The three partnerships under this programme have the following geographic focus: Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Ethiopia:

1) FDP in the pilot cities of Arua and Gulu in Uganda as well as Baidoa and Bosaso in Somalia whose quality of life will be improved by the policy and financing interventions for durable solutions; FDP and host community members who are employed by refugee lens companies and their household members who also benefit from increased incomes; FDP and host community members who are customers of refugee lens businesses delivering affordable goods and services.

2) 25 companies which will participate in the first Refugee Lens Venture Accelerator HoA program in Kenya and Ethiopia.

3) local governments of Arua and Gulu in Uganda, Baidoa and Bosaso in Somalia and the business project developers supported by the programme.

4) indirect beneficiaries include other local and national authorities, investors and SMEs in the HoA as well as humanitarian, development and peacebuilding actors, who may be able to learn from this pilot initiatives. 

1.     Cities, local governments and host communities manage migration related challenges and opportunities including through improved fiscal financing of durable solutions.

2.     Private sector actors participate in innovative durable solutions.

3.     Multi-stakeholder coordination, knowledge sharing and learning promoting durable solutions are improved.

Erwartete Resultate:  

1.1. Local policy and regulatory frameworks in place promoting local inclusion/durable solutions

1.2. Improved local capacity to mobilize funding to accommodate FDP

1.3. Practitioners and government officials have strengthened their capacity to improve the social and economic inclusion of FDP

1.4.  A communication strategy developed and implemented to showcase economic opportunities of FDP inclusion at the local level, including “refugee lens investing”.

2.1  Technical assistance to SMEs creating jobs and economic opportunities for FDP

2.2  Evidence on the business case of refugee lens investing generated and disseminated

2.3  Companies/SMEs serving FDP are provided with seed capital

3.1. Multi-level policy dialogues at local, national and regional levels bring together policy-makers and practitioners to support joint planning and peer learning towards durable solutions

3.2 Research and analysis on socio-economic inclusion inform evidence-based solutions to displacement.

Resultate von früheren Phasen:  

·       Coherent and clear profile of Switzerland defined and clear repartition of task between the WOGA partners in their engagement in durable solutions at the national and regional level.

·       Action-oriented research report on new ways to mobilize the private sector in promoting durable solutions for FDP in the Horn of Africa and Middle East done by the Earth Security Group (ESG): Earth Security Group (2020): Financing Durable Solutions for Forcibly Displaced People.

·       Identification of two-pronged approach with the two most promising partners in this field

1)     Mobilization of the private sector to engage in “refugee-lens investing”, which is the practice of intentionally investing in companies that are improving FDP lives by creating opportunities for economic self-reliance and social cohesion with ACUMEN/RIN/GDI.

2)     Strengthening municipal financing mechanism designed to unlock private capital for the promotion of durable solutions in displacement affected communities with UNCDF.

-        Development of a programmatic approach with all partners which strategically combines actions at the local, national, regional and global levels. 

·       WOGA interventions under the regional Entry Proposal at the national level;

·       GPMD-funded Cities Alliance programme

·       Swiss humanitarian interventions (ICRC, OCHA, WFP)

·       Bilateral development programmes (UN Joint Programme on Local       Governance (JPLG) and World Bank).

-       Multilateral initiatives: Global compact on refugees, IDPs High level panel,   etc.