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RESILIENCE BUILDING PROGRAMME FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN LIBYA, 
INCLUDING HOST COMMUNITIES, MIGRANT AND REFUGEE CHILDREN 
2nd Annual Progress Report   
T05-EUTF-NOA-LY-03-02/T05.144 
UNICEF Libya 
09 June 2017-08 June 2019 
 
 
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Field visit to Bayti Centre in Abu Salim in Tripoli funded by the EUTF 
 
 
 



 
SUMMARY OF THE ACTION 
Resilience building programme for vulnerable children in Libya, including 
Title  
host communities, migrant and refugee children 
Assisted Country and 
Eight targeted municipalities in Libya: Janzour, Sebha, Misrata, Benghazi, 
Location(s)  
Sabratha, Zawiya, Zuwara and Murzuk 
Expected duration  
36 months 
Implementation period of 
09 June 2017-08 June 2020 
the contract 
Reporting period of the 
09 June 2017-08 June 2019 
progress report 
Total Estimated costs  
EUR 12,912,219 
Total Amount of EU 
contribution  

EUR 11,000,000 
Overall Objective:  
To ensure that the most vulnerable children in targeted locations, whether 
they are migrants, refugees, IDPs, returnees or from host communities, 
have access to quality, inclusive and improved child protection and 
education services, and thus ensure they attain their fundamental rights  
Objectives of the Action 
Specific objective: 
To strengthen national institutions responsible for providing basic social 
services, particularly child protection and education services to vulnerable 
children, regardless of their status. [A focus will be brought on 
strengthening the institutions in their services to migrant and refugee 
children.] 
Final Beneficiaries:  
Results 1 and 2: at least 50,000 children (gender, age and migration status 
disaggregated) will benefit from education and child protection services in 
addition to 9,000 adolescents (gender, age and migration status 
disaggregated).  
Target groups and partners:  
Target Groups and Final 
Beneficiaries 

¾  Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Education, 
Ministry of Local Government, and Ministry of Justice, Ministry of 
Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Local 
Governance 
¾  Targeted municipalities 
¾  Police academy, judges, and public persecutors 
¾  Libyan non-governmental organisations that will be involved in the 
programme delivery  
¾  Teachers and social workers 
 



 
¾  Libyan academia – Tripoli University and others  
¾  Girls and boys  
1)  Provision and quality of child protection services have improved, 
and stronger and coordinated child protection systems are in place 
and functional in the targeted locations; 
Expected Results 
2)   Formal and Non-formal education are accessible and provided in 
appropriate learning environments in the targeted locations, and 
the quality of the education services has improved.  
x  During the reporting period UNICEF signed Annual Work Plans 
with the Ministry of Social Affairs, the High Commissioner for 
Children and the Ministry of Education for facilitating our 
child protection and education work in Libya.  
x  UNICEF finalized an assessment which aims to raise 
awareness and improve understanding of the challenges 
Unaccompanied and Separated Children face in Libya. The 
results of this study were presented to the Child Protection 
Working Group in January 2019.  
x  UNICEF continued to provide integrated psychosocial support 
(PSS) with non-formal education In the Abu Salim municipality 
with UNICEF’s partner Multaqana at the first established 
BAYTI centre for the programme. Accordingly, 18,899 children 
(8,942 girls and 8,975 boys) received PSS and non-formal 
education assistance during the reporting period and 
continued to prepare to open BAYTI centres in 8 
municipalities: Janzour, Sebha, Misrata, Benghazi, Sabratha, 
Azzawya, Zwara and Murzuq. Additional information on these 
BAYTI centres should be available in the next reporting 
period.  
Key Results Achieved So Far 
x  In March 2019 UNICEF received official approval from the 
Department of Combatting Migration within the Ministry of 
the Interior to accept unaccompanied and separated children 
until 11 years old into a transitional centre in Janzour 
Municipality for a period of up to three months 
x  In January 2019, UNICEF signed its partnership with the 
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) which aims to support 
5,600 Libyan and non-Libyan vulnerable children and 
adolescents (6 to 17 years) in Tripoli and Benghazi for a 
period of one year to ensure they have access to quality 
education, including remedial and catch-up classes, 
psychosocial support, teaching and learning materials, and 
teacher professional development.  
x  Between June 2018-June 2019, 5,175 children benefitted 
from improved learning spaces through rehabilitated Water, 
Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities in Benghazi, Sebha, 
Murzuq and Misrata. 
x  In the first half of 2019, UNICEF and its partner, Institute for 
Arab Human Rights (IAHR), developed and finalized the 
materials for Life Skills and Citizenship Education (LSCE) 
tailored for Libya context and needs, and had the materials 

 


 
translated into English and French. 
 
 
 
 
 
UNICEF Contacts 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 
Table of Contents 
I. Context 
..............................................................................................................................................4 
II. Overview 
on 
Mixed 
Migration 
..........................................................................................................5 
III. Objectives, 
Expected 
Results and Planned Activities ........................................................................6 
IV. Update 
on 
Progress 
...........................................................................................................................6 
V. 
Multi-Emergency Response: Health, Nutrition, Water and Sanitation and Non-Food Item Support
 14 
VI. Advocacy 
and 
Communication 
...................................................................................................... 15 
VII. 
Monitoring and Evaluation ............................................................................................................ 22 
I. Annexes 
.......................................................................................................................................... 23 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 
I. 
Context  
After seven years of instability and insecurity, Libya continues to face severe political crises, social 
division, economic challenges and ineffective governance. The protracted conflict has damaged vital 
infrastructure and disrupted the provisions of basic services, especially to the most vulnerable groups. 
Accordingly, the 2019 Libya Humanitarian Response Plan estimates that 1.1 million Libyans have been 
impacted by the ongoing conflict of which 823,000 people, including 248,000 children are in need of 
humanitarian assistance.1 The majority of people in need are living in urban areas.  
The humanitarian needs have been exacerbated by the ongoing conflict in Western Libya which began 
on 04 April when the Libyan National Army launched a military offensive on Tripoli and Western Libya 
that was met by defence by the United Nations backed Government of National Accord and affiliated 
armed groups. Now into its fourth month, the conflict in Western Libya has put up to 500,000 children 
in Western Libya at risk and has resulted in 6,848 casualties including 106 civilian deaths.2 
Approximately 105,000 people predominately living in areas in southern Tripoli have been displaced by 
the conflict in Western Libya3 of which 3,890 are living in 47 collective shelters established by the Tripoli 
crisis committee.4  
The ongoing conflict in Western Libya has depleted health services and infrastructure and has increased 
the risks of water borne diseases because there have been frequent electricity cuts an and a breakdown 
of the waste management system. Child protection gaps and violence against children also continue to 
be reported in homes, schools and communities. Since the inception of the conflict in Tripoli on 04 April 
children are reported to suffer from psychosocial stress due to the ongoing conflict and children and 
their families are reported to be at increased risk to unexploded ordnances (UXO) and explosive 
devices.5  
The protracted crisis in Libya also continues to impact children’s access to quality education. Though 
Libya has traditionally had a high school enrolment rates, there has been a steady decline in enrolment 
and the quality of education due to the limited investments toward teacher professional development 
and school infrastructure. The conflict in Western Libya has further impacted Libya’s education system: 
21 schools are reported to be used as collective centres to host displaced persons in and around Tripoli 
and the high levels of violence led to the suspension of the school year in nine municipalities in and 
around Tripoli impacting the education of some 122,088 school aged children. Many conflict-affected 
and displaced children are suffering from psychosocial distress or trauma, affecting their ability to learn 
and develop to their fullest potential.  
II. 
Overview on Mixed Migration 
Libya has always been a migratory crossroads but in recent years mixed migrations, including children 
on the move (i.e. asylum seekers, economic migrants, unaccompanied and separated children, 
environmental migrants, victims of trafficking and stranded migrants) has increased.6 By May 2019 
there were an estimated 641,398 migrants throughout Libya, including almost 58,000 children, 20,000 
of which were separated or unaccompanied.7 The hardships that unaccompanied and separated 
                                                           
1 OCHA, October 2018, 2019 Libya Humanitarian Response Plan  
2 Health Sector Working Group, 15 July 2019, Health Sector Working Group, Situation Report No. 35 
3 Displacement Tracking Matrix, March-May 2019, Displacement Tracking Matrix, Libya’s Migrant Report, Round 35 
4 OCHA Database 
5 OCHA, 31 May 2019, Libya Tripoli Clashes Situation Update No. 26  
6 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), July 2017, Mixed Migration Trends in Libya: Changing dynamics and 
protection challenges 
7 DTM, Libya’s Mixed Migration Report March-May 2019 (Round 25), 11 July 2019 

 


 
children face are reportedly higher than that of adult migrants and 93 percent of children interviewed in 
a study have been held in captivity at some point along their migration route in Libya.8 
 
Migrant children are subject to human rights violations and face protection gaps while cross through or 
living in Libya. They do not have access to public services and several reports indicate that they are 
exposed to abuse by smugglers and traffickers. Little is known about how unaccompanied and 
separated children meet their protection and basic needs while in Libya but their coping mechanisms 
are reportedly limited to their technical ability and their social networks in their country of origin.  
 
Every year thousands of migrants are held in captivity across Libya in detention centres that are below 
the international standards for detention.9 Children, including those who are separated or 
unaccompanied are held with adults in these detention centres and are subject to inhumane conditions 
that may amount to torture.10  Migrants and refugees risk to rest in detention centres in Libya 
indefinitely or until they are returned through the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) 
Voluntary Humanitarian Returns Programme—a total of 3,890 persons, including unaccompanied and 
separated children, have been evacuated to Niger (2,911), xxxxx (710) and Romania (269)11. Refugees 
and migrants in detention also risk to be evacuated by the United Nations High Commissioner for 
Refugees or forcibly deported by the Libyan authorities.12 
  
With this, since the start of 2019, 3,905 migrants and refugees have been intercepted at sea by the 
Libyan Coast Guard.13 Libya remains a dangerous place for disembarkation following the rescue or 
interception at sea. Those returned risk being subject to serious human rights abuses, prolonged 
arbitrary detention in inhumane conditions, torture and other ill-treatment.14  
 
The situation facing refugees and migrants has been aggravated by the ongoing conflict in Western 
Libya which began on 04 April. There are approximately 3,800 migrants and refugees being held in 
detention centres in Western Libya close to conflict lines at increased risk.15 Access to food and health 
services has also been a challenge for these migrant and refugees.  
 
III. 
Objectives, Expected Results and Planned Activities  
Overall Objective: The overall aim of the proposed programme is to ensure that children in the targeted 
locations, whether they are migrants, refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), returnees or from 
host communities, have access to quality, inclusive and improved child protection and education 
services and thus can attain their fundamental rights. 
Specific Objective: The specific objective of this action is to strengthen national institutions responsible 
for providing basic social services to children, regardless of their status.  
                                                           
8 UNHCR, June 2018, Mixed Migration Routes and Dynamics in Libya 2018  
9 UNSMIL ,UNOHCHR, 18 December 2018, Desperate and Dangerous: Report on the human rights situation of migrants and refugees in Libya  
10 Ibid.  
11 UNHCR, 11 July 2019, Libya-Niger Situation Resettlement Update #69 
12 Ibid.  
13 UNHCR, 12 July 2019, UNHCR Update  
14 Ibid.  
15 OCHA, 31 May 2019, Libya Tripoli Clashes Situation Update No. 26 

 



 
Resilience building programme for vulnerable children in Libya Programme Structure 
 
IV. 
Update on Progress 
 
x  During the reporting period UNICEF signed Annual Work Plans 
n with the Ministry of Social 
Affairs, the High Commissioner for Children and the Ministry of Education for facilitating our 
child protection and education work in Libya.  
x  UNICEF finalized an assessment which aims to raise awareness and improve understanding 
of the challenges Unaccompanied and Separated Children face in Libya. The results of this 
study were presented to the Child Protection Working Group in January 2019.  
x  UNICEF continued to provide integrated psychosocial support (PSS) with non-formal 
education In the Abu Salim municipality with UNICEF’s partner Multaqana at the first 
established BAYTI centre for the programme. Accordingly, 18,899 children (8,942 girls and 
8,975 boys) received PSS and non-formal education assistance during the reporting period 
and continued to prepare to open BAYTI centres in 8 municipalities: Janzour, Sebha, 
Misrata, Benghazi, Sabratha, Azzawya, Zwara and Murzuq. Additional information on these 
BAYTI centres should be available in the next reporting period.  
x  In March 2019 UNICEF received official approval from the Department of Combatting 
Migration within the Ministry of the Interior to accept unaccompanied and separated 
children until 11 years old into a transitional centre in Janzour Municipality for a period of 
up to three months. 
x  In January 2019, UNICEF signed its partnership with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) 
which aims to support 5,600 Libyan and non-Libyan vulnerable children and adolescents (6 
to 17 years) in Tripoli and Benghazi for a period of one year to ensure they have access to 
quality education, including remedial and catch-up classes, psychosocial support, teaching 
and learning materials, and teacher professional development.  
x  Between June 2018-June 2019, 5,175 children benefitted from improved learning spaces 
through rehabilitated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities in Benghazi, Sebha, 
Murzuq and Misrata. 
x  In the first half of 2019, UNICEF and its partner, Institute for Arab Human Rights (IAHR), 
developed and finalized the materials for Life Skills and Citizenship Education (LSCE) tailored 
for Libya context and needs, and had the materials translated into English and French. 
 

 


 
 
CHILD PROTECTION  
Result 1 (Child Protection): The provision and quality of child protection services have improved, and 
stronger and coordinated child protection systems are in place and functional in the targeted locations
 
Result Indicators:  
1.  Number of Transitional Care Centres for 
Unaccompanied and Separated Children (UASC) 
supported (Baseline: 0 - Target: 3 - Minimum: 1).  
Current value: None (work is in progress).  
2.   Number of children regularly participating in 
structured, sustained community based 
psychosocial support programmes (gender, age 
and migration status disaggregated) - (Baseline: 
NA - Target: 5,000 - Minimum: 4,500). 
Current value: 22,035 children were reached 
(10,725 female and 11,310 male). 16 
3.  Number of children supported with specialized 
child protection services (gender, age, migration 
status disaggregated - (Baseline: NA - Target: 2,700 
- Minimum: 2,500). 
Current value: 5,106 children (2,919 female, 2,187 
male)17 
Activity 
Progress 
Activity   
       Update June 2017-June 2019 
Expected Result 1: The provision and quality of 
child protection services have improved, and 
stronger and coordinated child protection 
systems are in place and functional in the 
targeted locations
  
Activity 1.1: Support relevant authorities and 
It was agreed with the Ministry of Social Affairs on the 
civil society organizations with capacity 
different elements of the Annual work plan covering the 
development initiatives to implement child 
period 2019- 2020, including capacity development for 
protection case management services for all 
social workforce, provision of services to all children 
vulnerable children in the targeted locations 
(including non-Libyan children), however the formal 
(including registration, referrals and family 
signature did not materialize this quarter but the 
tracing)  
following one. 
  
 
                                                           
16 Due to the increase in violence in Western Libya which began in in April 2019, there was an increased need for psychosocial 
support for displaced and conflict-affected children. This resulted in UNICEF scaling up this activity. Further 
information can be found under activity 1.5  
17 Similar to indicator two, due to the increase conflict in Western Libya which began in April 2019, there was an increased 
need of specialized psychosocial support activities for children in western Libya which resulted in UNICEF scaling up 
this activity. More information can be found under activity 1.5  

 


 
Moreover, a joint capacity building programme with IOM 
was planned in March 2019, and had to be postponed to 
April 2019, due to the logistical constrains and competing 
priorities linked to the emergency response in Tripoli and 
Western Libya. It was agreed to push it to the last 
quarter of 2019. 
Activity 1.2: Capacity development for child 
Discussions and agreement with the Ministry of Interior, 
protection actors, including justice sector 
the Ministry of Social Affairs, and the High Commission 
professionals (police, judges, public prosecutors 
for Children on annual workplans covering the period 
and others) and Ministry of Social Affairs 
from 2019 until 2020, including different capacity 
officials and staff, on issues related to children 
development for actors for all children, was agreed 
in contact with law  
during the first quarter of 2019.  Annual work plans with 
  
High Commission for Children and Ministry of Social 
affairs were signed, and implementation started, 
however, there is encountered delay in the signature of 
with the Ministry of Interior and Justice due to the 
breakout of clashes in Tripoli Since April 2019. 
 
Activity 1.3: Support Transitional Care 
Following a long period of negotiations with the 
institutions for Unaccompanied and Separated 
Department of Combatting Illegal Migration (DCIM) 
Children (UASC)  
within the Ministry of Interior, DCIM agreed to accept 
  
unaccompanied and separated children between zero to 
11 years old into a transitional centre for a period of up 
to three months. In addition to other conditionalities 
related to reporting to and monitoring by DCIM. 
 
Following this acceptance, UNICEF with the support of 
the European Union (EU) delegation held several 
meetings and official communications with Janzour 
municipality during the reporting period, namely Janzour 
Mayor to obtain approval for opening the Municiple 
council approval. 
 
UNICEF also submitted a request to DCIM during the 
reporting period to ensure that the agencies 
partners have access to the Gathering and 
Departure Facility (GDF) to provide services to 
children located inside. UNICEF, however, was 
informed by UNHCR that DCIM would only allow 
UNICEF or LibAid to implement programmes aiming 
to assist children inside the GDF. Official approval 
from DCIM for our partners to access the GDF is still 
pending.  
  
Activity 1.4: Evidence based knowledge 
During the reporting period, UNICEF finalized an 
generation on protection gaps on UASC in the 
assessment, which aims to raise awareness and 
national system   
improve understanding of the challenges 
  
Unaccompanied and Separated Children (UASC) 
face in Libya with regards to their day-to-day lives, 
protection risks, support mechanisms and 
migratory intentions in order to inform evidence-

 


 
based programming for all relevant stakeholders. 
This will also enable UNICEF to advocate with 
Libyan authorities to ensure all UASC have access 
to basic services, including child protection 
services. 
 
Moreover, this assessment responds to the lack of 
information regarding UASC travelling through 
Libya, who are recognized among the most 
vulnerable groups among refugees and migrants 
travelling along the Central Mediterranean route. 
 
The assessment findings were presented to the Child 
protection working group actors on 29th of January 2019 
(see Annex 1: draft final report ‘Solitary journeys of 
unaccompanied and separated children in Libya).  
Activity 1.5: Support/Establish Child Friendly 
UNICEF continued to provide integrated PSS services with 
Spaces, including in existing structures and 
non-formal education in Abu Salim municipality with 
community centers  
UNICEF’s partner Multaqana – the first BAYTI center 
  
established by UNICEF within the framework of this 
programme. In the reporting period, Multaqana reached 
22,133 of children (10,690 girls and 11,433 boys) who 
received psychosocial support and benefited from 
recreational activities in schools, community centers or 
child-friendly spaces, and 2,038 individuals were reached 
by awareness raising activities - (Communicating with 
Communities). 
 
UNICEF continued to provide psychosocial support within 
UNCHR’s social center for asylum seeker and refugee 
children, in collaboration with UNICEF’s partner CESVI, 
and referral to specialized services through UNICEF’s 
partner Elssafa centre for mental health, reaching 5,106 
children (2,919 girls and 2,187 boys) in Tripoli. In addition, 
UNICEF’s partner CESVI continued the provision of 
psychosocial support for internally displaced Tawerghan 
children residing with their families in three IDP camps in 
Tripoli.  
 
In order to strengthen the capacity of BAYTI centers 
partners, UNICEF is partnering with INTERSOS, to 
establish a “Centre of Excellence” in Tripoli that will serve 
as a model and a hub for capacity building for partners. 
The centre was established in Souq Al-Gouma 
municipality within greater Tripoli, however following the 
clashes in Tripoli in April 2019, INTERSOS was obliged to 
prioritize support and services for conflict-affected 
children and their families hosted in collective centres in 
Western Libya.  
 
UNICEF has also identified a consultant to assist the 
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partners in the targeted municipalities to scale up the 
BAYTI center, using the existing methodology. 
 
In July 2019, UNICEF has finalized the selection process of 
partners to scale up BAYTI approach in eight additional 
municipalities which are Janzour, Sebha, Misrata, 
Benghazi, Sabratha, Azzawya, Zwara and Murzuq.  
 
Activity 1.6: Implementation of UNICEF’s 
UNICEF is hiring a Communication for Development staff 
campaign entitled “Child is a Child” adjusted to 
to implement the “Child is a Child” campaign within the 
the Libyan context  
Libyan context. UNICEF is also in the process of procuring 
   
services required for the campaign. 
 
Challenges and measures taken to overcome them:  
Despite UNICEF’s effort to open a transitional centre for children ages 0 to 11 years old, it still remains 
difficult to get relevant government authorities to discuss issues related to Unaccompanied and 
Separated Children in Libya. 
The conflict in Western Libya which began on 04 April also obliged UNICEF to significantly reduce its 
footprint of international staff working in Libya. International remote management has presented 
additional challenges in implementing protection programmes.   
To overcome these issues, UNICEF has been sure to include issues related to Unaccompanied and 
Separated Children in the Annual Work Plans with relevant government ministries. 
UNICEF also is scaling up its work with national partners to overcome the challenge associated with 
remote management. 
 
Activity   
Update June 2017-June 2019 
Expected Result 2: Formal and non-formal education are accessible and provided in appropriate learning 
environments in the targeted locations, and the quality of the education service has improved   
Sub Result 2.1: Arabic Speaking School-Aged Children will have access to quality formal education programme  
Result Indicators:  
 1. Number of Arabic speaking school aged children (gender, age, and 
migration status disaggregated) have accessed quality formal education 
programme in school (Baseline: 0 - Target: 42,000 - Minimum: 42,000) 
Current Value: 1,070 vulnerable Libyan children18 
2. Number of Non-Arabic children (gender, age, and migration status 
disaggregated ) have accessed to private community schools providing 
accredited French or English curriculum (Baseline: NA - Target: 13,500 - 
Minimum: 12,000)   
Current value: 2,211 migrant and refugee children have been supported 
                                                           
18 Due to the difficulty in finding cooperating partners capable of implementing the action in addition to the increase in conflict 
in Western Libya which began in April 2019, UNICEF had difficulties in achieving this target during the reporting 
period. UNICEF expects this to increase during the next reporting period and through the completion of the action.  
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with NFE opportunities. Development of the curriculum for non-Formal 
Education activities is In progress, with relevant implementing partners. 19 
 
4.  Number of Migrants’ children (gender, age and migration status 
disaggregated) in detention centers have accessed  basic learning 
opportunities  (Baseline: NA - Target: 900 - Minimum: 800)  
Current Value:(See Annex explaining why indicator no longer valid20) 
 
4.Number of children (gender, age and migration status disaggregated) in 
remote areas have accessed to non-formal education programmes with 
strong element of psycho-social support in learning centers, BAYTI  
(Baseline: 0  - Target: 3,000 - Minimum: 2,500) 
Current Value: 21,18021 
Activity 2.1.1 Reach out to the Arabic  In January 2019, UNICEF signed its partnership with the Norwegian 
speaking children (migrants, refugees,  Refugee Council (NRC) which aims to support 5,600 Libyan and non-
IDPs, out  of school children) and  Libyan vulnerable children and adolescents (6 to 17 years) in Tripoli and 
establish referral to facilitate the  Benghazi for a period of one year to ensure they have access to quality 
enrolment of children into Libyan  education, including remedial and catch-up classes, psychosocial support, 
public schools  
teaching and learning materials, and teacher professional development.  
During the first quarter of 2019, NRC conducted a needs assessment, 
recruited teachers, and identified target schools in coordination with the 
Ministry of Education (MoE). By March 2019, five schools (five out of 
which three will be used for non-formal education support) have been 
identified in Ain Zara, Abu Selim and Sayed Camp to benefit an estimated 
1,500 children in Tripoli. However, just when NRC F was working on 
referring children for enrolment in these schools, the armed conflict 
started in Tripoli and the Ministry of Education closed schools in nine 
municipalities in Tripoli – accordingly NRC suspended the program for 
nearly two months from April to June.  
As the MoE reopened some schools on 9 June 2019 in relatively safer 
areas of the capital, UNICEF, through NRC, is preparing to resume the 
program by supporting summer school to support the affected children 
including IDPs who have missed out a part of the last semester in catching 
up and starting the next academic year of 2019-2020 without delays.    
In Benghazi, during the reporting period NRC established its new office 
and launched an assessment to identify 5 target schools in Benghazi in 
                                                           
19 Please see information under Activitiy 2.2.2 for challenges related to providing Non-Formal Education 
activities to non-Arabic speaking children in the country.  
20 No progress against this indicator as per Annex explaining the suspension of this activity 
21 This figure reflects the 17,899 through Bayti and 3,281 of children reached with education services. 
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coordination with the local education authority.    
 
Activity2.1.2: Provide training on 
During this reporting period 76 teachers have been reached through 
active learning and psycho-social  NRC and AIHR.  
support to certified teachers and  
administrators in the selected public  In the first quarter of 2019, UNICEF through its new partnership with 
schools  
NRC trained 13 teachers (nine females and four males) in Tripoli on 
  
Child Safeguarding, Teachers in Crisis Context and Basic Literacy & 
Numeracy to support non-formal education for children on the move. 
 
,  
 
In addition, UNICEF and its partner, Institute for Arab Human Rights 
(IAHR), provided training of trainers for Life Skills and Citizenship 
Education (LSCE) to 63 teachers and education personnel (46 males 
and 17 females) in formal education in May 2019, followed by another 
training of teachers and education personnel of community-based 
organizations engaged in informal education in the third quarter of 
2019.       
Activity 2.1.3: 
Provide basic 
During the reporting period, 1,409 school age children were reached with 
teaching/learning materials for recreational kits and school supplies in Tripoli and Sebratha, through 
children and teachers   
partnerships with CESVI and AFAQ.  
  
 
Activity 2.1.4: Rehabilitation of the  During the reporting period 5, 175 children (2,133 girls and 3,042 boys) 
school facilities including WASH   
benefited from improved learning spaces in Benghazi, Sabha, Murzuq and 
  
Misrata. UNICEF awarded all rehabilitation contracts in the eight targeted 
municipalities: Janzour, Sebha, Misrata, Benghazi, Sabratha, Zawiya, 
Zuwara and Murzuk. Depending on security and accessibility, UNICEF 
used either an NGO or private contractors to rehabilitate schools. 
By end of June 2019 UNICEF finalized the rehabilitation of  
schools in Benghazi benefitting 892 students (466 girls and 426 boys); in 
Sebha to support 1,557 students (817 girls and 740 boys);  in Misrata to 
support 1,576 students (320 girls and 1,256 boys) and in Murzuq 1,150 
students (530 girls and 620 boys). 
 
Activity 2.1.5: Provide Remedial  
Support Programme   
During the reporting period from June 2018 to June 2019, UNICEF 
  
through its partnerships with CESVI, INTERSOS and Multakana 
continued delivering remedial and catch up classes to 3,281 children 
(1,841 boys and 1,440 girls) this figure includes 2,211 migrant and 
refugee children from Sudan, Iraq, Palestine, Nigeria, Eritrea, and 
Syria.  
 
After the program was suspended for nearly two months from April to 
June 2019 due to the armed fighting in Tripoli, UNICEF and CESVI 
resumed the activities in late June after carrying out education 
assessment at collective shelters in June. In order to respond to the 
immediate education in emergency needs of children at the collective 
shelters, UNICEF extended the partnership with CESVI for another 
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three months from July to September 2019 where additional 133 
IDP/refugee children will benefit from non-formal education and 200 
IDP/refugee children will benefit from the provision of teaching and 
learning materials (school in a box kits). This will be reported in the 
next report. 
 
Another partnership between UNICEF and its local partner Maltakana 
reached 51 children (30 boys and 21 girls) from January to March 
2019 through the provision of remedial and catch-up classes. 
However, the activity has been suspended due to the armed fighting 
in Tripoli. UNICEF is exploring a way forward with the partner.     
  
In addition to the above, UNICEF concluded a partnership with Sabha-
based Al Safwa Charity Organization in May 2019. UNICEF aims to 
reach out to 435 children in Sabha through this partnership - numbers 
will be reported in next report.   
Activity 2.1.6: Provide “Education UNICEF conducted a cash assistance scoping mission in January 2019 to 
Grants” for the most vulnerable explore the use of Humanitarian Cash Transfers (HCT) as a modality for 
migrant and refugee children if not  education programmes. Following the mission’s recommendations, 
provided by UNHCR  
UNICEF is in the process of recruiting a technical specialist to further 
potentially roll out a cash transfer programme in Libya. UNICEF has 
identified a cash consultant to eva 
Sub Result 2.2: Non-Arabic Children have the access to private community schools providing non-formal 
accredit French or English curriculums. 
 
Activity 2.2.1: Outreach, mobilize  UNICEF, through its partnership with NRC, aims to support 500 non-
migrants’ children and establish  Arabic vulnerable children and adolescents (6 to 17 years) in Tripoli for 
referral to facilitate the enrolment of  one year with access to quality education, including remedial and catch-
children into Community Schools 
up classes, psychosocial support, teaching and learning materials, and 
teacher professional development. During the first quarter of 2019, 
UNICEF launched a needs assessment to identify target schools in 
coordination with existing Community Schools in Tripoli.  
Through the assessment UNICEF has discovered the following 
challenges: Arabic speaking families without legal documents do not 
want to send their child to the same place multiple times, fearing 
security; the administration of some Community Schools is fragile and 
they are receiving little support from education authorities; the attitude 
of some Community Schools is unfavorable toward new arriving migrant 
children who have no access to school or any other learning 
opportunities.  
The above challenges as well as the armed conflict that stated in April 
2019 in Tripoli has delayed the process of conducting an additional 
assessment, however, UNICEF, though NRC, is exploring to find a way 
forward to also launch the component from July 2019 onwards in 
relatively safer areas of Tripoli.  
 
Activity 2.2.2: Provide teachers’ The above-mentioned partnership between UNICEF and NRC aims to 
training on French/English curriculum,  support 500 non-Arabic vulnerable children and adolescents (6 to 17 
activate learning and psychosocial  years) in Tripoli for one year with access to quality education, including 
support for teachers and 
remedial and catch-up classes, psychosocial support, teaching and 
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administrators at community schools   learning materials, and teacher professional development. The first 
quarter focused preparation for launching the programme including 
needs assessment, recruitment of teachers, and identification of target 
schools in coordination with existing Community Schools in Tripoli. 
However, preparation was challenged for this programme targeting 
Arabic speaking children due to the following findings from the 
assessment: families without legal documents would rather avoid 
sending children to one particular place due to security concern; the 
administration of some Community Schools is fragile with little support 
from the education authority; the attitude of some Community Schools 
is unfavorable toward new arriving migrant children who have no 
access to school or any other learning opportunities, therefore, the 
most vulnerable.  
Activity 2.2.3: Provide textbooks for  In the first half of 2019, UNICEF and its partner, Institute for Arab 
children (in French and English Human Rights (IAHR), developed and finalized the materials for Life 
curriculum)  
Skills and Citizenship Education (LSCE) tailored for Libya context and 
needs, and had the materials translated into English and French. The 
materials will be utilized for pilot life skills sessions targeting non-
Arabic speaking children in the latter half of 2019.     
Activity 2.2.4: Provide basic 
This activity is under preparation and is facing the same challenges 
teaching/learning materials for 
as activity 2.2.1 
children and teachers 
Activity 2.2.5: Ensure sanitation and  This activity is under preparation and is facing the same challenges 
hygiene facilities, structural integrity  as activity 2.2.1 
and gender neutrality standards are 
available in the targeted schools  
Activity 2.2.6: Provide Remedial This activity is under preparation and is facing the same challenges 
Support Programmes  
as activity 2.2.1 
Activity 2.2.7: “Education grants” for  This activity is under preparation and is facing the same challenges 
the most vulnerable (mainly 
as activity 2.2.1 
unregistered) migrant and refugee 
children 
Activity 2.2.8: Provide transportation  This activity is under preparation and is facing the same challenges 
where required 
as activity 2.2.1 
Sub result 2.3: Migrant children in detention centres have access to basic learning opportunities  
Activity 2.3.1: Assessment of the Sub result 2.3 has been suspended following discussion and an 
existing population in the three agreement with the EU (see Annex 3) 
detention centres  
Sub Result 2.4 Children and adolescents in targeted municipality areas have the access to non-formal 
education programmes with the strong element of psycho-social support in learning centres BAYTI, 
community centres of partners (UNHCR, IOM)
   
Activity 2.4.1:  Establish safe BAYTI  Further to Activity 1.5, In the first quarter of 2019, UNICEF and its 
centers in remote areas where partner INTERSOS undertook an assessment, staff recruitment, 
children and adolescents don’t have  procurements of supplies, and identification of safe and accessible 
access to FE and NFE   
location to establish BAYTI centers which aim to benefit 900 children 
Activity 2.4.2: Provide recreational and adolesc
 
ents through non-formal education program. In April, 
activities indoors and outdoors. 
UNICEF and INTERSOS were about to launch the non-formal program 
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Activity 2.4.3: Provide life-skills activities including catch-up and remedial classes and life skills 
training for youth 
sessions, however, suspended the activities due to the on-going armed 
Activity 2.4.4 Provide educationfighting in Tripoli that started in April 2019.  
programmes designed for the needs of 
migrant and refugee children, includingIn mid-May 2019, UNICEF and INTERSOS managed to start providing 
life skills training 
non-formal education activities targeting IDP children affected by the 
Activity 2.4.5: Provide education accessabove-mentioned armed fighting at 4 collective shelters in Tripoli 
grant for the most vulnerablethrough mobile education team from BAYTI center, and eventually also 
undocumented migrant and refugeeresumed BAYTI center in Souq Al Jamaa area to receive IDP children. To 
children (if not covered by UNHCR) 
date, 148 children and youth (66 boys/males and 82 girls/females) 
Activity 2.4.6: Provide non-formalaged 5 to 24 years old benefitted from non-formal education (catch-up 
education opportunities in learningclasses and life skills) at the 4 collective shelters and BEYTI center, and 
centres of the partners, IDP camps andmore to be reached in next quarter. At the same time, 102 children (49 
other centres for vulnerable children   boys and 53 girls) aged 5 to 17 years old also received, and learning 
process was supported with teaching and learning materials (school in 
a box kits).      
 
In July 2019, UNICEF has finalized the selection process of partners 
through a call for Expression of Interests to scale up Beyti program in 
different areas of Libya beyond Tripoli. At the same time, UNICEF has 
recruited the consultant that would work with the selected partners.  
 
 
Challenges and measures taken to overcome them:  
The ongoing conflict in Tripoli since April 2019 resulted in the suspension of education in affected areas, 
impacting the education of about 122,088 children (Source: Ministry of Education) in nine 
municipalities, and at least 21 schools in Tripoli were turned into collective centres hosting displaced 
families. At the same time, UNICEF and its implementing partners had to suspend the program activities 
at least for 1 month or more depending on the target location of the program activities, and needed to 
adjust program activities according to the rapid assessment of education in emergencies needs among 
children, especially, among IDPs despite the limited access by staff of UNICEF or the partners, thus, the 
lack of reliable data due to security situation.  
The unfolding crisis in Libya has significantly added more restrictions to the operational environment, 
leading to restricted movement for some of the partners. UNICEF together with UN sister agencies had 
to significantly reduce the presence of international programme staff in the country. This affected the 
timely conclusion of new partnership agreements or implementation of education program activities 
outside of Tripoli, although UNICEF was able to eventually launch new partnerships outside of Tripoli in 
May such as in Sabratha and Sabha.    
While two BAYTI centres have been established, the opening of the BAYTI centres has also been delayed 
due to challenges in finding partners and because of the ongoing crisis in Western Libya. To mitigate this 
risk UNICEF has hired a consultant to manage the BAYTI centres and has sent out an expression of 
interest to recruit NGO partners to support in implementing programmes at the BAYTI centres.  
The capacity of local partners and issues related to cash liquidity in Libya also remains a challenge for 
programme scale up.  
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In order to overcome the above challenges, especially in data collection and planning coordinated 
response, UNICEF, as sector lead in education, are facilitating and strengthening coordination and 
communication among the MoE and other education partners through different communication tools 
including face-to-face meetings and IT tools in both Tripoli and Tunis in addition to the coordination and 
communication with other sectors.  UNICEF also, where appropriate, contracts service providers based 
out of Tunisa or local service providers that have an account in Tunisia to overcome the cash liquidity 
challenge in Libya.  
V. 
Multi-Emergency Response: Health, Nutrition, Water and Sanitation and Non-
Food Item Support  
Activity   
Update June 2017 – June 2019 
Interagency-Sectoral Emergency Response- Health and Nutrition   
Activity 3.1 Procure and distributeNothing Significant to Report for the Annual Report covering the 
essential nutrition supplies,period August 2018-30 June 2019. This was only done once, as a 
undertake WASH  activities andpart of emergency response in 2018 using the contingency budget 
distribute cloths to vulnerableof EUR 500,000. 
children  
 
 
VI. Financial Review  
Out of the total programme cost of Euro 12.9 million, by the end of the reporting period UNICEF has 
used Euro 5.17 million, representing a utilisation rate of 40 percent. The low utilisation rate can be 
attributed to the challenges in opening the BAYTI centres in addition to the transitional centres.  
In addition, please note that the essential operating expenses for service delivery have been pro-rated 
and included as part of the programmatic activities for which they were incurred. In addition, as a 
suitable candidate for the Education Officer was found late in the project period (July 2018), a part of 
this cost was used to support the ICT associate for three months when it was crucial to have sustainable 
operations with two relocations in the second half of 2018.  
Further, two partnerships with INTERSOS and the Arab Institute for Human Rights were not vialble 
through Programme Cooperation Agreement due to Registraiton hurdles, to mitigate that the two NGOs 
were contracted based on an “Institutional Contract” basis to implement the same activities, both 
contracts are counted towards child protection and education transfers to counterparts (budget lines 
5.1 and 5.2)  
  
VII. Advocacy and Communication  
Donor recognition is provided to the European Union Trust Fund and EU NEAR whenever possible 
considering the Libyan context, its constraints and the sensitivity of the file with all the political 
developments.  
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The communication and visibility action plan include the links to the blog developed and the Facebook 
mentions as well as snapshots of Instagram and Twitter posts. Development of a Terms of Reference 
(ToR) for contracting a service provider to implement a three-years Communication for Development 
campaign is undergoing  to address violence against children  and different programme issues including 
the migrant and refugee vulnerable children. UNICEF is currently reviewing the workplan and budgets.  
Below are key advocacy messages of UNICEF Libya and associated action plan:  
In Libya, children on the move miss out on education and do not have access to health care and other 
essential services. UNICEF calls for collective efforts by the government, non-governmental 
organizations, communities and the private sector to provide children on the move with access to 
education and health services. A child’s status should never be a barrier for accessing basic services; 
End the Detention of children on the move in Libya. Detention centres undermine children’s survival 
and development. UNICEF calls for appropriate and child friendly alternative solutions in line with 
international standards to be immediately provided for all children. Under any circumstances, Children 
should not be detained or separated from their families; 
Children who are travelling alone or who have been separated from their families in Libya are more 
vulnerable to violence and abuse. UNICEF calls for stronger policies to be put in place to prevent 
children from being separated from their parents and other family members, and faster procedures to 
reunite children with their families. At the same time, Children and families should never be returned to 
face detention or life-threatening danger in their countries of origin or transit countries. 
Advocacy Action Plan    
Action 
Target Audience 
Who 
Action Tracking 
Public statement on the impact 
Government 
Country Office 
Statements released with 
of the situation on children, 
Donors 
Regional Office 
media pick tracked 
risks and consequences. 
International 

Multimedia assets to 
media 
support advocacy   
UNCT 

Updates: 

Special Representative 
Statement 

Executive Director 
Statement  
 
To address xenophobia and 
Opinion makers 
Country Office 
Launch of campaign 
discrimination against children 
Religious leaders 
Social media updates 
on the move in Libya, especially 
General public  
against those coming from Sub-
Host communities 
Saharan Africa, UNCIEF in Libya 
 
is developing a nationwide 
campaign, based on “A Child is a 
Child” campaign.  
Bimonthly / quarterly updates 
Government 
Country Office 
Timely release of updates 
focusing on programme 
Donors 
interventions 
International 
media 
UNCT 
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Communication and Visibility Action Plan  
Estimated 
Planned Activity 
Description 
Indicator   Target Audience 
Comments 
Timeline 
Events and Social Media  
Launching Ceremony 
To mark the start of the 

EU public 
July/August 2017 
To be held in 
Action.  
Tripoli if the 
Libyan public 
situation permits 
 
 
Closing Ceremony 
To mark the end of the 

EU public 
At the end of the 
 
Action and communicate 
programme.  
on results.  
Libyan public 
 
Libyan authorities 
 
 
Joint EU-UNICEF 
To announce the EU 

EU public 
July/ August 2017 
 
Press Release 
funding  
Libyan public 
 
Joint media releases 
To announce key 
TBD 
EU and Libyan 
 
 
milestones during 
public and 
project implementation 
institutions  
Event in Brussels 
Organise an exhibition in 

EU public 
TBD 
 
focussing on migrants 
EU premises. 
in Libya  
EU institutions  
UNICEF Libya 
To report on the Action 

EU institutions 
Could take place 
 
Representative’s visit 
and address relevant EU 
at the same time 
to the EU HQ in 
institutions (for e.g. EP, 
EU Membre States 
as above-
 



 
Brussels 
Council).  
mentioned event 
A/V material for social 
Production of short 

Social media 
 
 
media  
stories for dissemination 
followers and 
on social media 
public audience 
A/V spots for social 
10 to 20 seconds video 

EU and Libyan 
 
 
media 
clips for posting on social 
public 
media highlighting the 
impact of the project  
Social media posting 
Social media posting 
Social 
Social media 
Social media 
 
media 
posting 
posting 
posting 
Human interest stories  Human interest stories 

EU public Libyan 
 
For web 
focussing on 
Public 
publishing and 
beneficiaries’ lives 
further 
dissemination on 
social media 
Production of audio- visual material  
Photo and video 
Documentation of 
 
 
 
 
documentation  
activities through photos 
and video to generate 
material for an exhibition 
Video feature story in 
Produce three TV story 

EU public and 
 
Targeting 
Arabic/English 
featuring migrant 
institutions  
broadcasting 
subtitles and media 
children supported by 
outlets for 
placement plan 
the EU and highlighting 
Libyan Public and 
dissemination 
the impact made on their 
authorities  
could be inside 
lives  
Libya and also 
inside Europe  
Photo essays  
Produce two phot essays 

EU public Libyan 
 
For web-
(by professional 
public  
publishing and 
 
photographer) featuring 
further 
the programme’s 
dissemination on 
positive impact on 
social media  
children  
Visibility Material Development and dissemination 
Visibility Material  
Production of visibility 
 
EU public  
 
 
material for use inside 
Libya  
Libyan public  
For instance: Banners, T-
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shirts, caps, stationary  
 
Twitter links 
Facebook links 
https://twitter.com/UnicefLibya/status/1087778865852940288 
https://bit.ly/2Lqd69M 
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ايبيل ،قزرم
                                       
                                                                                      
 
يتسردم هنايص
و ليهأت
بورولا داحتلا نم ليومتبو ميلعتلا ةرازو عم نواعتلاب فسينويلا تاعوشم دحأ 
Sebha - Libya
ةييخلا يوازلا ره اطلا خيشلا ةسسؤم ذيفنت 
Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Five Schools 
A UNICEF Project in Cooperation with the Ministry of Education
Murzuk, Libya
Funded by the European Union
Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Two Schools 
A UNICEF Project in Cooperation with the Ministry of Education Funded by the European Union 
 
Implemented by STACO
VII. Monitoring and Evaluation  
Field monitoring is key for timely and informed decision-making, and UNICEF is committed to its 
accountability and transparency to the affected populations, government and donors. The volatile 
situation and the constraints posed by security and lack of access, however, prevent UNICEF staff from 
undertaking regular field monitoring visits. UNICEF Libya, therefore, engages the services of a third-
party monitoring organization – ELKA- to carry this out. In addition, UNICEF Libya maintains regular 
communication with its implementing partners and governmental actors at a decentralized level, 
especially with municipality partners, whose role is essential in providing timely and updated 
information on the situation of children and women inside the country. 
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To ensure schools WASH facilities were properly rehabilitated, UNICEF’s third-party monitoring service- 
ELKA- conducted three monitoring visits to schools that were rehabilitated: Benghazi (27 December 
2018); Sebha (20 February 2019); and Misrata (19 March 2019.) Additionally, UNICEF recruited site 
engineers in the east, west and south of the country to closely monitor implementation, quality and 
progress. 
 
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I. 
Annexes 
Annex 1: Draft Report – Solitary journeys of unaccompanied and separated children in Libya 
Annex 2: Financial report  
Annex 3: Justification end of Result 2.3 
Annex 4: Logframe  
Annex 5: WorkPlan Quarter 3 2019- Q2 2020 
 
 
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