As Lebanon's Response Plan was to be carried out in two phases, this Year Two document covers 2016, the second year of the LCRP, as a transitional phase into a longer term strategic framework for 2017-2020.
This MOU between Qatar and Australia is on higher education, research and vocational training to facilitate the exchange of students, academics and researchers, and to explore study and employment opportunities in both countries.
Jordan launched a response plan in 2015 to consolidate national and international efforts, and the national development strategy, in order to bring a more coordinated approach to humanitarian efforts in areas such as education, health, energy, social security, justice, housing, environment, water and transport.
Law No. 13 amends law No. 21 of 1989, regarding marrying foreigners.
Algeria signed a 'young professionals' agreement with France, which came into force in early 2015, enabling young Algerian professionals to work in France and French young people to engage in international corporate volunteer programmes, in addition to establishing a health-care protocol that secured the treatment of Algerians in French hospitals.
The Response Plan has three strategic priorities (ensuring humanitarian assistance and protection for poor Lebanese communities and vulnerable Syrian refugees; improving access to and quality of services; and reinforcing stability in the country) and includes three response areas based on needs, potential impact on stability and capacity of implementation (fundamental coping mechanisms; capacity-building for recovery; and sustaining investment in national capacities).
Under this Resolution, professions in sectors such as construction, electrical trades and sales, which had previously been restricted to Lebanese nationals, were opened to refugees. This was overridden by MoL Resolution No. 1/197 of December 2014.
Law No. 91 provides for a prison term of 15 years to life for perpetrators regarding human trafficking, but does not establish mechanisms for victim protection or for prosecuting and convicting perpetrators.
The National Policy to Address and Resolve Internal Displacement in the Republic of Yemen was developed in collaboration with the UNHCR and several internal ministries to establish a national IDP policy that seeks to comprehensively address and resolve internal displacement in Yemen through three goals: preventing future involuntary displacement; assisting and protecting IDPs and host communities; and finding safe and lasting solutions for IDPs, including by supporting their return and the reconstruction of conflict-affected areas.