UNDP Syria, promoting employment through rehabilitation of basic infrastructure and income-generating measures

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The aim of the project is to contribute to improving the socio-economic living conditions of the local population and internally displaced persons in host communities in Syria through short-term employment promotion and medium-term income-preserving or income-generating measures. This is intended to help meet the basic needs of the beneficiaries and their families through short-term employment and to improve medium-term income prospects through investments in equipment, machinery, means of production and capacity building. This will contribute to stabilizing the economic and social environment of the beneficiaries. This is done along the guidelines of social cohesion, gender equality and feminist development, protection of minorities, sustainability and climate adaptation. The target group of the project is the local population and internally displaced persons in host communities in Syria. In the spirit of feminist development cooperation, particular attention is paid to putting women at the forefront as change agents. The measures are intended to create around 3,455 short-term jobs and a further 1,055 medium-term jobs. The main measures include (under component A) the implementation of cash-for-work measures, e.g. in the removal of waste and rubble and the rehabilitation of infrastructure, and (under component B) support for small farmers, grants for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, especially in the environmental/climate sector, training and advisory measures, and support for people with disabilities. The project is being implemented by the partner UNDP and has a duration of 36 months, starting in December 2023.