International Assistance for All in Syria

IFIT’s Syria Resource Group (SRG) has developed and disseminated a policy framework to help realise more just and realistic parameters for international assistance in Syria. Drawing on its recommendations, the SRG holds dialogues with donors and policymakers, seeking to encourage aid practices that create conditions for sustainable peace rather than entrenching the conflict.

The framework suggests that instead of conditioning future international assistance on a political solution to the conflict, the international community should apply a human rights-based conditionality to all forms of assistance, beyond traditional humanitarian action. 

The framework is highly operational and outlines a realistic and comprehensive set of inter-connected principles, namely: avoiding the use of compromised channels of assistance; working incrementally on a small and local level; using trusted Syrian intermediaries; establishing effective monitoring mechanisms; and reactivating the role of trusted private sector actors.

The DOI registration ID for this publication is: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12529936