Project profile — Emergency Services and Social Resilience for Municipalities Affected by Syrian Refugees

• Jordan (100.00%)

• Water resources conservation (including data collection):
Water resources conservation (including data collection) (14015) (25.00%)
Waste management/disposal (14050) (20.00%)
• Government And Civil Society, General: Decentralisation and support to subnational government (15112) (35.00%)
• Transport And Storage: Transport policy and administrative management (21010) (20.00%)

• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Urban issues (significant objective)

This project aims to improve living conditions for an estimated 800,000 Jordanians and 300,000 Syrians in nine municipalities of Northern Jordan that are highly affected by the influx of refugees fleeing from the conflict in neighbouring Syria. The project seeks to strengthen the ability of Jordanian municipalities to keep up with the delivery of basic services, such as rehabilitating roads or building new roads, support to local economic development, street lighting to improve security and waste collection to improve hygiene. Some project activities include: (i) providing grants to municipalities to improve and expand their ability to provide adequate services in a timely manner, and purchase equipment; (ii) providing technical services to municipalities to assist them with planning and proper procurement; (iii) providing training to ensure that the services provided respond to the needs of citizens; (iv) developing local economic activities to create employment; and (v) helping municipalities to develop emergency preparedness plans to improve their responses to crises.

The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (i) improved service delivery and community participation in decision-making in nine municipalities that are highly affected by the influx of Syrian refugees; (ii) greater opportunities for income generation from local economic development projects; and (iii) improved emergency preparedness and crisis management capacity at the sub-national and national levels.

Results achieved by the World Bank Trust Fund (US$65.7M) with the support of Canada and other international donors as of March 2017 include: 413 sub-projects were completed with grants provided to municipalities, including: (1) 27 parks and playgrounds built or rehabilitated; (2) 33 multipurpose community centres built or rehabilitated; (3) 4.3 million square metres of road built and paved; and (4) procurement of US$ 17.2M worth of machinery and equipment related to solid waste management services (including items such as trash compactors, garbage bins, and pick-up trucks).

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