MHPSS SWG finalized the 4Ws exercise report that was conducted between July-September. Full report can be found on UNHCR data portal.

MoL announces more flexible rules about work permits; new regulations to ease work permit issuance to Syrian refugees.

Cabinet approval of the 6th extension of the grace period for Syrian refugees’ work permits until June 30th 2018. A circular has been made by the Ministry of Labour regarding this approval.

A total of 46,717 work permits have been issued/renewed during the period of January 1, 2017-Dec 31, 2017.

2018 programming: matrix table summarizing key planned SGBV programs for 2018 was developed, thus allowing members to avoid duplication in terms of activities.

[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