JORDAN HUMANITARIAN FUND ANNUAL REPORT 2016 Donors to the Jordan Humanitarian Fund in 2016 Belgium UK Ireland Sweden Netherlands Thank you for your generous financial contributions and continued support. For more information visit: https://www.unocha.org/syria For feedback contact: OCHA Jordan ([email protected]) CONTENTS SECTION 01 NOTE FROM THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR ........ P 3 SECTION 02 HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT Introduction ................................................................................... P 4 SECTION 03 OVERVIEW The JHF Objectives ....................................................................... P 5 Contributions ................................................................................ P 5 Allocations ..................................................................................... P 5 Rationale and Information on the Allocations ................................ P 5 Funding by Sector ......................................................................... P 6 Funding by Implementing Partner Type ..................................... P 7 Geographical Distribution for 2016 Projects ........................... P 7 Projects’ Beneficiaries .................................................................. P 7 SECTION 04 PERFORMANCE Inclusiveness ................................................................................. P 9 Flexibility ....................................................................................... P 9 Timeliness ..................................................................................... P 10 Efficiency ....................................................................................... P 10 Accountability .............................................................................. P 10 Coordination ................................................................................ P 12 Cash Assistance ............................................................................ P 12 Innovation ...................................................................................... P 12 Complementarity with Other Funding Sources .......................... P 13 Cross-Cutting Issues ..................................................................... P 13 SECTION 05 HUMANITARIAN STORIES .................................................. P 14 SECTION 06 ANNEXES Annex I: Summary of Results by Sector .............................. P 16 Annex II: Acronyms ...................................................................... P 23 JORDAN HUMANITARIAN FUND: ANNUAL REPORT 2016 3 NOTE FROM THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR The Jordan Humanitarian Fund (JHF), which was Over the course of 2016, the JHF was able to allocate $11.9 established in July 2014, is a viable humanitarian financing million to support the work of 20 different partners (15 tool supported by a solid governance structure and international NGOs and five national and local NGOs) accountability framework. The main objective of the JHF through the implementation of 33 projects responding to is to provide flexible and timely funding to address priority life-saving humanitarian needs in Jordan and southern humanitarian needs of Syrian refugees and vulnerable Syria. Of the 33 funded projects, 22 projects supported the host communities in Jordan. A provision was also made humanitarian response in Jordan and 11 supported the within the Fund in 2015 to address the humanitarian humanitarian operations in southern Syria. needs of vulnerable, conflict-affected people in southern Syria by supporting the delivery of cross-border I would like to reiterate my sincere gratitude to the assistance under the UN Security Council Resolutions Governments of Belgium, the United Kingdom, 2156/2191/2258/2332. Ireland,Sweden, and the Netherlands for their contributions to the fund in 2016. This support benefited Drawing on the guidance of the Humanitarian Country over 521,000 people in need in Jordan and southern Syria Team (HCT) in Jordan and the Inter-Agency Task Force throughout the year. for refugees, the JHF Advisory Board reviewed and updated the Fund’s strategy in line with the updated In 2017, I have high hopes that the level of financial national response plans; the Jordan Response Plan support to this important financing tool would be stepped- 2016-2018 and the Syria Humanitarian Response Plan. up to meet the ever-growing needs and gaps, given the The strategy seeks to fill critical gaps and address time- absence of any indication that a political solution to the sensitive priority needs. In its meeting of December Syria crisis is near. I would like to reiterate the important 2016, the Advisory Board acknowledged the added value role played by the donor community to keep up with the of the JHF in supporting the capacity development of pace of the rapidly increasing needs. I would also like national and local NGOs in Jordan and southern Syria to re-affirm that the JHF will continue to enhance the and in stepping-up efforts to enhance their access to capacities of local and national partners and encourage the Fund. In addition, the Advisory Board endorsed the their access to the Fund. I look upon all humanitarian Fund’s Operational Manual, which was prepared in a aid agencies and international partners to support this consultative and participatory manner and encouraged continuous effort to ensure that this country is fully the adoption of third-party monitoring for the projects capable and resilient once the international community funded in southern Syria. phases out their programmes and financial support. The JHF started the year with a carryover of US$1.64 million from 2015. With the generous support of the Governments of Ireland, Belgium, Sweden and the Netherlands as well as the first-time contribution of the Government of the United Kingdom, the total funding contributed to the JHF in 2016 amounted to $14.18 million. Anders Pedersen UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Jordan JORDAN HUMANITARIAN FUND: ANNUAL REPORT 2016 4 HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT A total of 13.5 million people in Syria now require Introduction humanitarian assistance and over half of the population Since the onset of the conflict in Syria, over a million Syrians have been forced to flee their homes. In southern Syria, have fled to Jordan as of end of March 2017, 655,399 of civilians continue to bear the brunt of a conflict marked by whom are registered refugees, constituting 10 per cent of the unparalleled suffering, destruction and disregard for human total population in Jordan. Of these, 514,060 (78.5%) live in life. In the south of Syria alone, as of October 2016, there host communities, while the remaining 141,148 (22%) live were over 732,000 people in need, including over 350,000 in camps, principally Za’atari and Azraq. Over five years of long-term Internally Displaced Populations (IDPs). Although, successive waves of increasing refugee influxes have placed throughout 2016, respective “cessation of hostilities” considerable strain on social, economic, institutional and agreements provided a temporary platform for the de- natural resource systems throughout Jordan. escalation of hostilities, these agreements broke after varying periods and resumed conflict generated new waves of short- As of late July/early August 2016, some 80,000 Syrians were term displacement. The newly displaced were compelled stranded at Jordan’s north-eastern border with Syria in the to flee, leaving behind many of their belongings. While the no man’s land (berm) at both Rukban and Hadalat. A large majority was able to find refuge with host families, shelters proportion of the population is vulnerable with limited were often extremely overcrowded and lacked basic amenities. or no assets, and the vast majority (79 per cent) comprise women and children. Until 21 June 2016, the Government Following the adoption of UN Security Council (UNSC) of Jordan facilitated humanitarian access to people in need Resolution 2165 (2014), the UNSC authorized UN at the berm, enabling agencies to deliver life-saving services, agencies and their partners to use routes across conflict albeit with some restrictions. Following the unprecedented lines and the border crossings between Syria and the vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) attack neighboring countries (Jordan, Turkey, and Iraq) to deliver on the Jordanian border guard at Rukban on 21 June, the humanitarian assistance to people in need in Syria. Under Government of Jordan (GoJ) sealed its entire northern UNSC Resolution 2165, subsequently renewed through border and, as a result, humanitarian access to the population resolutions 2191 (2015), 2258 (2015) and 2332 (2016), the at the berm was tightened. With high-level advocacy on UN and its implementing partners have consistently been protection concerns, the UN was granted approval to able to deliver humanitarian aid and, increasingly, services resume operations in December 2016 and the delivery of to previously hard-to-reach areas in southern Syria. humanitarian assistance recommenced in November 2016. Children in Azraq Camp : OCHA JORDAN HUMANITARIAN FUND: ANNUAL REPORT 2016 5 OVERVIEW The JHF Objectives Allocations The Jordan Humanitarian Fund (JHF) provides funding to Throughout 2016, the Fund succeeded in allocating projects in line with the priorities included in the Jordan US$11.9 million to 22 projects in Syrian refugee camps Response Plan (JRP) and the Syria Humanitarian Response and vulnerable host communities in Jordan, and 11 Plan (HRP). It provides