PARTNERSHIP IN ACTION – UNDP AND UNHCR COOPERATION ON FORCED DISPLACEMENT AND STATELESSNESS Development needs The global development context in which many forcibly displaced persons and host communities find themselves is alarming. As pointed out in the The 2023 Sustainable Development Goals Report, there is a growth in global income inequality, the number of people affect by conflict and those living in slums. Conflict, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges are undermining progress towards the SDGs. Among those who are most affected are refugees and IDPs, besides other marginalised groups. In 2022, low- and middle-income countries hosted 76% of the world’s refugees and other people in need of international protection. Similarly, a large majority of the world’s IDPs are in low- and middle-income countries. The 2023 SDG Report recommended that efforts be made to integrate refugees, IDPs and communities affected by instability, conflict or violence into national systems of health care, education and employment. Integration is exactly part of what inclusion and durable solutions means and what the collaboration framework aims for. On current trends… 575 million 1/3 660 million Number of people forecast to be living in extreme poverty in 2030 Number of countries forecast to halve national poverty levels by 2030 Number of people forecast to be without electricity in 2030 Source: 2023 SDG Report Future plans In 2024 and 2025, UNDP and UNHCR will continue their efforts to collaborate, guided by the GCF, and in line with the UNDP Strategic Plan 2022-2025 and the UNHCR Strategic Directions 2022-2026. The GCF supports the implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees, the Secretary-General’s Action Agenda on Internal Displacement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A number of major international pledges were made at the second Global Refugee Forum in December 2023 that are relevant to the GCF, including UNDP’s institutional pledge and a multistakeholder pledge on leveraging the humanitarian, development and peace (HDP) nexus in forced displacement settings (see Annex). Building on the pledges, we are committed to combining our knowledge, capacity and funding in pursuit of inclusion and durable solutions for displaced peoples and host communities. 6 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