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Supporting Syria and the region: Post-Brussels conference financial tracking Report Ten September 2020 FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION 2 Supporting Syria and the region: Post-Brussels conference financial tracking September 2020 On 30 June 2020, representatives of 84 as of 31 August 20202. It summarises the progress delegations - 57 States, 10 regional organisations of contributions to respond in Syria and in the and International Financial Institutions (IFI) as well neighbouring refugee-hosting countries – Jordan, as 17 United Nations (UN) agencies – came Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, and Egypt. together to renew political, humanitarian and It also provides a breakdown of grant pledges and financial commitments for supporting the future of contributions and loan pledges to Syria and the Syria and the region at the Brussels IV conference. region. Information was gathered directly from all Hosted by the European Union (EU) and co- participating donors and multi-lateral development chaired by the UN, the eighth pledging conference banks and supplemented by Brussels conference announced a total funding pledge of US$5.5 billion documentation and triangulated with data from the (€4.9 billion) for 2020 and multi-year pledges of Office for the Coordination Affairs (OCHA) close to US$2.2 billion (€2 billion) for 2021 and Financial Tracking Service (FTS). A glossary of the beyond, In addition, IFIs and donors also terms used throughout is given at the end of the announced US$6.1 billion (€5.5 billion) in loans1 report, as are details of the data sources and for 2020 and beyond. methodology employed. This is the tenth financial tracking report in a series Throughout the report, the term “contribution” that tracks financial contributions against pledges refers to the sum of all assistance reported at each made in response to the Syrian crisis. This report mutually exclusive stage of the funding process – was commissioned by the European Commission committed, contracted and disbursed (see Annex and it presents the contributions of donors against A: Glossary). their pledges made at the Brussels IV conference, This publication was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of Particip GmbH and Cardno Emerging Markets Belgium and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union. 1 Loan pledges refer to lending targets, which depend on the 2 Throughout the report, the data used is valid as of 31 August debtor’s willingness and ability to comply with the terms and 2020 but is referred to as of August 2020. guarantee requirements of the lender. SUPPORTING SYRIA AND THE REGION POST-BRUSSELS CONFERENCE FINANCIAL TRACKING: REPORT TEN Contents 1. Key results ............................................................................................................................ 3 2. Overview ............................................................................................................................... 4 3. Progress by Donor ............................................................................................................... 5 Grant Contributions ............................................................................................................................... 5 Loan Pledges and Contributions ......................................................................................................... 9 4. Progress by Country .......................................................................................................... 10 Grant Contributions ............................................................................................................................. 10 Loan Contributions .............................................................................................................................. 12 5. In focus: Contributions to Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Syria ..................................... 13 Jordan ........................................................................................................................................... 13 Lebanon ........................................................................................................................................... 15 Beirut Explosion................................................................................................................................... 16 Turkey ........................................................................................................................................... 16 EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey ................................................................................................... 17 Syria ........................................................................................................................................... 18 6. Sectors ............................................................................................................................... 19 COVID-19 Pandemic .......................................................................................................................... 20 7. Channels of Delivery ......................................................................................................... 21 8. Regional Multi-Donor Mechanisms ................................................................................. 22 UN Coordinated Response Plans ..................................................................................................... 22 Annexes ............................................................................................................................... 24 Annex A: Glossary ................................................................................................................................. 24 Annex B: Methodology .......................................................................................................................... 26 2 SUPPORTING SYRIA AND THE REGION POST-BRUSSELS CONFERENCE FINANCIAL TRACKING: REPORT TEN 1. Key results At the fourth Brussels conference on Supporting the humanitarian, development and stabilisation Future of Syria and the Region held on 30 June activities in 2020 in Syria and the region3. Of these, 2020, the international community and sixteen made forward-looking pledges of governments of refugee-hosting countries came US$2 billion (€1.8 billion) for 2021 and beyond. The together to reaffirm their commitments to IFIs, donor countries and the EU also announced helping millions of affected civilians in Syria and US$6.9 billion (€6.2 billion) in loans. The purpose of Syrian refugees and the communities generously this tracking mechanism is to provide an update on hosting them. the funding delivered in the region and to ensure accountability of donors for the delivery of funding Thirty-seven donor countries and the EU pledged against the pledges made at the Brussels IV US$4.9 billion (€4.4 billion) in grants to support conference. The report published today reports that, as of August As of August 2020, Turkey is the second largest 2020: recipient of grant contributions among the neighbouring • US$5 billion (€4.5 billion) in grants was contributed by countries, receiving US$806 million (€720 million) in donors for the year 2020 (up to August) for Syria and grant contributions for 2020. For 2021 and beyond, countries in the region most affected by the Syrian grant contributions of US$73 million (€65 million) were crisis (Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt), already committed or contracted for Turkey. Loan already exceeding by 2% the original conference contributions for Turkey for 2020 and beyond, amounted pledge of US$4.9 billion (€4.4 billion). to US$43 million (€38 million), of the pledged new loans of US$56 million (€50 million). • For 2021 and beyond, as of August 2020, donors have already made available US$1.7 billion As of August 2020, Jordan received US$631 million (€1.5 billion), 85% of the conference pledge of (€563 million) in grant contributions for 2020. For 2021 US$2 billion (€1.8 billion). and beyond, grant contributions of US$726 million (€649 million) were already committed or contracted for • US$6.9 billion (€6.2 billion) of loans were pledged at Jordan. Loan contributions for Jordan for 2020 and the conference to the governments of refugee-hosting beyond, amounted to US$888 million (€793 million), of countries for 2020 and beyond. the pledged new loans of US$2.5 billion (€2.3 billion). EU member states and EU institutions pledged US$3 As of August 2020, Iraq and Egypt received grant billion (€2.7 billion), 61% of the 2020 pledge made at the contributions of US$378 million (€337 million) and Brussels IV conference, and contributed US$3.2 billion US$52 million (€46 million), respectively. For 2021 and (€2.8 billion) in 2020, as of August 2020 already beyond grant contributions for Iraq and Egypt that are exceeding by 2% their original conference pledge. The already committed or contracted, totalled three largest donors were the EU, Germany, and the US$213 million (€190 million) and US$20 million (€18 USA, accounting for 70% of total grant contributions million), respectively. provided up August 2020. As of August 2020, the funding requirements of the As of August 2020, the largest grant contribution has Syria Humanitarian Response Plan and the Syria been for Syria, US$1.7 billion (€1.5 billion). The five Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan are covered by largest donors, accounted for 75% of total grant 38% and 22%, respectively. The co-chairs