UN CERF Annual Report 2012 January 2012 - December 2012 | Page 34

PERFORMANCE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY
FRAMEWORK

PAKISTAN
Glimmers of hope in Pakistan

CERF’s PAF is used to formally define,

“forgotten” crisis and filling critical gaps; and by supporting

manage and monitor performance and

coordination at HCT level.

accountability processes related to the

The Djibouti review concluded that CERF had played a

Fund’s operation. The PAF includes a logic

crucial role in catalysing the structures of humanitarian

model based on CERF’s three primary
objectives and defines indicators for
measuring CERF’s performance. The PAF

reform in Djibouti, where none had existed before 2011,
strengthening the HC’s role in coordinating humanitarian
action among agencies, and advocating with the Government.

country-level reviews of CERF’s added

FIELD REPORTING
ON RESULTS

value per year.

RC/HCs receiving CERF funds are required to submit

also calls for three to five independent

Credit: WHO

annual narrative reports detailing what was accomplished
The CERF secretariat has contracted an independent

with the funds. These reports use input from CERF recipient

expert to review the PAF that was introduced in 2010. The

agencies at the country level, and they are meant to illustrate

process started in January 2013 and should be concluded

how CERF has fulfilled its core objectives. They include

before the end of the second quarter of 2013. The CERF

lessons learned to ensure constant improvement of

secretariat will explore possible improvements to the PAF

CERF’s performance.

based on the recommendations.
The quality of CERF field reports has improved since the
In 2012, the CERF secretariat commissioned a review of

Fund’s inception. The CERF secretariat works closely with

the value added by CERF assistance to the humanitarian

country teams to finalize the reports, which are posted on

responses to the Horn of Africa drought, the Ivorian

the CERF website. Reporting guidance and templates have

refugee crisis and the complex needs in the Philippines.

progressively been made clearer, responding to feedback

The reviews were facilitated by field visits to Côte

from the field. The CERF secretariat updated the format of

d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, the

the reports and the guidelines in 2012, and pre-structured

Philippines, and Somalia. Several common findings

each country report according to number of emergencies

emerged, most notably that support from OCHA and

of each given country, and pre-entered all available data

the CERF secretariat had been instrumental in preparing

ahead of the report process.

CERF requests and that CERF support had been crucial
to enabling humanitarian responses in smaller, lessvisible emergencies.

TRAINING AND LEARNING

CERF carried out two-day trainings in Panama City,

The Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Liberia reviews confirme