Humanitarian Laboratory for Syrian Crisis Transformation: A Project Proposal Towards Smoothing the Path for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in War-Torn Syria

Abstract

The global response system to the Syrian crisis has failed to stop the war in Syria during the last six years. Tackling the humanitarian dimension of this catastrophe has become a huge global challenge. This position paper presents a project proposal for dealing with it via innovation and applying RRI framework. It is based on addressing it through multidisciplinary evidence-based research by providing in-depth, community-based, and a comprehensive analysis of the current contexts. It aims at identifying the various existing opportunities and gaps. Therefore, for the aim of achieving this end, we propose establishing a Humanitarian Laboratory for Syrian Crisis Transformation. It will be composed of six basic pillars: Economic Unit, Political Unit, Environmental Unit, Health Unit, IT Unit and Societal Integration and Recovery Unit. Each unit will include highly specialized humanitarian researchers, experts, inventors and scientists. This, in turn, will help in exploring all the potential ways for achieving SDGs agenda in Syria and guiding post-conflict reconstruction phase.