In order to reflect the new Financial Regulation, that entered into force on 30 September 2024 (FR recast, 2024/2509), DG ECHO’s Humanitarian Aid Contractual Templates have now all been updated. This update concerns the templates for both the Humanitarian Aid Model Grant Agreement (MGA) and the Humanitarian Aid Contribution Agreement (HACA).

Based on this, as of January 2026, the only contractual templates to be used with all DG ECHO Partners are the MGA_2025 and HACA_2025. This cut-off date for using pre-existing contractual templates also excludes, in principle, the possibility under the 2026 HIPs to conclude top-ups to ongoing projects under the previous contractual models (i.e. from 2021).

Have a look a the new FAQs available here.