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Relief Emergency Fund (DREF)
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The Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a fund of un-earmarked money created by the International Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross Red Crescent response to emergencies. Allocations may be made as start-up funds in the case of large-scale disasters and also to cover the costs of response to small-scale emergency operations, which are referred to as DREF Emergencies, and preparedness activities in the case of imminent disaster.
The DREF is a vital part of the International Federation’s disaster response system and increases the ability of national societies to respond to disasters. Funds for the DREF are sought through an annual appeal and allow the Federation to maintain the necessary balance of funds to meet the requests for support. |
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At the beginning of 2007, the International Federation raised the target capacity of the DREF from 10 million to 25 million Swiss francs per annum in order to support the scale up of response by its members. In 2008, a total of 17.8 million Swiss francs was allocated.
Requests for DREF allocations are reviewed on case-by-case basis and can be authorized and released within 24 hours. This start-up funding is regarded as a loan which is reimbursed to the DREF from contributions received once an international Emergency Appeal is launched.
DREF grants are made to national societies to finance smaller scale response operations, which are referred to as DREF emergencies. There is no automatic recovery of DREF in these cases, but donors may donate to replenish the fund.
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Information on DREF allocations is regularly shared with National Societies and the general public through DREF bulletins and DREF operation updates.
Bi-annual reports are issued against the DREF Appeal:
2009 |
21/04/09 - DREF Annual report 2008  (72 Kb, 394 pages) |
| 01/01/09 - DREF Plan 2009-2010 (72 Kb, 5 pages) |
2008 |
| 30/01/09 - DREF Programme 2008 update no.2 (119 Kb, 10 pages) |
| 19/08/08 - Programme update no.1 (295 Kb, 10 pages) |
| 14/04/08 - Report 2006-2007 (101 Kb, 8 pages) |
2007 |
| 06/08/07 - Programme update no.3 (195 Kb, 16 pages) |
| 01/01/07 - Revised appeal 2006-2007 (88 Kb, 4 pages) |
2006 |
| 20/04/07 - 2006 DREF annual report (166 Kb, 12 pages) |
| 06/02/07 - Programme update no.2 (49 Kb, 3 pages) |
| 01/01/06 - Annual global appeal (49 Kb, 3 pages) |
2005 |
| 26/01/06 - Programme update no.2 (77 Kb, 9 pages) |
| 07/07/05 - Programme update no.1 (103 Kb, 6 pages) |
| 01/01/05 - Annual global appeal (157 Kb, 3 pages) |
2004 |
| 19/04/05 - Annual report (183 Kb, 5 pages) |
| 11/10/05 - Contribution report (62 Kb, 1 pages) |
| 31/12/04 - Programme update no.2 (289 Kb, 7 pages) |
| 24/06/04 - Programme update no.1 (273 Kb, 4 pages) |
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