Trends in HA: The Rise of ECHO
European Commission’s Humanitarian Office has become the largest HA donor. They rarely to never execute, so they generally work through EU NGOs.
ECHO is not allowed to do development work. Does that make sense?
The text explains the functioning of cooperation with NGOs, e.g., with Framework Partnership Agreements: FPA consists of a general contract with an organization, general clasues that apply to all projects submitted by the agency, and the operational contract, which covers individual project proposals as well as reporting: (speed up!)