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Countries, funding priorities, partner eligibility and indicative submission dates from the current Humanitarian Implementation Plans and technical annexes.

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HIPs describe humanitarian funding priorities and allocations. Technical annexes contain partner conditions and allocation rounds. Submission dates can be indicative, historical, restricted to pre-selected partners or not applicable. Read each round’s conditions before preparing a proposal.

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HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/-AS/BUD/2026/91000

Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran

Countries / geographic scope: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran
Funding priorities · source wording: In Afghanistan, DG ECHO will respond to the humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable populations, with a special focus on women and girls, prioritising remote and hard-to-reach communities and shock- affected people. DG ECHO will, in particular, address the needs of the forced returnees from the neighbouring countries and their host communities. Principled humanitarian engagement and needs- based interventions will be central to DG ECHO response. Particular attention will be paid to mitigate the risks associated to delivering humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, via the consistent and permanent monitoring of actions, in close co-operation with other stakeholders and partners.
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding22;

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/COD/BUD/2026/91000

Great Lakes

Countries / geographic scope: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda
Funding priorities · source wording: Given the limited funding availability compared to identified needs, further compounded by the global humanitarian funding crisis in 2025, the response funded under this HIP will require an even further prioritisation and focus only on most severe and recent humanitarian needs. In the humanitarian response to the crisis inside DRC, a strict geographic prioritisation will be made and, in the DRC, only interventions in Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, Maniema and Tanganyika, as well as Mai-Ndombe, will in principle be eligible for funding14.
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding17;

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/-HF/BUD/2026/91000

Greater Horn of Africa

Countries / geographic scope: South Sudan, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan
Funding priorities · source wording: In light of the highly restricted funding environment, strict prioritisation of life-saving interventions must be pursued to maximise the impact of humanitarian funding. Moreover, actions should demonstrate high cost-efficiency, including through multi-purpose cash transfers, mutualisation of services between partners and cost-efficient supply chains.
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only DG ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding36;

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/IRQ/BUD/2026/91000

Iraq

Countries / geographic scope: Iraq
Funding priorities · source wording: This HIP 2026 will continue to prioritise the protection sector, in particular for people in protracted displacement. This approach, coupled with strategic advocacy efforts and systems- reform through other EU support, aims to enhance the integration of some of the most vulnerable groups of the population into government-led programmes. DG ECHO priorities in 2026 are defined as follows:
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding10;

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/-AM/BUD/2026/91000

Latin America and the Caribbean

Countries / geographic scope: Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Haiti, Cuba
Funding priorities · source wording: Actions supported by DG ECHO will be guided by the following priorities which are further developed in the Technical Annex of this HIP and which may be amended if the humanitarian context varies along the implementation year:
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding58;

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/-NF/BUD/2026/91000

North Africa

Countries / geographic scope: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Libya
Funding priorities · source wording: The 2026 HIP for North Africa will address as priority the direst humanitarian needs in the context of the Sahrawi refugee crisis in Algeria and those of the refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt.
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding23;

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/PSE/BUD/2026/91000

Palestine

Countries / geographic scope: Palestine
Funding priorities · source wording: All prioritisation, planning and scenario building for humanitarian response must account for rapid shifts and be grounded in a high degree of flexibility and adaptability. DG ECHO strategy will focus on lifesaving and emergency response to the population affected by the hostilities in Gaza and the violence in the West Bank. In line with the needs, DG ECHO’s strategy will prioritise these sectors and activities, either in actions focusing on only one sector or involving multiple:
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding19;

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/-RN/BUD/2026/91000

Regional programme - Protect Aid Workers

Countries / geographic scope: See the geographic or thematic scope in the official documents
Funding priorities · source wording: DG ECHO will continue to address these specific challenges through its support to the Protect Aid Workers (PAW) programme which provides targeted support for humanitarian workers affected by security incidents, violence, detention, or other threats to their safety or well-being. The programme will work through three main pillars:
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding7;

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/RLF/BUD/2026/91000

ReliefEU

Countries / geographic scope: See the geographic or thematic scope in the official documents
Funding priorities · source wording: To allow for fast and flexible response to disasters (natural and human-induced) and early response, ReliefEU support to partners has three modalities:
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding13;

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/-XA/BUD/2026/91000

South, East, South-East Asia and the Pacific

Countries / geographic scope: Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Timor-Leste, Bangladesh, Micronesia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Cambodia, Kiribati, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Myanmar, Brunei, Bhutan, Tuvalu, India, Nepal, Nauru, Palau, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Laos, North Korea
Funding priorities · source wording: The 2026 strategy for the region builds on past experiences and reinforces the 2025 HIP response. The strategy is composed of two mutually reinforcing pillars:
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding68;

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/-SF/BUD/2026/91000

Southern Africa and Indian Ocean

Countries / geographic scope: Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Comoros, Lesotho, Namibia, Angola, Malawi, Zambia
Funding priorities · source wording: The HIP 2026 for the SAIO region evolves from the HIP 2025, taking into consideration context developments and available funding. The HIP 2026 is structured along three mutually reinforcing pillars:
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding13;

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/SSC/BUD/2026/91000

Strategic humanitarian supply chain

Countries / geographic scope: See the geographic or thematic scope in the official documents
Funding priorities · source wording: Through this HIP, DG ECHO aims to support and strengthen initiatives which will facilitate the move towards this more collaborative and interoperable supply chain model in two ways: DG ECHO will support initiatives that will implement the key areas of action identified by the HLGSC process and will continue to strengthen joint ways of working that contribute to the implementation of the overall objectives of the HLGSC.
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding11.

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/ERC/BUD/2026/91000

Strategic Priorities and Policy Support

Countries / geographic scope: See the geographic or thematic scope in the official documents
Funding priorities · source wording: In order to improve the coherence and the predictability of baseline information needed to conduct quality programming, in particular impartial multisectoral needs assessments, DG ECHO will support action(s) that would be able to gather and analyse the necessary data in a coherent and systemic way, allowing for comparability of identified needs and of their severity between and within crises. The proposed action(s) should be coherent with INFORM and with the Joint and Intersectoral Analysis Framework (JIAF) methodology and their indicators. Given the complexity of the task, the proposal(s) can pursue a twin-track approach: 1) cover
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding43;

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/SYR/BUD/2026/91000

Syria regional and Lebanon crisis

Countries / geographic scope: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan
Funding priorities · source wording: The humanitarian response shall be compliant with the EU’s thematic policies and guidelines that are described in detail in the HIP policy annex. All humanitarian assistance should be risk- informed, gender, disability, and age inclusive, and comply with the minimum environmental requirements.
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only DG ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding.46

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/TUR/BUD/2026/91000

Türkiye, South Caucasus, Central Asia and Western Balkans

Countries / geographic scope: Türkiye, Armenia
Funding priorities · source wording: DG ECHO will focus on the most vulnerable refugees and migrants that do not have any or insufficient access to Government services. Besides targeted multipurpose cash assistance for the most vulnerable to meet their basic needs, DG ECHO will focus on the following sectors:
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding10;

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/UKR/BUD/2026/91000

Ukraine and Moldova

Countries / geographic scope: Moldova, Ukraine
Funding priorities · source wording: DG ECHO interventions will remain focused on providing emergency assistance to conflict- affected people, in particular to individuals, households, and communities with the most acute needs, prioritising frontline areas, newly affected populations, new displacements, supporting preparedness, including contingency planning, and First Line multi-sectorial Emergency Response (FLER) capacity. Assistance in the territories of Ukraine occupied by Russia will be considered, provided appropriate accountability can be ensured.
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only DG ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding13;

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/-AF/BUD/2026/91000

West and Central Africa

Countries / geographic scope: Central African Republic, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Niger, Mali, Chad, Togo
Funding priorities · source wording: The following sections present operational priorities for DG ECHO in WCA in 2026, broken down by sector of intervention. Geographical priorities as well as considerations for possiblesupport to multi-country and regional operations are presented in the Technical Annex to this HIP. In general terms, the needs have further increased in the region, and the outlook in the short- to medium-term is negative, especially in the Central Sahel and Lake Chad regions and in the East of Chad due to the aggravation of the situation in Sudan. This constrains further a humanitarian response, which must address more needs and more crises in WCA, with less
Partner eligibility · source wording: Seuls les partenaires d’ECHO peuvent soumettre un projet en vue d’un financement28;

HIP / partner funding2026ECHO/YEM/BUD/2026/91000

Yemen

Countries / geographic scope: Yemen
Funding priorities · source wording: The humanitarian response shall be compliant with EU thematic policies and guidelines that are described in the HIP policy annex. To factor in the volatile context, the response shall also provide for a high degree of flexibility and adaptability.
Partner eligibility · source wording: Only ECHO partners are eligible to submit a project for funding;

Coverage and interpretation

The Worker follows the latest HIP and technical-annex links on DG ECHO’s current index, reads the linked PDFs and keeps extracted source wording with document links. New or changed documents are processed in bounded batches. Pending and unavailable documents remain labelled. Source wording is a reference extract, not a complete statement of the donor’s terms.

Countries are extracted from explicit document scope or funding tables. Dates stay attached to their allocation round and any extracted partner restrictions. A HIP’s publication date, cost-eligibility start date and action end date are not submission deadlines. Missing dates are not treated as rolling funding. French source wording is retained where the current annex is published in French.

DG ECHO is the main EU humanitarian funding route here. Other verified funding calls and other EU programmes remain available alongside it. Inspect the extracted plan data.