You can find on this page the list of European subsidies concerning humanitarian involvement. The European Union’s mandate to ECHO is made to provide emergency assistance and relief to the victims of natural disasters or armed conflicts outside the European Union. The aid is intended to go direct... Read more

You can find on this page the list of European subsidies concerning humanitarian involvement.
The European Union’s mandate to ECHO is made to provide emergency assistance and relief to the victims of natural disasters or armed conflicts outside the European Union. The aid is intended to go directly to those in distress, irrespective of race, religion or political convictions.

The legal basis for this activity is set out under Article 18 of the Humanitarian Regulation: the Commission is required to "regularly assess humanitarian aid operations financed by the Community in order to establish whether they have achieved their objectives and to produce guidelines for improving the effectiveness of subsequent operations."

ECHO’s task is to ensure goods and services get to crisis zones fast. Goods may include essential supplies, specific foodstuffs, medical equipment, medicines and fuel. Services may include medical teams, water purification teams and logistical support. Goods and services reach disaster areas via ECHO partners. ECHO works with about 200 non-governmental organisations, United Nations agencies and international organisations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent Societies.
Since 1992, ECHO has funded humanitarian aid in more than 85 countries. Its grants cover emergency aid, food aid and aid to refugees and displaced persons

But ECHO does more than just funding humanitarian aid:
- It carries out feasibility studies for its humanitarian operations,
- It monitors humanitarian projects and sets up coordination arrangements,
- It promotes and coordinates disaster prevention measures by training specialists, strengthening institutions and running pilot micro-projects,
- It gives its partners technical assistance,
- It raises public awareness about humanitarian issues in Europe and elsewhere, through actions carried out directly by ECHO in order to promote the awareness of humanitarian aid,
- It finances network and training study initiatives in the humanitarian field (NOHA).

The following list provides you with all the European funds available in the field of humanitarian involvement:

• ECHO
• DCI - DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION INSTRUMENT (1)
• CEB - COUNCIL OF EUROPE DEVELOPMENT BANK - SECTORS OF ACT...
• AMIF - (1.) ASYLUM, MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION FUND -
• EIDHR - EUROPEAN INSTRUMENT FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHT...
• EUROJUSTICIA - PROMOTE A RAPID AND ACCESSIBLE JUSTICE IN ...
• EDF (11TH) - EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

All available EU Grants

• EIDHR - Country Based Support Schemes - Jamaica...
  2019-03-31
• EIDHR - General call for proposals - Colombia -...
  2019-03-20
• EIDHR - European instrument for democracy and h...
  2019-03-19
• DCI - Shortening the Learning Curve of AHA Cent...
  2019-03-11
• UCPM - Full-Scale Exercises - 2019
  2019-02-27

All available Calls

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  Paris 20 May 2019 - 21 May 2019 

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  Paris 30 July 2032 

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  Paris 31 July 2032 

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