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Total official humanitarian share of theNetherlandstotal ODA (excluding debtrelief), 2007

Sudan was the largest recipient of Dutchcontributions to UN flash and consolidatedappeal funding in 2008, accounting for20.4% of US$170m funding inside theCAP(or 7.5% of the total reported by theNetherlands through the FTS)

TotalreportedthroughtheFTS

Otherfunding(outsidetheCAP)

UNflash andconsolidatedappealfunding(insidetheCAP)

Sudan was the largest recipient of Dutchofficial humanitarian assistance in 2007,accounting for 23.7% of the total allocableby country (including CERF)

The Netherlands spent US$170m on21 consolidated and flash appeals in2008 this expenditure (referred toas inside the CAP) was equivalent to55.2 % of its bilateral humanitarianexpenditure in 2008

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Data notes

Although both relate to humanitarianexpenditure, FTS and DAC data are notcomparable. Reporting requirements anddefinitions are different. Some, all or none of aDAC donors official humanitarian expendituremight be included in the FTS figures. In someinstances, more might be reported inhumanitarian assistance through the FTS thanis included in OECD DAC data

Analysis of official humanitarian assistance isbased on OECD DAC data (DAC1, 2a and CRS),downloaded in April 2009. The data for 2008 ispreliminary and relates to bilateral humanitarianaid only. Full and final official data for 2008 willbe published by the DAC in December 2009

FTS data is published in real time on ReliefWeband was downloaded in April 2009.Supplementary data on CERF and pooled fundingwas downloaded from their respective sitesMay/June 2009

All data is expressed in current US$m unlessotherwisestated.Numbersmay varyduetorounding

US$521mDutch total official humanitarianexpenditure, 2007

US$32Amount contributed by eachDutch citizen to total officialhumanitarian assistance, 2007

-15.9%Change in Dutch total officialhumanitarian expenditure,

20062007

0.07%Share of Dutch GNI spent ontotal official humanitarianassistance 2007

Outside the CAP63.5%

Top recipients of the Netherlandsflash andconsolidated appeal funding, 2008

Multilateral (totally unearmarked) Bilateral (lightly to totally earmarked) Total

UN agencies/EC CERF Pooled funding Other

CHF ERF

US$m 182 53 59 8 218 521

% total 34.9% 10.3% 11.4% 1.5% 41.9% 100.0%

CHFs in 2007 relate to DRC and Sudan. The ERFs included in the data reported here are CAR, Ethiopia, Iraq, Somalia and Zimbabwe

The Netherlandstotal official humanitarian assistance expenditure, 2007

Top 10 recipients of the Netherlands total officialhumanitarian assistance expenditure, 2007

The Netherlands is the secondlargest contributor to the CERF.In 2007, its US$53m accountedfor 10.3% of its total officialhumanitarian expenditure.It was also the second largest

supporter of pooled fundingin 2007, contributing US$67m(or 12.9%) of its total officialhumanitarian expenditurethrough these channels

Sudan was the largest recipientof Dutch official humanitarianassistance in 2007 and also itstop UN CAP appeal recipient,accounting for 11.9% of theNetherlandsreportedexpenditure through the FTSin 2007

Imputed CERF

Total official humanitarianassistance allocable by country

Top recipient of the Netherlandsflash andconsolidated appeal funding, 2007

The Netherlands was the fifth largest DAC donor of humanitarian aid by volume in2007. Its bilateral and multilateral contributions totalled US$521 million or 6.0%of the collective DAC total. Total humanitarian assistance expenditure fell by 15.9%between 2006 and 2007. Preliminary DAC data suggests that bilateral contributionscould fall to US$288 million in 2008.

In 2007, total humanitarian assistance expenditure accounted for 8.9% of theNetherlands total ODA (excluding debt relief) this share has been falling since 2005but in the context of a growing aid budget.

The humanitarian division of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinates thecountrys humanitarian assistance. The Netherlands approach to humanitarianassistance specifically addresses both protracted crises and acute emergencies.

In 2008 the Netherlands produced policy rules outlining aims and strategies as wellas a handbook for NGO grant applications for humanitarian aid.

The Netherlands was active in the development and establishment of the GHDinitiative in 2003 and in July 2005 formulated a GHD domestic implementation plan.The Netherlands was joint GHD chair in 2008/9. The Dutch aid programme (includingthe humanitarian component) was DAC peer reviewed in 2006.

www.minbuza.nl/binaries/enpdf/humanitarianaidpolicyrules2008bz90898a.pdf

www.minbuza.nl/binaries/enpdf/handbookforhumanitarianaid2008bz90898b.pdf

www.goodhumanitariandonorship.org/domesticimplementation.asp

www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/38/37531015.pdf

Total official humanitarianexpenditure

Multilateral (EC)

Multilateral (UN agencies)

Bilateral

9%

Outside the CAP66.0%

Sudan Work Plan (HumanitarianAction component) 11.9%

Sudan 7.5%Democratic Republic of Congo 7.4%

Zimbabwe 5.4%Myanmar Flash Appeal 2.7%

Somalia 2.5%Uganda 2.2%

Palestinian territory, occupied 2.1%Iraq 1.7%

Chad 1.5%Haiti 0.9%

Other appeals inside the CAP2.7%

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