EVALUATION OF UNHCR-LED INITIATIVES TO END STATELESSNESS – FINAL REPORT – VOLUME I and difficult choices are already being made about how to prioritize limited resources in response to growing needs. Continued investments will be needed, however, as well as a careful look at existing commitments to maximize their potential for positive change. The reputational risk for UNHCR of not delivering against its commitments and mandate on statelessness are high. The remaining years of the Campaign are an opportunity UNHCR and its partners cannot afford to miss – both in terms of holding stakeholders to account for the commitments already made and generating new momentum for a collective effort to prevent and end statelessness beyond 2024. 7. Recommendations 200. The recommendations presented in this section are intended to address the evaluation findings and conclusions, on aspects of the campaign and UNHCR’s work to address statelessness that are within the organization’s control or ability to influence. Each recommendation is important for UNHCR to strongly consider in order to more systematically invigorate efforts during the remainder of the campaign and solidify the organizational foundation for work under this part of UNHCR’s mandate. 201. As noted throughout this evaluation, UNHCR cannot act alone to end statelessness. It can however devote renewed energy, linked to a whole of society approach, to engage and mobilize stateless people and actors from all sectors of society, at global, regional, national and local levels. Together, through collective action, UNHCR and a strong coalition of dedicated partners can find better ways to influence State decisions and practice to identify and protect stateless persons of concern, and prevent and resolve statelessness. The recommendations, responsibilities and timeframe are presented in table 9. Table 9 – Recommendations Recommended actions 1 Strengthen UNHCR’s integrated global cross-divisional leadership of the campaign in its remaining years and improve prioritization of activities to address statelessness at all levels of the organization, including clear direction from the High Commissioner to Regional Directors to give higher priority to statelessness. Responsible SET Maximizing progress towards ending statelessness during the remainder of the campaign will require a renewed, and integrated cross-divisional effort, to ensure adequate focus and investment, and clear leadership support for prioritizing statelessness work. The initially planned “joint ownership” of the campaign between DIP and DER has not materialized, with statelessness efforts somewhat isolated in DIP and protection functions in the field. Leaders at all levels need to be engaged in strategically thinking about how and where UNHCR, and its partners, can remove obstacles to progress, including more effective and sustained visibility and communications. DIP should expand the existing protection dialogues, currently limited to participants from DIP and the regional bureaux, to include other divisions. These cross-divisional discussions of senior experts should help drive change and identify ways UNHCR can leverage all of its capabilities, knowledge and relationships to improve work on statelessness. Similar cross-divisional coordination efforts should be strongly encouraged in country operations. The SET should also review the consequences of regionalization on statelessness staffing, and strongly encourage careful examination and prioritization of statelessness elements of multi-year, multipartner strategies and budgets, ensuring coverage of critical situations and adequate resource allocation, including dedicated statelessness staffing in priority operations. Annual meetings of the SET plus Regional Directors should be held to review progress against the GSIP, pledges from the GRF and HLS, and internal capacity building objectives and to ensure that statelessness activities maintain a focus on sustainable, long-term change. UNHCR / May, 2021 53