Small Actions Credit Line (Quick Impact)
The Small Actions Credit Line (Quick Impact) is a humanitarian instrument of the Swiss Embassy's cooperation office that allows a fast response to requests for moderate one-time funding of limited duration. It enables the Embassy's cooperation office in Lebanon to fund small scale development or humanitarian activities that addresses needs of refugees, IDPs, vulnerable migrants or communities at risk, supports the strategic strengthening of the portfolio of the Swiss Cooperation Strategy Middle East and which contribute to the visibility of Swiss presence in the region.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lebanon |
Health Humanitarian Assistance & DRR Water Employment & economic development
Health systems strengthening
Protection, access & security Water sector policy Water supply Employment creation Medical services Water sanitation Water resources conservation |
01.03.2019
- 31.12.2022 |
CHF 800’000
|
- Strategic strengthening of the portfolio of the Swiss Cooperation Strategy Middle East.
- Covering of existing gaps, urgent needs and pinpointed interventions.
- Exploration of innovative approaches, responding to emerging opportunities and test new fields of intervention
- Implementation of small scale humanitarian and development initiatives-
- Conducting of or contributing to assessment, consultancies, capacity buildings, events, studies, and others.
- Provide the Swiss Cooperation Office with an appropriate tool to react timely to request of local partner.
- Improved knowledge to youth in public schools in 3 different areas in Lebanon through arts, and sports.
- Youth led Initiatives in Lebanon have increased opportunities for getting sustainable funding within the next year of project cycle
- Improve the language skills between workers and employers, through an application.
- United Nations Children’s Fund
- Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
-
Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation HEALTH
WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
HEALTH
WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION
OTHER SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES
WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation Health policy and administrative management
Water sector policy and administrative management
Basic drinking water supply
Material relief assistance and services
Medical services
Basic drinking water supply
Basic sanitation
Employment policy and administrative management
Water resources conservation (including data collection)
Basic sanitation
Cross-cutting topics Crisis prevention
Human rights
The project also supports partner organisation improvements
Aid Type Project and programme contribution
Project number 7F09663
| Background |
The Middle East is facing a complex, regional crisis. The parallel conflicts in Syria and Iraq have both been qualified by the United Nations as the highest level of humanitarian emergency. The continuous degradation of the humanitarian context, along with the increasingly protracted nature of the crises, requires therefore careful studies, identification missions and testing of partners/ideas, while keeping a good enough Swiss visibility set of programme adaptations both on operational and managerial level. |
| Objectives | To strengthen the relevance and coherence of the Swiss Cooperation Strategy Middle East 2019-2022 in Lebanon through the availability of a simple and flexible funding tool. |
| Target groups | Target group will depend on the individual Partial Actions. |
| Medium-term outcomes |
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| Results |
Expected results: Results from previous phases: |
| Directorate/federal office responsible |
SDC |
| Credit area |
Humanitarian aid |
| Project partners |
Contract partner International or foreign NGO United Nations Organization (UNO) |
| Coordination with other projects and actors | Partial Actions funded under the Small Actions Credit Line (Qutck Impact) have justification of their own and do not always need to be in synergy with larger projects of the Swiss Cooperation Strategy Middle East. However, in general interventions should be In line with the domains as defined in the mentioned strategyu Small projects can be complementary to existing projects within the Cooperation Strategy. |
| Budget | Current phase Swiss budget CHF 800’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 98’149 Total project since first phase Swiss budget CHF 293’908 Budget inclusive project partner CHF 500’000 |
| Project phases |
Phase 2 01.03.2019 - 31.12.2022 (Completed) |
