{"id":7958,"date":"2024-02-12T12:03:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T10:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/la-comision-anuncia-una-ayuda-humanitaria-inicial-de-1-800-millones-de-euros-para-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-13T12:06:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T10:06:27","slug":"la-comision-anuncia-una-ayuda-humanitaria-inicial-de-1-800-millones-de-euros-para-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/la-comision-anuncia-una-ayuda-humanitaria-inicial-de-1-800-millones-de-euros-para-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Commission announces initial humanitarian aid of \u20ac1.8 billion for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With almost 300 million people estimated to need humanitarian assistance in 2024, the EU once again reinforces its commitment to support the most vulnerable globally. The Commission has therefore adopted its initial annual humanitarian budget of more than \u20ac1.8 billion for this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The European Commission's humanitarian aid in 2024 will be allocated as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost \u20ac200 million will address the consequences of forced displacements, food insecurity, acute and chronic malnutrition, natural hazards and recurrent epidemics in the Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger), the Central African Republic and the Lake Chad basin (Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria), which are fuelled by conflict, insecurity and climate change.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around \u20ac346 million will support those in East and Southern Africa affected by long-term conflict in the Great Lakes Region and those displaced by extreme weather events and armed conflicts in Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Madagascar, Mozambique and the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost \u20ac470 million of EU humanitarian funding will be allocated in the Middle East and North Africa regarding the extreme humanitarian needs in Gaza and the Palestinian civilian population as well as the ongoing regional crisis in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and its neighbouring countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around \u20ac115 million will be directed to Southeast Europe and the European Neighbourhood addressing mostly the consequences of Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine, as well as funding projects for ongoing needs in the Western Balkans, the Caucasus, and the effects of the Syria crisis in T\u00fcrkiye as well as the lasting consequences from last year's earthquakes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20ac186 million in humanitarian assistance will help the most vulnerable populations in South Asia and the Pacific, targeting mainly the humanitarian response in Myanmar, Bangladesh and the Philippines, while also addressing the impact of climate change in the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u20ac111.6 million will be allocated to Central and South America and the Caribbean, where we will continue supporting the response to the impact of the crisis in Venezuela, the humanitarian consequences of the armed conflicts in Colombia, a multi-layered crisis in Haiti, as well as pervasive violence in Central America, Mexico, and Ecuador. In addition to this, the region is exposed to frequent natural hazards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around \u20ac315 million are reserved for responding to sudden-onset emergencies and unforeseen humanitarian crises that may arise throughout the year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than \u20ac98 million will be committed to horizontal activities, innovative projects and policy initiatives, for example, the multi-year programmatic partnerships, and the enhanced response capacity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With almost 300 million people estimated to need humanitarian assistance in 2024, the EU once again reinforces its commitment to support the most vulnerable globally. The Commission has therefore adopted its initial annual humanitarian budget of more than \u20ac1.8 billion for this year. The European Commission's humanitarian aid in 2024 will be allocated as follows: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[441,675],"class_list":["post-7958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-food-aid","tag-humanitarian-aid"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-05 16:51:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7959,"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7958\/revisions\/7959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guiafc.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}