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Global Humanitarian Thematic Funding

Saving lives, protecting rights and securing a better future for children through flexible funding.

Syria. A groups of children stand behind boxes of supplies.

UNICEF/UN0497225

UNICEF relies on voluntary contributions to uphold our mission of reaching every child. UNICEF seeks adequate and quality resources to support effective preparedness and timely response to humanitarian and protection needs, particularly of the most vulnerable populations. UNICEF thematic contributions are pooled, flexible multi-year funds to support the UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022-2025, including humanitarian action.

Global humanitarian thematic funding (GHTF) is, after the Core Resources for Results (RR), the most flexible form of funding as it allows for rapid and strategic responses by UNICEF to humanitarian crises. GHTF makes it possible for UNICEF to deliver assistance to the most vulnerable children when and where it is needed and in a timely and effective manner. Such flexibility has been particularly important during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Why Global Humanitarian Thematic Funding is important

With Global Humanitarian Thematic Funding (GHTF), UNICEF and partners are able to:

Global Humanitarian Funding Allocations, 2023

As of 22 February

Destination	*Total US$*
Syrian Arab Republic	3,000,000
Myanmar	1,617,882
Haiti	1,500,000
Yemen	1,435,814
Republic of Cameroon	1,060,580
Afghanistan	1,000,000
Bangladesh	1,000,000
Lebanon	1,000,000
Sudan	1,000,000
Democratic Republic of the Congo	968,100
Burkina Faso	832,200
South Sudan	800,000
Pakistan	750,000
Ethiopia	650,000
Chad	611,627
Colombia	600,000
Iran	600,000
Malawi	600,000
Nigeria	600,000
Venezuela	600,000
East Asia and the Pacific Region	500,000
Eastern and Southern Africa Region	500,000
Europe and Central Asia Region	500,000
Kenya	500,000
Latin America and the Caribbean Region	500,000
Mali	500,000
Middle East and North Africa Region	500,000
Somalia	500,000
South Asia Region	500,000
Türkiye	500,000
West and Central Africa Region	500,000
Central African Republic	450,000
Kyrgyzstan	400,000
Uganda	400,000
Papua New Guinea	350,000
Sri Lanka	350,000
Thailand	350,000
Mozambique	346,547
Armenia	300,000
Azerbaijan	300,000
Dominican Republic	300,000
DPR Korea	300,000
Eritrea	300,000
Algeria	200,000
Benin	200,000
Egypt	200,000
Madagascar	200,000
Togo	200,000
Bolivia	150,000
Chile	150,000
Costa Rica	100,000
Cuba	100,000
El Salvador	100,000
Guatemala	100,000
Honduras	100,000
Nicaragua	100,000
Tajikistan	100,000
Ecuador	50,000
Peru	50,000

Top resource partners to GHTF, 2022

As of 31 December

Ranking	Name of Partner	Total US$
1	Netherlands	21,716,649
2	United States Fund for UNICEF	21,567,098
3	German Federal Foreign Office	20,682,523
4	Private sector fundraising by UNICEF country offices	16,627,834
5	Swiss Committee for UNICEF	12,232,416
6	Sweden	11,717,546
7	United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF	4,796,483
8	Swedish Committee for UNICEF	3,538,013
9	Dutch Committee for UNICEF	2,868,301
10	Republic of Korea	1,000,000
11	Denmark	589,188
12	Irish Committee for UNICEF	518,486
13	Finnish Committee for UNICEF	435,645
14	Danish Committee for UNICEF	226,812
15	French Committee for UNICEF	218,585
16	Canadian Committee for UNICEF	143,830
17	Portuguese Committee for UNICEF	36,654
18	Belgian Committee for UNICEF	34,148
19	Australian Committee for UNICEF	31,189
20	UNICEF Hungarian Committee Foundation	24,031
21	Slovak Foundation for UNICEF	8,272

	Grand Total	119,013,702

We express our gratitude to the partners who supported GHTF, as their contributions are essential to UNICEF’s ability to reach the most vulnerable, crisis-affected and forgotten children. Each one of these resource partners, regardless of the size of their contribution, shares in the achievements of GHTF worldwide.

Global Humanitarian Funding Allocations, 2022

As of 30 November

Destination	*Total US$*
Ethiopia	6,663,272
Somalia	5,978,245
Yemen	5,859,000
Burkina Faso	5,500,000
Kenya	4,000,000
Cluster Coordination**	4,000,000
Mali	3,208,076
Bangladesh	1,785,000
South Sudan	1,278,351
Niger	1,235,063
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1,150,000
Philippines	1,058,026
Haiti	1,000,000
Syrian Arab Republic	1,000,000
State of Palestine	879,560
Myanmar	749,436
Colombia	650,000
Pakistan	650,000
East Asia and the Pacific Region	600,000
Eastern and Southern Africa Region	600,000
Cross-border response in Chile, Bolivia, and Peru	600,000
Central African Republic	500,000
Democratic Republic of Congo	500,000
Kazakhstan	500,000
Central America and Mexico (Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua)	500,000
Libya	500,000
Malawi	500,000
Republic of Cameroon	500,000
Sri Lanka	500,000
Uganda	500,000
Ukraine	400,000
Iraq	379,560
Armenia	350,000
Ghana	350,000
Guinea	350,000
Latin America and the Caribbean Region	350,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina	300,000
Greece	300,000
Nigeria	300,000
South Asia Region	300,000
Thailand	300,000
Papua New Guinea	280,000
Tonga	250,000
Azerbaijan	200,000
Benin	200,000
Cote d’Ivoire	200,000
Togo	200,000
West and Central Africa Region	200,000
Brazil	193,658
Ecuador	150,000
Algeria	100,000
Burundi	100,000
Eswatini	100,000
Belarus	93,658
Cuba	40,000
Honduras	40,000
Belize	20,000
Jamaica	20,000

*Above figures exclude allocations to HQ.

** Supports the cluster leadership role to enhance capacity at the field level prioritizing Levels 2 and 3 Emergencies.

GHTF Impact for Children: Examples from 2022

In 2022, flexible allocations from the Global Humanitarian Thematic Fund allowed country offices to ensure a robust response across multiple sectors, including nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); child protection and health.

Bangladesh

UNICEF Bangladesh/2022

A timely GHTF allocation allowed UNICEF Bangladesh to implement a flood emergency response plan and assist 645,000 people, including 255,420 children and 15,480 people with disabilities.

Burkina Faso

UNICEF/Burkina Faso/2021/Frank Dejongh

UNICEF Burkina Faso used a GHTF allocation to strengthen the capacity of 35 staff on the new rapid response, placing a special emphasis on community resilience. As a result, UNICEF Burkina Faso managed to provide ready-to-use therapeutic food to 475 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition.

Bolivia

UNICEF Bolivia/2022/Paz Soldan

In March 2022, UNICEF Bolivia carried out a needs-assessment in coordination with UNHCR, the International Organization for Migration and government institutions, identifying the humanitarian needs of migrant children and adolescents.

Tajikistan

UNICEF/UN0627804/Ruziev

GHTF likewise supported UNICEF’s Co-Funding Initiative (CFI), which seeks to enhance the preparedness of UNICEF, partners, and local actors through the country and regional offices’ investments. The GHTF CFI, along with funds from BPRM, enabled the Tajikistan country office to increase its response capacity, preparing for a potential refugee influx from Afghanistan. UNICEF Tajikistan quickly reached over 20,000 children with education and protection supplies.

Allocation criteria

The directors of the Public Partnerships Division, Programme Division and Office of Emergency Programmes endorse the proposals for GHTF allocation. The proposals are then reviewed and approved by the Deputy Director of Programmes. A set of clear criteria is used to allocate GHTF at all levels – country, regional, multi-regional and global. These criteria include:

Critical unmet needs for the most vulnerable children
Critical funding gaps based on available and projected contributions
Strong implementation capacity based on the delivery track records of regular country programmes
Alignment with organization-wide initiatives aimed at strengthening the efficiency and effectiveness of UNICEF humanitarian action (e.g., the Humanitarian Review recommendations; the revised Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action, etc.) This can include gender-transformative programming; establishing effective mechanisms for the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse; accountability to affected populations; and localization strategies that emphasize anti-racism and anti-discrimination.

Previous results

Results from 2021

Top resource partners to GHTF, 2021

Rank	Resource partner	Total US$
	Netherlands	19.9m
	Swedish Committee for UNICEF	3.1m
	Republic of Korea	1.0m
	Australian Committee for UNICEF	850,836
	Finnish Committee for UNICEF	765,578
	Denmark	662,202
	Netherlands Committee for UNICEF	642,914
	United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF	628,901
	Danish UNICEF Committee	461,113
	German Committee for UNICEF	351,959

Global Humanitarian Funding Allocations, 2021

Destination	Total US$
Haiti	1,500,000
South Sudan	1,250,000
State of Palestine	1,225,024
Afghanistan	1,150,000
Mozambique	1,146,857
Bangladesh	1,050,000
Yemen	1,000,000
Burkina Faso	900,000
Latin America and the Caribbean	850,000
Democratic Republic of the Congo	800,000
Iraq	800,000
Pakistan	750,000
Central African Republic	700,000
Ethiopia	700,000
West and Central Africa Region	580,000
East Asia and Pacific Region	550,000
Europe and Central Asia Region	550,000
Myanmar	500,000
South Asia Region	500,000
Venezuela	500,000
Syrian Arab Republic	500,000
Cameroon	400,000
Libya	400,000
Tanzania, United Republic of	345,269
Bosnia and Herzegovina	300,000
Burundi	300,000
Guatemala	300,000
Niger	300,000
Iran	250,000
East and Southern Africa Region	200,000
Eritrea	200,000
Middle East and North Africa Region	200,000
Pacific Island Countries	200,000
Timor-Leste	200,000
Cuba	150,000
Colombia	150,000
El Salvador	150,000
Honduras	150,000
Croatia	100,000
Kyrgyzstan	100,000
Mexico	100,000
Ukraine	80,000
Total	22,077,150

*Above figures exclude allocations to HQ.