(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) The Government will undertake the necessary administrative changes to allow Syrian refugees to apply for work permits both inside and outside of the zones. These will be renewed annually in accordance with prevailing laws and regulations.
In addition Syrian refugees will be allowed by the summer to formalise their existing businesses and to set up new tax-generating businesses including access to investor residencies in accordance with the existing laws and regulations. The Government of Jordan will also provide for a specific percentage of Syrian involvement in municipal works through private sector employment on a contract basis with no pension or other long-term financial obligations for projects funded by donors in areas with a high ratio of non-Jordanian workers.
The number of jobs will depend on the level of international support. Any restrictions preventing small economic activities within the camps hosting Syrian refugees and on commerce with people outside the camps will be removed.
Municipalities and communities in donor countries are encouraged to strengthen collaboration with municipalities and communities in host countries e.g. by sharing know-how through a network of experts.
"What we are announcing today is the start of a process. With the right investment and access to EU markets the designated development zones could provide hundreds of thousands of jobs for Jordanians and Syrian refugees over the coming years. Outside the zones the sectors where there is low Jordanian participation and a high ratio of foreign workers (e.g. construction agriculture service industry cleaning) and where there is a high degree of skills match (e.g. handicrafts textiles) could provide roughly 50000 job opportunities for Syrian refugees over the next year. Cumulatively these measures could in the coming years provide about 200000 job opportunities for Syrian refugees while they remain in the country contributing to the Jordanian economy without competing with Jordanians for jobs" the document added.
Co-hosts and others will work closely with the Government of Jordan to put in place by the summer a mechanism for implementing communicating and monitoring the commitments on both sides.
All services have been adversely affected in Jordan the document said but education deserves a special mention. The war in Syria has disrupted the education of a whole generation of children. It is vital that all children in Jordan can access learning. A lost generation of Syrian children will not only cause social tensions in Jordan but also prevent these children playing a full role in a post conflict Syria. Education needs should be addressed as part of the overall requirements set out in the Jordan Response Plan.
Tremendous leadership by the Government has in recent months sped forward a landmark commitment to ensure that every child in Jordan will be in education in the 2016/17 school year. This level of ambition is ground-breaking and met with equal measures of substance. A cross-donor group of education technical experts have verified that the Jordanian 'Accelerating Access to Quality Formal Education' plan presented at this Conference represents a credible plan to achieve the ambition of all Syrian children in education. The inclusion of Syrian children in Jordanian schools must not endanger the quality of education provided to Jordanian students.
Every school will offer a safe inclusive and tolerant environment with psychosocial support available to refugee children. Access to vocational training for Syrians and to tertiary/higher education opportunities for all vulnerable youth (Jordanian and Syrian) will be increased.
The Government estimates that delivery of this plan will cost up to US$1 billion finance over the next three years. The International Community recognises the scale of this requirement welcomes the resources mobilised at the London Conference to support delivery of the plan and endorses Jordan's call for donors to provide predictable multi-year funding to meet the timeframes committed to by the Jordanian Government. Financial pledges will include the cost of construction to build new and refurbish existing classrooms as outlined in the Jordan Response Plan 2016-2018. The Government of Jordan will implement the plan in proportion to the resources the International Community provides for the aforementioned costs.
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