DG ECHO Afghanistan portfolio analysis

AuthorDirectorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) (European Commission), Landell Mills International
Pages39-43
Final Evaluation Report: Part A- Afghanistan Country Programme Evaluation
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2. DG ECHO Afghanistan portfolio analysis
Overall, DG ECHO’s share in total humanitarian funding through HRPs for Afghanistan during 2014-2018
has been in the order of about 10 per cent, with a peak of 15.5 per cent in 2016, as Table 4 below shows.
Table 4 DG ECHO allocations vs. HRP requirements, 2014-2018
Year
HRP
request
(US$ mn)
DG ECHO
funding (€
mn)
DG ECHO
allocation (US$
mn)
DG ECHO share in
HRP (%)
2014
406.4
31.50
42.93
10.56
2015
416.7
40.17
44.13
10.59
2016
338.8
47.00
52.36
15.45
2017
409.4
29.50
33.0
8.06
2018
599.0
46.034
53.05
8.86
(Sources: OCHA-FTS for HRP data, DG ECHO HOPE database, and Oanda for exchange rate)
DG ECHO’s year-wise sectoral allocations during 2014-2018 is presented in Annex 7. Using the HRP
requests for different years, the data shows (Table 5 below) that DG ECHO has consistently covered at
least 16-30 per cent of all emergency healthcare needs in the country, and for the years 2017 and 2018,
its contribution to multi-purpose cash response has been in the order of 46-51 per cent. Another sector
where DG ECHO has been consistent in providing a sizeable response was WASH (9-15 per cent). In
some years (2014, 2016 and 2017), DG ECHO has contributed significantly to overall protection needs
in the country; however, during 2015 and 2018, the relative contribution was minimal. In shelter, in recent
years, DG ECHO’s contribution has been fairly small. It was noted in the ET’s review of project documents
that the way some of the project classifications are made under different sectors may mask the actual
focus of the grant for instance, shelter is sometimes found under protection and food security under
multi-purpose cash. It is therefore difficult to draw any definitive conclusions on DG ECHO’s share in
meeting the overall humanitarian needs in the country by different sectors, except in the health and WASH
sector where the data seemed to follow a pattern.
Table 5: DG ECHO contribution visa-vis overall HRP, 2014-2018 (US$ million)
Sector
2014
2015
2018
HRP
reques
t
ECHO
spend
HRP
needs
ECHO
spend
HRP
needs
ECHO
spend
HRP
needs
ECHO
spend
HRP
needs
ECHO
spend
Food
security
149
3.7
92
6.0
110.2
10.5
135.5
0
90.6
10.5
2.5%
6.5%
9.5%
11.6%
Health
43.6
11.3
38.8
11.8
39.6
9.7
52.5
8.5
41.6
11.5
26%
30.4%
24.5%
16.2%
27.6%
34 Actual allocations made as of 4 April, 2019 (HOPE database) was €49.6 million which includes an additional funding of
€2 mn through ALERT mechanism for the floods in 2018 and an allocation of €1.6 mn from 2019 HIP.

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