GHA Report 2009 Humanitarian donor profiles

Spain’s total official humanitarian assistance expenditure, 2007

Spain Multilateral (totally unearmarked)

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

Spain was the eighth largest DAC donor of humanitarian aid by volume in 2007. CHF ERF
Its bilateral and multilateral contributions totalled US$370 million – or 4.3% of the
US$m 145 21 15 0 190 370
collective DAC total. Total humanitarian assistance expenditure increased by 6.3%
% total 39.1% 5.6% 4.0% 0.0% 51.3% 100.0%
between 2006 and 2007. Preliminary DAC data suggests that bilateral contributions
could rise again 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 7.6% of Spain’s total
ODA (excluding debt relief ). This is a smaller share than in previous years, but has to Total official humanitarian share of Spain’s
total ODA (excluding debt relief ), 2007
be seen in the context of the extremely rapid growth in Spain’s ODA as a whole. Top 10 recipients of Spain’s total official Palestine/OPT was the second
humanitarian assistance expenditure, 2007 largest recipient of Spain ‘s
The Spanish International Development Cooperation Agency (AECID) has produced a official humanitarian assistance
provisional Master Cooperation Plan for 2009-2012 with a section dedicated to
humanitarian action. AECID’s focus is on reducing vulnerabilities and strengthening
in 2007 but its top UN CAP
appeal recipient, accounting US$370m

140
160 for 12% of Spain’s reported
capacities in cooperation with beneficiary populations and recipient countries without
compromising development processes. A major development has been the creation of 140
expenditure through the FTS Spain’s total official
in 2007

US$ million (constant 2007 prices)

the Office of Humanitarian Assistance, which plays a key role in the management and 120 humanitarian expenditure, 2007
implementation of humanitarian action between Spain’s national administration and 100
its autonomous regions. Spain was last DAC peer reviewed in November 2007.
Its GHD domestic implementation plan was put in place in April 2009. 8%
80

60
US$8
www.aecid.es/export/sites/default/web/galerias/publicaciones/descargas/Plan_

36
Amount contributed by each

35
28
20
Director_2009–2012.pdf 40
Imputed CERF

19
Spanish citizen to total official

13

10
10
www.oecd.org/dataoecd/57/6/38965119.pdf 20

9
8
Total official humanitarian
assistance allocable by country humanitarian assistance, 2007
www.iecah.org/ftp/DES_AH_Res_ejec_Eng.pdf 0
-10

Other countries
Lebanon
Palestinian Adm. Areas
Sudan
Peru
Afghanistan
Guatemala
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Morocco
Nicaragua
Indonesia
Spain’s total official humanitarian assistance expenditure 2000-2008 6.3%
Spain is the sixth largest
contributor to the CERF. In 2007,
Change in Spain’s total official
Total official humanitarian Spain’s US$21m contribution humanitarian expenditure,
expenditure
370

accounted for 5.6% of its total

2006–2007
348

400
Multilateral (EC) official humanitarian expenditure
299
US$ million (constant 2007 prices)

350
Multilateral (UN agencies)
300
Bilateral
Top recipient of Spain’s flash and
consolidated appeal funding, 2007 0.03%
204

250
194

Lebanon was the largest recipient of

Share of Spanish GNI spent
156

Spain’s official humanitarian assistance

150

200
126

in 2007, accounting for 11.0% of the total on total official humanitarian

150 Palestinian territory,
allocable by country (including CERF) occupied Spain
100 12.0% assistance 2007
50

0
Outside the CAP
2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008
(prelim)

59.7%
Data notes
Spain spent US$66m on 17
consolidated and flash appeals in
Spain’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 22.9 % of its bilateral humanitarian comparable. Reporting requirements and
144

See Data notes definitions are different. Some, all or none of a

160 expenditure in 2008
DAC donor’s official humanitarian expenditure
133

140 might be included in the FTS figures. In some

Top recipients of Spain’s flash and
instances, more might be reported in
120 consolidated appeal funding, 2008 humanitarian assistance through the FTS than
is included in OECD DAC data
100
US$ million

67 DRC was the largest recipient of Spain’s

71

80 Analysis of official humanitarian assistance is

contributions to UN flash and consolidated based on OECD DAC data (DAC1, 2a and CRS),
86 appeal funding in 2008, accounting for
Democratic Republic of Congo 9.8%
60 Sudan 9.4% downloaded in April 2009. The data for 2008 is
51 19.6% of US$66m funding ‘inside the CAP’ Palestinian territory, occupied 7.6% preliminary and relates to bilateral humanitarian
40 (or 9.8% of the total reported by Spain West Africa 5.7%
Chad 4.2%
aid only. Full and final official data for 2008 will
through the FTS) Haiti 2.7% be published by the DAC in December 2009
20
21 58 66 Somalia 1.9%
0 Total reported through the FTS Myanmar 1.9% Outside the CAP FTS data is published in real time on ReliefWeb
Zimbabwe 1.5% 50.2% and was downloaded in April 2009.
2006

2007

2008

Other funding (‘outside the CAP’) Uganda 1.4% 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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