In 2025, global forced displacement reaches 140 million, as reported by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Protecting refugees and creating prospects is a particularly important humanitarian and political task for the international community.
To fulfil this task, the UN member states adopted the Global Compact on Refugees in 2018. Governments, international organisations and civil society are working together to promote the self-reliance of refugees, reduce pressure from host countries and enable comprehensive support measures.
To this end, the German Government initiated a global program in 2019 together with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and UNHCR. Based on these experiences, a new programme will be launched in 2025 with a focus on socio-economic participation and educational support. The aim of the programme is to develop new approaches that enable the inclusion of refugees in the national systems of the host countries.
The programme focuses on three thematic areas:
1. Providing advice to government institutions in Ethiopia, Kenya and Mozambique to support national plans for the inclusion of refugees.
2. Developing needs-orientated measures to support refugees and host communities in the areas of education, social affairs and economic participation.
3. Sharing successful approaches and results with partners in the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus to advance effective measures to refugee inclusion.