countries

Updated	Amount ?Global budget	Duration	Budget line?Reference code of this programme on "Draft General Budget of the EU for the financial year 2014"	Legal basis?European legal reference for this grant to download
26 June 2018	budget 2016-2018: 700 million euro	2014-2020	Plus de détails	Plus de détails

Updated	Amount ?Global budget	Duration
26 June 2018	budget 2016-2018: 700 million euro	2014-2020

Budget line?Reference code of this programme on "Draft General Budget of the EU for the financial year 2014"	Legal basis?European legal reference for this grant to download
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Description

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Strands ?A framework programme is an umbrella structure intended to serve various funding schemes (strands / sub-programmes). Each strand includes specific themes and funding rules.

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This fund is a framework programme, organised in different strands (sub-programmes)

?A framework programme is an umbrella structure intended to serve various funding schemes (strands / sub-programmes). Each strand includes specific themes and funding rules.

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Abstract

Assistance and emergency aid to the most vulnerable populations of third countries

Does my project meet the priority requirements of this fund?

The EU as a whole is one of the world's main humanitarian aid donors; the Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) is the service of the European Commission responsible for this activity.

Objectives

* Provide short-term emergency aid
* Stabilise the economic and social ...

Areas concerned

Social Affairs, Humanitarian, Education - Training, Health, Justice - Security, Human Rights, Co-op & Development,

Who can apply?

Administrations States, Development NGOs, International Organisation,

Regions

European Union, Africa-Carribean-Pacific, Developing countries, Worldwide,

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Calls for projects / Calls for proposals

Find here the calls for proposals. A call is open when project leaders can submit their applications. A call for proposals is closed when the period of submission is over. Welcomeurope indicates the predicted date or period for the upccoming calls for proposals. This option enables you to anticipate the drafting of this application file.

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Closed calls

2015-06-26

ECHO - Re-published call for proposals for buffer capacities for addressing temporary shortcomings in extraordinary disasters - 2015

2015-03-31

ECHO - Union Civil Protection Mechanism Exercises - 2015

2015-02-02

ECHO - For prevention and preparedness projects in civil protection and marine pollution - 2015

2015-02-02

ECHO - BUFFER CAPACITIES FOR ADDRESSING TEMPORARY SHORTCOMINGS IN EXTRAORDINARY DISASTERS - 2015

2012-01-31

ECHO - European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps - Pilot Project 2012

2010-02-13

Poverty Alleviation in Rural Areas of Khatlon and Sughd Provinces of Tajikistan

2006-09-01

Services to assist communication and information activities of the Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid

2006-12-20

DG ECHO - Call for strategy papers for the Sahel Global PLan 2007

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Contact - Funds Manager

Find here more information on official contact points and get the contact details of the programme officer. This will be useful to get further information on open calls for proposals.

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News related to ECHO

18 September 2019
EU support for the Great Lakes region in Africa
In response to the humanitarian emergency, the EU has decided to grant more than €34 million in favour of the Great Lakes region in Africa. This action is part of the ECHO programme, which aims to provide assistance to the most vulnerable populations in third countries.
01 October 2018
1.5 million euro for the victims of Indonesia
Following the earthquake that stroke Indonesia this weekend, the EU is delivering 1.5 million euro to help the victims.
21 September 2018
ECHO - 9 million euro allocated to Southern Africa and Indian Ocean Region
Frequently affected by natural disasters, Madagascar, Malawi, Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe have benefitted from a EU humanitarian aid.
03 September 2018
138 million euro of humanitarian and development aid in favour of the African region of the Tchad lake
The new fund given by the EU wil help the vulnerable population in Nigeria, Niger, Tchad and Cameroon.
12 June 2018
2 million euro in response to deadly floods in Ethiopia
2 million euro has been allocated to assist those most affected by the ongoing floods and landslides plaguing Ethiopia which has affected thousands of people.
18 May 2018
Ebola in DRC : EU releases emergency aid
EU releases emergency aid and starts humanitarian flight service to contain Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo.
14 May 2018
EU releases initial 1.5 million euro to help victims of Kenya floods
In response to the recent devastating floods in Kenya and in order to assist the most affected families, the European Commission provides 1.5 million euro in emergency humanitarian funding.
13 April 2018
The EU pledges 77 million euro for the DRC crisis
The European Union is co-hosting the DRC Humanitarian Conference in Geneva, together with the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Kingdom of the Netherlands, to mobilise resources to respond to the humanitarian crisis in the DRC.
04 April 2018
107,5 million additional euro for humanitarian aid to Yemen
European Union add €107,5 million in 2018 in order to provide an emergency humanitarian aid to the population.
28 February 2018
The European Union will provide 24 million euro following the crisis in Eastern Ukraine
The Commission announced to help people involved in the eastern Ukraine conflict. The humanitarian aid will be of 24 million euro and it will be addresssed to the basic needs.

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