UNRWA employment promotion and infrastructure in Gaza

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The aim of the project is to strengthen the resilience of Palestinian refugees by creating temporary income opportunities and introducing them to the labor market (primary objective) and maintaining access to basic social services and WASH infrastructure (secondary objective). The project thus contributes to stabilizing the livelihoods of workers and their families and enables them to meet their basic needs. Furthermore, the project contributes to the adaptation of the beneficiaries to the crisis context in the Gaza Strip in the medium term through investments in infrastructure and on-the-job training measures. The project has an adjusted term starting in October 2019 to December 2022. A FC contribution of EUR 14 million will be made available for the project from the title of transitional aid. The project also includes a stock check of EUR 16 million. The target group of the project are Palestinian refugees of working age (18-65 years) (direct target group). Appropriate selection criteria are intended to take particularly poor refugees into account. A total of 6,540 people are to be given temporary employment. At least 1,830 of the beneficiaries are women. The special consideration given to university graduates who complete work-related training measures as part of the project is aimed at introducing them to the labor market. In addition to the direct target group of employees, their family members (a total of around 39,000 people) and the users of the rehabilitated infrastructure also benefit from the project. In total, the expected number of direct and indirect beneficiaries is around 82,000 refugees. Double counting cannot be completely ruled out.