‘New JRP requires $200m through mid-June’

AMMAN — Data from the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation has shown that the volume of funding required for the Jordan Response Plan for the Syrian crisis for the years 2020-2022 through mid-June of this year amounts to $200 million.

Grants have been distributed among the components of the plan, the first of which is the electronic system, which amounts to around $121.7 million, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The second component is the additional financing item totalling $72 million, while the bilateral agreements item stands at $7 million.

The component involving Treasury support was unable to obtain financing. The Planning Ministry data also showed that the EU is one of the largest funders of the plan, with a grant of $57 million, followed by the German government with an estimated grant of $52 million, as of June 15, 2020.

The government and the international community on Monday approved the plan at a total volume of approximately $6.6 billion.