PROSPECTS - Return and Rebuild: Advancing Voluntary Returns and Sustainable Reintegration for Syrians (Opportunity Fund Phase 2)

PROSPECTS is a partnership and a multi-year programme financed by the Government of the Netherlands and brings together the IFC, ILO, UNICEF, UNHCR and the World Bank to address crucial and emerging challenges of protracted displacement, in close coordination with the governments of the hosting countries. The Partnership focuses on four areasThe of intervention that enable forcibly displaced persons to overcome their specific vulnerabilities and host communities to pursue their own development efforts in transformed environments. These are: education and learning; employment; protection; and critical infrastructure. The Opportunity Fund was introduced as an instrument to strengthen closer cooperation between the PROSPECTS Partners at country, regional or global levels in Phase 1 of PROSPECTS. The Netherlands kept the same instrument in Phase 2 to scale-up projects that have proven successful but also support innovative pilots testing new programming and policy approaches. As a result of this process, ILO has become part of various Opportunity Fund projects at country, regional (on durable solutions) and global levels. This country project entitled "Return and Rebuild: Advancing Voluntary Returns and Sustainable Reintegration for Syrians" aims to support durable solutions for Syrian refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). These objectives will be achieved through supporting an enabling environment for return and reintegration in Syria.

Project symbol

RAB/25/50/NLD

Admin unit

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut

Start date

01/12/2025

End date

31/12/2027

Total allocation

8564356

Total expenditure

Status

Active

99233

Development Partners

Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Country/Countries

Syrian Arab Republic
Arab States - regional

Outcomes

Outcome 3: Full and productive employment for just transitions
Outcome 7: Universal social protection
Outcome 1: Strong, modernized normative action for social justice
Outcome 4: Sustainable enterprises for inclusive growth and decent work