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European Commission Humanitarian Office (ECHO) and its disaster prevention programme, DIPECHO
Assisting victims of humanitarian crises
The European Union is the world’s largest provider of financing for humanitarian aid operations. Altogether, the European Commission in Brussels and the governments of the 25 Member State pay for more than 50% of the assistance that comes from official channels. The European Commission itself is responsible for managing almost half of this aid. In 2005, the Commission provided €652 million for humanitarian projects in more than 60 countries, funding relief to millions of victims of disasters outside the European Union.
Within the Commission, operations are masterminded by the Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) which comes under the responsibility of Commissioner Louis Michel. Operations include assessment of humanitarian needs in disaster areas, appropriate allocation of funds for goods and services such as food, shelter, medical provisions, water supplies, sanitation or emergency repairs and evaluation of the impact of the aid provided. Disaster preparedness and risk reduction projects in regions prone to natural catastrophes are also among the life saving activities financed through ECHO.
Aid is channelled impartially to the affected populations, regardless of their race, ethnic group, religion, gender, age, nationality or political affiliation, through our operational partners. The partners include around 180 European NGOs United Nations agencies and the Red Cross ‘family’.
What ECHO says about DWF
‘It is crucial that disaster preparedness measures are developed together with the communities they are targeting taking into account for example their knowledge on disasters and their social structure. Only then will they be effective and allow to save lives and livelihoods. It is on exactly this basis that we have worked successfully with DW since 2002’
Cécile Pichon, DIPECHO technical assistant for South-East Asia
Red Cross Societies, and Dipecho Red Cross partners also working in Thua
Thien Hué province collaborate with DW
DW has provide training and animation support to World Vision in Quang Ngãi Province in January 2007 