Many donors are monitoring their humanitarian funding progress against a set of collective indicators in support of the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) initiative.

How soon is money committed to sudden onset disasters and ongoing crises? What proportion of funds are earmarked at the country level or above? Is funding allocated on the basis of needs assessments? How equitable is funding across emergencies?

These indicators are designed to measure and improve the flexibility and timeliness of humanitarian funding in support of the broader aid effectiveness agenda.

Download the GHD indicators report for 2006 (a PDF extract from Global Humanitarian Assistance 2006).

The GHD indicators report for 2007/2008 will be published in advance of the next GHD meeting in July 2008.

The GHD assessment framework was applied to five DAC peer reviews in 2005, leading to the publication of a synthesis report in February 2006.

10 DAC peer reviews were carried out in 2006 and 2007. The next synthesis report of the humanitarian component of these is being drafted and will be published prior to the next GHD meeting in July 2008.

See also: www.oecd.org/dac/peerreviews >

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Since 2003, GHD has held annual meetings that have brought together an increasing number of donor countries, UN agencies, NGOs and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It provides a forum for donors to discuss good practice in funding humanitarian assistance and other shared concerns.

The GHD initiative has driven change in humanitarian response through focusing on improvements within the direct control of donors themselves: things like respect for international standards, clear policies,financing methods, systems of allocation, accountability and
coordination.

Visit: www.goodhumanitariandonorship.org >

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Read the GHD indicators report, 2006

Next GHD indicators report due before June 2008

Visit the GHD site

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