Global Refugee Forum

High-Level Dialogue on Jobs & Livelihoods

The session focused on the importance of multi-stakeholder engagement as a vehicle for transformation in forced displacement responses and introduced examples where innovative and successful partnership and networking initiatives exist, particularly relating to jobs and livelihoods. Watch the record on UN Web TV
Speakers:
• Ms. Joana Ibrahim, Refugee Entrepreneur living in Brazil
• Ms. Ergogie Tesfaye Weldmeskel, Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Ethiopia
• Ms. Sigrid Kaag, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Netherlands (the)
• Mr. Hans Peter Lankes, Vice-President, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• Mr. Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO)

"The #RefugeeForum shows is that there is now a widespread of recognition of the message the @ILO has been trying to get out for a long time:
Dealing with the #refugee crisis we have in the 🌍 today has to include providing access to #LabourMarkets & to #DecentWork"
-@GuyRyder pic.twitter.com/VWT7Q2lsez

— Marina HUMBLOT (@MarinaHumblot) December 19, 2019

Kick-off: 4-year PROSPECTS Partnership

Press release: Joint action to support refugees and host communities

Social media highlights

At the #RefugeeForum @GuyRyder spoke about importance of access to jobs and livelihoods for refugees.

On a day @ILO announced a new partnership with the Netherlands, @WorldBank @IFC_org @UNICEF and @Refugees on action to support refugees and host communities, he had this to say: pic.twitter.com/50bbvXqMFh

— Adam Bowers (@AdamBowers7) December 18, 2019

The #Prospects partnership launched today at the #RefugeeForum by the Govt of the Netherlands, @ILO, @IFC_org, @Refugees, @UNICEF and the @WorldBank aims to better respond to forced displacement crises.@ILO’s Nicholas Grisewood, Global Manager of the Partnership, explains how: pic.twitter.com/GQGBcmQvSg

— Adam Bowers (@AdamBowers7) December 18, 2019

The kick-off of the #Prospects Partnership was announced today by the @DutchMFA 🇳🇱, together with the @IFC_org, @ilo, @Refugees, @UNICEF, and the @WorldBank

📰Press release: https://t.co/Y716S59XHO

More about PROSPECTS: https://t.co/Gy0d8UTbEL pic.twitter.com/uNqqJOcFHH

— Marina HUMBLOT (@MarinaHumblot) December 18, 2019

One year after the historic affirmation of the Global Compact on Refugees, the first Global Refugee Forum is a critical opportunity to build momentum towards achieving the objectives of this new commitment and strengthen the collective response to refugee situations.