MPI Europe Webinar


Enhancing the Social and Economic Inclusion of Refugees through Local Development Strategies [ [link removed] ]


DATE & TIME: Friday, 10 July 2020, 16:00 EEST/EAT (Athens, Nairobi) / 15:00 CEST (Brussels, Paris) /
14:00 BST (London) / 9:00 a.m. ET (DC, NYC)


SPEAKERS:
*Benjamin Burckhart, Senior Social Development Specialist, World Bank

*Mamadou Dian Balde, Deputy Director, Division of Resilience and Solutions, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (‎UNHCR)

*Kodeck Makori, Commissioner, Refugee Affairs Secretariat, Kenya


MODERATOR: Camille Le Coz, Policy Analyst, MPI Europe


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Humanitarian and development actors in low- and middle-income countries that host refugees have focused many of their recent interventions on integrating newcomers into national development strategies and promoting access to public services nationwide. But how do these efforts play out at the local level?

Join MPI Europe for a conversation exploring how development actors can work with local authorities to enhance the social and economic inclusion of refugees. Subnational authorities have been at the forefront of hosting refugees; while their capacity can be narrow, they often have first-hand experience in managing relations between host and refugee communities. During this webchat, experts will discuss partnerships between local authorities, the UNHCR, and development actors that are aimed at integrating refugees in local governance mechanisms. These experiences suggest that improvements for refugees often start at the local level, where general principles agreed upon in international fora are being tested.

This discussion involving representatives from the World Bank, UNHCR, and Kenya's Refugee Affairs Secretariat will explore three main questions: How can development and humanitarian actors engage with local institutions to promote refugee inclusion? How has the involvement of refugees in local institutions materialised and what are the ways to ensure this participation leads to tangible changes? Finally, in fragile environments, how can discussions on refugee inclusion enhance the engagement of other groups that have traditionally been marginalised in refugee-hosting regions (e.g., internally displaced persons, ethnic minorities, or returnees)?
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