Creating better prospects for people forced to flee

Context

According to data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide will reach 140 million in 2025. Protecting displaced people and creating prospects for them is a particularly important humanitarian and political task for the international community.

To support this effort, the member states of the UN adopted the Global Compact on Refugees in 2018, under which governments, international organisations and civil society work together to improve refugees’ self-reliance, alleviate pressure on host countries, and ensure vital support.

In response to this, the German Government, together with the UNHCR and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, initiated a global programme in 2019. A new programme in 2025 will build on those foundations and focus on the areas of education, social issues and economic participation.

Objective

Innovative approaches enable the inclusion of displaced people into the host countries’ national systems and support their social protection and economic participation.

Approach

The programme focuses on three key thematic areas:

1. It advises government institutions in Ethiopia, Kenya and Mozambique to support national plans on the inclusion of displaced people.
2. It develops demand-oriented measures for displaced people and host communities in the fields of education, social issues and economic participation.
3. It exchanges information on successful measures and results with partners of the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus to promote effective approaches on inclusion of displaced people.

Last update: February 2025