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High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges: Development Cooperation Concept Note
12 Jul 2022 This note sets out the concept for the 2022 High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges. The Dialogue provides a forum for an informal, open, and lively multi-stakeholder discussion on emerging issues linked to displacement and statelessness. In 2022, it will focus on the theme of development cooperation to advance protection, inclusion, and solutions for displaced and stateless persons and will be held in Geneva on 7 and 8 December. -
Overview of the Geneva Technical Hub
8 Jul 2022 The Geneva Technical Hub (GTH) brings together Swiss academia and expert practitioners to tackle complex technical problems, share learnings, and find solutions that can be applied in diverse UNHCR operational contexts. -
Smart Energy Meters for Refugees' Community Facilities
8 Jul 2022 In line with the UNHCR Global Strategy for Sustainable Energy, UNHCR, with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), launched a pilot project in the Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya) to monitor the energy consumption of diesel generators by installing two energy smart meters. The initiative is part of the Geneva Technical Hub (GTH). -
Identifying Groundwater Potential Mapping, Uganda
8 Jul 2022 The concept of Rapid Groundwater Potential Mapping (RGWPM) was elaborated to support rapid set-up of sustainable water supply and out-phasing from emergency water supply. The objective is to establish a methodology which can be up-scaled and replicated in any refugee context around the world. -
Safety and dignity for refugee and migrant children: Recommendations for alternatives to detention and appropriate care arrangements in Europe
5 Jul 2022 This advocacy brief was jointly produced by IOM, UNHCR and UNICEF based on a desk review of practices in 38 European States in relation to the detention of asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant children, either upon or after arrival, for reasons relating to immigration or asylum. It seeks to put forward and urge for practical alternatives and appropriate care arrangements for children based on existing promising practices in the region. -
Understanding the Socio Economic Conditions of Refugees in Urban Areas of Kenya - Summary
5 Jul 2022 UNHCR and the World Bank undertook the Kenya Urban Socioeconomic Survey 2020-2021 to close the data gap on urban refugees. Understanding their socioeconomic needs takes on added urgency with the potential closures of Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps, the largest in Kenya, which may result in refugee influxes into urban settings. The urban survey provides one of the first comparable analysis on the economic lives of urban refugees and hosts in Kenya. This document provides a summary of the full report. -
Understanding the Socio Economic Conditions of Refugees in Urban Areas of Kenya - Infographic
5 Jul 2022 The Kenya Urban Socioeconomic Survey 2020-21 generates evidence to inform policy and targeted programming to support refugees and host communities living in urban areas. -
Understanding the Socio Economic Conditions of Refugees in Camps and Urban Areas in Kenya - Infographic
5 Jul 2022 The Kenya Urban Socioeconomic Survey 2020-21 generates evidence to inform policy and targeted programming to support refugees and host communities living in urban areas. -
Understanding the Socio Economic Conditions of Refugees in Camps and Urban Areas in Kenya - Summary
5 Jul 2022 The World Bank and UNHCR undertook a comparative examination of the socio-economic conditions of camp-based and urban refugees to understand key differences between both populations. The comparative analysis presents differences with regard to housing, energy, sanitation, access to finance, and social cohesion. As it is likely that education, livelihoods, and food insecurity fluctuated due to COVID-19, differences in these are presented only for camp-based refugees in Kalobeyei and Kakuma (discussed in the full report).