CENTRAL EUROPE 2 May 2005 In Brief Appeal No. 01.75/2004; Period covered: January - December 2004 Original appeal target: CHF 2,613,516 (USD 1.990,000 or EUR 1,680,000) Revised appeal target: CHF 2,798,286 (USD 2,453,985 or EUR 1,812,740) Related Emergency or Annual Appeals: This document reports on and analyses achievements within the International Federation’s 2004 annual appeal for Central Europe. The activities supported within this appeal fall within the Federation’s longer term support strategy for Central Europe 2004-2006 <click here> is continuing in 2005 and is being supported by the Regional Central Europe Annual Appeal 2005. The regional delegation based in Budapest also supports Federation assistance in a range of programme areas through its offices in Serbia and Montenegro <click here>, Kosovo <click here> and Bosnia and Herzegovina <click here> For further information please contact: · Anja Toivola, HoRD, Regional Delegation for Central Europe, Phone: 361 248 3300, Email:
[email protected] · Erja Reinikainen, Regional Officer, Europe Department, Secretariat Geneva, Phone: 41 22 730 43 19, Email:
[email protected]. The International Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. The Federation is the world's largest humanitarian organization, and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. All international assistance to support vulnerable communities seeks to adhere to the Code of Conduct and the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, according to the Sphere Project. Please access the Federation’s website at http://www.ifrc.org Overall Analysis The regional delegation (RD) for Central Europe, based in Budapest, began the year 2004 covering 15 National Societies (NS): Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia & Montenegro including Kosovo, Slovakia and Slovenia.