Ethiopia’s refugee policy can build community relations

This seminar discusses how the new policy can enhance self-reliance among both refugees and host communities.

Date: 2018-11-06

Time: 09:00 to 13:00

Venue: Simien Salon, Sheraton Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

RSVP: Selamawit Fikru, Phone: +251 115 156 320, Email: [email protected]

Ethiopia’s Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) will dramatically change policy around protecting refugees in the country. Socio-economic opportunities for refugees and host community members will be expanded through job creation and better service provision.

Those responsible for implementing the new policy will face several challenges, including ethnic and resource-related tensions and drawbacks associated with low wages. This seminar will discuss Ethiopia’s CRRF process including its potential benefits and how to address implementation hurdles.   

Discussions will be based on two new ISS publications:

• Promises and challenges of Ethiopia’s refugee policy reform
• Ethiopia’s refugee response: focus on socio-economic integration and self-reliance 

Chair: Omar S Mahmood, Researcher, ISS Addis Ababa Office

Speakers: 

Fisseha Meseret, Manager, National Coordination Office, Agency for Refugees and Returnees Affairs

Jon Andrews, Senior Coordinator (Comprehensive Response), UNHCR Representation in Ethiopia

Dr Tadesse K Woldetsadik, Associate Professor of Law, Centre for Human Rights,  Addis Ababa University

Tsion Tadesse Abebe, Senior Researcher, Migration Programme, ISS Addis Ababa