Governance
Who the governing bodies are, where a National Society holds the decisions, and what a Reference Centre is.
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About
An IFRC Reference Centre, hosted by the Norwegian Red Cross, giving all 191 National Societies one route to specialist finance support.
28
National Societies engaged in 2025
Up from 21 in 2024, an increase of 33%
As at 31 December 2025~16
Specialists across five regions
Scaling toward ~24
124
Services in the catalogue
Four tiers, five outcome areas
What the Centre is
All 191 National Societies are eligible to request. When a National Society manages its finances with integrity, more resources reach local humanitarian work and fewer route around the Society through intermediaries.
Until now, finance support was fragmented and ad hoc, delivered by individual experts one country at a time. The Centre replaces that with a structured, scalable model available to every Society regardless of size or income.
The Centre puts the Global Service Delivery Model into practice: specialist support organised once for the whole network, instead of built country by country. It is hosted by the Norwegian Red Cross and opens formally at the ifrc general assembly, late 2026.
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Who the governing bodies are, where a National Society holds the decisions, and what a Reference Centre is.
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Two ways in
For any National Society, and for IFRC, ICRC or a partner requesting on a Society's behalf.
For Partner National Societies, ICRC and institutional donors with a plan and a budget.