United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)

Overview

CERF is one of the fastest and most effective ways to ensure that urgently needed humanitarian assistance reaches people caught up in crises. Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005 as the United Nations global emergency response fund, CERF enables humanitarian responders to deliver life-saving assistance whenever and wherever crises strike.

As an essential enabler of global humanitarian action, CERF’s Rapid Response window allows country teams to kick-start relief efforts immediately in a coordinated and prioritized response when a new crisis emerges. CERF’s window for Underfunded Emergencies helps scale-up and sustain protracted relief operations to avoid critical gaps when no other funding is available.

Category:
Bilateral and Multilateral Agency
Sectors of Interest:
Education, Health, Women Rights and Empowerment, Agriculture, Water and Wastewater, Humanitarian aid, Refugees and Migration
Subsectors of Interest:
Aquaculture and fisheries, Community resilience, Delivery of emergency goods , Ending violence against women and girls, Internally displaced persons, Medical services, Refugee protection, Relief assistance and services, Water Sanitation Hygiene and Health
Country of Coverage:
Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Headquarters:
United States

United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)
https://cerf.un.org/
cerf@un.org
Ms. Deborah Collins
Head of Humanitarian, Multilateral and Civil Society Partnerships Division
deborah@un.org
Mr. Mohamed Methqal
Ambassador and Director General
Morocco
Mr. Shaheen Ali Al-Kaabi
Ambassador and Director of the Department of International Cooperation
Qatar
aas@un.org

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Name	Category	Countries of Coverage	Sectors & Services
Embassy of Ireland	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Education, Health, Democratic Governance, Women Rights and Empowerment, Agriculture, Humanitarian aid, Social Development, Climate Change and Global Warming
Embassy of Switzerland	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen	Education, Health, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Democratic Governance, Women Rights and Empowerment, Child Rights, Human Rights, Agriculture, Environment and Energy, Infrastructure, Water and Wastewater, Humanitarian aid, Refugees and Migration, Social Development, Trade, Food Security, Climate Change and Global Warming
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Netherlands	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Democratic Governance, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment, Child Rights, Human Rights, Environment and Energy, Water and Wastewater, Humanitarian aid, Arts and Culture, Media Development, Social Development, Trade
Swedish Embassy	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates	Education, Economic Growth, Democratic Governance, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment, Human Rights, Humanitarian aid, Social Development, Trade
Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation (ACCD)	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine	Education, Health, Entrepreneurship, Democratic Governance, Women Rights and Empowerment, Child Rights, Human Rights, Water and Wastewater, Humanitarian aid, Refugees and Migration, Arts and Culture, Trade
Italian Agency for Development Cooperation	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia	Education, Health, Economic Growth, Democratic Governance, Child Rights, Human Rights, Agriculture, Environment and Energy, Infrastructure, Urban & Rural Development, Water and Wastewater, Humanitarian aid, Refugees and Migration, Arts and Culture, Social Development, Food Security
ADA	International Organization	Morocco, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates	Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Youth Empowerment, Agriculture
Enabel-Belgian Development Agency	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia	Agriculture, Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment and Energy, Health, Information Communication and Technology, Infrastructure, Refugees and Migration, Urban & Rural Development, Water and Wastewater, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, United Arab Emirates	Climate Change and Global Warming, Democratic Governance, Education, Food Security, Health, Women Rights and Empowerment
UNFPA	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Child Rights, Democratic Governance, Health, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
OCHA	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen	Climate Change and Global Warming, Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Human Rights, Humanitarian aid, Social Development, Women Rights and Empowerment
UNICEF	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Child Rights, Education, Health, Women Rights and Empowerment
Embassy of France	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey	Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment and Energy, Refugees and Migration, Social Development, Tourism, Urban & Rural Development, Water and Wastewater, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
FAO	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Agriculture, Food Security, Health, Trade, Urban & Rural Development, Water and Wastewater
UNHCR	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Education, Refugees and Migration
UN Crisis Relief	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Yemen	Food Security, Humanitarian aid
DANIDA	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia	Democratic Governance, Human Rights, Youth Empowerment
World Food Program	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen	Agriculture, Food Security, Humanitarian aid, Social Development
IOM	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen	Humanitarian aid, Refugees and Migration
WHO	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Health, Humanitarian aid
Global Affairs Canada	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Humanitarian aid
German Ministry for Economic Cooperation	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen	Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Humanitarian aid
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Economic Growth, Humanitarian aid, Refugees and Migration
JICA	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen	Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Information Communication and Technology
KOICA	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia	Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Humanitarian aid
Norwegain Ministry of Foreign Affair
United Arab of Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation