Advocacy and resource mobilisation - OneResponse

In the event that cluster proposals to CERF are unsuccessful, revised submissions
which better articulate the rationale for education as a life-saving and lifesustaining
intervention can be re-submitted to the CERF Secretariat.
8.2.6 Other funding sources
Emergency or Humanitarian Response Fund
The Emergency Response Fund (ERF) is managed by OCHA through the HC/RC.
It involves multiple donors and aims to provide rapid, flexible, small-scale
funding to:
� address gaps in the CAP for humanitarian aid
� enable the scale-up of response and recovery interventions, particularly
by international and national NGOs that are not eligible for direct
funding through the CERF.
Further details can be found at:
http://ochaonline.un.org/FundingFinance/ResponseFunds/tabid/4404/Default.asp
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Common Humanitarian Fund
The Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) is managed through OCHA and a
management agent in-country. It involves multiple donors providing early,
strategic and predictable funding to priority needs as identified in the CAP. Used
primarily in complex and protracted crises, these funds require a reasonable
number of donors and a long-term commitment. Three funds were established in
2008 in Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Central African
Republic (CAR).
Both the Emergency Response Fund and Common Humanitarian Fund
have education components.
Multi-Donor Trust Fund
The Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) is a mechanism through which donors pool
their resources, with the intention of supporting national humanitarian, recovery,
reconstruction and development priorities. They are a useful additional source of
funding after the acute response stage and help to reduce the burden of seeking,
and reporting on, funding from multiple sources.
The funds are managed through an administrative agent such as the UN
Development Programme (UNDP), and the nature and requirements for funding
are determined by the individual country context and programme or project
objectives. Further details can be found on the UNDP website at:
http://www.undp.org/mdtf/trustfunds.shtml
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