Syria Cross-border Humanitarian Fund – Syria Humanitarian Fund - 2025 First Standard Allocation Strategy

The Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis and the Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria launched the Syria Cross-border Humanitarian Fund – Syria Humanitarian Fund - 2025 First Standard Allocation Strategy titled “Catalyzing humanitarian action: addressing critical needs of IDPs, supporting returns, and building resilience for the most vulnerable populations in Syria”.

The allocation, jointly released by the Syria Cross-border Humanitarian Fund (SCHF) and Syria Humanitarian Fund (SHF), for at least USD 60 million, represents a strategic, unified response to the acute and evolving humanitarian needs across Syria.

Significant number of the population in Syria are still in need of urgent assistance, with displacement, returns, and continued instability reshape the humanitarian landscape. While the current Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) targets eight million people and is only 11 percent funded, this allocation ensures resources are directed where they are most impactful.

The strategy targets displaced populations, vulnerable host communities, and returnees in areas facing the most severe needs, while including contingency planning to enable rapid, principled response to new or escalating emergencies. By prioritizing multi-sectoral, integrated intervention, the allocation’s primary goal is to both save lives and stimulate resilience, supporting sustainable transitions for affected communities.

Aligned with the one Syrian vision, this allocation advances the consolidation of a renewed pooled fund and contributes to a unified, inclusive, and coordinated humanitarian response structure. By prioritizing streamlined collaboration, it enables more effective decision-making, with the full transition targeted for completion by 30 June 2025. The balanced contributions from the two Funds reflect operational capacities, reach, and complementarity in leveraging existing partnerships to ensure continued engagement with affected populations.

This transition to a unified Fund aims to further localize, and scale up coordination, strengthen area-based response, and link with existing accountability mechanisms to bring aid closer to affected populations. Promoting and empowering local actors-including women, youth, and disability-focused organizations-and enhancing community participation are central to ensuring effective, sustainable interventions.