The contents of Iinformation Kit No. 16: 1. Overall map Stats and Locations, 1 2. Foreword, 2 3. Persons of Concern: Syrian Refugees UNHCR Registration Trends in Iraq (97% in KR-I), 4 Funding Status, 5 4. 3RP Inter-sector/agency response interventions 3RP 2016 sectors, leading agencies and objectives, 6 3RP 2016 Response Summary, 7-8 Sectors’ Dashboards, 9-16 3RP 2017 on-line reporting by all agencies: Information Management as coordination support, 17 5. Non-camps (urban areas) and specific themes Profiling urban areas: Joint planning Government and UN agencies, 18-20 Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance, 21-22 CwC (Communication with communities), 23 Quick Impact projects, 24 6. Governorates overview: Who is doing What and Where (3Ws) and Camp Profiles Erbil: 4 camp profiles, 27-35 Duhok: 4 camps, 37-45 Sulaymaniyah: 1 camp, 46-48 5. List of agencies and contributions, 49 Cover paining by Ako Goran: Of art and resilience.

This work undertaken is a result of a partnership between the Erbil Refugee Council (ERC), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Erbil Statistics Directorate (ESD), the Joint Crisis Coordination Centre (JCC), International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UNHABITAT) and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). The Joint IDP Profiling Service (JIPS) offered technical support throughout the exercise. A Technical Working Group consisting of ESD, UNHCR and ERC, and with the support of JIPS, have developed the methodology and conducted the analysis with the helpful comments on the report and recommendations provided by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). The whole study in English, Arabic and Kurdish languages is available on the link: http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/documents.php?page=1&view=grid&Country%5B%5D=103&Search=%23Displacement+as+challenge+and+opportunity+%23

The contents of this this new edition (iKit13) is updating and expanding the previous editions: 1. Persons of Concern: Syrian Refugees Stats and Locations p.1 UNHCR Registration Trends in Iraq (97% in KR-I) p.4 2. 3RP Inter-sector/agency response interventions Funding Status p.5 Sectors, agencies and objectives p.6 Response Summary p.7 Sectors Dashboards p.8-16 Reporting & Coordination Support p.17 3. Specific themes Communicating with communities p.18 Winterization plan 2015-16 p.19-20 Cash Assistance p.21-22 4. Governorates overview: Who is doing What and Where (3Ws) and Camp Profiles Erbil p.25-33 Duhok p.33-43 Sulaymaniyah p.44-46 Anbar p.47-49 5. List of agencies and contributions p.50 Cover painting: Of Art and Resilience by Ako Goran: Like a puzzle, building houses from bits and pieces of here and there, despite tempests. For higher resolution version (for printing): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Sn0Qc1V1mwaHhNNDdxdWpPNVk/view?usp=sharing

This work undertaken is a result of a partnership between the Erbil Refugee Council (ERC), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Erbil Statistics Directorate (ESD), the Joint Crisis Coordination Centre (JCC), International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UNHABITAT) and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). The Joint IDP Profiling Service (JIPS) offered technical support throughout the exercise. A Technical Working Group consisting of ESD, UNHCR and ERC, and with the support of JIPS, have developed the methodology and conducted the analysis with the helpful comments on the report and recommendations provided by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). The whole study in English, Arabic and Kurdish languages is available on the link: http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/documents.php?page=1&view=grid&Country%5B%5D=103&Search=%23Displacement+as+challenge+and+opportunity+%23

The contents of this this new edition (iKit13) is updating and expanding the previous editions: 1. Persons of Concern: Syrian Refugees Stats and Locations p.1 UNHCR Registration Trends in Iraq (97% in KR-I) p.4 2. 3RP Inter-sector/agency response interventions Funding Status p.5 Sectors, agencies and objectives p.6 Response Summary p.7 Sectors Dashboards p.8-16 Reporting & Coordination Support p.17 3. Specific themes Communicating with communities p.18 Winterization plan 2015-16 p.19-20 Cash Assistance p.21-22 4. Governorates overview: Who is doing What and Where (3Ws) and Camp Profiles Erbil p.25-33 Duhok p.33-43 Sulaymaniyah p.44-46 Anbar p.47-49 5. List of agencies and contributions p.50 Cover painting: Of Art and Resilience by Ako Goran: Like a puzzle, building houses from bits and pieces of here and there, despite tempests. For higher resolution version (for printing): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Sn0Qc1V1mwaHhNNDdxdWpPNVk/view?usp=sharing

The contents of Iinformation Kit No. 16: 1. Overall map Stats and Locations, 1 2. Foreword, 2 3. Persons of Concern: Syrian Refugees UNHCR Registration Trends in Iraq (97% in KR-I), 4 Funding Status, 5 4. 3RP Inter-sector/agency response interventions 3RP 2016 sectors, leading agencies and objectives, 6 3RP 2016 Response Summary, 7-8 Sectors’ Dashboards, 9-16 3RP 2017 on-line reporting by all agencies: Information Management as coordination support, 17 5. Non-camps (urban areas) and specific themes Profiling urban areas: Joint planning Government and UN agencies, 18-20 Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance, 21-22 CwC (Communication with communities), 23 Quick Impact projects, 24 6. Governorates overview: Who is doing What and Where (3Ws) and Camp Profiles Erbil: 4 camp profiles, 27-35 Duhok: 4 camps, 37-45 Sulaymaniyah: 1 camp, 46-48 5. List of agencies and contributions, 49 Cover paining by Ako Goran: Of art and resilience.

There are an estimated 120,000 Syrian refugees between the ages of 15-24 years currently in Jordan, with over 16,000 of these youth living in Zaatari, Azraq and the Emirati-Jordanian camps . In these camps, humanitarian actors are working to provide opportunities for Syrian children and youth to continue education, whether formal or informal (IFE), and support youth to actively participate in their communities. NRC operates Youth Training Centres supported by UNICEF in all three camps, which provide students aged between 15 and 32 years (and 15-35 in EJC) with three-month post basic training courses. Courses offered are based on youth interests and participatory assessments and include tailoring, barbering and beautician skills, electrical wiring, welding, office management and certified ICDL (IT) courses. All youth also take comprehensive courses in Arabic, Maths, English and Life Skills and engage in a range of sports and other recreational activities. Day care facilities in the Zaatari and Azraq centres enable teachers and students with children aged 2 to 5 years to attend, which has been recorded as having a particularly positive impact on levels of female participation. However, the need for a comprehensive youth assessment to understand the extent to which youth benefit from these programmes, and are able to utilize their skills and engage in income earning opportunities has been identified. Syrian refugee camps in Jordan host a relatively high youth population. As such, after four years of camp presences, there has been a variety of targeted programming provided to this demographic. Now entering the sixth year of this protracted crisis, the need for a comprehensive assessment of the sustainability of youth programming that encompasses both youth experiences, as well as programmatic impact, has been identified. Specifically, there is a lack of information regarding the extent to which youth benefit from these programmes, and are able to utilize skills learnt and engage in income-earning opportunities. This information gap corresponds with an increasing focus on Syrian youth issues within the humanitarian response, such as in Protection and Education sectors, as well as the need to focus on programme quality, relevance and sustainability. Youth in the camps face diverse challenges. Also within the camps the situation for youth, in terms of both programmes provided and barriers to access, differs based on their age group, gender, socio-economic circumstances, location, and other determinants. Youth have highlighted the need for accredited learning and tertiary education provision. Furthermore, recent development in Jordanian law has highlighted the need for relevant programming with regards to livelihoods opportunities . Protection, CP and SGBV concerns on youth include early marriage, psychosocial support and access to reproductive health services . Youth with disabilities have been highlighted as being particularly vulnerable, with further provision of targeted services required . Despite these challenges, youth are increasingly viewed as a valuable resource with skills and competencies to contribute to their camp communities, such as through volunteering. Further, youth experiences in Zaatari, EJC, and Azraq differ due to the camp contexts and services provided. The three camps included in this study differ in terms of provision of opportunities for youth and the camp community in general. Zaatari, EJC and Azraq camps are diverse in terms of population size and operational duration, provision of youth targeted programmes and other education and community services. In order to gauge the impact of this diversity of contexts, a key objective of the assessment will be to conduct a comparative analysis of youth experiences with, and the impact of, youth programming across Zaatari, EJC, and Azraq camps. This assessment of youth programming will not be exclusive to NRC/UNICEF programming, but evaluate all opportunities in which participants are engaged. The project has a planned duration of eight weeks, inclusive of data collection, data cleaning and analysis, production of an analytical report of key findings, and presentations of these findings to relevant sectoral working groups and other camp coordination forums.

There are an estimated 120,000 Syrian refugees between the ages of 15-24 years currently in Jordan, with over 16,000 of these youth living in Zaatari, Azraq and the Emirati-Jordanian camps . In these camps, humanitarian actors are working to provide opportunities for Syrian children and youth to continue education, whether formal or informal (IFE), and support youth to actively participate in their communities. NRC operates Youth Training Centres supported by UNICEF in all three camps, which provide students aged between 15 and 32 years (and 15-35 in EJC) with three-month post basic training courses. Courses offered are based on youth interests and participatory assessments and include tailoring, barbering and beautician skills, electrical wiring, welding, office management and certified ICDL (IT) courses. All youth also take comprehensive courses in Arabic, Maths, English and Life Skills and engage in a range of sports and other recreational activities. Day care facilities in the Zaatari and Azraq centres enable teachers and students with children aged 2 to 5 years to attend, which has been recorded as having a particularly positive impact on levels of female participation. However, the need for a comprehensive youth assessment to understand the extent to which youth benefit from these programmes, and are able to utilize their skills and engage in income earning opportunities has been identified. Syrian refugee camps in Jordan host a relatively high youth population. As such, after four years of camp presences, there has been a variety of targeted programming provided to this demographic. Now entering the sixth year of this protracted crisis, the need for a comprehensive assessment of the sustainability of youth programming that encompasses both youth experiences, as well as programmatic impact, has been identified. Specifically, there is a lack of information regarding the extent to which youth benefit from these programmes, and are able to utilize skills learnt and engage in income-earning opportunities. This information gap corresponds with an increasing focus on Syrian youth issues within the humanitarian response, such as in Protection and Education sectors, as well as the need to focus on programme quality, relevance and sustainability. Youth in the camps face diverse challenges. Also within the camps the situation for youth, in terms of both programmes provided and barriers to access, differs based on their age group, gender, socio-economic circumstances, location, and other determinants. Youth have highlighted the need for accredited learning and tertiary education provision. Furthermore, recent development in Jordanian law has highlighted the need for relevant programming with regards to livelihoods opportunities . Protection, CP and SGBV concerns on youth include early marriage, psychosocial support and access to reproductive health services . Youth with disabilities have been highlighted as being particularly vulnerable, with further provision of targeted services required . Despite these challenges, youth are increasingly viewed as a valuable resource with skills and competencies to contribute to their camp communities, such as through volunteering. Further, youth experiences in Zaatari, EJC, and Azraq differ due to the camp contexts and services provided. The three camps included in this study differ in terms of provision of opportunities for youth and the camp community in general. Zaatari, EJC and Azraq camps are diverse in terms of population size and operational duration, provision of youth targeted programmes and other education and community services. In order to gauge the impact of this diversity of contexts, a key objective of the assessment will be to conduct a comparative analysis of youth experiences with, and the impact of, youth programming across Zaatari, EJC, and Azraq camps. This assessment of youth programming will not be exclusive to NRC/UNICEF programming, but evaluate all opportunities in which participants are engaged. The project has a planned duration of eight weeks, inclusive of data collection, data cleaning and analysis, production of an analytical report of key findings, and presentations of these findings to relevant sectoral working groups and other camp coordination forums.

The assessment was conducted between September and December 2014 at a time when the legal and protection situation for refugees was in flux. Recent changes in Lebanese law regarding entry and stay for Syrian nationals and Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) have further complicated an already restrictive environment for refugees in Lebanon. New entry regulations which came into force on 5 January 2015 have significantly restricted the number of refugees who are able to enter Lebanon, effectively closing the borders for those seeking protection from armed conflict, violence or persecution. From the assessment findings in Beirut and Mount Lebanon, prioritization of legal stay was found to be important to refugees from Syria despite the challenges. From those refugees interviewed, 85% had legal stay at the time of the assessment. For those who did not have legal stay, the main consequences of not having a valid residency visa included lack of freedom of movement (including associated risks of arrest, detention or departure orders), limited access to livelihoods, and restricted access to basic services (particularly health care).

The Lebanon section is part of a 172-page issue, which can be downloaded from the Regional page, and from www.ennonline.net/fex.

Developed by: Temporary Technical Committee Chaired by NRC with contributions from ACTED, CISP, COOPI, DRC, PCPM, SCI, SI, SOLIDAR, UNHCR, and UNHABITAT.

Developed by: Temporary Technical Committee Chaired by NRC with contributions from ACTED, CISP, COOPI, DRC, PCPM, SCI, SI, SOLIDAR, UNHCR, and UNHABITAT.

The assessment was conducted between September and December 2014 at a time when the legal and protection situation for refugees was in flux. Recent changes in Lebanese law regarding entry and stay for Syrian nationals and Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) have further complicated an already restrictive environment for refugees in Lebanon. New entry regulations which came into force on 5 January 2015 have significantly restricted the number of refugees who are able to enter Lebanon, effectively closing the borders for those seeking protection from armed conflict, violence or persecution. From the assessment findings in Beirut and Mount Lebanon, prioritization of legal stay was found to be important to refugees from Syria despite the challenges. From those refugees interviewed, 85% had legal stay at the time of the assessment. For those who did not have legal stay, the main consequences of not having a valid residency visa included lack of freedom of movement (including associated risks of arrest, detention or departure orders), limited access to livelihoods, and restricted access to basic services (particularly health care).

The Lebanon section is part of a 172-page issue, which can be downloaded from the Regional page, and from www.ennonline.net/fex.