Planned activities
Favourable protection environment
Law and policy developed or strengthened
UNHCR will advocate for the inclusion at the national
level of the statelessness conventions and for further
legal reform related to statelessness, its reduction
and prevention, and the protection of stateless
people.
UNHCR will build the capacity of the civil registry
system to improve the implementation of the existing
legislation to prevent statelessness.
UNHCR will engage and train legal service providers
to ensure that stateless people and those at risk can
access legal aid when applying for nationality or
documents confirming nationality.
Access to legal assistance and legal remedies
improved
Durable solutions
Greater reduction of statelessness is achieved
UNHCR and its partners will provide counselling and
help 20,000 individuals to prepare nationality
applications.
UNHCR and partners will organize 70 workshops
mostly in areas with high prevalence of
statelessness.
Fair protection processes and documentation
Identification of statelessness improved
Civil registration and civil status documentation
improved
UNHCR will conduct targeted identification and
participatory assessment exercises.
UNHCR will train at least 30 government officials to
improve their ability to identify stateless people.
UNHCR will support mobile courts to provide late
birth registration.
UNHCR will provide trainings on civil registry
procedures, including on birth registration, and
statelessness to government officials and other
relevant actors.
Leadership, coordination and partnerships
Donor relations and resource mobilization
strengthened
Coordination and partnerships strengthened
UNHCR will undertake four field missions with
donors.
UNHCR will facilitate the reactivation of its networks
on statelessness: NGOs, researchers, media and
members of parliament.
UNHCR will coordinate UN interventions related to
statelessness.
Logistics and operations support
Operations management, coordination and
support strengthened and optimized
UNHCR will ensure timely provision of assets to
partners, timely audits and training to at least 20
partner staff, as well as insurance coverage of all
vehicles.
Logistics and supply optimized to serve
operational needs
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