The workshop is part of UNDP’s longstanding collaboration with the Government of Finland to promote the resilience agenda in the response to the Syrian crisis, under the umbrella of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) that UNDP has been co-leading with UNHCR since 2015. As forcefully reiterated during the side event on resilience in the response to the Syrian crisis that was jointly organized by UNDP and the Government of Finland in the run-up to the Brussels IV conference on ‘Supporting the future of Syria and the region’1 , in a context of interlocking crises leading to multiple and protracted vulnerabilities among people, communities and institutions, efforts to build resilience inclusively and sustainably are more critical than ever.

With the 3RP entering its 7th year of implementation there is a growing need to better capture achievements made by the 3RP partners in strengthening the resilience of refugees, host community members, host governments as well as their national and local systems. The objective of the workshop was to contribute to the development of a consistent regional framework, harmonized with country frameworks, to monitor resilience interventions and their impact, as a prerequisite for effective resilience programming, reporting and to support advocacy efforts. While a standard measurement system for all interventions in the region will not be practical due to the diverse country contexts and specificities, a greater convergence in objectives, definitions, measurement, and reporting will prove as useful.