“Maharat Career Fair” was organized in cooperation with UNHCR and its partner IMC and 327 participants, including 285 Syrians, attended the fair.

'The Brotherhood Tournament for Peace in the Green Pitch' which was organized in cooperation with UNHCR, IMPR and Youth and Sports Ministry has ended in Ankara.

The “Heya” Campaign was launched on March 19, 2017 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina by UNHCR Alexandria Field Office in collaboration with the General Collections and Services Department at the Depository Library Section. The event opened with speeches by the organizers and partners of the Heya Campaign. Aseer Al Madaien, Head of UNHCR Alexandria Office spoke about this year's UN theme “Women in a Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030” and UNHCR’s theme for 2017 "UNHCR supports women's right to decent work." "Women’s rights are human rights," Al Madaien said. "UNHCR believes that empowerment of women and girls economically and socially is the only means by which to protect their rights and guarantees that they achieve their potential.

UNHCR Egypt hosted the Refugee and Egyptian Women’s Business Fair at the Greek Campus on March 18, 2017. There was a huge selection of art, jewelry, clothes and accessories combined with various delicious types of cuisines from Ethiopia, Syria and Sudan offered by over 85 participants. The event was held to mark International and National Women’s Day, and furthermore to recognize and celebrate women’s socio-economic empowerment and their relentless and important contribution to the economic development of Egypt.

UNHCR Community Support Programmes (CSPs) on December 29, 2016, held reflective and informative training sessions on the experience of engaging with host and refugee communities in Egypt. The sessions reiterated the objectives of the projects, reviewed their processes, and explored new possibilities.

On the eve of World Refugee Day 2017, UNHCR Egypt hosted a major film event at the Zamalek Cinema, under the theme "Refugee Voices in Film. Guests showedtheir support to the refugee cause by signing the #WithRefugees and sharing messages about #RefugeeDay on social media. UNHCR Egypt was supported by Arab Cinema Center

Turkish version of the “Searching for Syria” website was launched in cooperation with Google.

UNHCR marked the World Refugee Day through activities held across Turkey.

[Inter-Agency Financial Tracking: Refugee Component] For the third quarter of 2017, USD 472 million (64% of the total requested funds) have been received under the Refugee component, and USD 79 million (17%) under the Resilience component.

In Oct, WFP resumed its support to the national school meals programme reaching over 300,000 schoolchildren via date bars and around 25,000 via healthy meals in communities. In addition, WFP reached around 30,000 Syrian school children attending formal education in Za’atri and Azraq camps via date bar and healthy meal distribution