Increase Community Resilience and Provide Livelihoods Opportunities The project aims to increase the resilience of Atma amp Qah communities, improve projects’ ownership at the community level, improve the collaborative environment, reduce dependency on aid, and increase access to livelihood opportunities, especially among the most vulnerable IDPs and host communities.

The project aims to implement five 5 community support projects (rehabilitation of key infrastructures) to improve access to essential services and basic infrastructure for the population of IDPs living in Atma and Qah camps. Those five projects will be also used to assist the most vulnerable population in selected communities, by creating quick-impact job opportunities (CfW) for 250 IDP HHs in Atma and Qah camps (200 men, 50 women of which 25 individuals are PwD).

(1) In the early stage of the project, Bonyan will establish two Community Engagement Teams (CETs) in Atma and Qah Camps, one team per location, each team has 10 members. The CETs will receive training for 5 days on: principles of voluntary work, facilitation of community engagement sessions, drafting community initiatives concept notes.

(2) Then, Bonyan will conduct consultative meetings with community members to prioritize up to ten key projects that the community needs. In collaboration with the CETs, Bonyan team will develop concept notes for those Community Support Projects (CSPs). The concept notes will be reviewed and provide feedback to CETs to improve the projects. The CSPs should consider creating CfW opportunities during project implementation. Finally, only five solid and sound projects will be approved for funding. 

(3) Bonyan will develop a detailed ‘Action Plan’ for those 5 approved CSPs. The action plan includes all supporting documents (BoQs, detailed budget, drawing plans, etc.) along with the procurement process for items and materials required for implementing each project. 

(4) In parallel Bonyan will open a call for registration of Cash for Work (CfW) opportunities in the targeted locations. The skills required for those CfW opportunities are linked to the works included in the approved CSPs. Beneficiaries will be selected and prioritized against vulnerability criteria to identify the most vulnerable (has no income, female headed-HH, ...etc.). After the registration, the verification process will be carried out to identify and select beneficiaries. Bonyan will provide basic training for the selected CfW beneficiaries. (attached is the CfW methodology)

(5) Bonyan will maintain follow-up and supervision until the five projects are finalized and delivered also payments to the CfW workers will be released.

Regarding COVID19 the project will build on the ERL guidelines during the implementation of the project, through conducting sensitization sessions for selected beneficiaries, workers, and project staff, in addition to the provision of the needed PPEs in the work sites. Field visits will be at a minimum to reduce the interactions between community members. 
Outreach teams and filed engineers will identify any suspected cases among the workers, if any, and coordinate with Idleb Health Directorate to conduct COVID19 test (attached MoU)

During all stages of the project, we will consider the accountability to affected population (AAP) measures, mainstreaming of protection, and PSEA. The project has a risk analysis and mitigation matrix. Along with all activities, monitoring and evaluation processes will be carried out. The project seeks to achieve effective coordination with all stakeholders, as well as, a coherent exit strategy that contributes to the sustainability of project outcomes.