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Annual Report 2018International Cooperation

INTERNATIONAL DISASTER RELIEF | RECOVERY | DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

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There is currently a spirit of change in many African countries. Social and economic conditions are improving, urban centres are developing into regional technology hubs, and a broader, financially well-off middle class is

developing. At the same time, there continues to be suffering and poverty in many places in Africa.

In parallel to this, we are seeing fundamental changes in development cooperation. Topics such as innovation, private capital investing in development and the question of whether development cooperation can generate sustainable economic growth are now being discussed. The economic sector will make a greater contribution to the development of Africa through the reorganisation of relations with Africa.

In the process, even basic tenets are being questioned: Not even the hitherto undisputed goal of development cooperation, poverty reduction, appears to be beyond dispute in the current discussion. It is being expressed ever more openly that development policy should also promote foreign trade.

This seems to conflict with the increasing demand that sustainable change needs a fundamental rethink of approaches, particularly in the countries of the so-called rich north. Globally that means investing in climate action and ecological sustainability.

What roles do development cooperation and the private sector therefore have in this time of reorganisation of relations between Europe and Africa? How can local sustainable value chains be created that lead to better incomes and greater prosperity in Africa while preserving natural resources? How do we finally manage to give development cooperation a real chance by not destroying development gains through contrary action in other policy areas?

In this year‘s annual report, we want to take up these questions, letting experts give us their perspective in order to contribute to the ongoing discussion and create an understanding to further increase the effectivity and quality of development cooperation and humanitarian aid.

A report on our project in the southern Caucasus illustrates how we respond to these questions in our daily work.

We wish you an exciting read.

The role of development cooperation and the private sector will have to be clarified as relations between Europe and Africa are being reorganised.

Werner Kerschbaum Secretary General

Walter Hajek Head of

International Cooperation

Africa 2050

Michael Opriesnig Deputy Secretary General

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Do you think less development cooperation and more economic investment is the right way forward for EU-Africa relations?

Development includes economic advancement. The notions of economic investment and development cooperation are not mutually exclusive. We need to keep exploring how to strike the right balance. At the end of the day, the debate should be about the results and the impact on lives. Africa is a continent that presents many opportunities to investors due to its natural resources and its young people. The population is expected to double by 2050, reaching 4.5 billion. Africa’s future will have an impact on other parts of the world. The way for the west to deal with Africa is likely to change significantly.

What role does the strong Chinese engagement play? In the end, Africans need to find solutions for their own problems and have a clear vision and the right plan, ultimately focusing on sustainable development. What we are seeing now is that others are coming with their own agenda and dumping it onto many countries where there is a lack of good governance. This is where great change should happen.

Is it good that the EU includes human rights and good governance as part of their treaties?Good governance is the key, and every penny invested should really go to the reason it has been provided for. Economic development and economic cooperation have to go hand in hand with cooperation in other areas, like good governance, education and health.

So no focus on economic development without a holistic approach?Absolutely. In Africa you can’t really get to the next level, in terms of growth and development, if you don’t invest in education and health first – those are two essential pillars for investment in human development. For me, human development is the key for African development.

What is important for a win-win-relationship between Europe and Africa? To put people and their needs first. Africa is plagued with several conflicts. All these aspects have to be looked at carefully if you bring in investors. Then you should consider which investment matters most for the next 10, 15 or 50 years. Take Rwanda or Kenya: You can see that human development has been put first. In addition, you have service development that will allow people to use their own intellectual potential to link up with business makers, policy makers and advocates. To make sure that the environment is conducive for big investments and people will benefit from them. All African countries should look at these positive examples. C

„Good Governanceis the Key“

Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré (left) in Sierra Leone

Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré wants people and their needs to be the focus of new relations with the EU. But the economy is also needed.

Dr. Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré is director of the Africa region of the International Federation of

Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

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When you set out for the Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda‘s capital, the streets you drive through are clean and tidy. The cliché of the chaotic

African city does not apply here. Nobody expected the country to recover economically

so quickly after the horror of the genocide 25 years ago. However, with growth rates of around 7 per cent, Rwanda‘s growth has remained at a high level. The government put its focus on modernity, digitalisation, anti-corruption and foreign investors.

Do what Rwanda is doing! Many critics of develop-ment cooperation like to use the small country as an example of why aid funds are generally not needed. As Dambisa Moyo argues in her book "Dead Aid" pub-lished in 2009, development cooperation is not only not effective enough, it is also counterproductive. Develop-ment cooperation, according to her major criticism, does not get through to those in need directly enough. And relief efforts do not generate any sustainable economic growth, she says.

What undoubtedly applies for some countries can not be viewed as valid in general. Rwanda has worked through the aftermath of the genocide with a serious-ness from which other countries could learn a lot. The country has also undergone rapid development because of the support it received from the US and Europe. The international community failed in 1994 and stood idly by as the killing took place. The aid after the genocide

is seen as an attempt to make amends. Plus: Rwanda is far from democratic. Authorities deal ruthlessly with the opposition, and President Paul Kagame, in office since the year 2000, could stay in power until 2034 due to changes in the constitution.

The images that we draw of the global south are often generic, as for instance when talking about

"development through eco-nomy": examples show that opening the economy for foreign investors is not enough.

Since the first critical reflection of the develop-ment approach in the 1970s, many already recognised that development cooperation can only be a stimulus that makes sense when combined with policies aimed at sustaina-bility. NGOs have for decades been pushing to move

"beyond development aid" towards people and states helping themselves, and this has been picked up again in current debates on the future of development.

In their current book "Hilfe? Hilfe! Wege aus der globalen Krise" ("Help? Help! Ways Out of the Global Crisis"), Thomas Gebauer and Ilija Trojanov assert that

the economic sector‘s power over the develop-ment sector has grown substantially in

the past few decades. Today, official development cooperation is pre-

dominantly "the promotion of foreign trade", characterised by neoliberal economic policy.

The SDGs adopted in 2015 by the United Nations

offer a chance for a change in perspective in the north-south

relationship, with the understan-ding that all countries have to change,

Development cooperation at a turning point: the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an opportunity but do not go far enough.

World Seeks Plan

BY RICHARD SOLDER

The author Richard Solder is the editor-in-chief of

"Südwind-Magazin" reporting on international politics, culture and development. Before that, the

Austrian, who originally comes from the province of Vorarlberg, worked for "Wiener Zeitung" and

was a freelance journalist, focusing on foreign affairs and migration.

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for instance concerning the fight against poverty, access to education or the renunciation of fossil fuel resources. Gone are the days when the global north felt able to lecture the south about economic policy.

In 2018, the President of the European Commission spoke of a new EU-Africa trade agreement and of a

"partnership of equals". In order to place the relationship between the countries on an equal footing, it would be sufficient to reduce obstacles in many cases: we talk accusingly of economic migrants without considering the consequences of free trade agreements – such as the effects of European chicken subsidies on African mar-kets – that generate profit at the cost of local providers.

SDG 1 is about fighting poverty. According to the World Bank the number of people living on less than a dollar a day has been halved worldwide since 1990. But while a middle class formed in China, the number of poor in Subsaharan Africa increased by millions.

Particularly in times in which many people in Europe are unsettled by globalisation, their governments should be emphasising global connections, instead of fanning fears with migration and security topics thus making a solution-oriented discourse impossible.

The SDGs are dedicated to fighting such inequa-lities, yet they also put their main focus on growth. But how is that supposed to work with our planet‘s finite resources? In the interest of the fight against climate

change which has to be part of the global plan, is there room in mainstream society to talk about alternatives?

Inequality, climate change, migration: these will be decisive issues as development cooperation seeks to redefine itself. NGOs as part of development coopera-tion are increasingly coming under pressure in a socie-tal atmosphere that is very different from ten years ago. Today‘s challenge is fundamental: defending human rights and the work of NGOs and creating an aware-ness of global context. Political scientist Ulrich Brand pinpoints this with his concept of "imperial lifestyle". The clothing that we wear is one of the factors that define the working conditions in, for example, India. And our decision to buy a car influences the climate and may thus indirectly influence droughts.

A greater awareness of historical developments in other corners of the world could change our approach to foreign policy.

Let‘s keep an active interest in Ethiopia where under the new prime minister Abiy Ahmed a spirit of optimism is sweeping through the country. A multi-ethnic state that was characterised for decades by authoritaria-nism, poverty and tensions between ethnic groups is now taking bold steps towards reform. And let us continue to work in partnership with the people of Rwanda to support the further development of their economy and expansion of democracy step by step. C


Over the last few days, there has been heavy rain in Sumagalli in Azerbaijan. The water in the stream that runs through the village has risen consi-derably. Children from one part of the village go to school over a bridge;

in the past, the route to school was cut off when there were floods.In Kurtan in Armenia, municipal employees collect full dustbins and take them to a landfill site. A great improvement to the situation in the past when the inhabitants primarily threw their rubbish into the stream.

Those are just two of the visible results of the regional disaster preparedness project that has been financed by the Austrian Development Cooperation and implemented by the Red Cross and the Red Crescent since 2013 in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. The goal: to make municipalities safer and more resilient in the event of disasters and to enable them to help themselves.

After six years, Austrian Red Cross project coordinator Michael Graber, can take positive stock: "We first analysed the general problems of the communities in collaboration with the population, the authorities and other local contact persons. Challenges that could be very different in the regions. In the process, it was important

to create awareness both of the identified problem and above all of disaster preparedness, and then to jointly de-velop solutions. The team of volunteers were then trained and equipped so that they were prepared as first respon-ders in the case of major or minor disasters such as storm damage or accidents."

Most muncipalities are affected by disasters which can be exacerbated by climate change, including heat waves, cold waves, heavy rain, droughts, flooding and landslides.In this case preparedness means: a disaster plan, purchase of an emergency generator, greening a slope, check dams, volunteer training, and drills such as the evacuation of a school.

The teams of volunteers who initially focused on disaster response now work much better with the local authorities and are also active in other projects for the common good: trees are being planted, joint clean-up work has started in the villages and older members of the community are being supported in the community centres of the local Red Cross. C

Building safe and resilient communities – five years of disaster preparedness and knowledge transfer.

Building Bridges, Planting Trees

Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia

Regular training is part of good disaster preparedness.

The Diyalli bridge is just one of many that have been repaired again

INFO: www.drr-southcaucasus.org

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Country Programmes and Projects

ABBREVIATIONS: ADA: Austrian Development Agency | BMI: Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs | DG ECHO: Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection of the European Commission | DG DEVCO: Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission | FFG: Austrian Research Promotion Agency | IFRC: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross | RC: Red Cross

Our projects help to achieve the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

DESCRIPTION PARTNERS DONORSTOTAL BUDGET IN EURO

DURATION SDG

Afghanistan

Provision of relief items and cash assistance to 64,000 vulnerable persons as well as access to potable water for 10 health units and medical aid for 47 health units

ICRCADA, Red Cross contributions

2,528,7501/2018– 12/2018

2, 3, 6, 11

ArmeniaSupport to refugee families for integration into the Armenian job market and school system as well as for securing accommodation

Armenian RCADA, DG DEVCO, Red Cross contributions

3,793,0007/2018– 7/2021

1, 4, 8, 10

BangladeshProvision of potable water, hygiene, sanitation and medical care in a field hospital for 200,000 persons

British RC, Danish RC, Finnish RC, IFRC, Swedish RC

ADA, donations, Danish RC, Finnish RC, IFRC, Swedish RC, Red Cross contributions

901,9903/2017– 12/2019

3, 6, 11

Democratic Republic

Congo

Support to affected communities with water, hygiene and health activities for Ebola prepared-ness, e. g. household disinfection, hand-washing campaigns, implementation of an early-warning system as well as safe and dignified burials

IFRCADA, donations, IFRC, Red Cross contributions

111,5005/2018– 12/2019

3, 6, 11

Ethiopia

Capacity building for the Ethiopian Red Cross Ethiopian RC Red Cross contributions 25,8804/2014– 12/2018

17

Sustainable access to potable water, improved hygiene and sanitation for the population of Shalla Woreda and Assossa

Ethiopian RC, Swiss RC

ADA, Else Kröner-Fresenius-Foundation, Regional government Carinthia, Regional government via RC Regional Branch Vorarlberg, RC Regional Branch Vorarlberg, Neighbour in Need, Red Cross contributions, Swiss RC, Vöslauer

826,3801/2017– 6/2020

6

Drought support: improved access to potable water and sanitation as well as livelihood support for drought-affected families

Ethiopian RCADA, donations, Red Cross contributions

526,4207/2017– 3/2019

1, 6, 11

Reduction of female genital mutilation, better health access for women and capacity building for the Ethiopian Red Cross

Ethiopian RC, Finnish RC

ADA, Finnish RC, Red Cross contributions

371,5008/2018– 7/2021

3, 17

Provision of food, shelter, health care for 25,700 conflict-affected and internally displaced people as well as access to potable water for 3,300 persons


1,011,6601/2018– 3/2019

2, 3, 6, 11

Georgia

Development of medical in addition to social services in home care as well as operation of a day centre in Tiflis for elderly and socially vulnerable persons

IFRC, Georgia RCRed Cross contributions, Swiss RC

124,84012/2017– 12/2019

1, 3, 10

Indonesia

Support to persons affected by earthquakes and tsunamis with shelter, relief items, health services, water and hygiene as well as protection and rehabilitation of livelihoods, particularly for vulnerable groups

IFRCADA, donations, Red Cross contributions

1,023,00010/2018– 3/2020

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11

IraqProvision of food, shelter, health care for 3,375 vulnerable persons and potable water for 19,841 persons


505,9101/2018– 3/2019

2, 3, 6, 11

Kyrgyzstan

Urban disaster preparedness including contingen-cy plans, first-aid training and school preparation as well as emergency relief for 1,000 persons during a cold wave in Bishkek

Kyrgyz RCDonations, Red Cross contributions

105,2401/2018– 12/2018

1, 3, 11

LebanonImproved living conditions, potable water, sanita-tion and hygiene as well as winterisation support for Syrian refugees and host communities

Lebanese RCADA, donations, Red Cross contributions

1,829,6806/2017– 6/2019

1, 6, 10, 11

MacedoniaImprovement of home care services, e. g. development of a "home care competence centre" in Skopje and training of carers

Macedonian RCCity of Vienna, Red Cross contributions, Steiermär-kische Sparkasse

57,5305/2017– 10/2019

3, 10, 17



DURATION SDG

Myanmar Provision of food aid to 8,610 vulnerable persons and of potable water to 8,771 persons

ICRC ADA, Red Cross contributions 708,2101/2018– 12/2018

2, 6, 11

Nepal

Relief and reconstruction after the heavy earthquakes in Nepal in April and May 2015, including trainings for masons and carpenters as well as water, sanitation and disaster preparedness activities

American RC (U.S.), IFRC, Nepalese RC, Swiss RC

ADA, Austrian Youth RC, corporate and private donations, IFRC, Neighbour in Need, Red Cross contributions

2,983,4704/2015– 6/2021

1, 6, 11

Earthquake/disaster preparedness for affected communities in Kavre

Danish RC, Nepalese RC

Donations, Red Cross contributions

1,238,8504/2018– 3/2021

1, 11

Water, hygiene and sanitation activities in Palpa with a focus on women and persons with disabilities

Nepalese RCDonations, Red Cross contributions

230,17010/2018– 12/2020

5, 6, 10, 11

Philippines

Rehabilitation and disaster preparedness after Typhoon Haiyan

German RC, Philippine RC

Donations, German RC 176,15011/2013– 5/2019

1, 11, 17

Exchange of expertise with the Philippine Red Cross in disaster risk reduction and disaster preparedness, particularly in forecast-based financing, sanitation and cash-based programming


Donations 109,2508/2018– 12/2019

1, 6, 11, 17

Rwanda

Access to potable water and health care as well as income generation for 800 women

Rwanda RC

ADA, Jugend eine Welt, Red Cross contributions, Regional government via RC Regional Branch Styria

559,7401/2017– 12/2019

1, 3, 5, 6

Development of a Red Cross ambulance service incl., job profile creation for emergency medical technicians, training curricula and official recognition by the authorities

Rwanda RC

Else Kröner-Fresenius- Foundation, Red Cross contributions, RC Regional Branch Styria

555,4502/2018– 12/2021

3, 17

Serbia Strengthening the Serbian Red Cross blood donor recruitment

Serbian RC Donations 55,2009/2016– 9/2018

3, 17

South Sudan

Healthier Communities II: access to safe water and improved hygiene for 4,500 persons

Finnish RC, South Sudan RC


447,7901/2016– 12/2018

6

Disaster preparedness (water treatment) for South Sudan Red Cross

South Sudan RC

Donations, Finnish RC, Neighbour in Need, Norwegian RC, Red Cross contributions, RC Regional Branch Styria

555,2209/2017– 10/2019

1, 6, 11

Provision of food aid for 72,000 conflict-affected persons for one month


2, 11

Provision of food, shelter, health care for 9,800 persons as well as potable water for 5,000 persons


2, 3, 6, 11

Syria

Provision of food, water and medical care for up to 425,500 persons

ICRCADA, ICRC, Red Cross contributions

2,128,60011/2017– 2/2019

2, 3, 6, 11

Mine prevention for up to 193,040 persons and rehabilitation centre services for war wounded

ICRC ADA, Red Cross contributions 1,011,6001/2018– 2/2019

3, 11

Distribution of 8,000 food parcels to 40,000 persons in and around Aleppo


342,8909/2016– 3/2018

2, 11

Water system rehabilitation in Bassimeh, north-west of Damascus

Syrian Arab Red Crescent

Neighbour in Need, Red Cross contributions

644,0007/2018– 12/2019

6, 11

Support to conflict-affected population with food, relief items and medical care

IFRC, Syrian Arab Red Crescent

ADA, donations, Red Cross contributions

2,000,21012/2016– 4/2018

2, 3, 11

ChadProvision of food, shelter, health care for 32,950 vulnerable persons as well as access to potable water for 23,000 persons


2, 3, 6, 11

Uganda

Provision of potable water, health care, waste management and support to income generation for South Sudanese and Congolese refugees in the north of Uganda

Uganda RCADA, donations, Neighbour in Need, Red Cross contributions

1,644,7416/2017– 6/2020

1, 3, 6, 10, 11

Strengthening the Uganda Red Cross in tracing missing persons, restoring family links and in dissemination of international humanitarian law


16, 17

Ukraine

Health services including mobile clinics and medicines, economic support for building up livelihoods and winterisation aid for the population in Eastern Ukraine

ICRC, Ukrainian RCADA, Liechtenstein RC, Red Cross contributions

1,224,8601/2017– 3/2020

1, 3, 11

Mine prevention and support for mine victims in conflict areas

ICRC, Ukrainian RC ADA, Red Cross contributions 505,7501/2018– 12/2018

3, 11

Yemen

Provision of food to 21,450 vulnerable persons and potable water to 29,890 persons as well as medical care for 5,279 wounded, sick and persons with disabilities


2, 3, 6, 11

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Global and Regional Projects

ABBREVIATIONS: ADA: Austrian Development Agency | BMI: Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs | DG ECHO: Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection of the European Commission | DG DEVCO: Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission | FFG: Austrian Research Promotion Agency | IFRC: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross | RC: Red Cross


DURATION SDG

Myanmar Provision of food aid to 8,610 vulnerable persons and of potable water to 8,771 persons


2, 6, 11

Nepal

Relief and reconstruction after the heavy earthquakes in Nepal in April and May 2015, including trainings for masons and carpenters as well as water, sanitation and disaster preparedness activities

American RC (U.S.), IFRC, Nepalese RC, Swiss RC

ADA, Austrian Youth RC, corporate and private donations, IFRC, Neighbour in Need, Red Cross contributions

2,983,4704/2015– 6/2021

1, 6, 11

Earthquake/disaster preparedness for affected communities in Kavre

Danish RC, Nepalese RC


1,238,8504/2018– 3/2021

1, 11

Water, hygiene and sanitation activities in Palpa with a focus on women and persons with disabilities

Nepalese RCDonations, Red Cross contributions

230,17010/2018– 12/2020

5, 6, 10, 11

Philippines

Rehabilitation and disaster preparedness after Typhoon Haiyan


Donations, German RC 176,15011/2013– 5/2019

1, 11, 17

Exchange of expertise with the Philippine Red Cross in disaster risk reduction and disaster preparedness, particularly in forecast-based financing, sanitation and cash-based programming


Donations 109,2508/2018– 12/2019

1, 6, 11, 17

Rwanda

Access to potable water and health care as well as income generation for 800 women

Rwanda RC

ADA, Jugend eine Welt, Red Cross contributions, Regional government via RC Regional Branch Styria

559,7401/2017– 12/2019

1, 3, 5, 6

Development of a Red Cross ambulance service incl., job profile creation for emergency medical technicians, training curricula and official recognition by the authorities

Rwanda RC

Else Kröner-Fresenius- Foundation, Red Cross contributions, RC Regional Branch Styria

555,4502/2018– 12/2021

3, 17

Serbia Strengthening the Serbian Red Cross blood donor recruitment

Serbian RC Donations 55,2009/2016– 9/2018

3, 17

South Sudan

Healthier Communities II: access to safe water and improved hygiene for 4,500 persons

Finnish RC, South Sudan RC


447,7901/2016– 12/2018

6

Disaster preparedness (water treatment) for South Sudan Red Cross

South Sudan RC

Donations, Finnish RC, Neighbour in Need, Norwegian RC, Red Cross contributions, RC Regional Branch Styria

555,2209/2017– 10/2019

1, 6, 11

Provision of food aid for 72,000 conflict-affected persons for one month


2, 11

Provision of food, shelter, health care for 9,800 persons as well as potable water for 5,000 persons


2, 3, 6, 11

Syria

Provision of food, water and medical care for up to 425,500 persons

ICRCADA, ICRC, Red Cross contributions

2,128,60011/2017– 2/2019

2, 3, 6, 11

Mine prevention for up to 193,040 persons and rehabilitation centre services for war wounded


3, 11

Distribution of 8,000 food parcels to 40,000 persons in and around Aleppo


342,8909/2016– 3/2018

2, 11

Water system rehabilitation in Bassimeh, north-west of Damascus

Syrian Arab Red Crescent

Neighbour in Need, Red Cross contributions

644,0007/2018– 12/2019

6, 11

Support to conflict-affected population with food, relief items and medical care

IFRC, Syrian Arab Red Crescent


2,000,21012/2016– 4/2018

2, 3, 11

ChadProvision of food, shelter, health care for 32,950 vulnerable persons as well as access to potable water for 23,000 persons


2, 3, 6, 11

Uganda

Provision of potable water, health care, waste management and support to income generation for South Sudanese and Congolese refugees in the north of Uganda

Uganda RCADA, donations, Neighbour in Need, Red Cross contributions

1,644,7416/2017– 6/2020

1, 3, 6, 10, 11

Strengthening the Uganda Red Cross in tracing missing persons, restoring family links and in dissemination of international humanitarian law


16, 17

Ukraine

Health services including mobile clinics and medicines, economic support for building up livelihoods and winterisation aid for the population in Eastern Ukraine

ICRC, Ukrainian RCADA, Liechtenstein RC, Red Cross contributions

1,224,8601/2017– 3/2020

1, 3, 11

Mine prevention and support for mine victims in conflict areas

ICRC, Ukrainian RC ADA, Red Cross contributions 505,7501/2018– 12/2018

3, 11

Yemen

Provision of food to 21,450 vulnerable persons and potable water to 29,890 persons as well as medical care for 5,279 wounded, sick and persons with disabilities


2, 3, 6, 11


DURATION SDG

Global

Research & Development

Research projects for global improvement of humani-tarian aid: satellite observation, testing of solar pumps, faecal sludge management lab in Eastern Africa and Bangladesh, as well as Red Cross surge optimisation

Canadian RC, IFRC, Uganda RC, other partners

Donations, HIF, FFG, Norwegian RC, Red Cross contributions

205,2605/2016– 12/2019

6, 11, 17

Disasters Worldwide

Emergency relief for disaster-affected persons in Armenia, Belarus, Libya and Gaza

Armenian RC, Belarus RC, ICRC, IFRC


27,02012/2017– 6/2019

1, 2, 3, 6, 11

Africa Region

Eastern Africa

Strengthening livelihoods in Somalia (70%) and Ethiopia (30%) with emergency relief and generation of regular income

IFRCADA, Red Cross contributions

1,008,8401/2017– 6/2018

1, 11

Development of the "WASH Forum East Africa“, a Red Cross platform for capacity building in water, sanitation and hygiene

Ethiopian RC, Rwanda RC, Uganda RC


3,777,1301/2018– 12/2024

6, 17

Long-term quality improvement for WASH and food security programmes in Ethiopia and Kenya as well as Ebola preparedness in Uganda

Ethiopian RC, Finnish RC, Kenya RC

Donations 24,1502/2016– 6/2019

2, 3, 6, 11, 17

Long-term quality improvement for WASH and food security programmes in Ethiopia and Kenya as well as Ebola preparedness in Uganda

Horizont 3000, Kenya RC, Rwanda RC

ADA, Red Cross contributions

75,8801/2017– 12/2019

17

Europe Region

South Caucasus

Building safe and resilient communities 2: disaster preparedness and knowledge transfer in 32 communities

Armenian RC, Azerbaijan Red Crescent, Georgia RC

ADA, Red Cross contributions, Swiss RC

1,900,00012/2015– 2/2019

1, 11

Strengthening the disaster management capacity of the Armenian and Georgia Red Cross Societies

Danish RCDG ECHO, Red Cross contributions

24,1507/2017– 6/2018

11, 17

South-Eastern and Eastern

Europe

Strengthening NGO networks for inclusion of elderly people in the Western Balkans

Macedonian RC, Montenegro RC, NGOs, Serbian RC

ADA, DG DEVCO, donations, Red Cross contributions

120,0009/2015– 12/2018

3, 10, 17

First aid and disaster preparedness in schools and kindergartens

Austrian Youth RC, Bulgarian RC, Hungarian RC, Macedonian RC, Serbian RC

DG EAC, donations, Red Cross contributions

310,50010/2018– 9/2020

1, 3, 11

Capacity building in psycho-social first aid and psycho-social support in disasters for the Red Cross Societies

Croatian RC, Italian RC, Macedonian RC, Serbian RC, Slovenian RC, other partners

DG ECHO, donations, other RC societies

575,0002/2017– 1/2019

3, 11, 17

Europe

Regional disaster preparedness and civil protection programme in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova as well as the Balkans

Albanian RC, Bulgarian RC, Croatian RC, IFRC, Macedonian RC, Montenegro RC, Serbian RC, Slovenian RC, other partners

Donations, Red Cross contributions, other European Union contributions

53,35011/2014– 12/2019

1, 11, 17

Strengthening emergency relief, disaster preparedness and regional capacities within the Red Cross movement

IFRC

Donations, Red Cross contributions, other European Union contributions

136,8501/2018– 12/2019

11, 17

Strengthening disaster preparedness for the population in Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova and improving Red Cross volunteer management

Belarus RC, Bulgarian RC, Danish RC, German RC, Ukrainian RC, other partners

ADA, DG ECHO, other RC societies, Red Cross contributions, University of Innsbruck

639,4001/2018– 12/2020

11, 17

Advocacy in the Red Cross EU office in Brussels IFRC Red Cross contributions 120,2107/2017– 6/2018

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Funding Sources

1. Donations

Unallocated B € 280,160

Earmarked B € 1,459,918

Project donations from foundations B € 560,653

2. Red Cross contributions B € 3,690,751

3. Project financing by the public sector B € 13,157,859

Total € 19,149,341

Utilisation of Funds

1. Services for statutory aims

Disaster relief management B € 13,494,483

Rehabilitation B € 796,149

Development cooperation B € 3,590,675

Project support and advocacy B € 843,378

2. Fundraising and administration costs B € 424,656

Total € 19,149,341

Key Figures

In addition to the Austrian Red Cross regional branches, the following donors made our work possible:

Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection

18.7 %

4.2 %

2.2 %

70.5 %

4.4 %

7.6 %

1.5 %

68.7 %

2.9 %

19.3 %

11ANNUAL REPORT 2018

Europe | total € 2,502,622

Supranational | total € 1,519,152

Utilisation of Funds by Region

Ukraine (€ 844,081)33.7 %

Europe supranational (€ 574,395)23 %

South Caucasus Region (€ 470,440)18.8 %

Armenia (€ 203,393)8.1 %

Kyrgyzstan (€ 109,767)4.4 %

Romania (€ 107,300)

2.8 % Georgia (€ 70,817)

1.7 % South Eastern Europe supranational (€ 42,682)

0.6 % Italy (€ 15,715)

1.6 % Serbia (€ 39,432)1 % Hungary (€ 24,600)

4.3 %

Asia | total € 10,895,691Syria (€ 3,191,239)29.3 %

Afghanistan (€ 2,528,750)23.2 %

Indonesia (€ 1,018,265)9.3 %

Yemen (€ 1,011,510)9.3 %

Nepal (€ 814,864)Lebanon (€ 927,623)8.5 %

7.5 %

4.6 %

3.4 %

Iraq (€ 506,192)Bangladesh (€ 366,789)

1.9 % Vietnam (€ 207,000)

1.7 % Philippines (€ 180,655)0.9 % Asia supranational (€ 98,226)

0.4 % Middle East supranational (€ 44,578)

Africa | total € 4,231,876Uganda (€ 1,462,906)34.5 %

31.5 % Africa supranational (€ 1,331,406)

5.3 %South Sudan (€ 716,403)

Rwanda (€ 185,393)Democratic Republic of the Congo (€ 110,098)

0.3 % Libya (€ 11,402)

Ethiopia (€ 222,489)

16.9 %

4.5 %

4.4 %

2.6 %

Eastern Africa supranational (€ 191,779)

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