Participatory Needs Assessment of Jalazon Refugees Camp.

Project Overview

The government of Japan under the humanitarian assistance was supported the Palestinian refugee camps through its authorities’ representatives in Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. It has followed specific direction for its assistance to Palestine which was to support the 13th Palestinian National Authority Program, and assist the nation building by supporting the system and building the capacity for independent Palestinian state. As a part of japans support to the 13th Palestinian National Authority Program which considered the refugee assistance as one of key national objectives, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) planned to conduct a comprehensive situation analysis of refugees and refugee camps in Palestine, with focus on Jalazon camp in Ramallah by carrying out a needs assessment and agenda setting for the camp, as well as finding effective solutions in the form of future community development planning through a participatory community development.To this end, JICA contracted GCT to implement this needs assessment study of Jalazon camp.The main objective of this assignment was to study and analyze the situation of Jalazon Refugee Camp in Ramallah for better understanding the refugees and refugee camps in Palestine, in order to build a strategy to satisfy unmet needs, and develop a strategy for the future community development plans toward livelihood improvement of refugees and refugee camps in Palestine.