Support to the municipalities affected by the influx of Syrian refugees in [PHASE 2]

• Increased social cohesion and environment protection, AICS works jointly with Jordanian Institutions on: GOVERNANCE through the provision of equipment, rehabilitation of infrastructure and quality improvement of urban life • Support to local municipalities on service delivery • Support to social cohesion in the municipal territory; • Rehabilitation of infrastructures

PROGRAMME SUMMARY

The “Support to the municipalities affected by the influx of Syrian refugees in Jordan” programme aims to improve Sector | Governance living conditions of the population in the municipalities of Status | Ongoing Syria’s neighbouring Governorates, which are particularly affected by the concentration of refugees seeking shelter Funded in | 2017 across the border. Budget | € 1,500,000.00 The intervention aims to ensure: • Restored health care services through the provision Implementing Partners| Ministry of Municipal of medical equipment supply and/or medicines in Affairs (MoMA) hospitals and health centres; Beneficiaries | Municipalities of • Improved education services for refugees and the most vulnerable Jordanian population in Jordan’s (); Junaid ( public schools, through the acquisition of goods and Governorate); Al- Halabat, Dhlail ( restoration of school facilities; Governorate). • Increased social cohesion and environment protection, through the provision of equipment, rehabilitation of infrastructure and quality 8 interventions 4 municipalities improvement of urban life in the municipal territory; • Enhanced access to health and hygiene services for school rehabilitation/maintenance Syrian refugees and the most vulnerable Jordanian youth centre construction population, through improved planning process of library/public spaces restoration health services, as well as rehabilitation of medical medical equipment supply infrastructure and waste management system.

Between November 2017 and November 2019 four schools were rehabilitated in Hallabat (1), Dhleil (1) and Jerash (2), and the Hallabat Health Centre was provided with medical equipment. In Jerash, the library and the 2,64% children’s centre at Zain Park were rehabilitated with the aim to ensure a suitable recreational environment for children and families, and contribute to the integration of Syrian refugees within the local community. AICS Amman’s investment in Governance expressed Moreover, a Youth Center and a Gym were rehabilitated as a percentage of the total budget 2016-2019 and equipped in Junaid, and a Public Market was newly designed and built in Dhleil (). Construction works of the new Public Market began in September 2018 and ended in May 2019, and included: construction of 14 new commercial spaces of approximately 40 square metres each, installation of water tanks on the roof of the pavilion, connection to the electricity network, and connection to the municipal sewerage network.

In December 2019, the Programme Steering Committee determined to extend the validity of the MoU to Healthcare Centre Halabat, Mafraq June 2020 in order to enable the Ministry of Local Administration and the Municipalities to improve service delivery through the provision of additional equipment and works at the Public Market in Dhleil, as well as at Hallabat Health Centre and Junaid Youth Centre.

Al Mazara School Halabat, Mafraq

Public Market Dhlail, Zarqa Zain Park Jerash

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