PAGE 10 PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS Addressing the access-to-justice gap for refugees and others forcibly displaced requires a “whole of society” approach(4); effective and sustainable multi-stakeholder partnerships and enhanced collaboration across a variety of sectors, which underpins the Global Compact on Refugees, are key to the design and implementation of the GRF Legal Community Pledge. In 2020, global and local signatories initiated new partnerships and strengthened existing ones, including with refugee-led initiatives and local actors who work directly with displaced communities. In addition to establishing new bilateral partnerships, new multistakeholder networks and working groups were established, allowing pledgers to increase their work capacity; to share resources, expertise, and networks; and to expand the geographic scope of their work and impact. "Collaborating with nonprofit organizations that work in the heart of our clients' communities has been one of the most effective and inspiring practices in which we have engaged. The organizations we partner with to serve individuals know the clients' needs, the latest policy trends, and the best way to address and offer support for other issues that often arise when working with immigrants, including those related to public benefits, housing, and employment.” Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher © Paris Bar Association The Paris Bar Association's Solidarity Bus, from which mobile asylum clinics are run, in collaboration with NGOs (see further info at page 12). The New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2016, calls for comprehensive refugee responses to be grounded in multi-stakeholder, ”whole-of-society” approaches that include local authorities, (4)The New York organizations, Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, adopted by media the UN in 2016, calls for international civil society partners, the private sector, andGeneral refugeesAssembly themselves. comprehensive refugee responses to be grounded in multi-stakeholder, "whole-of-society” approaches that include local authorities, international organizations, civil society partners, the private sector, media, and refugees themselves.