EHAGL Regional Knowledge Exchange Social Protection & Forced Displacement

Working Group Description
The social protection and forced displacement knowledge exchange is a forum for organisations working on this topic to come together to learn from each other and external stakeholders, to exchange information and best practices and explore opportunities for joint activities. Membership is open to regional NGOs/CSOs, UN agencies, IFIs, Bilateral Donors and Research Institutes across the humanitarian-development nexus in Eastern, Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes. The Exchange aims to stimulate discussion, research, and sharing of best practices related to the inclusion of forcibly displaced populations and vulnerable or marginalized host communities into emerging national social protection systems and programmes.
The Topic
Africa’s East, Horn and Great Lakes Region is experiencing increased frequency, severity and duration of crises creating a context of substantial and growing needs, with new conflicts swelling displaced and refugee caseloads. This is combined with the increasingly protracted nature of displacement , growing climatic shocks and inadequate humanitarian resources to meet the needs that these scenarios are generating.
However, despite these challenges progress can be seen in the establishment, strengthening and reach of social protection policies, systems and programmes across the region alongside increased investment in these systems. This is primarily development partner resources, but some countries are seeing a growth in government investment also. COVID-19 has accelerated efforts to scale up social protection systems.
There is wide acceptance of the role that social protection can play in reducing poverty and addressing lifecycle risks and vulnerabilities. Pilots are developing into government social safety net programmes, delivery systems are improving and there is an increased focus on developing the shock-responsive capacities of these systems. Coverage is growing despite challenges around fragmentation, capacity, coordination and resourcing. This links to the increasing use of cash transfers as a humanitarian response modality and robust evidence of the efficacy of social protection and social transfers in both development and crisis contexts.
Humanitarian assistance has been performing the same role as social assistance for many years. In contexts of increasingly protracted displacement and lack of durable solutions for most refugees, inclusion in social protection systems, backed by international development investments, can contribute to more predictable alternatives to humanitarian assistance. UNHCR is working with governments and international actors to implement an area-based approach promoting access to social protection programmes for displaced and host populations.
An increased focus on developing inclusive systems provides opportunities for broadening discussions on how Persons of Concern (PoC) can benefit from social protection to provide more effective, efficient and sustainable solutions to affected populations. This requires re-examining ways of responding to the basic and protection needs of forcibly displaced communities and exploring the role that government social protection systems can play in meeting the needs of PoC, accelerating the agenda of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR), promoting area-based solutions, efficiencies, inclusion and sustainability.
Working Group Documents
Presentation - Supporting refugee self-reliance through large cash transfers - May 2025
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Presentation by GiveDirectly who have been testing and scaling large unconditional cash transfers in various refugee settings in Kenya and Uganda - which have been proven to have transformative impact...
Date de publication: 8 May 2025 (22 days ago)
Créé: 8 May 2025 (21 days ago)
Presentation - Insuring Farmers' resilience amid a Changing Climate - May 2025
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Presentation by Pula Advisors - a farmer-focused insurtech that has delivered climate risk solutions for over 19M farmers in the global South. PULA provide agriculture insurance design and execution s...
Date de publication: 8 May 2025 (22 days ago)
Créé: 8 May 2025 (21 days ago)
Can Social Protection Programmes Promote Livelihoods and Climate Resilience in Conflict‑Affected Settings? Evidence from Ethiopia’s Product...
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The paper discusses the growing interest in using social protection to address climate-related vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience, particularly in conflict-affected settings. It examines the Pr...
Date de publication: 6 May 2025 (24 days ago)
Créé: 7 May 2025 (23 days ago)
RSC/Univ. Oxford - Linking, Bonding, Bridging - The role of social capital in facilitating access to livelihoods among refugees in Gulu city...
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This study examines the role of social capital in facilitating access to livelihood for urban refugees in Gulu City, Uganda. The author, Betty Adoch, argues that, although refugees in Gulu City active...
Date de publication: 6 May 2025 (24 days ago)
Créé: 7 May 2025 (23 days ago)
Nairobi County Refugee Integration and Community Building Strategy
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The Nairobi County Refugee Integration and Community Building Strategy (NCRIS) outlines Nairobi County’s commitment to providing refugees with a secure environment, access to essential services, and i...
Date de publication: 29 April 2025 (1 month ago)
Créé: 13 May 2025 (17 days ago)
Sudan Regional Refugee Response - May to December 2023 (Revised August 2023)
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The 2023 Sudan Emergency Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRP) was launched in May 2023, revised in June 2023, and again in August 2023 reflecting the dramatic and ongoing increases in external displac...
Date de publication: 4 September 2023 (1 year ago)
Créé: 4 September 2023 (1 year ago)
Social protection responses to COVID-19 for forcibly displaced persons
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Refugees and other Persons of Concern (PoC)1 to UNHCR have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to serious health, socio-economic and protection impacts. Some governme...
Date de publication: 30 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Créé: 24 February 2022 (3 years ago)
Brief - DREEM Project Overview
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DREEM is an exciting partnership between WUSC and the Mastercard Foundation where WUSC plays a unique role as a technical assistance and strategic learning partner to the Mastercard Foundation and its...
Date de publication: 3 October 2024 (7 months ago)
Créé: 3 October 2024 (7 months ago)
UNHCR Sudan - Solutions and Livelihoods Factsheet - November 2023
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UNHCR Sudan - Solutions and Livelihoods Factsheet - November 2023
Date de publication: 1 November 2023 (1 year ago)
Créé: 6 November 2023 (1 year ago)
UNECA - Draft Kampala declaration on sustainable, inclusive, science-based and evidence-based solutions for driving job creation and economi...
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Draft Kampala declaration on sustainable, inclusive, science-based and evidence-based solutions for driving job creation and economic growth and for implementing the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.
Date de publication: 11 April 2025 (1 month ago)
Créé: 25 April 2025 (1 month ago)
CALP - Minimum Standard for Market Analysis - May 2024
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With growing recognition of the importance of market analysis in the humanitarian sector, a plethora of tools and guidance has been developed to support such exercises. While this has provided an oppo...
Date de publication: 4 May 2024 (1 year ago)
Créé: 30 May 2024 (1 year ago)
UNHCR - Cash and Shelter: Access to sustainable housing through cash assistance – key considerations and learning
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This recently published guidance document focuses on the use of cash assistance to enhance shelter solutions. It emphasizes the importance of unrestricted cash for sustainable housing, covering aspect...
Date de publication: 30 April 2024 (1 year ago)
Créé: 30 May 2024 (1 year ago)
Implementation Guide – Good Practices For Ensuring Data Protection And Privacy In Social Protection Systems
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This Implementation Guide is aimed at practitioners involved in the design, implementation, and expansion of social protection systems and programmes at the country level, especially regarding non-con...
Date de publication: 31 August 2022 (2 years ago)
Créé: 17 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Extending social protection to migrant workers, refugees and their families
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A guide for policymakers and practitioners
Date de publication: 31 December 2021 (3 years ago)
Créé: 18 February 2022 (3 years ago)
Presentation - Supporting refugee self-reliance through large cash transfers - May 2025
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Presentation by GiveDirectly who have been testing and scaling large unconditional cash transfers in various refugee settings in Kenya and Uganda - which have been proven to have transformative impact...
Date de publication: 8 May 2025 (22 days ago)
Créé: 8 May 2025 (21 days ago)
Presentation - Insuring Farmers' resilience amid a Changing Climate - May 2025
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- 8.67 MB
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Presentation by Pula Advisors - a farmer-focused insurtech that has delivered climate risk solutions for over 19M farmers in the global South. PULA provide agriculture insurance design and execution s...
Date de publication: 8 May 2025 (22 days ago)
Créé: 8 May 2025 (21 days ago)
Presentation - Understanding livelihood-related urban-rural connections for women from Displacement Affected Communities (DACs) in South-We...
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Presentation by RAAGSAN on their research, one of a series of outputs from a larger learning activity commissioned by the Building Resilient Communities in Somalia (BRCiS) Consortium, under the Unite...
Date de publication: 3 April 2025 (1 month ago)
Créé: 3 April 2025 (1 month ago)
Presentation - Addressing barriers faced by Urban Refugees in Nairobi and creating lasting solutions - April 2025
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Presentation by RefugePoint and their Partner CBOs on their approach, experiences and successes working with urban refugees in the Urban Refugee Protection Program in Nairobi, Kenya - as they graduate...
Date de publication: 3 April 2025 (1 month ago)
Créé: 3 April 2025 (1 month ago)
Presentation - Amahoro Coalition: Private Sector Partnerships and Pathways to Employability - March 2025
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Presentation by Amahoro Coalition- an African-led initiative focused on economic inclusion for displaced populations - showcasing their work in fostering private sector-led solutions in East Africa. I...
Date de publication: 20 March 2025 (2 months ago)
Créé: 20 March 2025 (2 months ago)
IGAD Policy Framework on Refugee Protection
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This Policy Framework on Refugee Protection is a consolidation of the key findings and recommendations that reflect the IGAD Member States’ commitment to providing a safe haven for refugees, ensuring ...
Date de publication: 31 January 2024 (1 year ago)
Créé: 5 March 2024 (1 year ago)
UNHCR Policy on Cash-based Interventions - 2022-2026
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Building on the Policy on Cash-Based Interventions (CBI) 2016-20211, this Policy sets the overall direction for UNHCR’s use of CBI from 2022 to 2026 inclusive, with the aim of scaling up and strengthe...
Date de publication: 5 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Créé: 6 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Emerging Lessons from World Bank Group Social Protection Investments in Refugee-Hosting Areas
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Emerging Lessons from World Bank Group Social Protection Investments in Refugee-Hosting Areas
Date de publication: 31 January 2022 (3 years ago)
Créé: 8 February 2022 (3 years ago)
INCLUSION OF REFUGEES IN GOVERNMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS IN AFRICA
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INCLUSION OF REFUGEES IN GOVERNMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS IN AFRICA
Date de publication: 31 January 2022 (3 years ago)
Créé: 8 February 2022 (3 years ago)
ALIGNING HUMANITARIAN CASH ASSISTANCE WITH NATIONAL SOCIAL SAFETY NETS IN REFUGEE SETTINGS
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The purpose of this document is to share learning and considerations on how operations have or could progressively align humanitarian cash assistance for refugees to national social safety nets (SSN)...
Date de publication: 31 December 2021 (3 years ago)
Créé: 24 February 2022 (3 years ago)
Mapping of the National Social Protection System in Ethiopia, including Social Health Protection
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The mapping of the national social protection system in Ethiopia, including social health insurance, is carried out as part of a joint technical study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) a...
Date de publication: 31 December 2021 (3 years ago)
Créé: 24 February 2022 (3 years ago)
Leave no one behind: Promoting effective access of refugees in social protection systems in post-pandemic Europe
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The spread of COVID-19 has challenged all of us to question conventional wisdom, think differently and work together to find solutions to the defining crisis of our times. In Europe, COVID-19 has touc...
Date de publication: 31 December 2021 (3 years ago)
Créé: 24 February 2022 (3 years ago)
RSC/Univ. Oxford - Linking, Bonding, Bridging - The role of social capital in facilitating access to livelihoods among refugees in Gulu city...
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This study examines the role of social capital in facilitating access to livelihood for urban refugees in Gulu City, Uganda. The author, Betty Adoch, argues that, although refugees in Gulu City active...
Date de publication: 6 May 2025 (24 days ago)
Créé: 7 May 2025 (23 days ago)
SHARPE - Going Beyond the Last Mile: Adaptation to Increase Refugee Adoption - January 2025
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The Strengthening Host and Refugee Populations in Ethiopia (SHARPE) programme has used a market systems development approach in three refugee hosting regions of Ethiopia to foster greater economic i...
Date de publication: 8 April 2025 (1 month ago)
Créé: 9 April 2025 (1 month ago)
State of Social Protection Report 2025: The 2-Billion-Person Challenge
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The State of Social Protection Report 2025: The 2-Billion-Person Challenge documents advances and challenges to strengthening social protection and labor systems across low- and middle-income countrie...
Date de publication: 7 April 2025 (1 month ago)
Créé: 16 April 2025 (1 month ago)
DRC - ASPIRE Annual Report 2024: Seeking Solutions - South Sudanese refugee endeavours among multiple possibilities in Kenya and Uganda
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The 2024 report draws attention to the landscape of local actors’ engagement in conflict-handling – both statutory and community-driven – comparing Kenyan and Ugandan integrated refugee settlements. T...
Date de publication: 31 March 2025 (1 month ago)
Créé: 9 April 2025 (1 month ago)
Summary Note - 2024 Cross-Regional Forum on Implementing Laws and Policies on Internal Displacement in Africa - February 2025
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This report summarizes the discussions and insights shared during various sessions of the forum, highlighting best practices and concrete actions that can be taken to advance the domestication and imp...
Date de publication: 28 February 2025 (3 months ago)
Créé: 5 March 2025 (2 months ago)
Can Social Protection Programmes Promote Livelihoods and Climate Resilience in Conflict‑Affected Settings? Evidence from Ethiopia’s Product...
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The paper discusses the growing interest in using social protection to address climate-related vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience, particularly in conflict-affected settings. It examines the Pr...
Date de publication: 6 May 2025 (24 days ago)
Créé: 7 May 2025 (23 days ago)
UNHCR - Sudan Crisis: Socioeconomic Profile Overview - January 2025
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The sociodemographic and economic characteristics of registered Sudanese refugees vary by location and time. UNHCR proGres registration records for over 1.8 million registered refugees across the seve...
Date de publication: 31 January 2025 (3 months ago)
Créé: 4 February 2025 (3 months ago)
Nairobi County Refugee Integration and Community Building Strategy
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The Nairobi County Refugee Integration and Community Building Strategy (NCRIS) outlines Nairobi County’s commitment to providing refugees with a secure environment, access to essential services, and i...
Date de publication: 29 April 2025 (1 month ago)
Créé: 13 May 2025 (17 days ago)
ILO-UNHCR Joint Action Plan 2023-2025
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The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have complementary mandates and expertise in supporting forcibly displaced people’s access to ...
Date de publication: 2 April 2025 (1 month ago)
Créé: 16 April 2025 (1 month ago)
Ethiopia - Country Refugee Response Plan 2024
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Under the co-leadership of the Government of Ethiopia’s Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS) and UNHCR, the Ethiopia Country Refugee Response Plan (CRRP) for 2024 is the interagency refugee response i...
Date de publication: 30 April 2024 (1 year ago)
Créé: 22 May 2024 (1 year ago)
UNHCR - Strategic Plan for Climate Action 2024-2030
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UNHCR’s newly released Strategic Plan for Climate Action 2024-2030 builds on the Strategic Framework for Climate Action to operationalize its commitment to reduce and manage the effects of climate cha...
Date de publication: 13 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Créé: 16 February 2024 (1 year ago)
UNHCR - Uganda: Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion Strategic Directions 2023 - 2028
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UNHCR Uganda: Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion Strategic Directions 2023 - 2028
Date de publication: 7 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Créé: 8 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Working Group Key Contacts
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Clare Gardner
UNHCR Regional Bureau for East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes, Nairobi, Kenya Senior Social Protection Officer -
Shana Hoehler
ILO Technical Officer – Social Health Protection for Refugees and Host Communities
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Social assistance in crises roundtable: knowledge gaps and policy challenges | |
BASIC (Better Assistance in Crises) Research is a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funded programme examining why, how and when to use social protection approaches in different crisis contexts, to deliver more effective social assistance so that vulnerable people cope better with crises and meet their basic needs. This online roundtable discussion will be a dialogue with other researchers and practitioners on the ground. | |
Fragility Forum: Emerging Research on Social Protection in Contexts of Fragility and Displacement | |
Fragility Forum, a podcast summarising UNHCR studies and the ongoing WB-DFID Trust Fund and OECD studies on inclusion of refugees in SP systems and a roundtable with representatives from Mauritania, Republic of Congo and Yemen. | |
Guidance Package - SPaN resources | |
The European Commission (EC) created the Guidance Package (GP) on Social Protection across the Humanitarian-Development Nexus (SPaN) to provide concrete and practical guidance to social protection as an effective short- and long-term response to multivariate shocks, protracted crises and displacement based on the current body of knowledge, including brief definitions, and processes of social protection approaches in most challenging settings. The variety of contexts covered by the GP also includes countries where social protection systems are nationally led and those without any structures in place. |