Syria Participatory Assessment Data from 9,000 IDPs, Returnees, and Host Communities, 2021

A participatory assessment exercise was conducted by UNHCR and 17 protection partners in the last quarter of 2021. The dataset consolidates approximately 870 focus group discussions with almost 9,000 internally displaced people, returnees, and host community members. It covers all 14 governorates of the Syrian Arab Republic.

Use Cases

• Identify priority needs and vulnerabilities based on the focus group discussions.
• Analyze differences in conditions between internally displaced persons, returnees, and host communities.
• Map humanitarian needs across the 14 Syrian governorates based on the assessment coverage.
• Inform cash and voucher assistance (CVA) programming based on the assessed needs.

Strengths

• Covers all 14 governorates of Syria, providing national-level representation.
• Based on a large sample of approximately 870 focus group discussions.
• Includes perspectives from almost 9,000 individuals across three population groups.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Primary data formats are PDF and WEB APP, which may require extraction for analysis.

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Participatory assessment exercise conducted through 17 UNHCR protection partners using focus group discussions.

Time Range

Last quarter of 2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-23 14:24:00.079287; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Syrian Arab Republic (all 14 governorates)