Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
During the 7th Brussels Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region” on June 15, the international community pledged €5.6 billion for 2023 and beyond, including €4.6 billion for 2023 and €1 billion for 2024 and beyond. The funding pledged today will support people inside Syria and neighboring countries hosting Syrian refugees, the European Commission announced in Brussels on Thursday.
  The European Union pledged €3.8 billion in grants, of which €2.1 billion was from the European Commission and €1.7 billion was pledged by EU member states.
Since the beginning of the crisis in 2011, the European Union and its Member States have mobilized more than €30 billion to support Syrians in Syria and the region. In addition, international financial institutions and donors announced €4 billion in loans, bringing the total of grants and loans to €9.6 billion.
The EU also published a report on the fulfillment of pledges made at the 6th Brussels Conference on 'Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region' held on 10 May 2022, as well as a report on the online survey on consultations with civil society. in the run-up to the conference.
Since 2017, the Brussels Conferences have addressed critical humanitarian and resilience issues affecting Syrians in Syria and neighboring countries, as well as those affecting communities hosting Syrian refugees in the region.
The conferences aim to renew the political and financial support provided by the international community to Syria's neighbors, especially Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, as well as Egypt and Iraq.