Sida’s support to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

OCHA is mandated by the UN General Assembly to manage the coordination of theinternational humanitarian system. Sida supports OCHA field offices and the OCHAmanaged country-based pooled funds (CBPFs).In 2016, Sida disbursed SEK 833 milliondirectly to OCHA, out of which 400 million was passed through UNDP agreements tothe CBPFs. Core funding through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was SEK 195million. All Sida contributions are based on an assessment of humanitarian needs inprotracted and emergency crisis settings.