GHA Report 2009 Humanitarian donor profiles

Switzerland’s total official humanitarian assistance expenditure, 2007

Switzerland Multilateral (totally unearmarked)

UN agencies/EC
Bilateral (lightly to totally earmarked)
CERF Pooled funding Other
Total

Switzerland was the 14th largest DAC donor of humanitarian aid by volume in 2007. CHF ERF
Its bilateral and multilateral contributions totalled US$ 192 million – or 2.2% of
US$m 20 8 0 0 164 192
the collective DAC total. Total humanitarian assistance expenditure fell by 8.0%
% total 10.5% 4.3% 0.0% 0.0% 85.2% 100.0%
between 2006 and 2007. Preliminary DAC data suggests that bilateral contributions
could reach US$174 million in 2008. CHFs in 2007 relate to DRC and Sudan. The ERFs included in the data reported here are CAR, Ethiopia, Iraq, Somalia and Zimbabwe

In 2007, total humanitarian assistance expenditure accounted for 11.9% of

Switzerland’s total ODA (excluding debt relief ). There has been little change in this Total official humanitarian share of
Switzerland’s total ODA (excluding debt
share over the past five years. relief ), 2007 Top 10 recipients of Switzerland’s total official Palestine/OCT was the largest
humanitarian assistance expenditure, 2007 recipient of Switzerland’s official
Switzerland’s humanitarian aid is coordinated within the Swiss Agency for humanitarian assistance in 2007
Development Cooperation (SDC), a department of The Federal Ministry of Foreign and also Switzerland’s top UN
US$192m

79
Affairs. It focuses on four key components: prevention, emergency aid, reconstruction CAP appeal recipient, accounting
80 for 3.0% of Swiss reported
and advocacy.
70
expenditure through the FTS Switzerland’s total official
The Swiss Confederation’s Humanitarian Aid Strategy for 2005, ‘Solidarity Alive’, is in 2007

US$ million (constant 2007 prices)

60 humanitarian expenditure, 2007
being updated to form the 2010 strategy. The Swiss aid programme was last DAC peer
reviewed in June 2005. The next peer review is scheduled to take place in October 50

2009. Switzerland has a GHD domestic implementation plan.

www.deza.admin.ch/ressources/resource_en_23576.pdf
12% 40

30
US$26
Amount contributed by each

19
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Imputed CERF
Swiss citizen to total official

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7
7
10

5
5
5
5

4
Total official humanitarian
0
assistance allocable by country humanitarian assistance, 2007

Other countries
Palestinian Adm. Areas
Sudan
Liberia
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Afghanistan
Jordan
Sri Lanka
Lebanon
Pakistan
Colombia
Switzerland’s total official humanitarian assistance expenditure
2000-2008
-8.0%
Switzerland is the 12th largest
contributor to the CERF. In
Change in Switzerland’s
Total official humanitarian 2007, its US$8m accounted total official humanitarian
expenditure
for 4.3% of its total official
humanitarian expenditure
expenditure, 2006–2007
Multilateral (UN agencies)

Bilateral
US$ million (constant 2007 prices)

Top recipient of Switzerland’s flash and

0.04%
226

209

consolidated appeal funding, 2007

211

250
192
195

197

183

187

Palestine/OPT was the largest recipient

200 of Switzerland’s official humanitarian Share of Swiss GNI spent on
assistance in 2007, accounting for 12.6% Palestinian territory, occupied 3.0% total official humanitarian
150
of the total allocable by country
100 (including CERF) assistance 2007
50

0
Outside the CAP
2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008
(prelim)

87.8%
Data notes
Switzerland spent US$37m on 18
consolidated and flash appeals in
Switzerland’s humanitarian expenditure, 2008 – this expenditure (referred to Although both relate to ‘humanitarian’
reported through the FTS, 2006-2008 as ‘inside the CAP’) was equivalent expenditure, FTS and DAC data are not
to 18.9% of its bilateral humanitarian comparable. Reporting requirements and
See Data notes definitions are different. Some, all or none of a
expenditure in 2008
DAC donor’s official humanitarian expenditure
might be included in the FTS figures. In some
Top recipients of Switzerland’s flash and
instances, more might be reported in
264

300 consolidated appeal funding, 2008 humanitarian assistance through the FTS than
217

is included in OECD DAC data

250
Sudan was the largest recipient of Swiss
Analysis of official humanitarian assistance is
148

200
US$ million

contributions to UN flash and consolidated Sudan 4.3% based on OECD DAC data (DAC1, 2a and CRS),
150 appeal funding in 2008, accounting for Palestinian territory, occupied 2.9% downloaded in April 2009. The data for 2008 is
17.2% of US$37m funding ‘inside the West Africa 2.9% preliminary and relates to bilateral humanitarian
100 CAP’ (or 4.3% of the total reported by Chad 2.2%
aid only. Full and final official data for 2008 will
239 191 111 Switzerland through the FTS)
Somalia 2.2%
be published by the DAC in December 2009
50 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.1%
25 26 37 Zimbabwe 1.5%
Outside the CAP
0 Total reported through the FTS Uganda 1.1% FTS data is published in real time on ReliefWeb
Georgia 1.1% 75.0% and was downloaded in April 2009.
2006

2007

2008

Other funding (‘outside the CAP’) Myanmar 1.1% Supplementary data on CERF and pooled funding
Other appeals inside the CAP 3.6%
was downloaded from their respective sites
UN flash and consolidated
appeal funding (‘inside the CAP’)
May/June 2009

All data is expressed in current US$m unless

otherwise stated. Numbers may vary due to rounding

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