AMMAN — Jordan did not receive any foreign funding to
cover the general budget item related to the
Syria crisis response plan in
2021, according to a statement by the
Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation carried by Al-Mamlaka TV.
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Around $948 million have been allocated to the response plan in
2021, but zero funds were recieved according to Al-Mamlaka TV.
Only $744 million were allocated to fund the response plan out of
an estimated $2.43 billion, meeting only 30.6 percent of the actual needs, with
a deficit of 69.4 percent, which amounts to $1.687 billion.
The ministry had earlier said that the budget item requires
donors’ support to cover infrastructural needs in the education, health, and
water sectors.
In 2020, the same budget item reached $353.5 million out of $932
million, constituting 37.9 percent of the requirements of this item. Likewise,
around $393.4 million were allocated to the budget in 2019, meeting 39.4
percent of the item’s requirements.
Jordan has hosted more than 1.3 million
Syrian refugees since the
onset of the Syrian crisis in 2011, of which 672,952 refugees have been
registered by the
UNHCR, while there are more than 5 million Syrian refugees
currently living in Jordan and in neighboring countries.
Last year, the plan’s funding was distributed on five main items;
while $136 million or 71.2 percent were granted in support of the host
countries and $538 million or 87.2 percent were allocated to support the Syrian
refugees.
Projects included in the
response plan to cover COVID-19 needs received approximately $14 million in
funds. However, the planning ministry had asked for $260 million, and projects
aimed at improving infrastructure and institutional capacity received only
$54.8 million out of $412 million that were required.
In 2020, around $1.11 billion were earmarked to fund Jordan’s
response plan to the Syrian crisis; 49.4 percent of actual needs, leading to a
deficit of around $1.137 billion of the annual budget.
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nasser Shraideh
had urged the international community to stand up to its responsibilities
towards host countries, especially Jordan in light of the noticeable decline in
funding during the past two years.
The
2021 budget needs for the Syria response plan was prepared in collaboration
with relevant ministries and institutions as well as UN organizations, donor
countries, and NGOs.
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