The annual report summarizes and evaluates the humanitarian and developmental assistance of the UNICEF Jordan Country Office (JCO) in 2012. The report also includes evaluation of the ongoing projects such as providing humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in camps and host communities;; establishing foster care programme for children deprived of parental care;; and supporting advocacy work on children’s rights to education and women empowerment. The analysis of the report is based on the progress and assessment of the JCO’s projects in partnership with other organizations in relevant fields. In the report;; the limited capacity and number of social workers and lack of technical support from the government in budgeting and social policy reforms are identified as major obstacles.

The 2011 annual report provides a comprehensive summary of the ongoing projects by the UNICEF Jordan Country Office (JCO). The programmes and projects include social protection initiatives for the National Aid Fund and Zakat Fund;; national perinatal and neonatal mortality study and development of nationwide computerized violence tracking system. . The analysis of the report is based on the progress and assessment of the JCO’s projects in partnership with other organizations in relevant fields including the Ministries of Interior;; Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and other UN agencies (UNDP;; UNFPA;; UNWOMEN;; UNHCR and WHO). The report specifies the organization’s methodology in collecting data and evidence and monitoring mechanisms to track and assess programme progress. In evaluating the development of ongoing projects;; the report summarizes future work plans and examines critical factors and constraints in each project.

The annual report provides an overview to the country situation in regards to children and women and summary of the humanitarian and developmental assistance of the UNICEF Jordan Country Office (JCO) in 2010. The report includes Jordan’s progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals in addition to the analysis of the organization’s projects. The projects focus on assisting Iraqi children in education and strengthening young child survival and development and adolescents’ participation and empowerment. The analysis of the report is based on the progress and assessment of the JCO’s projects in partnership with other UN agencies;; local agencies and government ministries. Some highlights of the 2010 annual report include the Ma’An campaign to end violence in school;; the UNICEF’s partnership with the government in supporting Iraqi children in gaining access to public education and a joint programme to develop a tracking system to monitor family violence and abuse cases with other UN agencies and Jordan’s National Council for Family Affairs.

The report assesses the practical challenges of education and schooling for the Syrian children in refugee camps in Jordan;; Lebanon and Egypt as the Syrian Crisis prolongs. It argues that ensuring the continued access to learning is an essential platform for protection;; social stabilization and economic recovery that the international community should not ignore. The report also includes important figures and statistics revealing the alarming situation of education and school. Some of the key statistics are the host-country school-age children compared to Syrian school-age children;; Syrian children enrolled in public schools in Lebanon and Jordan and school-age Syrian refugee children in and out of school by countries such as Iraq;; Egypt;; Turkey;; Jordan and Lebanon. The report concludes with four key recommendations to be undertaken by regional governments and their international partners so that the fundamental right to quality education can be guaranteed to the Syrian children.

يستند مضمون هذا التقرير المتعلق بالأردن إلى حد كبير إلى زيارة بحثية قامت بها منظمة العفو الدولية إلى البلاد في يونيو/حزيران 2013. وقد التقى وفد المنظمة بممثلي السلطات الأردنية ووكالات الأمم المتحدة والوكالات الإنسانية الدولية والمنظمات غير الحكومية والجمعيات الخيرية;; فضلاً عن أكثر من 150 لاجئاً من سوريا في مجتمعات اللجوء والمجتمعات المضيفة. ونشرت منظمة العفو الدولية هذا التقرير بهدف لفت الانتباه إلى الصعوبات التي يواجهها الفارون من سوريا طلباً للسلامة. وفي الوقت الذي يركز فيه التقرير بشكل رئييس على الأوضاع في الأردن;; فإنه يتضمن تحديثا للمعلومات التي كانت المنظمة قد نشرتها في السابق بشأن التحديات التي يواجهها اللالجئون من سوريا في البلدان المجاورة. وقد أمعنت منظمة العفو الدولية النظر في التحديات التي يواجهها اللاجئون في الأردن;; ولا سيما أولئك الذين يقطنون في مخيم الزعتري;; وهو أضخم مخيمات اللاجئين من سوريا في الأردن. وأجرت المنظمة تحقيقاً حول معاناة اللاجئين;; ليس من ظروف المعيشة القاسية في الصحراء فحسب;; وإنما أيضاً من ارتفاع معدلات الجريمة وغيرها من المخاوف الأمنية.