Overall in 2021, Jordan will prioritize core mandate responsibilities, including the prevention of detention and deportation, and seeking to improve freedom of movement. UNHCR will sustain its leadership role through further enhancing its registration data and knowledge management, to inform solutions, programming, planning and needs-based targeting. UNHCR will further support national protection systems and service providers (e.g. Family Protection Department, Juvenile Police Department, and the Ministry of Social Development) to ensure the needs of vulnerable groups are met. Case management services under the umbrella of child protection and prevention and response to gender-based violence will be prioritized in order to provide an immediate response, but also with a view to identifying potential cases for resettlement. UNHCR will also provide legal counselling, aid and representation for all refugee populations, particularly in light of the shrinking protection space and increased social tensions between refugee and host communities. Furthermore, the operation will boost refugee communities as agents of protection, through a progressive shift from a “community services” component to the implementation of comprehensive community-based protection interventions. Protection efforts, including community-based initiatives, will focus on the sustainability of the response. UNHCR will also assist the Government of Jordan in realizing the objectives set out by the Jordan Compact, especially with regard to education, and the integration of Syrian refugee men and women in the formal labour market. In addition, UNHCR will coordinate the efforts of stakeholders in the livelihoods sector, advocating for increased flexibility in the issuance of work permits and for increased economic opportunities for refugees. This effort will be in collaboration with technical agencies including the ILO, the World Bank, universities and the private sector.
Bridging the humanitarian-development nexus, UNHCR will leverage the collaboration with development partners to ensure that refugee women and men are provided with opportunities to foster their resilience. Accordingly, the cash assistance programme will have to be budgeted only for a limited number of months if UNHCR intends to maintain its relevance in terms of target (6 months maximum for a target of 30,000 households). In terms of health, the magnitude of the gap remains worrisome. UNHCR will therefore continue to safeguard the comprehensive health care package for refugees in Azraq and Zaatari camps which includes primary health care, reproductive health, dental and mental health, nutritional care, and secondary and tertiary out of camp referrals. For urban refugees, UNHCR will only be able to provide assistance on a limited scale, with no capacity to scale up assistance in case of increase of beneficiaries in camps.