UNHCR and Turkish Vocational Qualifications Authority signed a Letter of Understanding to strengthen access to livelihoods for refugees hosted in the country.

[Inter-Agency Financial Tracking] In 2017, the 3RP members received USD 561 mln for Refugee (76%) and USD 107 mln (23%) for Resilience component.

In January, the Basic Needs Working Group provided around 4,864,333 US$ worth of regular cash, winterization assistance and non-food item (NFIs) to vulnerable beneficiaries from the refugee and host Community.

WFP reached around 491,000 Syrian refugees residing in camps and host communities benefiting from the voucher programme via cash based transfers

Child Protection SWG 2018 workplan has been finalized and uploaded on the portal http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/download.php?id=15078

A planning workshop was conducted in January with16 organizations who drafted recommendations linked to SGBV gap analysis and 2018 workplan draft

Understanding the MH and PSS Needs, and service utilization of Syrian refugees and Jordanian national’s assessment and report has been finalized and uploaded

The National Mental Health and substance Use plan (2018-2021) has been finalized and will be shared soon on UNHCR DataPortal

During January UNHCR gave a detailed refresher on CP/SGBV Case Management (Definition, services, aim and guiding principles) in the PWG

PMU/MOPIC is looking into upgrading the system of work permit issuance, automating the process to an online system. This will also help accuracy of data collected by the MoL.