Regional Programme for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East (here REPAC XII)

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Of the approximately 5.7 million registered Palestinian refugees, around a third live in the refugee camps that were established after 1948 and 1967 in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. Another part lives in the cities of the host countries or in the immediate vicinity of the refugee camps. While a political solution is not in sight, living conditions in almost all camps are characterized by overpopulation, poverty, hopelessness and inadequate sanitary and hygienic conditions. The module objective of the regional program is to improve access to and demand-oriented provision of social and economic infrastructure for the population in and around Palestinian refugee camps in the Middle East. This should lead to a visible improvement in living conditions and a more sustainable design of basic services for the population affected by the ongoing crises, thus contributing to securing peace and stability in the region. The FC measure is designed as an open program and includes two project components. Project component A includes social and economic infrastructure measures that are designed and implemented in selected UNRWA refugee camps using a participatory approach (Camp Improvement Plans, CIP). Project component B also includes investment measures in the area of social and economic infrastructure that can be implemented by UNRWA without a prior participatory process. Phase XII of the project builds on the activities of the REPAC predecessor phases (in particular REPAC XI) and includes a continuation of infrastructure improvements in the refugee camps Khan Younis and Deir el Balah in the Gaza Strip and Marka in Jordan. The target group of the project are Palestinian refugees in the Middle East; the implementation partner is the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).