Congo Humanitarian Funding: OCHA FTS Requirements and Flows

OCHA Financial Tracking Service (FTS) provides this data on humanitarian funding flows and requirements for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It tracks financial contributions reported by donors and recipient organizations, specifically mapping them against humanitarian response plans. The records include specific tags for COVID-19 related financial tracking and are provided in UTF-8 encoded CSV format.

Use Cases

• Comparing 'funding requirements' against 'actual funding' to identify resource gaps in Congo
• Identifying 'donor' and 'recipient organization' networks within the regional humanitarian sector
• Analyzing 'COVID-19' specific financial allocations within broader humanitarian response plans

Strengths

• Official OCHA FTS source
• Includes specific COVID-19 funding tags
• Maps funding directly against stated humanitarian response plan requirements

Limitations

• Relies on self-reporting by organizations which may lead to reporting lags
• Specific column headers and row counts are not provided in the metadata
• Potential for duplicate entries if both donor and recipient report the same flow

Provenance

Source

OCHA Financial Tracking Service (FTS)

Collection Method

Reported by donors and recipient organizations

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026, indicating active maintenance and recent data entries.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo