2018 UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs
Background:
At a critical juncture in forced displacement trends, UNHCR highlighted in its Strategic Directions for 2017-2021 the priority of “putting people first” to ensure refugees, the internally displaced, and stateless people can “find protection from harm; live peacefully; learn, work and flourish as contributing members of the communities where they live; and find longer term solutions that enable them to build a secure future”.
The 2018 UNHCR Annual Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations will aim to collectively contribute to “putting people first” by looking at how UNHCR and NGOs can best work in partnership to achieve this major objective. In this perspective, the Annual Consultations will take stock of the CRRF roll-out and draw lessons from this experience for improved comprehensive, predictable and inclusive refugee response; use a more participatory (less panel-oriented) approach and look at how NGOs and UNHCR can address the complex protection and solutions needs of the internally displaced.
Logistics:
We would also like to draw your attention to the new procedure for collecting your security badge. This year, badges will not be distributed at UNHCR HQ and the CICG, but will be available for collection from the UNOG Pass and Identification Unit at the Pregny Gate entrance of the Palais des Nations (opposite to the ICRC building), Avenue de la Paix (map : https://goo.gl/nTb2GP), as of Monday 25 June 2 p.m. The office is open every day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Please ensure that you collect your badge well in advance at the Pregny Gate to be on time for the opening of the meeting on 27 June, at 10 a.m. You will not be able to access the room for the opening session without your badge.
