LebanonLB

UK overseas development assistance to Lebanon — View on DevTracker →

Total Spent

£1.86B

Projects

156

Sectors

Date Range

2012 – 2026

Closed133(£1.48B)

Implementation21(£370.0M)

Finalisation2(£269K)

Largest Projects

Support to the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) Syrian refugee response in Lebanon

Research/scientific institutionsClosed2017 – 2024

£182,384,982

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The programme will provide monthly cash support to the most vulnerable Syrian refugee families to help cover essential expenditures including food, shelter and healthcare.

WFP Cash Programme in Lebanon

Material relief assistance and servicesClosed2016 – 2025

£175,550,002

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This activity WFP Cash Programme in Lebanon is a component of Support to the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) Syrian refugee response in Lebanon reported by FCDO with a funding type of 109 - Multilateral organisation and a budget of £17...

Lebanon No Lost Generation Initiative (NLGI)

Primary educationClosed2016 – 2023

£105,999,999

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To support the delivery of non-formal education and child protection for the most vulnerable out of school refugee children and children from host communities aged 3-18 as part of the No Lost Generation Initiative. The programme will provide up to 10...

Support to the No Lost Generation Initiative through UNICEF activities

Primary educationClosed2016 – 2024

£105,999,999

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This activity Support to the No Lost Generation Initiative through UNICEF activities is a component of Lebanon No Lost Generation Initiative (NLGI) reported by FCDO with a funding type of 109 - Multilateral organisation and a budget of £105,999,999. ...

Lebanon Humanitarian Programme

Education in emergenciesImplementation2023 – 2027

£97,944,717

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The Lebanon Humanitarian Programme has three main objectives: i) address growing humanitarian needs across the country; ii) improve educational outcomes for the most vulnerable and marginalised out of school children in Lebanon; and iii) support more...

Support to Lebanon’s Reaching All Children with Education plan (RACE II)

Education policy and administrative managementClosed2016 – 2023

£93,067,999

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To support the Government of Lebanon’s Reaching All Children with Education in Lebanon II through financing the delivery of formal education for Lebanese and refugee children aged 3-18 in Lebanon. To support the Lebanese Ministry of Education and H...

To support the Ministry of Education's delivery of the RACE II strategy through a World Bank payment for result trust fund.

Primary educationClosed2016 – 2025

£86,467,827

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Supporting implementation of the Reaching All Children with Education II strategy via a World Bank Trust Fund

Support to the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) for the Syria crisis.

Emergency food assistanceClosed2015 – 2017

£85,500,000

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To provide essential humanitarian food support to Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, IDPs and the Host community in Syria affected by the on-going Syria Crisis. In Syria, this food support will be delivered through food parcels, and nutrition intervention...

UNHCR Lebanon - Support to Lebanon UNHCR Appeal

Material relief assistance and servicesClosed2014 – 2019

£68,000,000

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This activity UNHCR Lebanon - Support to Lebanon UNHCR Appeal is a component of Support to the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the Syria crisis reported by FCDO with a funding type of 105 - Humanitarian assistance and ...

Lebanon CSSF: Security Programme

Legal and judicial developmentImplementation2017 – 2022

£55,005,592

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This programme is addressing three key strands of overlapping security threats in Lebanon. The programme supports (1) The establishment and deployment of Land Border Regiments of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to monitor and interdict illegal cross...

Sector Breakdown

Material relief assistance and services

£455.3M

Primary education

£299.2M

Research/scientific institutions

£185.2M

Education policy and administrative management

£146.3M

Education in emergencies

£114.9M

Multi-hazard response preparedness

£102.6M

Urban development and management

£97.4M

Emergency food assistance

£90.5M

Civilian peace-building, conflict prevention and resolution

£89.0M

Legal and judicial development

£55.4M

Public sector policy and administrative management

£54.6M

Relief co-ordination and support services

£25.4M

Social Protection

£24.4M

Vocational training

£22.0M

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development

£17.5M

Facilitation of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility

£16.5M

Decentralisation and support to subnational government

£13.6M

Water supply and sanitation - large systems

£12.0M

Upper Secondary Education (modified and includes data from 11322)

£8.3M

Democratic participation and civil society

£8.2M

Spending Over Time

2012

£1.8M

2013

£9.6M

2014

£283.7M

2015

£98.5M

2016

£627.8M

2017

£377.4M

2018

£55.4M

2019

£88.1M

2020

£14.2M

2021

£121K

2022

£1.2M

2023

£120.9M

2024

£30.4M

2025

£34.4M

2026

£111.6M

All Projects

Project	Sector	Budget ↓	Status	Start

Data Sources

Project data: FCDO DevTracker — Lebanon via IATI Datastore
Official statistics: Statistics on International Development (gov.uk)
Budget figures are from IATI project data reported in GBP by FCDO.
UK ODA includes development aid, investment capital (BII), and domestic spending (asylum costs). See the Foreign Aid dashboard for a full breakdown by type.

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Largest Projects

Support to the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) Syrian refugee response in Lebanon

Research/scientific institutionsClosed2017 – 2024

£182,384,982

DevTracker →

The programme will provide monthly cash support to the most vulnerable Syrian refugee families to help cover essential expenditures including food, shelter and healthcare.

WFP Cash Programme in Lebanon

Material relief assistance and servicesClosed2016 – 2025

£175,550,002

DevTracker →

Lebanon No Lost Generation Initiative (NLGI)

Primary educationClosed2016 – 2023

£105,999,999

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Support to the No Lost Generation Initiative through UNICEF activities

Primary educationClosed2016 – 2024

£105,999,999

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Lebanon Humanitarian Programme

Education in emergenciesImplementation2023 – 2027

£97,944,717

DevTracker →

Support to Lebanon’s Reaching All Children with Education plan (RACE II)

Education policy and administrative managementClosed2016 – 2023

£93,067,999

DevTracker →

To support the Ministry of Education's delivery of the RACE II strategy through a World Bank payment for result trust fund.

Primary educationClosed2016 – 2025

£86,467,827

DevTracker →

Supporting implementation of the Reaching All Children with Education II strategy via a World Bank Trust Fund

Support to the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) for the Syria crisis.

Emergency food assistanceClosed2015 – 2017

£85,500,000

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UNHCR Lebanon - Support to Lebanon UNHCR Appeal

Material relief assistance and servicesClosed2014 – 2019

£68,000,000

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Lebanon CSSF: Security Programme

Legal and judicial developmentImplementation2017 – 2022

£55,005,592

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Sector Breakdown

Material relief assistance and services

£455.3M

Primary education

£299.2M

Research/scientific institutions

£185.2M

Education policy and administrative management

£146.3M

Education in emergencies

£114.9M

Multi-hazard response preparedness

£102.6M

Urban development and management

£97.4M

Emergency food assistance

£90.5M

Civilian peace-building, conflict prevention and resolution

£89.0M

Legal and judicial development

£55.4M

Public sector policy and administrative management

£54.6M

Relief co-ordination and support services

£25.4M

Social Protection

£24.4M

Vocational training

£22.0M

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development

£17.5M

Facilitation of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility

£16.5M

Decentralisation and support to subnational government

£13.6M

Water supply and sanitation - large systems

£12.0M

Upper Secondary Education (modified and includes data from 11322)

£8.3M

Democratic participation and civil society

£8.2M