WORKING WITH DG ECHO AS AN NGO PARTNER | 2021 - 2027
REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
HUMANITARIAN CERTIFICATE 2021-2027
GUIDANCE - EU Humanitarian Partnership Certificate 2021
CERTIFICATE - APPLICATION PROCESS
Guidance Annex 4a/B – Ex-Ante Assessment
FAQ - Application process
LIST of CERTIFIED NGOs
List of Non-Governmental Organisations certified as EU Humanitarian partners
PROGRAMMATIC PARTNERSHIP
DG ECHO Guidance to Partners on Programmatic Partnerships in 2024
PPT - Programmatic Partnerships Roll out phase
Annex Programmatic Partnership multi-annual planning 2024
Questions & Answers - Programmatic Partnership 2024
MULTI-YEAR FUNDING
Multi-Year Funding factsheet
LEGAL BASIS
THE SINGLE FORM 2021
Single Form Guidelines - Last update April 2026
Note to partners + Annex I Final Report Liquidation
SINGLE FORM - APPEL AND ETOOLS
APPEL Charter NGO
Single Form - Quick Start Guide - LAST UPDATE Oct 2020
Single Form Offline - Manual - LAST UPDATE Oct 2020
Single Form Offline - Collaboration Models - 1
Single Form Offline - Collaboration Models - 2
In case you do not have access to Appel, download the offline application here
Single Form Online - Quick Start Guide - LAST UPDATE Oct 2020
New APPEL Release Documentation
INDICATORS AND MARKERS
Resilience marker Guidelines
NEW DG ECHO voluntary environmental indicators
MULTI-KRI PER SUBSECTOR Single Form updated November 2025
PROTECTION KRIs DETAILED GUIDANCE
Tips on how to reflect mainstreaming of disability inclusion in DG ECHO proposals
POLICY GUIDELINES
Policy Guidelines
Disaster Preparedness Guidance Note (2021)
Cash transfer policy
Guidance on the operationalisation of the minimum environmental requirements and recommendations for EU-funded humanitarian aid operations
Humanitarian Logistics Policy
Humanitarian Leadership Group on Supply Chain (HLGSC)
Health Policy
Relief EU
Relief EU
THE HUMANITARIAN AID MODEL GRANT AGREEMENT (HUMA MGA)
THE HUMANITARIAN AID MODEL GRANT AGREEMENT (HUMA MGA) (as of 1st January 2025)
COMMON ANNEXES
Annex 1 - The Single Form
Annex 2 - Budget (corporate template adjusted)
Annex 4 - Financial statement model (See annex 2)
Certificate on the Financial Statement (CFS) - Applicable only to Agreements with the obligation to submit CFS
THE HUMANITARIAN AID MODEL GRANT AGREEMENT (HUMA MGA) (before 1 January 2025)
CONTRACTS MANAGEMENT RESOURCES
Annotated Grant Agreement (AGA) – including Specific Rules for HUMA (Annex 5)
Staff and field office costs
Example of cost classification
Interim Report - Scope and schedule
Dealing with inflation in ECHO projects
Note on the use of money transfer agents (MTAs)
EEOCS - Note to Partners
Guidance Note for DG ECHO Partners on Flexible Funding Measures
OTHER CONTRACT MANAGEMENT RESOURCES
Additional Prefinancing Report
Force Majeure Reporting Form
Reporting Form SEAH - Case Level
Aid Diversion Reporting Form for Significant cases
Aid Diversion Reporting Form for Less significant cases
Guidance Note on the Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment
Fraud Allegation Reporting Form DG ECHO Partners - Less significant cases
Fraud Allegation Reporting Form DG ECHO Partners Significant cases
AUDIT
HUMANITARIAN PROCUREMENT CENTRES (HPCs)
HPCs Register
THE EU HUMANITARIAN AIR BRIDGE
THE EU HUMANITARIAN AIR BRIDGE




