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Fact-finding mission of the Budgetary Control Committee (CONT) To Jordan and Lebanon 20 – 23 September 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL DOCUMENTS 1. Draft programme ............................................................................................................................... 5 2. Background briefing prepared by the Policy Department .................................................. 13 EU IN THE MIDDLE EAST 3. ECHO Background Briefing: Lebanon and Jordan .................................................................. 49 4. EU-UNRWA Partnership Leaflet .................................................................................................... 71 LEBANON 5. EU Support to Lebanon - ECHO Factsheet ................................................................................ 81 6. Lebanon ECHO Operations ............................................................................................................ 85 7. Protection briefing confidential - Palestinian refugees in Lebanon ................................. 87 8. Palestinian refugees from Syria in Lebanon - Factsheet ...................................................... 97 9. Lebanon: Syria Crisis - ECHO Factsheet....................................................................................... 99 JORDAN 10. EU Support to Jordan - ECHO Factsheet ....................................................................................105 UNRWA 11. About UNRWA 2015 .........................................................................................................................111 12. UNRWA in figures ..............................................................................................................................129 13. Overview of the EU assistance to UNRWA - Lebanon and Jordan ....................................131 14. EC Financial Commitments to UNRWA 2000-2015 ................................................................137 Page 1 of 162 15. Donor ranking (with UN Agencies) overall ...............................................................................139 16. EC-UNRWA Joint Declaration 2014-2016 signed ....................................................................143 17. EUREP note on Funding Shortfall .................................................................................................149 18. UNRWA Operations in Lebanon ...................................................................................................151 19. UNRWA Jordan Field update .........................................................................................................155 20. ACIO Annual Report ..........................................................................................................................157 21. Bio UNRWA DCG Sandra Mitchell ................................................................................................161 Page 2 of 162 GENERAL DOCUMENTS 1. Draft programme ............................................................................................................................... 2. Background briefing prepared by the Policy Department .................................................. Page 3 of 162 Page 4 of 162 Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union Directorate for Budgetary Affairs Secretariat of the Committee on Budgetary Control Brussels, 9 September 2016 Fact-finding mission of the Budgetary Control Committee (CONT) to Lebanon and Jordan 20 - 23 September 2016 DRAFT PROGRAMME Members of the delegation: 1. Ms Inge Gräßle (EPP, Head of Delegation) 2. Mr Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP) 3. Ms Claudia Schmidt (EPP) 4. Mr Joachim Zeller (EPP) 5. Ms Caterina Chinnici (S&D) 6. Mr Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR) 7. Ms Martina Dlabajova (ALDE) 8. Mr Dennis de Jong (GUE) CONT Secretariat 9. Mr Michal Czaplicki (EP mobile: +32-472.580721) 10. Ms Catherine Coninckx Advisors of Political Groups 11. Ms Edyta Tarczynska (EPP) 12. Ms Codruta-Liliana Filip (S&D) 13. Mr Aivars Berners (ALDE) Languages covered EN, AR and passive DE and IT. Page 5 of 162 Interpreters 14. Ms Lina Dokhgan (AR, 22-23/09/2016) 15. Ms Serene Huleileh (AR, 22-23/09/2016) 16. Ms Mirna Tabet (AR, 22-23/09/2016) 17. Mr James Hobbs (EN, 21-23/09/2016) 18. Ms Johanna Eleanor McCalmont (EN, 21-23/09/2016) Coordination in Lebanon EU Delegation Harbor Drive bldg., Charles Helou av., Saifi – Beirut P.O.Box 11-4008 – Riad el Solh Beirut 1107 2150 Lebanon Telephone: 00961 1 569400 Fax: 00961 1 569415 E-mail: [email protected] UNRWA Lebanon Field Office Bir Hassan, Ghobeiri, Beirut (opposite City Sportive) Beirut 1107 2060 - Lebanon Telephone: (+ 961 1) 840 490 Fax: (+ 961 1) 840 466 Coordination in Jordan EU Delegation Princess Basma St., North Abdoun P.O. Box 852099 Amman 11185 - Jordan Telephone: +962-6-460-7000 Fax: +962-6-460-7001 E-mail: [email protected] UNRWA Jordan Headquarters Bayader Wadi Al-Seer, Amman Beyouk Street, Opposite Wadi Al-Seer Training Centre, PO Box 143464 Amman 11814 - Jordan Telephone: (+ 962 6) 580 8100 Fax: (+ 962 6) 580 8335 Transport: Bus transfers in Beirut and Amman Page 6 of 162 Accomodation/Hotels: HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL PHOENICIA (BEIRUT) Address: Minet El Hosn, Beirut, Lebanon, P.O. Box 11/846 Phone: +961-1-369100 http://www.phoeniciabeirut.com/ Date in: 20/09/2016 & Date out: 21/09/2016 HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL (AMMAN) Address: Islamic College Street, P.O. Box 35014, Jabal Amman, Amman 11180 Jordan Phone: +962-6-4641361 http://www.ihg.com/intercontinental/hotels/gb/en/amman/ammha/hoteldetail Date in: 21/09/2016 & Date out: 23/09/2016 Flights: OUTWARD - From Brussels to Beirut Flight On Airport Departure time Arrival time ME 216 20 September Brussels Airport 11:00 16:10 TRANSFER - From Beirut to Amman Flight On Airport Departure time Arrival time RJ 406 21 September Beirut – Rafic Hariri Intl 20:20 22:10 RETURN - From Amman to Paris Flight On Airport Departure time Arrival time AF 487 24 September Amman – Queen Alia Intl 01:25 05:30 From Paris to Brussels Train On Train Station Departure time Arrival time 7181 24 September Paris Charles de Gaulle 08:07 09:43 OR From Amman to Istanbul Flight On Airport Departure time Arrival time TK 813 24 September Amman – Queen Alia Intl 06:40 09:05 From Istanbul to Brussels Flight On Airport Departure time Arrival time Istanbul – Ataturk, Terminal TK 1943 24 September 10:10 12:35 I Page 7 of 162 Programme: Tuesday, 20 September 2016 Time Meeting Location 16:10 Arrival of the delegation in Beirut Rafic Hariri Intl airport and transfer to the hotel 19:00 Reception hosted by Head of the EU Residence of the EU Delegation to Lebanon, HE Ambassador Ambassador Ms Christina Markus Lassen Wednesday, 21 September 2016 Time Meeting Location 8:30 Meeting in the hotel lobby, joint program with Intercontinental LIBE Phoenicia Hotel 09:00 - 10:00 Briefing with UNRWA Director Matthias UNRWA HQ Schmale (joint CONT-LIBE meeting) 10:00 - 10:15 Transfer to venue 10:15 - 11:30 Visit to Shatila camp (joint CONT-LIBE Shatila camp meeting) Focus Education, Protection and Cash Assistance: a briefing on the protection concerns of Palestine refugees in Lebanon, a tour of an UNRWA school (supported by ENI contribution to UNRWA Program budget); observation of classrooms and awareness raising activities, focus group with beneficiaries of UNRWA’s emergency cash assistance program for Palestine refugees from Syria (supported by ENI and now also by the Madad Fund) 11:30 - 12:00 Transfer to venue 12:00 - 13:30 Visit to Bourj al Barajneh camp (CONT only, Bourj al Barajneh camp LIBE has a separate meeting) Focus on Shelter Rehabilitation and Health: Visit to a rehabilitated shelter, a shelter being rehabilitated and a shelter waiting to be rehabilitated & meeting with inhabitants (ENI project funding); tour of health clinic and briefing on health and hospitalization by the Health Programme Chief 13:30 - 14:15 Transfer to venue Page 8 of 162 14:15 - 16:45 Visit to Siblin Training center (joint CONT-LIBE Siblin Training center meeting) Meeting with principal, observation of courses, career guidance sessions and a focus group with young trainees (supported by ENI through the Program budget and additional specific projects funded by ENI) 16:45 - 18:30 Transfer to the airport 20:20 - 22:10 Flight Beirut-Amman Arrival at Queen Alia Airport and transfer to the hotel Thursday, 22 September 2016 Time Meeting Location 8:00 Departure from hotel Intercontinental Hotel 8:30 - 9:30 Briefing with Andrea Matteo Fontana, EU Delegation Ambassador, Ibrahim Laafia, Head of Cooperation, and Matteo Paoltroni, EC Humanitarian Office 10:00 - 11:30 UNRWA Wadi Seer Vocational Training Centre UNRWA HQ (supported by ENI through UNRWA program budget) Dorothee Klaus, UNRWA Deputy for Programmes in Jordan Oroba Labadi, Chief Field TVET Programme in Jordan Khalil Hasan, Donar Relations and Projects Officer in Jordan - Briefing on UNRWA TVET Programme in Jordan; relevancy of the programme, Parallel beneficiaries and targeting of the sessions vulnerable categories, success rates and employment of graduates, new TVET strategy and possible areas of reform, needs and future plans. (ENI support to UNRWA Program Budget- GIZ current technical support); - Tour in Wadi Seer Training Centre; look into workshops and classes; meeting with TVET students including ex-Gazan students. 10:15 - 11:15 Meeting with Eng. Yasin Abu Awad, Acting Department of Director General and Eng. Nidal Haddad, Palestinian Affairs then Director of UNRWA Directorate, General UNRWA HQ Director, Department
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