UNRWA Institutional Secondments

The secondment scheme aims to secure and reinforce the impact of SDC’s financial contributions to UNRWA by increasing UNRWA’s ability to use these funds efficiently and effectively for the delivery of its programmes and by strengthening its ability to attract sufficient financial and other resources. Accordingly, the planned secondments are intended to strengthen UNRWA’s institutional capacity and help provide collateral support to the organizational development process aiming at these improvements in the areas of service delivery and resource mobilization. The secondment scheme replaces the previous approach of funding secondments through stand-alone credit proposals, with the aim of creating more planning stability for UNRWA on one hand and reinforcing the strategic orientation of SDC secondments on the other hand. It builds on and systematizes SDC’s positive experiences with UNRWA secondments to-date.

The project in brief

Directorate/federal office responsible	SDC
Credit area	Humanitarian aid
Project partners	Contract partner United Nations Organization (UNO) Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Budget	Current phase Swiss budget CHF    2’480’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF    2’328’092
Project phases	Phase 1 01.04.2010 - 31.12.2012   (Completed)

Further technical details

• Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	HEALTH EMERGENCY RESPONSE GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
  Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	Health policy and administrative management Material relief assistance and services Human rights Human rights
  Cross-cutting topics	Specific project on gender equality The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes. The project also supports partner organisation improvements
  Type of support	Official development assistance (ODA)
  Type of collaboration	Bilateral cooperation
  Finance type	Aid grant
  Aid Type	Project and programme contribution SDC direct implementation Technical assistance inclusive experts
  Tied/untied aid	Tied aid
  Project number	7F07448