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Financing model

Structure, not persuasion. What funds the Centre, what a National Society contributes, and what is financed separately.

Two funding streams

The Centre is funded from two streams. Core funding comes from the Norwegian Red Cross as host, alongside strategic members. The rest comes from invoicing for services delivered, on the contribution bands below.

The Norwegian Red Cross share is capped and steps down toward 2030, while strategic member contributions and cost recovery grow to replace it. A Centre funded by one host is a Centre that ends when that host's priorities change, and the network-wide mandate needs network-wide funding behind it.

A strategic member is therefore not backfilling a departing funder. It is taking a share of a base that was always meant to be shared, and the earlier it does so the more it shapes what the Centre becomes.

The size of the thing you would be funding

The Centre's 2026 operating envelope is NOK 22,200,000, split across the global operating unit and the five regions. A strategic member contribution of NOK 1–2 million per year is therefore a material share of the whole, not a rounding line in someone else's budget.

2026 operating envelope. Source: FDC Organogram, budget update 11.06.2026.
Envelope	NOK
Global operating unit	4,625,000
Africa, Anglophone and Francophone combined	8,950,000
MENA	3,825,000
Asia	2,600,000
Americas	1,200,000
Europe	1,000,000
Total	22,200,000

Contribution by income classification

Identical to the table a National Society sees on what it costs you. There is not a second version of this for partners.

Contribution to standard service delivery cost, by National Society income classification.
National Society category	Contribution to standard service delivery cost
Prioritised: NSIF and lower-income countries	Fully subsidised through the core budget
Other lower-income Societies meeting vulnerability and demand criteria	Fully subsidised, subject to annual funding and capacity
Middle-income	Approximately 40%
High-income	Approximately 80%

Standard service delivery means adviser time plus the travel, accommodation and per diem needed to deliver the agreed service.
Project costs sit outside this. ERP systems, hardware, software, external IT consultants, audit fees, training venues and translation are financed separately by the Society or a sponsor.
A sponsor can cover a Society's contribution. If a partner is already funding your programme, say so in the request.

Standard delivery, and what sits outside it

Inside standard service delivery: adviser time, plus the travel, accommodation and per diem needed to deliver the agreed service.

Financed separately as project cost: ERP systems, hardware, software, external IT consultants, audit fees, training venues and translation.

How project agreements are made

Project agreements are made directly between the National Society and the sponsor. The Centre is copied in and is involved in quality assurance of the design. The Norwegian Red Cross is not a contracting party.

That separation is what allows the Centre to advise on a procurement it does not sign for.

Partner pack, detailed financing model (PDF)

The partner pack carries the full financing model: the annual core cost base, the step-down schedule by period, worked service costings and cost recovery. Request it and it is sent by email.

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