THE NANSEN INITIATIVE

Hannah Entwisle ChapuisatResearch and Partnerships Officer

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Main gaps: Cross-border displacement

• Standards regarding admission/stay/return• Criteria to distinguish displacement from voluntary

migration (particularly slow-onset)• Mechanisms for cross-border cooperation (states and

organizations)• Unclear agency mandates• Weak cross-border operational strategic coordination

(humanitarian/development partners)• Funding gaps, particularly durable solutions

Nansen Initiative

• Steering Group: Norway, Switzerland, Australia, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Germany, Kenya, Mexico, Philippines. UNHCR & IOM are standing invitees.

• Consultative Committee

• Envoy of the Chairmanship

• Secretariat

GoalBuild consensus among interested governments.

(Not to draft a convention or soft-law instrument.)

• Consensus on key principles and elements for the protection of persons displaced across borders in the context of natural disasters • Set the agenda for future action at domestic, regional

and international levels• Trigger or feed into ongoing processes at all levels

A bottom up approach

Regional consultations

Consolidated knowledge

Global dialogue

Protection agenda

Follow-up

Envisaged outcome

Protection Agenda

International Cooperation

Standards of Treatment

Operational response

(1) Common understanding of issues and challenges(2) Good practices and tools(3) Key principles for the three pillars(4) Respective roles and responsibilities of relevant actors(5) Action plan for follow-up

Pacific Consultation

Pacific Consultation Key Conclusions

• Moving is a last resort: But migration, relocation, displacement already a reality

• Planning should protect people’s rights, safeguard cultural identity, and ensure they can live in safety and dignity

• Migration in dignity (education/training)• Relocation poses challenges & protection

problems (host communities/land/culture)• Small, low-lying islands: slow and sudden-onset

Pacific Consultation Next Steps

• Continue regional discussion to find Pacific solutions and try to prevent displacement (Pacific Island Forum)

• Integrate human mobility issues within relevant regional policies (Pacific Plan/DRR/CC)

• Address human mobility within national plans (NAPs, DRR, DRM, development, humanitarian)

• Raise Pacific perspective in international fora (NI side event in Bonn)

Central America Consultation

Emerging themes:• Sudden-onset disasters & displacement• Gaps for temporary protection• Challenge: mixed migration flows and

extensive cross-border movement generally• Strong cross-border mechanisms and planning

for disaster risk reduction and response• Thematic issues: violence, urbanization

The Nansen Initiativewww.nanseninitiative.org

Contact:Hannah Entwisle Chapuisat

entwisle@nanseninitiative.org