Syria: Humanitarian Response Plan 2017

The 2017 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) sets out the framework within which the humanitarian community will respond to large-scale humanitarian and protection needs in Syria throughout 2017 on the basis of the prioritization undertaken across and within sectors. The HRP, based on humanitarian assessment data, also presents urgent funding requirements to meet deepening needs. It is anchored by three strategic objectives: saving lives and alleviating suffering, enhancing protection and building resilience. These objectives are interlinked, reflecting the fact that needs are intertwined.

Protection and early recovery are mainstreamed across the operation, adding coherence to the humanitarian response. Progress made towards attaining one objective is often dependent upon incremental steps towards achieving another. Achieving these objectives is contingent upon the availability of sufficient resources and the existence of an enabling operational environment. Humanitarian activities under the HRP are coordinated at hub level and benefit from the Whole of Syria (WoS) approach.

The HRP was developed by the humanitarian community working in Syria, under the leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria (HC) and the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis (RHC) and with support from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).