This project is an additional phase of the Support for East Jerusalem's Identity and Resilience (AJIR) programme, approved in 2020, with the same objectives: to improve access to education and services for the Palestinians of East Jerusalem, particularly the most vulnerable. Around twenty CSOs have been funded under AJIR (8 under the "infrastructure" pillar; 12 under the "access to services" pillar). The scale of the needs, the requests from NGOs providing essential services, the renewed political interest of the Consulate General of France, the quality of the partnership with the NGO Development Center and the new ambitions in terms of taking gender into account and the inclusion of very small structures, are all reasons why the AJIR programme has been so successful.

 

A maximum of 8 million Euros has been allocated to financing the programme AJIR + (Seconde phase Appui à Jérusalem-Est pour son Identité et sa Résilience) which will be structured under the form of a call for proposals addressed to the Palestinian civil society in East Jerusalem. The NGO Development Center has been entrusted by AFD with the management of AJIR+ – including the calls for proposals.

 

AJIR’s primary objective is to support the resilience of Palestinians in East Jerusalem. This second phase of the East Jerusalem Identity and Resilience Support Program (AJIR+), targets the following objectives: (i) improving educational, cultural and youth opportunities, (ii) supporting vulnerable populations, in particular women in their access to essential services, and (iii) civil society capacity building.