Annual Consultations with NGOs

This event has been running at least the last 20 years, although it has evolved significantly in recent years. What was once a one–day meeting where NGOs strategized over their interventions for ExCom, the Annual Consultations with NGOs now runs over three days and involves dialogue on a wide variety of subjects of interest to NGOs and UNHCR.

Each year over 200 representatives from more than 150 organizations attend the consultations. Participants include representatives of small and large, national and international, UN, and assistance and advocacy organizations (including those specialized in resettlement). It provides an important forum for NGOs to raise issues, network, and exchange views with UNHCR.