PARTNERSHIP IN ACTION – UNDP AND UNHCR COOPERATION ON FORCED DISPLACEMENT AND STATELESSNESS ANNEX International pledges at the Global Refugee Forum A number of major international pledges were made at the second Global Refugee Forum in December 2023. Some pledges have a bearing on collaboration between UNDP and UNHCR. Others relate to particular refugee situations and prospects for scaling up UNDP-UNHCR collaboration in specific countries and regions. UN Common Pledge 2.0 UNHCR, the UN Development Coordination Office (DCO) and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) led a multistakeholder pledge for UN common support for refugee-hosting countries to: • • • • • • Achieve measurably improved access to strengthened national service for refugees, thereby contributing to the achievement of sustainable and dignified living standards for refugees and the communities that host them. Secure a strengthened, and more predictable whole-of-UN collective and coherent approach in refugee situations, to ensure that refugees are not left behind. Generate learning from a wide stakeholder group including UN Country Teams, donors, refugees, and refugee-hosting countries, on what works to progress refugee inclusion. Shift away from unsustainable humanitarian practices. Include refugees in national plans, datasets, budgets and service-delivery systems. Give refugees access to decent work. The pledge builds on the 2019 UN Common Pledge and aims to bring improvements to the lives of 15 million refugees and the communities that host them. More than 30 UN Country Teams have made specific, measurable and costed commitments to the pledge. UNDP’s Institutional Pledge At the second Global Refugee Forum, UNDP announced an institutional pledge to expand its support to host and return countries to ease pressure and protect development gains. Leveraging its country presence and development expertise, UNDP will strengthen the capacities of national and local institutions, promote investments in local economies, infrastructure and service delivery systems that benefit both host communities and refugees, and enhance social cohesion. This will include: • • • Strengthening local governance, access to justice, area-based and urban planning, service delivery systems, livelihoods, and access to decent jobs. Promoting increased access to development financing for host countries, including through Integrated National Financing Frameworks. Addressing the drivers of forced displacement (including conflict, violence and aggravating effects of climate change) and expanding work in peacebuilding. As part of the pledge, UNDP aims to mobilise by 2027 additional funding for more than 30 countries impacted by forced displacement. U N H C R a n d U N D P | PA R T N E R S H I P I N A C T I O N – U N D P A N D U N H C R C O O P E R AT I O N O N F O R C E D D I S P L A C E M E N T A N D S TAT E L E S S N E S S 23