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European Commission

EUROPEAN CIVIL PROTECTION AND HUMANITARIAN AID OPERATIONS

WORKING WITH DG ECHO AS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION | 2014 - 2020

PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS


Credit: © 2017 European Union_Dominique Catton

The Commission is responsible for designing and implementing the Union policy in the field of Humanitarian Aid.
The European Union's humanitarian aid is intended to provide assistance, relief and protection to people in third countries who are victims of natural, man-made disasters or complex emergencies, in order to meet their humanitarian needs.

Humanitarian Aid provided is based on International law, specifically with international humanitarian law and refugee law and the fundamental humanitarian principles of:

humanity impartiality neutrality independence

Since the Commission does not intervene directly on the ground, the humanitarian programmes are implemented through Partners organisations that share with the DG ECHO common general objectives.

The Partners organisations are selected among United Nations relief agencies, members of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement, International Organisations (IOs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

The Partnership with the Commission is enshrined in a Framework Agreement that varies according to the type of Partner involved:

 

Partners' list

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