Contribution to UNHCR Programme Budget 2023-2024 (earmarked)
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2024
UNHCR is one of Switzerland’s key multilateral partners due to its unique mandate by the General Assembly of United Nations to provide protection and assistance to refugees, asylum seekers, refugee returnees, and stateless persons. The strategic direction 2022-26 concretise the overall mandate of UNHCR for the upcoming years. Contributing to these directions allows Switzerland to achieve in particular the human development goal defined in the Dispatch to Parliament on International Cooperation for 2021-24.
Additional Allocation 2023 to ICRC Operations in Yemen
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2023
The ICRC is shifting priorities in Yemen towards people whose needs are most acute and enabling households to gain some level of self-sufficiency. In line with the Good Humanitarian donorship (GHD) principles, Switzerland recognizes the necessity of flexible funding to respond to changing needs. Additional SDC funding to the ICRC reinforces the ICRC to conduct its operation in Yemen where they are most needed.
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Yemen - WFP Additional H-Cash Allocation 2023
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2023
Switzerland supports operations of the World Food Programme (WFP) in 28 SDC priority countries. It funds Country Strategy Plans, incorporating all WFP programmes/projects, based on affected population needs. In Yemen, despite multiple challenges, the food and nutrition response combined with the positive effects of the truce, led to the country taking a step back from the edge of famine. But the outlook remains dire, not least because of increasingly fragmented and contentious operating environment, and funding shortfalls.
Allocation of SDC Funding (MENA Europe Division) in 2023 to ICRC Operations in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2023
SDC funding to ICRC operations allows the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to respond proactively and to provide immediate protection and assistance for people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence. In line with the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) principles, Switzerland recognizes the necessity of predictable and flexible funding to respond to changing needs in humanitarian crises.
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2023 Annual Allocation to WFP Country Strategic Plans
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2023
Against historic levels of food insecurity due to conflicts and climate change, Switzerland supports annually in 28 SDC priority countries operations of the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide humanitarian and development assistance. It funds indistinctively Country Strategic Plans, incorporating all WFP programmes or projects, based on affected population needs and potential synergies with other local partners, especially national governments and civil society.
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OCHA - Support to the Yemen Humanitarian Fund (YHF) 2023-2024
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2024
The Yemen Humanitarian Fund provides a principled, flexible, timely, and coordinated response towards meeting the most critical and acute needs identified in the Humanitarian Response Plan through the provision of funding for international and national NGOs and UN entities. Switzerland’s multi-year contribution strengthens this instrument more generally and specifically supports its aims to prioritize the hard-to-reach areas, anticipatory action and increased localization of the response.
DRC: Building resilience of Yemeni communities through integrated water resource management and provision of water supply, sanitation and hygiene services
01.12.2022
- 30.06.2026
Through the proposed intervention, the climate and conflict resilience of displacement-affected Yemeni in targeted locations will be reinforced through sustainable and community-led integrated water resource management (IWRM), sustainable water and sanitation systems, provision of multipurpose cash assistance (MPCA) and improved technical and institutional capacity of local partners.
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Peace Support Facility – FSO Safer Salvage Operation - Yemen
14.11.2022
- 31.12.2024
An oil spill from the Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) tanker “Safer” could occur at any time, discharging up to 1’148’000 mio barrels of crude oil along Yemen’s Red Sea coastline and neighbouring countries, affecting the lives and livelihoods of up to 12 million people. Through this contribution, Switzerland supports the United Nations’ salvage operation to prevent an oil spill in the Red Sea and its potentially disastrous impacts on Yemen and the region.
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UNICEF: Strengthening Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism to prevent and respond to grave violations against children in Yemen
25.10.2022
- 30.04.2025
Accountability for grave child rights’ violations in Yemen will be strengthened through the Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism on Children and Armed Conflict. Support will be provided for the collection, analysis and reporting on grave violations against children and the use of evidence and data for advocacy. Additionally, implementation of the Action plans signed by two parties to the conflict will be supported.
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Applying Economic Lenses and Local Perspectives to Improve Humanitarian Aid Delivery in Yemen
01.09.2022
- 31.03.2025
The Sanaa Center for Strategic Studies (SCSS), a reputable local think tank, will conduct research, provide recommendations and establish an exchange platform between local and international stakeholders which will contribute to enhance humanitarian assistance by better integrating an economic lens in responses and ensuring that local voices are heard.
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Yemen Pledging Conference 2022
01.03.2022
- 31.12.2022
In support of the Humanitarian Response in Yemen and in order to secure funding to reduce the suffering of the Yemeni population, Switzerland will co-host a high-level pledging conference on 16th of March together with Sweden and UNOCHA for the fifth time. Entering the 7th year of war have exacerbated these chronic vulnerabilities, leaving more than 20 million people – more than two thirds of the population – in need of humanitarian aid.
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ICRC Operations Appeals 2022: Allocation 2022 - Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen
01.01.2022
- 31.12.2022
SDC funding to ICRC operations allows the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to respond proactively and to provide immediate protection and assistance for people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence. In line with the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) principles, Switzerland recognizes the necessity of predictable and flexible funding to respond to changing needs in humanitarian crises.
