Jordan Response Plan funding stands at $644mln – Planning Ministry

Jordan Response Plan funding stands at $644mln – Planning Ministry

AMMAN — Funding provided to the Jordan Response Plan to the Syrian Crisis has so far reached $644 million, constituting 28 per cent of the aid set under the scheme totalling $2.49 billion, according to data released by the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation on Sunday.The ministry's figures showed that the plan's funding shortfall has amounted to some $1.605 billion since the beginning of 2020, out of the total annual budget allocated to support Syrian refugees in Jordan, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.The plan assigned about $155 million to support refugees, some $139 million was allocated to host communities, and around $350 million was also allocated to the Treasury, which was recently added to the plan for 2020, while the institutional capacity building component has not received any