MapAction has signed a Framework Partnership Agreement with ECHO, the humanitarian aid department of the European Commission. The agreement will enable MapAction to increase its level of response in humanitarian emergencies, as well as enabling other disaster preparedness work. It provides a mechanism for ECHO to provide funding for specific missions by MapAction. 

MapAction receives its core funding from The Vodafone Group Foundation, the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID), and others.

MapAction’s Director David Spackman commented: “This new agreement with the European Commission is very welcome because it will expand the scope of field missions that MapAction can undertake, and have a multiplier effect on our core resources.”

The agreement places MapAction within a diverse group of international NGOs and other organisations that have been selected by ECHO to channel its aid funding for disaster response.