BRICS COUNTRIES COOPERATION IN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS NEW DONORS

BRICS COUNTRIES’ COOPERATION IN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS: “NEW” DONORS & OLD RULES Ilya Ivanov Program assistant RIAC

OUTLINE Humanitarian affairs today New donors: types & approaches BRICS in the humanitarian affairs Recommendations for the countries

HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS TODAY Humanitarian assistance is not ODA: § Disasters § Emergencies § Humanitarian crises 17. 9 billion in 2012 37, 3% needs unmet 2000 -2008: 40% of disasters in the Asia Pacific 2008: 98% disaster-affected population Source: Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2013 lives in the AP

NEW DONORS New donor=non-traditional donor=non-DAC donor BRICS countries, Mexico, Indonesia, etc. Former aid recipients Aspire for higher status Some not new: Russia ($26 bln. in 1986) Source: Development Initiatives based on OECD DAC and UN OCHA FTS data

NEW DONORS: APPROACHES “Traditional approach”: § Humanity § Neutrality § Impartiality § Independence High aid politicization “Disaster diplomacy”: § Chinese aid to Japan in 2011 - $16, 5 mln. § Chinese aid to the Philippines in 2013 - $100 000 Conceptual obstacles Non-traditional approach: § South-South cooperation § Donor-recipient equality § “New stream” in humanitarianism § Regional & thematic concentration

BRICS IN THE HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS BRICS – not a humanitarian organization, but has capabilities BRICS countries showing interest in ODA & HA BRICS=majority of non-DAC donors Humanitarian crises may affect all BRICS countries BRICS Development Bank (as a funding basis) Source: White, S. (2011) Emerging Powers, Emerging Donors

RECOMMENDATIONS Improve coordination Create financial mechanism (BRICS Development Bank) Intra-BRICS dialogue on ODA & HA Create an “OECD for non-DAC donors” Introduce new approaches Promote OECD-BRICS cooperation Set the global non-DAC agenda Introduce new rules, based on South-South coop. , sovereignty & equality Promote states’ soft power & improve image

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