Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2017-2020 (2019 update).

This Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP) is a nationwide joint plan coordinated between the Government of Lebanon and its international and national partners, aiming to respond in a holistic, comprehensive manner to the humanitarian challenges born by the Syrian conflict started in 2011 to achieve the following strategic objectives (i) ensure the protection of displaced Syrians, vulnerable Lebanese and Palestinian refugees; (ii) provide immediate assistance to vulnerable populations; (iii) support service provision through national systems; and (iv) reinforce Lebanon’s economic, social and environmental stability. The LCRP is founded on needs-based, bottom-up and cross-sectoral approaches and, as such, requires adaptation as changes in experiences and context occur.
The main field requiring interventions are (i) food security; (ii) education; (iii) healthcare; (iv) water, sanitation and hygiene; (v) electricity. Consequently it is necessary support to Lebanese infrastructures such as roads, water, and waste management; a wide range of initiatives helping local municipalities implement priority projects for their communities; extensive cash assistance bringing lifesaving support to the poorest groups while boosting the local economy; support to health centers and hospitals around the country; a better understanding of affected populations’ views and priorities to inform sector interventions; and substantial advances in helping the Government of Lebanon enroll greater numbers of children in public schools every year.
As for the four strategic objectives, the Government of Lebanon seeks to provide the following (i) ensure the protection of vulnerable populations by strengthening protection services and interventions for displaced persons from Syria and other vulnerable populations, empowering individuals, and mainstreaming protection across all sectoral interventions; (ii) provide immediate assistance to vulnerable populations by addressing their immediate needs, prioritizing the most vulnerable through temporary solutions, with the aim to mitigate the deterioration of social and economic conditions which exacerbate protection risks; (iii) support service provision through national systems by strengthening national and local capacities to meet the service-related needs, reinforcing equitable access to and quality of public services for vulnerable populations, establishing or upgrading basic public service infrastructure, and strengthening service delivery in the most vulnerable communities affected by the crisis through the support of the Ministry of Social Affairs; (iv) reinforce Lebanon’s economic, social and environmental stability by strengthening productive sectors in expanding economic and livelihood opportunities, benefiting local development and the most vulnerable communities, and investing in mitigating the environmental impact of the Syrian crisis, ensuring that actions are taken to maintain long-term sustainability of the natural eco-system and avoid its further degradation, as well as investing in national and local capacities to promote dialogue that mitigates tensions and conflicts at municipal and local levels, with a particular focus on youth and adolescents.
The Plan includes a number of cross-cutting issues mainstreamed across sectors, mainly (i) gender, by assessing the implications of any planned action for women, girls, men, and boys, as well as making their concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies and programs in all spheres; (ii) youth, to foster economically, personally and socially active, and resilient youth by increasing their education, entrepreneurship, empowerment, participation, and civic engagement; (iii) environment, to address priority environmental impacts and mainstream environmental considerations into activities and projects by adopting a two-level approach: (a) in emergency relief and stabilization activities and (b) cooperate with all concerned sectors in the identification and implementation of environmental interventions, with a specific focus on priority sectors (Social Stability, Food Security, Water, Energy) and aim for a further roll-out to additional sectors as appropriate; (iv) conflict sensitivity, i.e. each sector strategy analyzes its potential adverse effects on local conflict dynamics and how to maximize its contribution to social stability; (v) urban areas, to be taken into high consideration given that poor urban areas have been particularly impacted by the Syrian crisis.