UNRWA: Promoting employment for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

completed

The aim of the project is to create employment opportunities for Palestinian refugees from Syria and Lebanon. The focus of the project is on measures for the employment-intensive rehabilitation of housing and UNRWA infrastructure (schools, vocational schools, health centers and administrative offices). In addition, employment promotion in the field of environmental health (WASH) is carried out. This is intended to improve the livelihoods and prospects for Palestinian refugees from Lebanon and Syria. The project is being implemented by the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The activities concentrate on selected Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. The target group of the project are Palestinian refugees in Lebanon of working age. The proportion of Palestinian refugees from Syria in the camps is around 12.5% and their share of the target group should be at least at this level. The cost of the proposed phase amounts to EUR 10 million and will be financed through a grant to the executing agency UNRWA.