Regional Programme Palestinian Refugee Camps in the Middle East (REPAC IV)

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The project builds on the predecessor projects (Regional Program for Palestinian Refugees in the Middle East Region REPAC I, II, III, V). The overarching development policy goal of the FC measure is to visibly improve the living conditions of the population affected by the ongoing crises in and around Palestinian refugee camps in the Middle East. The project is intended to make a contribution to maintaining peace and stability in the region. The program goal is to improve access to and provide demand-oriented social and economic infrastructure for the population in and around Palestinian refugee camps. The FC project (REPAC IV) is designed as an open program. The individual measures are identified during implementation through the participatory involvement of the residents of the Palestinian refugee camps and can be expanded immediately if further funds become available. It builds on the activities of the predecessor programs and will essentially comprise two project components. Project component A comprises social and economic infrastructure measures that are designed and implemented in selected UNRWA refugee camps using a participatory approach (Camp Improvement Plan). Project component B also comprises investment measures in the area of social and economic infrastructure that can be implemented by UNRWA without a prior participatory process, provided they serve to cover the immediate basic needs of affected Palestinian refugees. Within the framework of this component B, in addition to infrastructure, temporary grants to the household income of poor refugees can also be provided. The German contribution of initially EUR 10 million is to be used exclusively to finance measures in component A. Other available funds are to be divided between the two components as needed.