Allocation process

OCHA's Johana Botia speaks with a member of the indigenous community in ocas del Yi during a MIRA evaluation.
OCHA's Johana Botia speaks with a member of the indigenous community in ocas del Yi during a MIRA evaluation. OCHA/Andrés Torres

The Latin America and the Caribbean Humanitarian Fund (LAC HF) has active Country Envelopes in Colombia and Haiti, with contributions earmarked for each country. Contributions from donors are allocated by the Humanitarian Coordinator, in consultation with the Advisory Board, to priority needs. The Humanitarian Coordinator can allocate funding to humanitarian partners through two types of allocation modalities:

  • Standard Allocations: Used to support the response when an allocation is less time sensitive than a Reserve Allocation. Typically, a large number of partners have the potential to deliver on the objective of the allocation, requiring a competitive process. The allocations take place against the backdrop of the Humanitarian Response Plan or other equivalent collective humanitarian plans.  
  • Reserve Allocations: Intended primarily to respond to rapid onset and unforeseen circumstances and address corresponding needs. Rapid response to an unforeseen cholera outbreak in a particular geographical location is an illustrative example.  

While Country Envelope funding is deployed through allocations, Regional Envelope funding is deployed through allotments to different countries in the region, managed in turn under the leadership of the respective Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator or Resident Coordinator through allocations.

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