Humanitarian Organisations
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International Humanitarian Organisations
Denmark cooperates with numerous international humanitarian organisations.Read more -
EU
The EU is the world’s largest humanitarian donor through the member states’ own contributions, the community aid and the European Development Fund. The humanitarian aid of the EU is established in the Lisbon Treaty as an independent jurisdiction.Read more -
Aid schemes - Humanitarian organisations
Every year, Denmark contributes at least DKK 1.5 billion to the relief of humanitarian disasters around the world. The aid is provided through the UN system's humanitarian organisations, including the UNHCR, the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF, the Red Cross Movement, as well as through Danish civil society organisations.Read more
Humanitarian NGOs provide the greater part of emergency aid all over the world and are an important part of Danish humanitarian efforts. Experienced humanitarian organisations have solid expertise, detailed knowledge of specific local areas and the capacity to supply the right help to the most vulnerable population groups.
Therefore Denmark cooperates with a number of humanitarian organisations to supply emergency aid that is swift and efficient.
Danish humanitarian organisations
Danish humanitarian organisations have achieved special status as important and competent partners for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark in the implementation of Danish humanitarian assistance. This applies to both long-term development assistance and acute humanitarian interventions.
International humanitarian organisations
International humanitarian organisations have a key position in humanitarian assistance. This applies for instance to the UN’s humanitarian organisations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The EU’s humanitarian work
EU humanitarian assistance is coordinated by the Commission’s humanitarian office, ECHO (the Humanitarian Aid Office of the European Commission). While ECHO does not itself implement projects, it channels the assistance through other organisations.
Multilateral Analysis
In order to assess Denmark’s most important multilateral partner organisations the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have in 2013 completed an analysis of 17 international and humanitarian organisations, all receiving substantial contributions from Denmark. The organisations have been assessed in relation to Danish development priorities as described in the strategy The Right to a Better Life and in relation to their organisational effectiveness. Furthermore, under the heading “New Multilateralism” the analysis provides recommendations for Denmark’s engagement with the organisations in the years to come. The analysis can be downloaded here.