This action will support the implementation of the objectives of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) in relation to displacement from the Great Lakes region, which affects the region itself as well as the wider Horn of Africa.
In October 2021, a top-up of €4 million to this action was approved to support UNHCR operations for the voluntary return and reintegration of Burundian refugees currently settled in Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This addition will expand the current regional Common Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) action and, with support to an NGO consortium, it will further respond to the immediate needs of returnees and host communities.
Main objectives
The overall objective of the action is to increase the safety and well-being of displaced populations and their host communities and reduce inequalities between these groups. The two specific objectives are: 1) for displacement related policies to be more inclusive, effective and sustainable as a result of learning from other regional experiences on development responses to forced displacement and 2) to reduce the negative socio-economic impact of new and recurrent displacement.
Contracts
GIZ
EUR 1 600 000
Dukorane Umurava - Upscaling Economic Inclusion of Refugees and Host Communities to Gicumbi District
Danish Refugee Council
EUR 800 000
CRRF DIRECT - Displacement responses through regional cooperation and technical exchange
International Rescue Committee
EUR 2 000 000
Protection, Health and Livelihood for Refugees in Burundi
Care Denmark
EUR 1 650 000
Oxfam Novib
EUR 1 475 000
Strengthening Resilience through enhanced Local Disaster Risk Management Capacities
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
EUR 500 000
Protection, Health and Livelihood for Refugees in Burundi
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
EUR 8 000 000
Protection and Assistance for Burundian returnees
Action Fiche
- Start date
- 28 May 2019
- Project locations
- UgandaTanzaniaBurundiRwandaDemocratic Republic of the Congo
- EU contribution
- €13 000 000
- Region and Country
- Horn of AfricaRegional Horn of Africa
- Thematic
- Strengthening resilience of communities
- Partner
- Danish Refugee CouncilRegional Durable Solutions SecretariatOXFAMCAREGIZUnited Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesInternational Rescue Committee
