Entering its thirteenth year, the Syria crisis remains without a political solution, marking a sombre milestone in what has become one of the world's largest refugee crises. 

The Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP), co-led by UNHCR and UNDP, continues to provide essential coordination of humanitarian assistance for Syrian refugees, while simultaneously addressing the resilience and development needs of the impacted host and refugee communities across Türkiye, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Egypt. 

This year underscores the protracted nature of the conflict and its extensive strain on public infrastructures and services in these host countries, significantly affecting sectors such as housing, education, healthcare, waste management, water, and sanitation. 

As the Syria Crisis enters its 13th year, funding for the 3RP has seen a worrying decline, both in absolute and percentage terms, reaching its lowest level since inception with only 30 per cent (preliminary figure) of the required funding received in 2023. This decrease comes at a time when the needs of Syrian refugees and host community members are intensifying. International partners must remain committed to sustained funding levels for the Syria crisis. There is no alternative to ensure continued refugees’ protection and to support equitable responsibility-sharing for host countries.

The 3RP is a unique integrated coordination framework, co-led by UNHCR and UNDP, bringing together around 270 partners applying a Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus approach to address refugees’ needs while strengthening resilience capacities of institutions, host communities, and refugees. The 3RP has proven itself as an enabling platform for advancing innovative approaches e.g., through supporting capacities of local and national institutions, serving host communities alongside refugees to mitigate social tensions, introducing climate, environment, and energy considerations in the response, scaling up cash-based interventions, and placing a strong emphasis on self-reliance and economic empowerment efforts for all. 

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