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ETWORKING FOR CHANGE – WORKING TOGETHER TO TACKLE STATELESSNESS IN EUROPE
OUR THEORY OF CHANGE
DIRECT
OUTPUTS
STRATEGIES
• Capacity building
• Awareness raising
• Law & policy development
• New comparative research
into causes and effects of
statelessness in Europe
• Policy monitoring and
analysis
• Europe wide campaigns to
help raise awareness and
coordinate action
• Media coverage by working
with key news outlets
• Europe-wide training
programme for NGOs,
lawyers and decision
makers
• National-level advocacy
programme to advance
protection
• Litigation strategy
targeting gaps in
compliance with
international obligations
DESIRED
OUTCOMES
• States commit and work
to eradicate statelessness
• Improvement in national
laws and introduction
of statelessness
determination procedures
• The voices of stateless
people are heard and
understood
• Increased numbers of
stateless persons are
empowered and receive
appropriate protection
• A growing community
is aware and concerned
about statelessness and
champions the right to a
nationality
• Lawyers and NGOs are
trained to utilize protection
mechanisms and to hold
governments to account
DESIRED
IMPACTS
• Statelessness is widely
understood as a
fundamental human
rights violation
• Stateless persons are
empowered and have
equal access to rights
• European States have
safeguards in place
to prevent new cases
of statelessness and
procedures to identify
and protect those who
are stateless
• European States take on
commitments to work
towards and champion
global eradication of
statelessness
THEMATIC PRIORITIES
OUR VALUES
•• Children – ending childhood statelessness
•• Access to Justice – protecting stateless persons
from arbitrary detention
•• Forced Displacement – adopting comprehensive
systems that protect and regularise stateless
migrants
•• Anti-Discrimination – preventing statelessness
among minority populations
•• Respect – for universal human rights of all
•• Transparency – in all that we do
•• Innovation – questioning, probing and reviewing
rather than sticking to what we know
•• Diligence – quality and rigour are fundamental to
our work
•• Partnership – strong collaboration with our
members and supporters underpins all we do as a
catalyst for change