JRP deficit stands at 78.4% in first 11 months of 2022 — Planning Ministry

AMMAN — The Jordan Response Plan for the Syria Crisis (JRP) deficit in  the first 11 months of this year stood at 78.4 per cent, figures from the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation revealed on Wednesday. 

Ministry data showed that the JPR has secured $492.4 million in funding, out of the $2.28 billion required to implement the plan, the Jordan News Agency, Petra reported. 

The plan remains largely unfunded, with a $1.78 billion deficit, constituting 78.4 per cent of total required funding. 

Of the $492.4 million already secured, $289.4 million has been disbursed to support refugees, while approximately $77.5 million has been allocated to host communities, the ministry revealed.

Additional disbursements included $4.7 million in response to the pandemic, $98.8 spent on infrastructure and institutional capacity building and $21.8 million allocated to the State Treasury. 

In 2021, $744.4 million, or 30.6 per cent, of the response plan was funded, leaving a deficit of $1.687 billion, or 69.4 per cent, the ministry reported.

Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Zeina Toukan, during a recent panel session on Jordan’s modernisation tracks hosted by Petra, voiced Jordan’s appeal to the international community to shoulder responsibility for the refugee situation and contribute proper support and funding. 

She added that the decrease in international support for refugees, caused by recent political and economic crises, has directly impacted the value of foreign assistance to the Kingdom. 

Toukan noted that the government will continue to provide humanitarian services to Syrian refugees, stressing Jordan’s commitment to its policy of hosting refugees until their voluntary return.