Registering and Documenting Each Syrian Refugee Child Brochures have been developed in consultation with refugees to highlight the importance of completing official birth registration procedures and to outline the necessary steps and requirements. In total, over 300,000 informational brochures have been produced and shared with communities in 3RP operations to raise community awareness on the requirements to obtain a birth certificate in each host country. Multi-media materials, including film and photography, have been used to raise awareness among communities and key stakeholders, with instructional videos on birth registration screened to thousands daily at registration and community centres across the region.37 In Jordan alone, for instance, over 155,000 brochures explaining birth registration procedures, requirements and deadlines have been distributed to Syrian refugees, along with leaflets informing communities of the procedures in place to legally register informal marriages. Two-way communication with communities is an ongoing and continuous process achieved by a dedicated UNHCR information line, help desks in numerous governorates, UNHCR field offices and legal partners. strengthened through the development of products for local practitioners and non-governmental organizations assisting refugees, such as a detailed manual on marriage registration law, rules and procedures, developed with support from UNHCR in 2015. Capacity-building activities have targeted local authorities in all governorates and districts, bringing a measured improvement in the accessibility of birth registration procedures at the local level. Partners have also mapped gaps in access to birth registration nationally and within various localities to conduct more targeted advocacy and to develop localized coordinated action plans involving humanitarian agencies and community-based organisations. In Lebanon, UNHCR is partnering with local legal aid organizations to support community dialogue, townhall meetings, and information sessions to further engage with refugees regarding the challenges they encounter in registering births and marriages, and to jointly identify solutions. Community engagement is further UNHCR’s video on birth registration explains the steps and the importance of the procedure in the KR-I: www. youtube.com/watch?v=ZvtSIAMXx9U In Iraq, UNHCR launched an intensive awarenessraising and community engagement campaign on birth registration, featuring the distribution of print and video materials throughout the KR-I. The UNHCR Office in Manual on Marriage Registration in Lebanon by Frontiers Ruwad, developed with support from UNHCR Egypt utilizes UNHCR registration activities as a key opportunity to strengthen community engagement on birth registration and maternal health issues. When refugee women who are either pregnant or have recently given birth approach the Office to add their children to their UNHCR documents, registration officers counsel them on how to obtain an official birth certificate, and on the available pre-natal, obstetric and post-partum health 37 Informational brochures were jointly developed by a broad range of partners in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt including UNHCR, UNICEF, host governments and other partners. The videos promoting refugee birth registration in Lebanon and Iraq are publically available, at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsmHvjeBODs&feature=youtu.be; and at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvtSIAMXx9U. 18