Humanitarian Fund CAR (HF-CAR)

Projet terminé

The protracted crisis continues to affect the lives and livelihoods of Central Africans, and more than 50% of the population remains in need of protection and assistance. The Humanitarian Fund enables the implementation of priority humanitarian responses, and the Swiss contribution enables an effective and efficient response to these needs, in its commitments to Good Humanitarian Donorship, the Grand Bargain and the Localization of Aid. 

Pays/région Thème Période Budget
Centrafricaine, République
Aide humanitaire & RRC
Migration
Efficacité humanitaire
Protection, accès & sécurité
Déplacements forcés (réfugiés, PDI, traite des êtres humains)
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023
CHF  1’100’000
Contexte The Central African Republic (CAR) continues to go through a complex crisis with serious humanitarian consequences both for the protection of civilians and for their living conditions and their physical and mental survival. The dividends of the Peace signed in 2019 between the government and the main armed groups are still awaited. Attacks against civilians and infrastructure, as well as incidents against humanitarian actors, attest that volatility, fragility and impunity still prevail in the CAR. In these complex conditions, “humanitarians” provided lifesaving assistance to more than 1.9 million people in 2022, even reaching unassisted populations in new areas, thanks to an increase in capacity answer. For 2023, the UN estimates that 3.1 million people remain in need and the HRP should cover 2.4 million of them for a total cost of USD 465 million. 
Objectifs

The Humanitarian Fund for CAR (HF-CAR) was established in 2008 as an expansion of the Emergency Response Fund. It is a country-based pooled fund (CBPF), which is a multi-donor humanitarian financing instrument managed by OCHA CAR under the responsibility and leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC). The HF-CAR makes it possible to support the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and to provide, through humanitarian organizations, an effective and efficient response to the priority needs of the populations affected by multiple crises and upheavals of conflict and violence in the CAR.

It promotes a cooperative and coordinated approach between sectors and humanitarian organizations.
It ensures holistic geographical and programmatic coverage of needs and strengthens the strategic impact of the HRP in the medium term.
In fact, it tends towards the resilience of the beneficiaries, and is part of a dynamic of nexus humanitarian-development-peace in the long term. 

Groupes cibles Vulnerable populations (displaced, residents, returnees) affected by conflicts and violence.
Effets à moyen terme

The objectives of the phase are to directly support projects responding to priority needs in accordance with humanitarian principles, in particular: 

1) centrality of protection in the response and improvement of access to basic services for affected populations, 

2) interventions based on the reintegration and stabilization of populations in the initial return phase and the recovery of economies, 

3) multi-sectoral interventions in ar eas where they are able to create an impact likely to strengthen local community resilience and

4) to strengthen the coordination and leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC). 

Résultats

Principaux résultats attendus:   The protection and assistance needs of people affected by conflict and violence are taken care of by humanitarian organizations (UN & NGOs). 


Principaux résultats antérieurs:  

In 2022, the HF allocated USD 29.5M net on projects to 33 partners for 58 projects, thus assisting 463'000 beneficiaries. 

The HF supports the operations - cooperation and coordination - of a wide range of partners who jointly assess and prioritize needs through an inclusive process. Thus it enables agile response in a fluid environment.

It lowers transaction costs and ensures transparency, accountability, and sound risk management. 

It promotes the most strategic - effective and efficient - possible use of resources in difficult circumstances (security, access). 


Direction/office fédéral responsable DDC
Partenaire de projet Partenaire contractuel
Organisme des Nations Unies (ONU)
  • Bureau des Nations Unies pour la coordination de l’assistance humanitaire


Coordination avec d'autres projets et acteurs National and international NGOs, CAR Red Cross, United Nations agencies, participating donors.
Budget Phase en cours Budget de la Suisse CHF    1’100’000 Budget suisse déjà attribué CHF    1’100’000
Phases du projet Phase 6 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024   (Phase en cours)

Phase 5 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023   (Completed)

Phase 3 01.07.2017 - 31.12.2019   (Completed) Phase 2 15.09.2015 - 31.12.2016   (Completed) Phase 1 10.04.2014 - 31.12.2014   (Completed)