I. General / Inter-Sector Update
Sector Priorities March 2016: ISWG in consultation with sector chairs prepared a document including suggested priorities for the Jordan Humanitarian Fund call for proposal scheduled in April. The sector priorities document shared with OCHA can be downloaded at http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/download.php?id=10583.
Establishment of Livelihoods Working Group: The Jordan Compact from the Syrian Donor Conference held in London includes the issue of livelihoods for Syrian refugees as a key focus area. Because of a need for both dayto-day operational discussions and longer-term planning in this regard, the Inter-Agency Task Force established a Livelihoods Working Group to enhance operational coordination among agencies supporting Syrian refugees in Jordan with livelihoods. The Livelihoods Working Group aims at strengthening coordination of the livelihoods activities both in urban and camp settings and effectively utilizing the information on the refugees available on UNHCR databases through information sharing agreements with partners. The group will continuously apply a coherent selection criteria for livelihoods activities among partners through the established frameworks in urban areas and respective frameworks in camps and inform partners in Amman about livelihoods programmes in the camps shared by the respective field-level livelihoods coordination structures.
The first meeting of the Livelihoods Working Group was held on 29 March. A draft ToR for the group was circulated for review. Occupation and education overviews were provided to the participants. The working group will elect a NGO co-chair. The inter-linkage of the Livelihoods Working Group with other sectors will be discussed further.
Meeting minutes, ToR and other relevant documents are available at the following site http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/working_group.php?Page=Country&LocationId=107&Id=73