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LEB - Lebanese Red Cross: Emergency Appeal Conflict response
01.11.2024
- 31.12.2027
The ongoing armed conflict since 8 October 2023 has witnessed a dramatic increase since 17 September 2024, leading to more than 2,000 deaths, 10,000 injured, 800,000 internally displaced persons and massive material damage, including healthcare facilities in Lebanon. The Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) is a key player in the immediate response (Search and Rescue, health and basic needs) and launched an Emergency Appeal to respond to immediate needs
Enhanced Protection and Support to the Most Vulnerable Children, notably Refugee Children, in Lebanon
16.08.2024
- 15.08.2027
Children of all nationalities in Lebanon are affected by the country’s multifaceted crisis and collapse of public services. They face heightened risks of abuse, exploitation and violence, and of getting in contact or even in conflict with the law. Specific groups like refugee children are particularly at risk of seeing their rights violated. Through this project, NGOs and UNICEF will jointly enhance the protection of children from violence by providing them with crucial legal and protection services and by improving the child-friendliness of the justice system (nexus).
UNICEF – Improving drinking water quality in Lebanon
01.06.2024
- 31.12.2026
Lebanon’s water sector is at risk of collapse. Therefore Switzerland, in partnership with UNICEF supports the provision of safe water through the public service. The proposed intervention is critical to the water sector and serves as emergency support to the population to avoid impacts of collapsed water systems such as cholera. It also lays the ground for longer-term improved water quality in Lebanon.
Lebanon Direct Action - Bekaa Water Management Programme (BWMP)
01.01.2024
- 31.12.2027
By improving water infrastructures and implementing evidence-based management at the Bekaa Water Establishment, continuous access to water will be provided to the population in the Bekaa. This project implemented as a direct Swiss humanitarian action will improve the health and well-being of the population, particularly the most vulnerable.
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OCHA Core Contribution 2024-2025
01.01.2024
- 31.12.2025
Switzerland’s objective is to support the United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) with high-quality funding while advocating for new, more inclusive and forward-looking ways of working to enable an efficient and effective humanitarian response to people in need in accordance with humanitarian principles and international humanitarian law. OCHA is a priority organization for Switzerland.
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Additional Allocation of SDC Funding (Europe – Middle East Division) in 2024 to ICRC Operations in Lebanon
01.01.2024
- 31.12.2024
SDC allocates additional funding to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to address urgent needs arising from the humanitarian impact of escalating violence in Lebanon. This support, drawn from SDC's emergency reserve funds, enables the ICRC to provide immediate protection and life-saving assistance to those affected by the crisis.
Contributions to WFP protracted crises Country Strategic Plans in 2024
01.01.2024
- 31.12.2024
The World Food Programme (WFP) is one of Switzerland’s key multilateral partners due to its unique double mandate of "saving lives" and "changing lives" around food security. The WFP Strategic Plan 2022-2025 lays out the overall objectives in order to eradicate hunger. Contributing to WFP programmes in selected countries with protracted humanitarian needs allows Switzerland to achieve the humanitarian and development goals defined in its Strategy on International Cooperation for 2021-2024.
Contributions 2024 to ICRC Country Programs in protracted crises
01.01.2024
- 31.12.2024
The ICRC is the most important partner of SDC in the humanitarian field. About one third of the SDC Humanitarian Aid budget is allocated to the ICRC. The contribution of CHF 56 million to ICRC country programs reflects Switzerland’s interest to have a strong ICRC throughout the world and to contribute to alleviate the suffering of people affected by conflicts.
Decent work for Migrants in the Middle East
01.10.2023
- 30.09.2027
Migrant workers and refugees face obstacles to access decent work in the Middle East, one of the largest migrant hosting regions, which limits their ability to contribute to their countries of origin and destination. To maximize benefits of migration and reduce harm, Switzerland engages various public and private stakeholders for the promotion of decent working conditions in Jordan, Lebanon and the Gulf, through access to justice, migrant empowerment and addressing worker welfare in the green and just transition.
LEB FAO Increasing resilience of Lebanon’s water and food sector
01.07.2023
- 31.05.2028
The FAO in Lebanon promotes an integrated water management and an increase in food security. The project aims at increasing the efficiency and sustainability of the irrigation-based production, at strengthening the resilience of farmers and agricultural seasonal workers and at further developing conflict resolution mechanisms over scarce water resources. Switzerland contributes its know-how for a more sustainable, data-based use of groundwater, both for drinking and irrigation purposes. Given the context, FAO combines proven humanitarian, development and peacebuilding instruments.
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Contribution to UNICEF Transition and Resilience Education Fund (TREF)
01.07.2023
- 31.12.2025
Switzerland’s contribution to UNICEF’s Transition and Resilience Education Fund (TREF) in Lebanon ensures access to relevant quality public education for the most vulnerable children of all nationalities to avoid the scenario of a lost generation after 4 years of disrupted education. Amidst Lebanon’s economic crisis, TREF further contributes to improving the governance, efficiency, inclusiveness, and overall resilience of Lebanon public education system.
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Contribution to UNHCR Programme Budget 2023-2024 (earmarked)
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2024
UNHCR is one of Switzerland’s key multilateral partners due to its unique mandate by the General Assembly of United Nations to provide protection and assistance to refugees, asylum seekers, refugee returnees, and stateless persons. The strategic direction 2022-26 concretise the overall mandate of UNHCR for the upcoming years. Contributing to these directions allows Switzerland to achieve in particular the human development goal defined in the Dispatch to Parliament on International Cooperation for 2021-24.
