At the end of 2022, over 71 million people were internally displaced due to conflict, violence, or natural disasters – a number that has doubled the past ten years. In multiple contexts, internal displacement is protracted and can extend for years, while the response still mostly relies on humanitarian support. Providing IDPs globally with solutions at scale would require accelerating a pivot from mainly humanitarian support to a longer-term development planning approach backed by development financing.
What are the prerequisites for such a pivot? How does socio-economic data play an essential role in building a development approach? What challenges do Governments face in FCV contexts? How to unlock additional financing to support Governments (FDI, IFIs, Private Sector)? What would IFIs need to support Government’s solutions policies? The panel discussion will bring together expert perspectives and insights.
Programs targeting IDP should be government-led and in line with government development plans.
Strengthening the capacity of government to include IDPs in nations surveys and other general population dation collection including the Demographic Health Surveys, could improve the understanding of the socioeconomic situation of IDPs. Furthermore, displacement tracking tools could be used to track IDP movements including returns, return conditions, prioritize actions, and promote self-reliance.
Better understanding of local context and socioeconomic data of IDPs and host communities, which include skills of IDPs, labor laws, employment market of the host communities, and public employment capacity, will facilitate IDP integration and inclusion in host communities.
Setting and updating an IDP registry (or integrating IDPs in an existing unified social registry) could facilitate coordination and promote better assistance to IDPs and their host communities.
Inclusion of the private sector in the HDPN could produce better results, given their knowledge of the context and political economy.
Strong coordination among humanitarian, development, security and peace actors could facilitate the achievement of long-term solutions for IDP. Collaboration and coordination among humanitarian, development, security, and private sector should be promoted at global, regional, and at country levels.
An aspect to consider when working on IDPs is the dynamics around the borders of the countries; the porosity of borders, and the incentives that present to IDPs when they go across the border as compared to when they stay within their country.
Next Steps:
- Coordinate and collaborate with UN on the implementation of the UN SG Action Agenda on Internal Displacement.
Hosted by International Organization for Migration (IOM) & UN Office of the Special Advisor on IDPs
Moderator: Robert Piper, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General, United Nations
Speakers:
Ferid Belhaj, Regional Vice President, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank
Ugochi Daniels, Deputy Director General, IOM
Succès Masra, Prime Minister, Chad
Ana María Ibáñez Londoño, Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Cindy Huang, Director of the Office of Policy, USAID
