Nayrouz News Agency : Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Wissam Rabadi and UNICEF Jordan Representative Tanya Chapuisat on Thursday signed the agency’s work plan for Jordan for 2020 and 2021.

The plan focuses on implementing various projects and interventions in the fields of social protection, child protection, water and sanitation, education and health, in addition to projects concerned with youth, according to a ministry statement.

The projects will be implemented in coordination with relevant ministries and government institutions and in partnership with non-governmental organisations and non-profit companies.

Rabadi, who signed the plan on behalf of the government, noted that, over the past years, UNICEF has contributed in implementing several projects listed within the Jordan Response Plan to the Syrian Crisis, highlighting that the cost of these projects in 2019 reached around $34 million.

He also lauded UNICEF’s rapid response to supporting the Kingdom’s efforts to combat the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, notably its underpinning of the education sector.

UNICEF Jordan launched a COVID-19 Response Funding Appeal to garner $17.4 million of support for the Kingdom via urgent priority response interventions.