ANNEX G: INCEPTION MEETINGS The Evaluation Team hosted a total of three virtual Inception Meetings during the evaluation’s Inception/Desk Review. The purpose of the Inception Meetings was to (1) gather critical information to inform the focus country selection from a total of 12 country options, (2) validate the scope of the evaluation, and (3) define a common understanding of the three evaluation questions. The three Inception Meetings were organized as follows: • A 1.5-hour meeting on September 10, 2020 for UNHCR field staff and PRM RefCoords covering the countries of Cote d’Ivoire, Burma, Iraq, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Nepal, and Thailand. • A 1.5-hour meeting on September 11, 2020 for UNHCR field staff and PRM RefCoords covering the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic. • A 2-hour meeting on September 15, 2020 for headquarters staff, including PRM in Washington D.C., UNHCR in Geneva, and the GCENR lead. FIELD-FOCUSED: SEPTEMBER 10 AND SEPTEMBER 11 MEETINGS During the field-focused Inception Meetings, the Evaluation Team focused heavily on uncovering key aspects of each of the countries of focus, including substantive and practical elements. Through a facilitated exercise, the participants were prompted to share and discuss on the following aspects for each country: • UNHCR’s level of engagement on statelessness. • The USG’s level of engagement on statelessness. • Key international donors and experts. • The country government’s focus (or not) on statelessness. • The feasibility of engaging with stateless individuals, stateless-led groups, and/or civil society organizations. • The feasibility of travelling within the period of the evaluation. • The feasibility of virtual engagement with key stakeholders, and. • The level of collaboration between UNHCR and the USG on statelessness. The agenda for these two meetings was as follows: • Introduction • Overview of the PRM Evaluation • Breakout Groups: Facilitated Country Information Gathering • Close HEADQUARTERS-FOCUSED: SEPTEMBER 15 MEETING During the headquarters-focused Inception Meeting, the Evaluation Team focused heavily on country selection and validating the evaluation questions. The Evaluation Team incorporated the insights and information gathered from the field-focused Inception Meetings into the headquarter-focused meeting’s focus country selection activity. The agenda for this meeting was as follows: • • • • • Introduction Overview of the PRM Evaluation Evaluation Questions o Breakout Groups: Understanding of Evaluation Questions Presentation of Country Findings o Country Selection Activity Discussion 48