The Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation announced on Monday that Jordan received $132.8 million in financial aid for its Syrian Crisis Response Plan as of the end of July. However, the ministry did not specify the total financial requirements for the current year’s response plan, 2024, making it impossible to calculate the funding ratio for the government’s plan. It was revealed that $93.1 million was allocated to support refugees, and $39.6 million was directed towards supporting host communities, while the budget support category remained unfunded.
By sector, the largest share of funding was for protection and justice, totaling $40.6 million, followed by health at $39.1 million, and economic empowerment at $28.6 million (including $1.5 million for food security and $27.1 million for livelihood support). The public services sector received $13.9 million, distributed among energy ($441,000), environment ($3.2 million), municipal services, and local governance ($10.2 million). The education sector was allocated $8 million, shelter provision received $1.6 million, and water services $739,000.
Jordan has hosted approximately 1.3 million Syrians since the onset of the Syrian crisis in 2011, including about 660,000 Syrian refugees registered with the UNHCR.
Regarding donor countries, multilateral funds led with contributions of $30 million, followed by Germany with $24 million, the United States with $20.5 million, and the European Union with $19.5 million. Other contributions included Denmark ($9.1 million), Qatar ($6.4 million), Italy ($4.7 million), Norway ($3.9 million), and the United Kingdom and the Netherlands with $2.9 million each from other donor countries.
In 2023, Jordan’s funding for the Syrian Crisis Response Plan amounted to $633.7 million out of a total requirement of $2.276 billion, with a funding rate of 29.2% and a deficit of $1.612 billion.
Since the launch of Jordan’s response plans in 2015 through the end of last year 2023, donors and the international community have committed to funding 45.9% of Jordan’s response plans, with total funding reaching approximately $10.3 billion.
