On 3 October, UNHCR organized a roundtable discussion in Juba, South Sudan, on accession to the two UN Statelessness Conventions. The roundtable was organized in close collaboration with the National Statelessness Focal Point and the National Coordinator of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and was attended by 35 members of the South Sudan Transitional National Legislative Assembly and representatives of UN sister organizations and civil society. The roundtable covered the causes and consequences of statelessness, the international legal framework on statelessness, including the two UN Statelessness Conventions, as well as South Sudan’s pledge to adopt a National Plan of Action to Eradicate Statelessness. From 9 to 13 December, UNHCR and the Catholic University of Central Africa organized a French course on statelessness and nationality law in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The course was attended by 32 representatives of civil society, academia and governments who work on civil registration and nationality. The purpose of the course was to analyse gaps in nationality and civil registry laws and identify challenges in preventing statelessness. It is expected that after this training the university will include a course on statelessness and nationality law in its curriculum and explore other opportunities for collaboration with UNHCR on statelessness, including through research. From 20 to 22 November, UNHCR organized a three-day workshop in Mombasa, Kenya for the members of the newly constituted Government taskforce on statelessness. The aim of the training was to equip the taskforce with knowledge concerning the causes and consequences of statelessness; familiarize them with methods to identify stateless persons and resolve cases of statelessness; and to conduct an initial review of the nationality framework and related practices. On the last day, the taskforce met with representatives of stateless communities and county commissioners. This allowed the taskforce members to gain a better understanding of the situation of stateless communities and hear their views on how to work towards the resolution of statelessness in Kenya. On 12 and 14 October, a participatory assessment exercise with persons at risk of statelessness was held in Juba, South Sudan, organized by UNHCR, the Directorate of Nationality, Passports and Immigration, the National Focal Point on Statelessness and the UN Association for South Sudan. The exercise involved individual interviews with 13 community chiefs and focus group discussions with 66 persons representing 14 tribes. Respondents raised issues related to the lack of documentation and limited access to education, vocational training, and healthcare. The findings of the participatory assessment are to inform advocacy and assistance activities by UNHCR, its partners and government entities working on statelessness. From October to December, UNHCR organized ‘Breakfast Seminars’ on statelessness in Norway, Finland and Sweden. The events provided a platform for dialogue on statelessness, awareness raising of the situation of stateless persons, and stocktaking of progress made so far and challenges that remain. The events were attended by a wide variety of stakeholders, including representatives from ministries, civil society, researchers and stateless persons. On 1 October, a breakfast seminar with the theme ‘Statelessness in Norway: A Life Without Rights’ was organized in Oslo in partnership with UNICEF and the Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers under the umbrella of the UNHCRUNICEF Coalition on Every Child’s Right to a Nationality. The seminar also offered stateless On 12 and 13 November, in South Sudan, UNHCR convened a workshop on the right to a nationality and reduction of statelessness with the South Sudan Directorate of Nationality, Passports and Immigration (DNPI) which was attended by officers of the DNPI, the Ministry of Gender and the Norwegian Refugee Council. The workshop aimed at improving the implementation of national procedures for the issuance of nationality certificates. A second workshop on 27 and 28 November in Juba assisted DNPI officers to interpret and apply the Nationality Act and Regulations in order to prevent statelessness. 4