Employment intensive programmes for Jordanians and Syrian refugees

This project will support the Government of Jordan in creating immediate jobs through employment intensive programmes in Irbid and Mafraq, for both Syrian women and men refugees and host communities through: construction and maintenance of schools, support to local farmers (construction of water cisterns, terracing of slopes), construction and maintenance of agricultural feeder roads. These employment intensive programmes differ from various initiatives of cash for work that have been implemented so far in Jordan due to (a) their special focus on decent working conditions, including occupational safety and health, no child labour, and equal pay for work of equal value, (b) safeguards they offer for environmental protection, (c) their graduating mechanisms that allow participating workers to graduate out of the programme to sustainable livelihood, and (d) the creation or increase of asset value in public, agricultural and environmental infrastructure. The programme will apply a gender sensitive programming approach with participation of women at all levels of design, implementation and evaluation as well as targeted activities promoting the participation of women in its activities, and equality of treatment at the worksites.

Project symbol

JOR/16/01/MUL

Admin unit

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut

Start date

05/07/2016

End date

31/12/2019

Total allocation

22588617

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

22621607

Development Partners

Germany, KfW Development Bank

Country/Countries

Jordan

Outcomes

Outcome 3: Economic, social and environmental transitions for full, productive and freely chosen employment and decent work for all