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Donor profiles

In: The Humanitarian Response Index 2007

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  • Silvia Hidalgo
  • Augusto López-Claros

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AusAID, the Australian Agency for International Development, manages the coordination and communication of humanitarian action within its wider overseas aid programme. AusAID is an administratively autonomous agency within the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio. Its Humanitarian Action Policy (January 2005), strongly based on the GHD Principles, guides Australia’s response to emerging humanitarian needs. AusAID is increasingly integrating its humanitarian and development activities to ensure appropriate coordination, with a strong Asia-Pacific regional orientation. Australia has established regional emergency response stand-by mechanisms together with key donors in the Pacific, empowering prevention and preparedness, and capacity building for reducing vulnerability to natural disasters. If government systems are failing, Australia’s assistance is channelled directly to community organisations, NGOs or other civil society organisations. Australia contributes to United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals, the WFP, and the ICRC as well as to the work on developing guidelines on consultation and participation of crisis-affected communities such as with ALNAP.

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  • Silvia Hidalgo & Augusto López-Claros, 2008. "Donor profiles," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Humanitarian Response Index 2007, pages 150-195, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-28767-9_17
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230287679_17
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