Ammon News - The Jordan Response Plan for the Syria Crisis (JRP) deficit amounted to about $1.59 billion during 2022.

The JRP's deficit stood at 70% of the annual budget allocated to support Syrian refugees in Jordan, which is estimated at $2.276 billion, according to the JRP el-platform of the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, obtained by "Petra."

Volume of funding JRP requirements during the past year amounted to about $682.7 million, or 30% of the total budget, which amounted to $2.276 billion, the ministry's data said.

Of the amount already secured, $467.7 million were allocated to support refugees and $87.8 million were disbursed to support host communities.

The JRP also disbursed about $100.6 million to support infrastructure development and institutional capacity development, while it supported the public Treasury with about $21.8 million, the ministry's figures showed.

In addition, the JRP's disbursements included about 4.7 million in response to Covid-19 pandemic.

Meanwhile, the data indicated that the JRP funded the economic empowerment sector with about $185.6 million, education at about $69.6 million, the health sector at about $89 million, social protection and justice at $222 million, the public services sector at about $9 million, and shelter at $27.6 million, in addition to sanitation services at about $79 million.

According to the ministry’s data, Germany was the top donor for JRP with funding amounting to about $211 million, followed by the United States at about $166 million, then multi-agency funds at about $86 million, European Union at about $29 million, and Kingdom United at about $29 million.