Work ongoing to update JRP plan for 2022 — Planning Ministry

AMMAN — The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation on Monday said that work is ongoing to update projects of the Jordan Response Plan for the Syrian Crisis (JRP) for the current year, in light of response of donor countries.

Replying to questions by the Jordan News Agency, Petra, the ministry said that the plan will continue with the same components of supporting refugees, host communities, building up institutional capacity, and the coronavirus response, distributed over seven sectors of education, health, shelter, water and sanitation, economic empowerment, public services and social protection and justice, in addition to a special chapter of supporting the Treasury.

Funding for the JRP during 2021 amounted to about $744.4 million, or 30.6 per cent of the plan’s requirements of $2.432 billion. The Council of Ministers had earlier endorsed the JRP for three years 2020-2022.