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Overview

The United Nations Peace and Development Trust Fund provides USD $500,000 to provide health care and education to refugees in Iran

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$545,361
Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•IranDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•IranSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2016
Start (actual)
Apr 1, 2017
End (actual)
Dec 1, 2017

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Cofinancing agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • United Nations (UN)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Iran

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Iran

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • United Nations (UN)
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Loan description

The United Nations Peace and Development Trust Fund provides USD $500,000 to provide health care and education to refugees in Iran

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2016, the Chinese Government pledged to contribute $200 million to the United Nations over a ten year period. The United Nations Peace and Development Trust Fund (UNPDF) was established to channel these earmarked funds to specific projects in coordination with the UN. The UNPDF is divided into two sub-funds: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Sub-Fund and The Secretary-General's Peace and Security Sub-Fund. Approved in 2016 and implemented between April 2017 to December 2017, USD $500,000 was allocated from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Sub-Fund to provide affordable health care and educational opportunities to primarily Afghan refugees in Iran. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) helped implement the project, along with the Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants’ Affairs (BAFIA), Ministry of Interior, Iran Health Insurance Organization (IHIO), Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME), and the Ministry of Education (MoE). The program expanded access to Universal Public Health Insurance (UPHI) for 112,735 refugees. Additionally, it strengthened primary health care services for 4,972 refugees living in the Saveh Settlement in Markazi Province. Via the same program fund, the UNHCR helped the Ministry of Education construct 11 primary and secondary schools in areas hosting high numbers of vulnerable Afghan refugees. It is estimated that the school in the city of Dilijan in the Markazi province will serve a population of up to 800 students from the refugee and host community.

Staff comments

1. The UNPDF reference number for this project is PDF-SDG-2016-06. 2. The commitment date, implementation start date, and completion date are estimated based upon the project's year of approval and duration.