Tracking External Donor Funding.pdf - NDC

The OPEC Fund for International Development will
provide $1.5 million between June 2009 and June 2010
for ‘empowering the Palestinians live in Jerusalem’.
However, this project is implemented in partnership
between Al-Awqaf Islamic affairs department and a
‘PNGO’ called Al Quds for Welfare and Development,
who received $600,000 out of the $1.5 million granted.
In spite of the few samples of Arab-PNGO partnerships
outlined above, it looks like the funds provided through
Al-Aqsa Fund are primarily directed at the Palestinian
Authority. Arab funding to PNGOs is still limited and
exclusive to certain area and priorities.
3.9.2 PNGO Survey Results
Though we are aware of the limitations of our survey of
Arab funding, our PNGO survey has given us an
interesting picture of the broad trends in Arab aid to
PNGOs between 1999 and 2008. According to our
survey, Arab funding decreases in the proportion of total
aid to PNGOs almost throughout the 1990’s. Only with
the onset of the Second Intifada and the decline in
funding from the West. As the Intifada began to wind
down in 2003, Western support returned, reducing the
significance of Arab funding to the PNGO sector.
Between 2006 and 2008, Arab aid has accounted for
around 10% of the total.
Figure 41: Arab Funding as a Percentage of Total External
Aid to PNGOs (1999 – 2008)
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Source: MAS, 2009 – PNGO Survey
3.10 The European Union Funding to
PNGOS
The European Commission is a major benefactor to the
PNGO sector. Unlike USAID, however, PNGOs
accepting European money is not tabooed, and there are
a number of programs through which local NGOs can
apply for direct partnerships with the EC (eg. the
European Partners for Peace Initiative). As most often
occurs though, European money flows through a member
states INGO before it reaches the local partner.
The trend in EU funding from 2002 to 2008 to PNGOs
could be characterized as a roller coaster. It nearly
doubles between 2002 and 2003, before quadrupling the
following the year. In 2005 the amount of funding
decreased by a factor of four over 2004 and dropped
again in 2006. In 2007 the EU reached over 3.5 Million
Dollars in direct funding to PNGOs, and in 2008 the
amount had grown to over 8.5%.
In 2002, 2003 and 2006, the EC was heavily invested in
Rural Development which comprised 72, 98, and 64%
respectively. 2005 saw a big move into peace education
and forums (67%), categorized here as Liberal Arts
Education. 2006 ironically saw the greatest amount of
funding to activities falling under Democratization. In
2008, there is a wide variety of projects (27 in total). The
majority of the funding however is captured by three
main sectors: Health (primarily in the treatment and
rehabilitation of torture victims), Human Rights and
Women’s Affairs.
The EU tends to focus on urban populations with its
NGO funding, though rural populations also benefit.
Their impact or targeting of refugees however remains
relatively low – most likely due to their funding of
UNRWA.
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