Celebrate Europe Day with ECHO!

08/05/2012 - This year, both Europe day and ECHO's 20th anniversary are being celebrated together through a series of ECHO events all over the world. They will help increase awareness of the need for further, coordinated EU action in Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection. Since its creation in 1992, ECHO has channelled around €14 billion to victims of conflict and disasters in over 140 countries around the globe.

Have a look for events near you!

The Police, Humanitarians and the Protection of Civilians – Roundtable results

07/05/2012 - A high-level discussion, with policy-makers and humanitarian, military and police actors deployed on the ground, took place in the framework of a three-year research project on civil-military relations, lead by ECHO and the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute (HPG). There was consensus among participants that international police and gendarmerie forces can make a unique contribution to the protection of civilians in a number of ways.  

Additional funds to the Sahel food crisis

04/05/2012 - ECHO has decided to fund several UNICEF projects in the Sahel for a total ammount of € 16.5 million. Funds will be used to provide treatment for children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in west and central Africa.