Strategy
The European Commission has a mandate to save and preserve life in emergency and immediate post-emergency situations, whether these are natural or man-made. Following these principles, the Commission is committed to preparing every year a Strategy document in order to co-ordinate and to programme activities efficiently and in an appropriate manner adopting an impartial approach based on needs.
In 2012, the European Commission will focus its humanitarian aid on 36 countries, especially the Horn of Africa (€ 102 million), North Sudan and South Sudan (€87 million), Democratic Republic of Congo (€44 million), the Occupied Palestinian Territories (€40 million) and the Sahel (€45 million). 52% of the European Commission humanitarian assistance is destined for Sub-Saharan Africa. About 15% of the budget will be allocated to forgotten crisis, such as the Sahrawi refugees in Algeria, the Bhutanese refugees in Nepal and the victims of armed conflict in Central Africa.
Moreover in addition to this initial budget of € 640 million, the European Commission has a reserve to respond to crises and unexpected disasters.
In 2010, the reserve budget was totally utilised in order to respond to major humanitarian crisis in Japan, in Libya, in Côte d'Ivoire and in the Horn of Africa.
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