A common vision
UNICEF and the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) have worked together in more than 60 countries. They also bring key issues to the attention of national and world leaders, and advocate for humanitarian policy.
The goals of UNICEF and ECHO became even more closely aligned in 2007, when the European Commission developed a new humanitarian policy for children at risk. The policy supports education in emergencies and endorses the ‘Paris Commitments’ on protecting children from recruitment into armed forces and groups.
UNICEF and ECHO also collaborate to bring nutrition, health care, water and sanitation, psychosocial counselling and other basic necessities to vulnerable children in emergency and post-emergency situations.
