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Humanitarian Aid Screening Iceland Chapter 30, External Relations – Bilateral

Humanitarian Aid Screening Iceland Chapter 30, External Relations – Bilateral Brussels, 19 May 2011. Humanitarian Aid and Emergency Response. Under MFA´s Directorate for International Development Cooperation

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Humanitarian Aid Screening Iceland Chapter 30, External Relations – Bilateral

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  1. Humanitarian Aid Screening Iceland Chapter 30, External Relations – Bilateral Brussels, 19 May 2011

  2. Humanitarian Aid and Emergency Response • Under MFA´s Directorate for International Development Cooperation • Act No 121/2008 on International Development Cooperation calls for “… providing humanitarian aid and emergency relief where needed.” • Important part of Iceland's foreign policy and external relations • Closely linked to Civil Protection • Part of the Strategy for Iceland's Development Cooperation 2011 – 2014

  3. Strategy for Iceland's Development Cooperation 2011 - 2014

  4. Humanitarian Aid • Contributions • Humanitarian and emergency assistance 11% of ODA • Financial Contributions to Multilateral Organisations • Assignment of Experts to Multilateral Organisations • Emergency Response • Financial Contributions to Icelandic NGOs

  5. Financial Contributions 2010-2011 • World Food Programme • Cote d´Ivoire, Haiti, Libya, Pakistan • ISAF/NATO Post-Operations Emergency Relief Fund • Afghanistan • United Nations Disaster Coordination (UNDAC) • Fund earmarked for Icelandic participants in UNDAC teams • Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) • Palestine (oPt) • UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) • United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): Libya

  6. Short Term Assignments of Experts • World Food Programme (WFP) (Stand-by Agreement) • Sudan, Tanzania • UNHCR (Stand-by Agreement) • Syria (Community Service Officer) • UNICEF (Stand-by Agreement) • Pakistan, Palestine (oPt), Sri Lanka, Sudan, Yemen, Syria (Public Information Officers) • UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) • Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine (oPt) • United Nations Disaster Coordination (UNDAC). • ICE-SAR members to Ghana, Indonesia, India, Philippines (Engineering and Communication)

  7. Emergency Response • MFA cooperates with the country-wide civil protection organisation Landsbjörg • Agreement between MFA and Landsbjörg in 2008 on Emergency Response • The Landsbjörg Iceland Search and Rescue (ICE-SAR) team specialises in earthquake rescue • Landsbjörg participates in the Coordination Centre of the Civil Protection Division of the National Commissioner of the Police in Reykjavík • The Coordination Centre in Reykjavík is connected to the Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) in Brussels

  8. Iceland Search and Rescue (ICE-SAR) • Highly trained group of 37 specialists • Fully equipped and self sufficient for up to seven days in the field • Certified SAR team by INSARAG (The International Search and Rescue Advisory Group of OCHA) in 2009 • Participates in UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC)

  9. Response to Haiti Earthquake • ICE-SAR deployed to Haiti following the devastating earthquake in January 2010 • Arrived in Port-au-Prince within 24 hours of the earthquake • The MFA organised an evacuation of 80 people of various nationalities on the returning flight the same night • MFA Coordination with OCHA as well as Haitian Authorities • Previous ICE-SAR rescue operations in Turkey and Morocco

  10. Cooperation with Icelandic NGOs (1) • Revised guidelines for cooperation and applications in 2011 • Holistic approach: Covers development cooperation, humanitarian aid and emergency response • Regular application deadline for financial support twice a year and possibility to apply on an ad hoc basis • Funding never more than 70% of total budget • Training courses in cooperation with ICEIDA, the Icelandic Red Cross and the University of Iceland. • Consultative Group of Icelandic NGOs: • UNICEF National Committee, UN Women National Committee, SOS Children´s Villages, Icelandic Red Cross, Iceland Lutheran Mission Society, Icelandic Church Aid, ABC Children´s Aid, Save the Children

  11. Cooperation with Icelandic NGOs (2) • Requirements for applying NGOs • Legal units, at least 30 members, annual accounts for two previous years, have experience, gender considerations • Guidelines for Emergency Response Projects • Appeal from UN, consent of partner country, local knowledge, cooperation and alignment with on-site organisations, internationally accepted standards, provision on non-discrimination • Guidelines for Development Cooperation Projects • In-line with Icelandic policy and focus, local policies, quality of project, environmental considerations, internationally accepted standards

  12. Humanitarian Aid – Contributions in 2010

  13. Humanitarian and EmergencyContributions ISAF KabulAfghanistan UNDAC India, Indonesia, Ghana, Philippines UNICEF Palestine (oPt), Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Yemen Financial Contributions OCHA/UNRWA/UNHCR Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine ( oPt), Syria ICE-SAR Morocco, Turkey, Haiti WFP Cote d´Ivoire, Haiti, Libya, Pakistan, Sudan, Tanzania Short Term Experts

  14. Ministry for Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.is EU Application Website http://europe.mfa.is/

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