The Back to the Future initiative has received €15m in funding over three years – €12m for educational support in Lebanon and €3m in Jordan. The EU has provided 80% of the funding and 20% comes from partner NGOs. Amurri says discussions are under way about a second phase of funding when the first phase concludes in June 2019. He says they hope to expand to Iraq as well as work in Syria on strategic planning for the future. “When and if there is a political settlement and conditions are secure for children to return, we want to be ready to support them through that process back in their home country. Unfortunately we cannot say the crisis is anywhere close to being over”