EQR Phase 1: Providing Cross-Border Operations and Logistics Support to Humanitarian Actors Moving from Turkey to Syria as a Complementary. ltpgtTRC’s border relief services are important for the Cross-Border response of the humanitarian community because of its capacity to undertake these services through several humanitarian border crossing points, unlike the UN hub which is authorized to use only the BAH border gate. Since this role that TRC was authorized by the Turkish Government, it will continue even though the UNSCR 2672 is not renewed in July 2023 ensuring the delivery of humanitarian relief supplies into NW Syria.ltbrgtSince the beginning of the TRC’s facilitation activities in 2012 until February 2022, 69.153 trucks of humanitarian relief supplies have been facilitated (57.732 trucks have been facilitated through the UN Hub). 7.241 trucks have been facilitated with using all border gates within 2022. These numbers indicate that TRC provides border relief operation service for 500 trucks per month on average. In emergency cases, TRC’s facilitation capacity can be increased up to a level which will cover more than 1.500 trucks per month (as practised during the 2016 Aleppo IDP movement crisis). ltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtTRC runs cross-border facilitation services currently through 8 active gates: Kilis Öncüpınar (Bab-al Salame) Border Gate, Kilis Çobanbey (Al-Rai) Border Gate, Hatay Cilvegözü (Bab-al Hawa) Border Gate, Hatay Yayladağı Border Point, Hatay Zeytindalı Border Gate, Şanlıurfa Akçakale Border Gate, Şanlıurfa Ceylanpınar Border Gate and Gaziantep Karkamış Border Gate. TRC also runs local offices in the provinces where those gates are. TRC has been financing its facilitating services for cross-border transhipment through SCHF funding. Currently, only partial costs from Cilvegözü/Bab-al Hawa border gate operations are covered by the SCHF funding under TUR-22/3559/SA2/L/O/24346 project.ltbrgtlt/pgtltp class="MsoNormal"gtltspan lang="EN-US"gt lt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="MsoNormal"gtltspan lang="EN-US"gtFollowing the increasing logistical support needs to facilitate humanitarian assistance to NWS after the EQs, the recent developments and discussions with the involvement of the Turkish Gov’t, the Syrian Gov’t, UNSC and OCHA which resulted on permission to use two additional border gates, Bab-al Salame (Öncüpınar) and Al-Rai (Çobanbey), for three months period. As a humanitarian actor that has been already supporting the facilitation of cross-border transhipments through these gates, we find this new decision very benefiting for both the people in need in NWS and the humanitarian community targeting the region.lt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="MsoNormal"gtltspan lang="EN-US"gt lt/spangtlt/pgtltpgtltspan style="font-family:" lang="EN-US"gtGiven the above, considering that TRC cross-border services through the gates of Bab-al Salame and Al-Rai have been included in the scope of UN logistical services encouraging the humanitarian community to use them and that a potential increase of our current capacity at the mentioned gates will also be needed, it is crucial to cover some of TRC’s current costs for facilitation of these transhipment activities and services which will also strengthen our financial and operational flexibility to react rapidly for potential additional capacity building activities and services to the humanitarian community through these gates.lt/spangtlt/pgtltpgt

ltbrgt This project is crucial in ensuring the total amount of humanitarian assistance facilitated to date by the TRC, which has reached over 1.18 Billion USD in value.These services are comprehensively recorded via SAP, including the type and amount of humanitarian relief supplies delivered. These records are kept under a strictly confidential status by the TRC to ensure the privacy of relevant humanitarian organizations. Data regarding the total amount of humanitarian relief supplies delivered are used as a guide to filling existing gaps in the delivery of humanitarian relief supplies.ltbrgtlt/pgt