OCFA was set up by UAE Cabinet decree no. 36 for the year 2008 and has been operational since early 2009 with HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ruler's Representative in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi, presiding as the office’s President.
OCFA's key objectives include documenting foreign aid provided by UAE-based donor organizations, building individual and organizational capacities of UAE donor organizations, helping UAE donors improve delivery of humanitarian and development programmes worldwide and advising them on best allocation of resources, and raising the UAE's humanitarian profile by building and strengthening ties between the UAE foreign aid sector and the international aid community.
OCFA has five main units responsible for fulfilling its strategic objectives: Information Management; Policy, Monitoring and Evaluation; Field Support; Training and Capacity-Building; and International Relations and Public Information.
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View the latest data on the Foreign Aid Tracking Service
A new step towards supporting programs and initiatives in the field of humanitarian aid and international development
Clear picture of humanitarian funding flows helps identify resource gaps and gives visibility to humanitarian donors and implementers
Round Table with Abu Dhabi Fund For Development and OCFA on the outcomes of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan
EIF reports provide information on current emergencies, in order to alert UAE actors to the most pressing needs resulting from a humanitarian emergency, as well as an overview of the international and UAE response to date. An EIF is issued when support from the UAE may be required due to the magnitude of the crisis or the vulnerability of the affected population.
Humanitarian Flash reports are available to UAE actors only, and provide updates on current humanitarian issues worldwide by theme, such as climate change and the global food crisis, as well as a summary of natural disasters, such as earthquakes and floods, to which there has generally not been an international response.
Humanitarian Country Profiles provide information about development and humanitarian issues within a selected country, as well as listing the major local and international organizations that are already present in the field. The countries are selected according to the level of assistance that they have received from the UAE over the past two decades, and whether they are facing recurrent or ‘chronic’ emergencies.