Jordan Response Plan funding stands at $644m — Planning Ministry

AMMAN — Funding provided to the Jordan Response Plan to the Syrian Crisis has so far reached $644 million, constituting 28 per cent of the aid set under the scheme totalling $2.49 billion, according to data released by the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation on Sunday.

The ministry's figures showed that the plan's funding shortfall has amounted to some $1.605 billion since the beginning of 2020, out of the total annual budget allocated to support Syrian refugees in Jordan, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The plan assigned about $155 million to support refugees, some $139 million was allocated to host communities, and around $350 million was also allocated to the Treasury, which was recently added to the plan for 2020, while the institutional capacity building component has not received any funding, showed the ministry's data.

To date, the US topped the list of donor countries for the response plan to the Syrian crisis with $372 million, followed by Germany with a grant of $83.8 million, according to the ministry's figures.

The government has endorsed the Jordan Response Plan to the Syrian Crisis for 2020-2022 with the aim of helping the Kingdom overcome challenges ensuing from the Syrian crisis, with a total funding amounting to some $6.6 billion.