How to get involved in 2019

Donate through CBPFs

Country-based pooled funds (CBPFs) allow governments and private donors to pool financial contributions to finance response to a specific emergency. They channel funds rapidly for scaling up humanitarian operations, filling critical gaps, and strengthening partnerships with aid organizations, including local and international NGOs. In 2016 the UN Secretary-General set a target for 15% of HRP funding to be channelled through CBPFs in the coming years.

Visit www.unocha.org/our-work/humanitarian-financing/countrybased-pooled-funds-cbpf/how-support-country-based-pooled

Donate through the CERF

The UN's Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) provides immediate funding for life-saving humanitarian action at the onset of emergencies and for crises that fail to attract adequate resources, wherever they are. CERF-funded interventions focus on the most urgent and life-saving priorities set collectively by humanitarian partners on the ground. In recognition of CERF’s impressive track record in enabling effective assistance to crisis-affected people, the UN General Assembly has endorsed an expanded funding target for CERF to $1 billion a year, and called on all stakeholders to consider increasing their voluntary contributions to the fund.

Visit www.unocha.org/cerf/donate

Donate in-kind resources

The UN Secretary-General encourages companies to coordinate their response efforts with the United Nations in order to ensure coherence with priorities and to minimize gaps and duplication. To make an in-kind donation of goods or services visit www.business.un.org or write to pss@un.org with specific information about the contribution, including the timeframe for delivery and any conditions. (Contributions must comply with the Guidelines on Cooperation between the UN and the Business Sector.)

Provide assets or services

The United Nations enters into pro bono agreements with companies which will provide direct assets or services during emergencies. Partnerships work best if established before a disaster occurs. Contact pss@un.org to discuss the ways in which your company might partner with the UN. (As with in-kind contributions, business sector partnerships must comply with the Guidelines on Cooperation between the UN and the Business Sector.)

Report contributions to the OCHA Financial Tracking Service

OCHA manages the Financial Tracking Service (FTS), which curates, validates and publishes all reported humanitarian contributions (cash, in-kind, multilateral and bilateral), including to humanitarian and regional response plans. Many donor, recipient and implementing agencies regularly report their contributions through designated reporting focal points

Please report your contributions to fts@un.org or complete the online form at fts.unocha.org