Call for Proposals - Jordan Humanitarian Fund 2016- Allocation Paper: Call For Proposals September 2016 - Jordan Humanitarian Fund

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I. Rationale

This allocation paper is issued by the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC), in consultation with the Advisory Board of the Jordan Humanitarian Fund (JHF), to set the funding priorities for this call.

This allocation paper also provides strategic direction and guidance for the allocation process for this call.

II. Donor Contributions

Based on donors’ commitments, a total figure of US $6 million will be allocated to this call. Out of which 4 million will be allocated for Jordan and 2 million for Southern Syria.

The ceiling for any project is a maximum of US $400,000.

Call for proposal envelop: USD 6,000,000
Allocation for Jordan: USD 4,000,000
Allocation for Southern Syria: USD 2,000,000

III. Objective of allocation

The priorities for the call are to respond to the inter-sectoral priorities in line with the JHF’s objectives and project’s prioritization criteria:

a. Meeting critical needs in areas where NGOs have comparative advantage,
b. Critical gap filling (firefighting) & ensure No harm approach
c. Sudden change in context, and
d. Impact.

IV. Humanitarian context in Jordan

From a humanitarian perspective, and in recognition of the human tragedy unfolding within Syria, the Government of Jordan has welcomed Syrians seeking refuge, protection, and safety from the conflict. Within that same humanitarian spirit, the government and the people of Jordan have extended public services, facilities, resources and hospitality in an attempt to accommodate the most pressing needs of the Syrian refugees.

A massive influx of over 655,990 registered Syrian refugees1 has so far sought refuge in Jordan, comprising 25% women, 23% men, 25% girls, and 27% boys. Approximately 85 percent of all refugees are hosted within Jordanian communities and the remaining 15 percent are accommodated within camp settings. Syrian refugees now live in all areas of Jordan, though the main concentrations in local communities are in the northern governorates close to the Syrian border as well as the cities of Amman and Zarqa.

As a result, the volume of refugees is placing enormous strain on the social, economic, institutional and natural resources systems in Jordan. Jordanians have been impacted to different degrees by the situation. In those areas most affected by the refugee influx, all population segments are affected in some manner. But as in all crises, it is the poorest and most vulnerable Jordanian households, and the most vulnerable people within them, that are impacted the most.

Absorbing such a vast number of Syrians within what was already the poorest part of the country is having a profound impact on the demographic and socio-economic landscape of Jordan. Tensions in some areas have become palpable and are expected to exacerbate as long as the crisis endures. Urgent action is needed to address these challenges and to prevent the prospect of an inter-generational reproduction of the crisis, which is an increasing risk the longer the crisis continues.

Since the end of April, the overall level of conflict has been increasing across southern Syria, with regular aerial bombardment in northern rural Quneitra, northwestern Dar’a, and, in the deep south, Dar’a City, Neimeh, Yadoudeh and Busra Ash-Sham. As a result, cyclical displacement has continued throughout the south, with new IDPs often leaving their homes with little more than the clothes on their backs, while long-term IDPs and host communities themselves face tremendous chronic needs. Shelling has claimed civilian casualties on both sides of conflict lines and civilian infrastructure has been targeted, including homes. On 31 July, the field hospital in Jasim, north-western Dar’a, was directly hit and destroyed, killing ten people (four women, two children, and four men - two of whom were hospital employees). The hospital, which had been providing 4,000+ consultations per month, is now out of service and critical cases have been transferred to hospitals in neighboring villages.

Following the unprecedented VBIED attack on the Jordanian border guard at Rukban on Jordan’s north-eastern border with Syria on 21 June, the Government of Jordan (GoJ) sealed its entire northern border, resulting in the temporary suspension of cross-border operations via Ramtha. Convoys officially resumed on Thursday 28 July after almost five weeks. The bottleneck illustrated the continued criticality of cross-border operations; in little over a month, up to 20 health facilities were reported to run short of essential medicines and over 140,000 people were affected by the disruption in the provision of food assistance. NFI stocks in opposition-held areas of southern Syria were all but exhausted. Partners are now working hard to extend assistance to those beneficiaries who were affected during the suspension of operations as well as to scale up prepositioning, including in preparation for the impending winter months.

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