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The Italian Development Cooperation in Lebanon supports the efforts for a gradual stabilization of the socio-economic and political situation in the country. The Italian Development Cooperation, active in implementing emergency initiatives, not only represents one of the lead partners of the Lebanese Government regarding activities of bilateral development cooperation, but has also become a preferential interlocutor in several sectors also thanks to the strategy it has adopted to respond to the Syrian Crisis.
With the escalation of the conflict in Siria in 2011, the main strategy adopted by the Italian cooperation shifted towards the humanitarian aid, based on the need to support those sectors directly affected by the current situation. After more than three years of hostilities, it is appropriate to speak about a real "Crisis”, to be tackled through interventions with a development character based on the already undertaken path following 2006, in addition to the other projects targeting Palestinian refugees in Lebanon