their HLS commitments. PRM has not previously provided earmarked support to UNHCR for statelessness activities at the country level. Germany and Denmark contributed to the #IBelong Campaign for both global communications and operations work. In 2019, the German government provided direct funding to the #IBelong Campaign, which was used by the communications team for campaign content, web development, visibility material, and other activities. In 2020, the Danish government also provided funds for storytelling production. Germany and Denmark have also provided earmarked funding for UNHCR’s operational budget for the statelessness campaign and the Danish government provided funding for Seeds for Solutions, a program within the UNHCR Division of Resilience and Solutions Department, dedicated for specific projects including work on statelessness issues. Between 2014-2015, Thailand, Malaysia, Kyrgyzstan, and Kenya benefitted from this funding for statelessness work. UNHCR’s criteria for providing this funding to Thailand included a demonstrated commitment to the issue, the presence of a statelessness staff person, the identification of a large stateless population and the creation of a pilot project on statelessness with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA).6 Seeds for Solutions funding was considered an impactful way to dedicate funds to address statelessness issues. The European Union and Japan have provided earmarked funding to UNHCR for statelessness activities. Sweden and Denmark made pledges at the HLS to change their own nationality laws to prevent statelessness but did not commit any funding to statelessness activities. Box 2: Donor’s Point of View “We found the appeal to be not super-effective because it repackaged their global appeal, so we did not feel that earmarking was going to be supplementary for us.” UNHCR attempted to fundraise through a special appeal on statelessness in 2017–2018 for $47 million to target activities in eleven countries hosting major stateless and at-risk populations. As explained by one informant in Box 2, PRM saw these efforts as ineffective largely because the fundraising approach did not demonstrate the appeal’s added value. At the same time, as explained by one individual in Box 3, below, earmarked funding at the country-level is particularly needed and effective. Beyond that one appeal, UNHCR has not made efforts to fundraise through its donor relations department or through other online targeted fundraising. The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights. From 2014–2019, PRM supported the GCENR to end gender discrimination in countries with nationality laws that discriminate based on gender. The GCENR’s Steering Committee members include UNHCR, Equality Now, Equal Rights Trust, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI), the Women's Learning Partnership, and WRC. Box 3: Fundraising for Statelessness “We don't go to donors asking for money specifically for statelessness. This means there is a finite amount of money, just as the goals are getting bigger. [Results in statelessness work are] far too slow to get the real [funding] commitments needed at the country level.” The GCENR has co-sponsored global events at the UN Commission on the Status of Women and was also involved in the 2016 Human Rights Council (HRC) Resolution (discussed in greater detail below). The GCENR works actively with civil society actors, including in Malaysia, where they provided technical and financial support for their work.7 PRM funding for the GCENR for one full-time Campaign Manager and implementation of priority activities at the national, regional, and international levels was approximately $300,000 per year, from 2014 until 2019, after which the funding was not renewed. Since then, the GCENR made efforts to obtain funding from other donors with support from PRM. For instance, in 2019 PRM helped set up a meeting between the GCENR and the Group of Friends to discuss potential funding opportunities. Although new funding 6 UNHCR Global Focus website, Thailand, Year End Report, 2015. 7 A $30,000 subgrant from PRM funds was also included. 5