This report covers the period 01/01/07 to 31/05/07 of the 2006-2007 Appeal.
In a world of global challenges, continued poverty, inequity, and increasing vulnerability to disasters and disease, the International Federation with its global network, works to accomplish its Global Agenda, partnering with local community and civil society to prevent and alleviate human suffering from disasters, diseases and public health emergencies.
In brief
Programme Summary:
The Federation of the Future and the decentralization processes has ushered in a time of change. To help national societies better understand the current organizational context, major regional events between January-May focused on the implications of these changes in the region. These included the 17th meeting of the South Asia secretaries general's forum in Islamabad and the regional partnership meeting held in New Delhi. Representatives of the south Asian national societies discussed ways of working effectively together with representatives from 17 partner national societies, the Federation and International Committee of the Red Cross, the government of India and the World Health Organization. Preliminary discussions with the Danish Red Cross on an integration agreement have begun (1).
At the sectoral level, sessions of the regional health meeting and disaster management working group were held. At all these forums the South Asia regional strategy was introduced as a key method to implement the outcomes of Federation of the Future.
Security continues to be an issue in many South Asian countries, especially Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The murder of two Sri Lanka Red Cross staff was a tragic and shocking reminder of the scale of security problems there.
The regional delegation underwent significant changes, with a number of staff leaving (or soon to leave) including the head of regional delegation.
Funding continues to be a major issue with overall funding of the 2007 demarcated budget only 42 per cent at the end of March, and is causing significant problems in the recruitment of new staff. The figures for the 2007 demarcated budget are given below. The overall budget was revised slightly downwards from CHF 5.74 million to CHF 5.53 million, due to various modifications of 2007 programme budgets; the major revisions are explained in the respective sections.
- | Health | DM | HV | OD | Coord. & impl. | Total |
| Funding coverage of 2007 budget | 72% | 41% | 31% | 32% | 25% | 51% |
| 07 expenditure as % of total 07 funding | 33% | 49% | 38% | 52% | 122% | 42% |
| 07 expenditure as % of 07 budget | 24% | 20% | 12% | 17% | 30% | 21% |
Needs: Total 2006-2007 budget CHF 5,528,325 (USD 4,494,573 or EUR 3,336,346) out of which 63 per cent covered. Outstanding needs are CHF 2,057,253 (USD 1,672,563 or EUR 1,241,553).
No. of people we help: six national societies and seven country delegations.
Our Partners: External partners include the European Commission of Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), MAMTA – Health Institute for Mother and Child, Naz Foundation, Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (APN+), Geohazards International, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the British Council, Reuters and the BBC. There is also collaboration with a number of international news agencies.
Key Movement partners are the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the national societies of Canada, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Spain and Sweden
Main donors for 2007 are Australian, Swedish, Japanese, New Zealand and Danish Red Cross and societies, as well as the United Kingdom Department For International Development (DFID) through British Red Cross, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) through Swedish Red Cross and ECHO through the global disaster management programme.
Notes
(1) The integration agreement is a legal agreement which will allow the Danish Red Cross to coordinate their activities in the region through the SARD office.
Contact information
All International Federation assistance seeks to adhere to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's) in Disaster Relief and is committed to the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response (Sphere) in delivering assistance to the most vulnerable. See www.ifrc.org for more details
The Federation's Global Agenda
The International Federation undertakes activities that are aligned with its Global Agenda, which sets out four broad goals to meet the Federation's mission to "improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity".
Global Agenda Goals:
- Reduce the numbers of deaths, injuries and impact from disasters.
- Reduce the number of deaths, illnesses and impact from diseases and public health emergencies.
- Increase local community, civil society and Red Cross Red Crescent capacity to address the most urgent situations of vulnerability.
- Reduce intolerance, discrimination and social exclusion and promote respect for diversity and human dignity.
For further information specifically related to this operation please contact:
- Federation South Asia regional delegation in India, Nina Nobel (acting head of regional delegation), email: nina.nobel@ifrc.org; phone: +91.11.2411.1125; fax: +91.11.2411.1128
- Federation Asia Pacific Zone in Kuala Lumpur: Jagan Chapagain (deputy head of zone), email: jagan.chapagain@ifrc.org; phone: +603.2161.0892; fax: +603.2161.1210
- Federation Secretariat in Geneva (Asia Pacific Department): Christine South (regional officer); email: christine.south@ifrc.org; phone: +41.22.730.4273; fax: +41.22.733.0395 or Gokce Balcik (senior assistant); email: gokce.balcik@ifrc.org; phone: +44.22.730.4429; fax: +41.22. 733.0395
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