Supporting Syria and the region: Post-Brussels conference financial tracking, April 2018
On 5 April 2017, representatives of over 70 countries, international organisations and Syrian civil society came together in Brussels for the Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region conference (Brussels conference) to build on momentum from the previous year’s London conference and mobilise funding to respond to the needs of the people affected by the Syrian crisis. The EU institutions, Germany, Kuwait, Norway, Qatar, the UK and the UN co-chaired this fifth pledging conference for Syria and the region.
Multi-year pledges were made for the 2017–2020 period and amounted to almost US$10 billion in grants, including US$6 billion for 2017 alone. International financial institutions (IFIs) and donors also announced almost US$30 billion in loans.1 This is the fifth report in a series which tracks financial contributions against pledges made in 2016 and 2017 in response to the Syrian crisis.2 This report was commissioned by the European Commission and presents an overview of the pledges made by donors in April at the Brussels conference and summarises progress against these pledges to respond to needs in Syria and in the neighbouring refugee-hosting countries – Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt.3 It also provides a breakdown of grant and loan contributions to date. Information was gathered directly from donors, and supplemented by Brussels conference documentation and data from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)’s Financial Tracking Service (FTS). A glossary of the terms used throughout is given at the end of the report, as are details of the data sources and methodology employed.