The purpose of the project is to enable humanitarian
and recovery actors to improve the targeting and prioritisation of assistance
in Syrian cities
The project will contribute to both immediate and longer term priorities:
(i) Improved
beneficiary identification and needs assessment: The City Profiles will provide
finer-grained analysis of needs and coping mechanisms at the neighbourhood
level, identifying areas of concentrated demand and gaps in assistance. The multi-sectoral nature of the assessments
will enable all humanitarian sectors to benefit from the analysis.
(ii) Linking
humanitarian and resilience interventions: though the conflict is ongoing, opportunities are emerging to expand the range of
programming to include more cost-effective interventions that strengthen
community resilience. The information
will also support any longer-term recovery and reconstruction strategies, as
and when appropriate.
(iii) Improved
monitoring of conditions in cities: Establishing baselines and a common monitoring framework will enable the tracking
of trends and emerging priorities. This will enable actors to more effectively respond to changing conditions. In the longer term, the project can also contribute to the development of new models of local governance and management that strengthen the linkages between citizens, municipalities and line Ministries.
(iv) Improved
coordination: the Profiles will provide up-to-date information on “who is doing
what where” at the neighbourhood and city levels. These coordination mechanisms will fill a gap
that currently exists within the humanitarian coordination architecture.
(v) Linking
satellite-based analysis with field verification: several actors are currently
conducting satellite-based damage analysis, but without effective field
verification. At the same time, the
quality of inside-Syria analysis can be strengthened with access to
satellite-based damage data. This enhanced methodology can also be used to support a post-crisis needs assessment process, when that becomes relevant.
