Strengthening local capacities for social stability in Tripoli and Bekaa
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: DA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The project will work to reduce social tensions between host communities and Syrian refugees in Bekaa and North Lebanon. </span></p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
IJMAA+ Project
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: DA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The project aims to improve collaborative mechanisms among local government and constituents and build local capacities to support stabilisation needs and reduce drivers of tension.</span></p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
Youth Led Social Cohesion in Baalbeck-Hermel
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-arabic-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ansi-language: en-GB; mso-ligatures: none;">The project LOST in Lebanon, the project aims at reducing social tensions and expanding protection spaces for the target communities by adopting a comprehensive approach, which focuses both on engaging Syrian refugee and Lebanese youth as actors of social change in the displacement-affected communities and on involving and engaging local stakeholders to create a supportive environment allowing youth to build networks and respond to community challenges.</span></p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
Building Resilience of Vulnerable Jordanians and Refugees through Livelihoods Support and Protection
<p><span lang="en-GB">The project’s overall objective is to increase vulnerable Jordanians and refugees’ protection, confidence and opportunities to access decent livelihoods. </span>It works towards four objectives: 1) Enhanced access to employment of Jordanian and refugee beneficiaries benefiting from education, training and business incubation; 2) Enhanced private sector capacity in income generation and creation of decent sustainable jobs; 3) Enhanced protection of Jordanian and refugee beneficiaries benefiting from legal, psychosocial services and social cohesion initiatives; and 4) E<span lang="en-GB">nhanced capacity of ARDD staff in the economy of human rights, code of conduct, child protection and ”do no harm” principles </span></p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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Building a Pathway for Durable Solutions for Syrian Refugees and IDPs in Iraq
<div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">The project</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">’</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">s overall aim is to contribute to policies and programming in Iraq that are more conducive to durable solutions as a result of being informed by locally</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">-</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">led and evidence</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">-</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">based advocacy. The project supports at least three selected CSOs in the Kurdish Region of Iraq (KRI) to identify local obstacles to refugees</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">’ </span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">and IDP</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">’</span><span style="font-size: 12.000000pt; font-family: 'Calibri';">s ability to pursue solutions to their displacement based on a thorough understanding and analysis of specific issues that affect them.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div>
Iraq STATUS: In Progress
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Accelerated vocational training centre for the socioeconomic inclusion in the North
<p>This three-year project’s overall aim is to stimulate sustainable economic participation of vulnerable youth to promote their inclusion in the development of marginalized communities. The project’s approach rests on three main pillars: social empowerment, economic empowerment, and employment and job creation. It works across two specific objectives: (1) developing youth employability through comprehensive training programmes, and (2) strengthening the private sector and national actors’ engagement in active labour market.</p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
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Resilience through livelihoods for vulnerable Syrian refugees and Jordanian host community across Jordan
<p>This three year project aims to improve access to safe and sustainable livelihood opportunities for displacement affected populations in support of durable solutions with focus on youth. It works toward enhancing transferable employability skills, creating and sustaining income generating opportunities, and building the capacities of partner Community Based Organizations (CBOs).</p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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REFORM - Towards a strengthened quality response and inclusive and dignified durable solution for GBV survivors in Lebanon
<p>This three-year project targets women and children survivors and/or those at risk of GBV or child protection violations, and men with abusive behavior, as well as supporting the capacity development of local authorities and national actors on GBV prevention and response. It aims to enhance the protection space for vulnerable refugees and host communities, and contribute to a more conducive environment for durable solutions through conducting nation-wide community awareness sessions.</p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
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Improving quality and effective management of GBV mitigation and response services in Iraq
<p>This three-year project is being implemented in Iraqi Kurdistan through four local partners, and in collaboration with local authorities. It aims at expanding the protective environment in support to the rights of vulnerable refugees, internally displaced persons and host communities, in particular survivors of GBV. It works towards three specific objectives: (1) enhanced capacity of national actors enabling GBV survivors to enjoy rights and access protection services, (2) research on GBV identified priority issues and safely collected data are used by key stakeholders, and (3) improved legal framework and behavioural changes enhanced through evidence based advocacy</p>
Iraq STATUS: In Progress
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Durable Solutions Platform (DSP)
<p>With the support of the RDPP, the DSP will produce eleven research products over three years covering the three durable solutions, while ensuring that applied research is responsive to a changing context and continues to feed into advocacy priorities. The DSP will also deliver a multi-year durable solutions advocacy workstream that builds on DSP research, and ensure that findings reach key stakeholders in the region and beyond.</p>
Regional STATUS: In Progress
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Improving the status of women in Jordan through combating child marriage and promoting positive masculinity
<p>This project’s overall objective is to contribute to a safe environment for women and girls in Jordan through the prevention of negative practices and behaviours focusing on child marriage as a form of GBV. Through working with national authorities, the commission aims to (1) positively influence capacities, attitudes and knowledge of stakeholders regarding implementation of legislation and practices linked to child marriage, (2) improve communities’ attitudes and behaviours toward child marriage and other gender-related issues, and (3) improve their capacities and those of their partners in managing women-related interventions.</p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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Advocating for a dignified life for refugees and vulnerable host communities in Lebanon
<p>This project is a continuation and expansion on the work of the Working Group for Persons Affected by the Syrian Crisis (WG PASC), a protection advocacy network of 26 national and local CSOs. WG PASC was formed in 2016, and works to enhance the capacity and space for civil society organizations in Lebanon to influence their government and international actors to adopt policies that more effectively meet the needs of vulnerable displaced persons and host communities, and implement them effectively. The project aims to enhance the capacity of the Working Group to influence policies and help vulnerable rights holders enjoy rights and access protection, and influence protection policies and practices to improve affected communities’ protection environment and access to basic services and rights.</p>
Lebanon STATUS: Completed
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Preventing and Minimising Child Labour in Identified Hazardous Jobs in Jordan
<p>This three-year project (2019-2022) implemented by Tamkeen, Jordan aims to strengthen national capacities towards an enhanced protective and preventive environment related to child labour. The project supports governmental stakeholders, CBOs, advocates, and also media personnel in targeted communities to be able to identify and respond to child labour issues with quality service provision including referrals, legal services, and case management systems. The project also aims to create an active coalition to coordinate referrals and jointly advocate on child labour and child rights on strengthening legislation that prevent children from working in hazardous sectors and updating the “<span lang="EN-US">National </span><span lang="EN-US">Strategy </span><span lang="EN-US">to </span><span lang="EN-US">Combat </span><span lang="EN-US">Child Labour</span>” with the ultimate objective of having ‘begging’ formally recognized as the worst form of Child Labour in Jordan.</p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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Protection and Economic Development for Syrian refugees and Jordanian women (SANABEL)
<p>This two-year project aims to economically, socially, and legally empower women and girls to ensure that they participate in inclusive, safe, and just communities. The project is implemented in Irbid, Mafraq, Amman and Zarqa targeting Syrian refugees and Jordanian nationals. SIGI aims to build the capacities of 200 marginalized women through vocational trainings based on identified available jobs in partnership with the private sector, as well as build the capacities of 80 women on developing business plans - 15 of whom will receive grants to implement their own businesses. An Employment Unit will also be created in Amman to provide social, legal and professional consultations to targeted women, in addition to the provision of awareness sessions and recommendations to private businesses on decent work.</p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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Second Chance - Value Chain Incubation
<p>Leb Relief, in partnership with Fabric-aid, aims to strengthen the domestic second-hand clothing sector in Lebanon by creating decent work opportunities and providing affordable clothing for vulnerable communities while contributing to a reduced environmental impact. The project responds to the increased demand of domestic second-hand clothing and shifts towards a proactive, development approach providing vulnerable communities with good quality clothing at micro-prices, allowing them a dignified experience within a sustainable approach.</p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
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Tackling the Worst Forms of Child Labour amongst IDPs, Refugees, and Vulnerable Host Communities in Iraq
<p>In partnership with Save the Children Kurdistan and local NGOs, and in collaboration with government institutions and other UN agencies, the ILO adopts a multi-sectoral approach towards the prevention of the worst forms of child labour. The project forcuses on providing direct services for prevention, withdrawal and rehabilitation to 1500 children and provides livelihoods opportunities for 400 older siblings. The project also aims to develop the National Action Plan against Child Labour (NAP) at the request of the government, and undertake a range of advocacy activities.</p>
Iraq STATUS: In Progress
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New Beginnings: Holistic Protection and Livelihoods Solutions to Reduce Child Labour in North Lebanon
<p>This project aims to address economic vulnerability and protection concerns of 1,220 working children in North Lebanon and their households, while engaging government structures and enforcement bodies to help change the enabling environment that supports child labour</p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
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The promotion of decent work and sustainable business development in Bekaa, Lebanon
<p>This project aims to build the organizational, technical and evidence-based advocacy capacities of the My Work, My Rights! Network - a network of 15 CSOs - to advance decent work in the Bekaa and generate evidence-based advocacy, as well as provide technical and financial support to selected MSMEs in order to retain, sustain, and create jobs.</p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
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Enhancing Conditions for Durable Solutions for Displacement Affected Communities (DACs) in KRI, Iraq
<p>NRC and REACH Iraq aim to address the challenges faced by displacement affected populations through this project by creating an enabling environment to achieve sustainable income generation, either through formal employment or self-employmentm supporting 5206 Syrian refugees , IDPs, and host community in Dohuk governorate. The project aims to revitalise Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and agricultural sectors in order to create local employment opportunities, provide transferrable employability skills, and provide legal protection services with an advocacy component. </p>
Iraq STATUS: In Progress
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Youth-oriented innovative employment and livelihoods towards durable solutions for IDPs, host communities and Syrian refugees in Iraq (YIELDS)
<p>In partnership with KEDO, YAO, and Re:Coded, Mercy Corps aims to enable an environment that provides decent and sustainable livelihood opportunities adapted to the Governorates of Erbil and Sulaymaniah in Iraq. This project aims to provide 600 Syrian refugee and Iraqi national youth with multiple livelihoods tracks, as well as develop Shared-Value-Partnership (SVP) with private sector companies to strenghthen their positions to create jobs, as well as build the capacities of local CBOs and TVETs.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"> </p>
Iraq STATUS: Completed
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Expanding the Protection Space: Community Safety Service for Displacement Affected Communities
<p>In partnership with the Public Security Directorate (PSD) and local Community Based Oranizations (CBOs), this project aims to expand the protection space for refugees and vulnerable groups with an approach that combines support to national actors as well as direct support to communities. This aims to increase trust and confidence in security actors, and generate a greater desire to use their services, creating a cycle of positive reinforcement, improving social cohesion and reducing tensions in displacement afected communities. </p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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Improving Protection Spaces and Practices (IPSP) for Syrians and Jordanians in Host Communities
<p>This partnership targets 2,544 Syrian refugees and Jordanian host community members and 854 Ministry of Youth (MoY) staff. It aims to strengthen the capacity of MoY in identifying and addressing protection concerns of vulnerable youth accessing their centres, as well as in referring cases in need of protection services through existing national referral pathways. This includes ensuring access to relevant protection services provided by other institutions; as well as improving social cohesion and reducing tensions among vulnerable refugee and host community youth.</p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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Improving Resilience of Refugee and Host Population in Jordan through Development of Livelihood Skills and Opportunities
<p>This project aims to support refugee and host communities through the provision of a combination of skills training, job placement, apprenticeships, and other support in partnership with Jordan Education for Employment (JEFE). Selected beneficiaries will have access to the JEFE alumni network which offers youth the opportunity to continue their professional development, and increase their civic engagement and leadership skills. Additionally, the project aims to support a number of SMEs in upgrading their businesses with the ultimate goal to increase their performances and capacity to generate new jobs to be accessed by targeted beneficiaries.</p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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Youth Entrepreneurship & Employability Accelerators (YEEA) Program
<p>This project aims to enable MSMEs to maintain and create new employment within a complex economic environment. It aims on building the capacities of national partners in order to deliver high-quality training, mentorship, and support to MSMEs via online community platforms, bridging geographical barriers and increasing opportunities for discussion, community exchange and support.</p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
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1001 Nights Life Skills and Civic Education Program in Lebanon to Promote Social Cohesion
<p>This project implemented by INITIATE and Teach for Lebanon, aims to improve social cohesion and reduce tension within communities by promoting inclusion, non-violence and empathy by implementing the 1001 Nights Life Skills and Civic Education Program across Lebanon. This program, developed by Big Bad Boo Studios, is a successful and worldwide multi-platform educational entertainment curriculum that uses cartoons to teach 7-12-year olds life skills and civic values, including human rights, democracy, gender equality. It is also used to provide children in conflict with psycho-social support and build resilience amongst vulnerable children as a tool to prevent violent extremism. The project aims to target 27,750 refugee children in 105 safe spaces, 30,400 host community and refugee students in 150 public schools and 1,900 teachers across Lebanon.</p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
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Building Resilience of Vulnerable Jordanians and Refugees through Livelihoods Support and Protection
<p><span lang="en-GB">The project’s overall objective is to increase vulnerable Jordanians and refugees’ protection, confidence and opportunities to access decent livelihoods. </span>It works towards four objectives: 1) Enhanced access to employment of Jordanian and refugee beneficiaries benefiting from education, training and business incubation; 2) Enhanced private sector capacity in income generation and creation of decent sustainable jobs; 3) Enhanced protection of Jordanian and refugee beneficiaries benefiting from legal, psychosocial services and social cohesion initiatives; and 4) E<span lang="en-GB">nhanced capacity of ARDD staff in the economy of human rights, code of conduct, child protection and ”do no harm” principles </span></p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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Accelerated vocational training centre for the socioeconomic inclusion in the North
<p>This three-year project’s overall aim is to stimulate sustainable economic participation of vulnerable youth to promote their inclusion in the development of marginalized communities. The project’s approach rests on three main pillars: social empowerment, economic empowerment, and employment and job creation. It works across two specific objectives: (1) developing youth employability through comprehensive training programmes, and (2) strengthening the private sector and national actors’ engagement in active labour market.</p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
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Resilience through livelihoods for vulnerable Syrian refugees and Jordanian host community across Jordan
<p>This three year project aims to improve access to safe and sustainable livelihood opportunities for displacement affected populations in support of durable solutions with focus on youth. It works toward enhancing transferable employability skills, creating and sustaining income generating opportunities, and building the capacities of partner Community Based Organizations (CBOs).</p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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Protection and Economic Development for Syrian refugees and Jordanian women (SANABEL)
<p>This two-year project aims to economically, socially, and legally empower women and girls to ensure that they participate in inclusive, safe, and just communities. The project is implemented in Irbid, Mafraq, Amman and Zarqa targeting Syrian refugees and Jordanian nationals. SIGI aims to build the capacities of 200 marginalized women through vocational trainings based on identified available jobs in partnership with the private sector, as well as build the capacities of 80 women on developing business plans - 15 of whom will receive grants to implement their own businesses. An Employment Unit will also be created in Amman to provide social, legal and professional consultations to targeted women, in addition to the provision of awareness sessions and recommendations to private businesses on decent work.</p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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Second Chance - Value Chain Incubation
<p>Leb Relief, in partnership with Fabric-aid, aims to strengthen the domestic second-hand clothing sector in Lebanon by creating decent work opportunities and providing affordable clothing for vulnerable communities while contributing to a reduced environmental impact. The project responds to the increased demand of domestic second-hand clothing and shifts towards a proactive, development approach providing vulnerable communities with good quality clothing at micro-prices, allowing them a dignified experience within a sustainable approach.</p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
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Enhancing Conditions for Durable Solutions for Displacement Affected Communities (DACs) in KRI, Iraq
<p>NRC and REACH Iraq aim to address the challenges faced by displacement affected populations through this project by creating an enabling environment to achieve sustainable income generation, either through formal employment or self-employmentm supporting 5206 Syrian refugees , IDPs, and host community in Dohuk governorate. The project aims to revitalise Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and agricultural sectors in order to create local employment opportunities, provide transferrable employability skills, and provide legal protection services with an advocacy component. </p>
Iraq STATUS: In Progress
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Youth-oriented innovative employment and livelihoods towards durable solutions for IDPs, host communities and Syrian refugees in Iraq (YIELDS)
<p>In partnership with KEDO, YAO, and Re:Coded, Mercy Corps aims to enable an environment that provides decent and sustainable livelihood opportunities adapted to the Governorates of Erbil and Sulaymaniah in Iraq. This project aims to provide 600 Syrian refugee and Iraqi national youth with multiple livelihoods tracks, as well as develop Shared-Value-Partnership (SVP) with private sector companies to strenghthen their positions to create jobs, as well as build the capacities of local CBOs and TVETs.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"> </p>
Iraq STATUS: Completed
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Improving Resilience of Refugee and Host Population in Jordan through Development of Livelihood Skills and Opportunities
<p>This project aims to support refugee and host communities through the provision of a combination of skills training, job placement, apprenticeships, and other support in partnership with Jordan Education for Employment (JEFE). Selected beneficiaries will have access to the JEFE alumni network which offers youth the opportunity to continue their professional development, and increase their civic engagement and leadership skills. Additionally, the project aims to support a number of SMEs in upgrading their businesses with the ultimate goal to increase their performances and capacity to generate new jobs to be accessed by targeted beneficiaries.</p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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Youth Entrepreneurship & Employability Accelerators (YEEA) Program
<p>This project aims to enable MSMEs to maintain and create new employment within a complex economic environment. It aims on building the capacities of national partners in order to deliver high-quality training, mentorship, and support to MSMEs via online community platforms, bridging geographical barriers and increasing opportunities for discussion, community exchange and support.</p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
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Strengthening local capacities for social stability in Tripoli and Bekaa
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: DA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The project will work to reduce social tensions between host communities and Syrian refugees in Bekaa and North Lebanon. </span></p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
IJMAA+ Project
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: DA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The project aims to improve collaborative mechanisms among local government and constituents and build local capacities to support stabilisation needs and reduce drivers of tension.</span></p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
Youth Led Social Cohesion in Baalbeck-Hermel
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 119%; font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-arabic-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; language: en-GB; mso-ansi-language: en-GB; mso-ligatures: none;">The project LOST in Lebanon, the project aims at reducing social tensions and expanding protection spaces for the target communities by adopting a comprehensive approach, which focuses both on engaging Syrian refugee and Lebanese youth as actors of social change in the displacement-affected communities and on involving and engaging local stakeholders to create a supportive environment allowing youth to build networks and respond to community challenges.</span></p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
REFORM - Towards a strengthened quality response and inclusive and dignified durable solution for GBV survivors in Lebanon
<p>This three-year project targets women and children survivors and/or those at risk of GBV or child protection violations, and men with abusive behavior, as well as supporting the capacity development of local authorities and national actors on GBV prevention and response. It aims to enhance the protection space for vulnerable refugees and host communities, and contribute to a more conducive environment for durable solutions through conducting nation-wide community awareness sessions.</p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
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Improving quality and effective management of GBV mitigation and response services in Iraq
<p>This three-year project is being implemented in Iraqi Kurdistan through four local partners, and in collaboration with local authorities. It aims at expanding the protective environment in support to the rights of vulnerable refugees, internally displaced persons and host communities, in particular survivors of GBV. It works towards three specific objectives: (1) enhanced capacity of national actors enabling GBV survivors to enjoy rights and access protection services, (2) research on GBV identified priority issues and safely collected data are used by key stakeholders, and (3) improved legal framework and behavioural changes enhanced through evidence based advocacy</p>
Iraq STATUS: In Progress
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Preventing and Minimising Child Labour in Identified Hazardous Jobs in Jordan
<p>This three-year project (2019-2022) implemented by Tamkeen, Jordan aims to strengthen national capacities towards an enhanced protective and preventive environment related to child labour. The project supports governmental stakeholders, CBOs, advocates, and also media personnel in targeted communities to be able to identify and respond to child labour issues with quality service provision including referrals, legal services, and case management systems. The project also aims to create an active coalition to coordinate referrals and jointly advocate on child labour and child rights on strengthening legislation that prevent children from working in hazardous sectors and updating the “<span lang="EN-US">National </span><span lang="EN-US">Strategy </span><span lang="EN-US">to </span><span lang="EN-US">Combat </span><span lang="EN-US">Child Labour</span>” with the ultimate objective of having ‘begging’ formally recognized as the worst form of Child Labour in Jordan.</p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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Tackling the Worst Forms of Child Labour amongst IDPs, Refugees, and Vulnerable Host Communities in Iraq
<p>In partnership with Save the Children Kurdistan and local NGOs, and in collaboration with government institutions and other UN agencies, the ILO adopts a multi-sectoral approach towards the prevention of the worst forms of child labour. The project forcuses on providing direct services for prevention, withdrawal and rehabilitation to 1500 children and provides livelihoods opportunities for 400 older siblings. The project also aims to develop the National Action Plan against Child Labour (NAP) at the request of the government, and undertake a range of advocacy activities.</p>
Iraq STATUS: In Progress
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New Beginnings: Holistic Protection and Livelihoods Solutions to Reduce Child Labour in North Lebanon
<p>This project aims to address economic vulnerability and protection concerns of 1,220 working children in North Lebanon and their households, while engaging government structures and enforcement bodies to help change the enabling environment that supports child labour</p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
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Expanding the Protection Space: Community Safety Service for Displacement Affected Communities
<p>In partnership with the Public Security Directorate (PSD) and local Community Based Oranizations (CBOs), this project aims to expand the protection space for refugees and vulnerable groups with an approach that combines support to national actors as well as direct support to communities. This aims to increase trust and confidence in security actors, and generate a greater desire to use their services, creating a cycle of positive reinforcement, improving social cohesion and reducing tensions in displacement afected communities. </p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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Improving Protection Spaces and Practices (IPSP) for Syrians and Jordanians in Host Communities
<p>This partnership targets 2,544 Syrian refugees and Jordanian host community members and 854 Ministry of Youth (MoY) staff. It aims to strengthen the capacity of MoY in identifying and addressing protection concerns of vulnerable youth accessing their centres, as well as in referring cases in need of protection services through existing national referral pathways. This includes ensuring access to relevant protection services provided by other institutions; as well as improving social cohesion and reducing tensions among vulnerable refugee and host community youth.</p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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1001 Nights Life Skills and Civic Education Program in Lebanon to Promote Social Cohesion
<p>This project implemented by INITIATE and Teach for Lebanon, aims to improve social cohesion and reduce tension within communities by promoting inclusion, non-violence and empathy by implementing the 1001 Nights Life Skills and Civic Education Program across Lebanon. This program, developed by Big Bad Boo Studios, is a successful and worldwide multi-platform educational entertainment curriculum that uses cartoons to teach 7-12-year olds life skills and civic values, including human rights, democracy, gender equality. It is also used to provide children in conflict with psycho-social support and build resilience amongst vulnerable children as a tool to prevent violent extremism. The project aims to target 27,750 refugee children in 105 safe spaces, 30,400 host community and refugee students in 150 public schools and 1,900 teachers across Lebanon.</p>
Lebanon STATUS: In Progress
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Durable Solutions Platform (DSP)
<p>With the support of the RDPP, the DSP will produce eleven research products over three years covering the three durable solutions, while ensuring that applied research is responsive to a changing context and continues to feed into advocacy priorities. The DSP will also deliver a multi-year durable solutions advocacy workstream that builds on DSP research, and ensure that findings reach key stakeholders in the region and beyond.</p>
Regional STATUS: In Progress
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Improving the status of women in Jordan through combating child marriage and promoting positive masculinity
<p>This project’s overall objective is to contribute to a safe environment for women and girls in Jordan through the prevention of negative practices and behaviours focusing on child marriage as a form of GBV. Through working with national authorities, the commission aims to (1) positively influence capacities, attitudes and knowledge of stakeholders regarding implementation of legislation and practices linked to child marriage, (2) improve communities’ attitudes and behaviours toward child marriage and other gender-related issues, and (3) improve their capacities and those of their partners in managing women-related interventions.</p>
Jordan STATUS: In Progress
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Advocating for a dignified life for refugees and vulnerable host communities in Lebanon
<p>This project is a continuation and expansion on the work of the Working Group for Persons Affected by the Syrian Crisis (WG PASC), a protection advocacy network of 26 national and local CSOs. WG PASC was formed in 2016, and works to enhance the capacity and space for civil society organizations in Lebanon to influence their government and international actors to adopt policies that more effectively meet the needs of vulnerable displaced persons and host communities, and implement them effectively. The project aims to enhance the capacity of the Working Group to influence policies and help vulnerable rights holders enjoy rights and access protection, and influence protection policies and practices to improve affected communities’ protection environment and access to basic services and rights.</p>
Lebanon STATUS: Completed
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