Post on 16-Sep-2019
*Data was collected in February 2019
Brussels III Conference 12-14 March 2019
#SyriaConf2019
Mahmoud Mahmoud, 17, has undergone physiotherapy for two months and is now learning to walk, climb stairs and even run on a prosthetic leg.
is the total EU assistanceinside Syria since 2011
Over €1.3 billion
About 7 millionHEALTH services,
including child and maternal care and
psychosocial support were provided
Around 5 millionSyrians have received
FOOD assistance to meet their daily needs
Around 9,000Syrian farmers got support to restart AGRICULTURAL production and received
grants to develop businesses
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nion 2018, Peter Biro
Mahmoud is one of the 11.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance inside Syria (UNOCHA, 03/2019).
RESPONDING TO THE SYRIAN CRISIS
EU SUPPORT INSIDE SYRIA
*These amounts do not include all the contributions from the EU Member States.
Brussels III Conference 12-14 March 2019
#SyriaConf2019
RESPONDING TO THE SYRIAN CRISISEU SUPPORT INSIDE SYRIA
DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
Over €920 million
STABILISATION & LONGER-TERM
ASSISTANCE
€434 million
PAVING THE WAY TO A PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO
THE CONFLICT
The EU stands with the Syrian people. It has suspended all cooperation with the Syrian regime following the start of the conflict in 2011 and is working to support a genuine political transition. The EU has not forgotten vulnerable Syrians and continues to directly support to the Syrian population inside Syria.
• Support for a UN-facilitated Syrian-led and Syrian-owned political solution to the confl ict
• Support for the prosecution of persons responsible for crimes under International Law
• Justice for the families of the missing and the detained • No EU funding for reconstruction without an inclusive
Syrian-led political settlement
The EU creates perspectives for Syrians and paves the way towards sustainable peace:
• Livelihoods support and youth empowerment
• Support to civil society, human rights defenders, transitional justice, accountability and community dialogue
• Agriculture and food security
• Demining including mine risk education
The EU responds to the most urgent life-saving needs with:
• Emergency health services, including trauma aid and child health
• Access to safe drinking water, sanitation and food
• Protection of vulnerable groups, including women and children
• Education in emergencies
• Demining and risk awareness projects