Good Humanitarian Donorship | Activities | Harmonisation of Reporting

Good Humanitarian Donorship

Burundi: close to the Rwandan border
Photograph courtesy of ECHO

Saving lives and alleviating suffering
Assistance according to need
Adequate, predictable, flexible funding
Donor accountability and learning

Harmonisation of Reporting

During 2005, donors made progress with several agencies towards the harmonisation of reporting and management requirements. These include:

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

OCHA will continue to improve its Annual Report in order to minimise any additional reporting requirements. Emphasis will also be placed on harmonising the management demands of individual donors.

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

ICRC presented its Donor Support Group with a detailed outline of their reporting systems in June 2005. A growing number of donors are accepting to accepting standard reporting. During a Good Humanitarian Donorship session at the same meeting, donors agreed to continue work on harmonisation of management demands.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

In July 2005, seven donors had accepted UNHCR's Global Report as their sole reporting document. Some donors were in the process of institutionalising the single reporting mechanism, while others required further improvements in its results-based reporting.

World Food Programme (WFP)

WFP's Executive Board has endorsed annual Standard Performance Reports as the sole vehicle for reporting on individual food aid operations. If WFP member states require more reporting, they must pay for it bilaterally. WFP also produces an Annual Performance Report covering all WFP activities.