Internal Displacement Conference

Our second interdisciplinary conference on internal displacement took place on 1 October 2019. Some 200 people – governments from every continent, UN agencies, NGOs and academics – came together to look beyond the data and the analysis at how, both in policy and in practice, we can help governments to help the world’s ever-growing numbers of internally displaced people. With a focus on solutions, the conference explored new insights and successful approaches from development, disaster risk management, humanitarian action and peace-building for better understanding and addressing the risk and impacts of internal displacement.

Watch the 8 minute highlights video below.

Watch the full video of the day below.

Summary report

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Thematic discussions

Several topics were discussed throughout the day.

Session 1: The end of displacement – national solutions for sustainable development

David Peikrishvili, Government of Georgia. Reducing displacement in Georgia.
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Oscar Rico, Government of Colombia. Assisted return to Colombian victims after seeking international protection abroad.
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Session 2: Local solutions – ending displacement in cities

Faten Ghosn, Arizona University. Lessons from history: ending internal displacement in cities in post-civil war Lebanon.
Rebecca Enobong Roberts. Internal displacement in Nigerian Cities.
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Louise Thaller, IMPACT Initiatives. From shared understanding to shared vision: supporting local actors to identify and respond to the needs of IDPs and vulnerable host communities in Bangui, Central African Republic.
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Schadi Semnani, IDMC. Urban displacement in a rural society: insights from Yemen.
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Session 3: The future we want – accounting for and supporting children in internal displacement

Verena Knaus, UNICEF. Access to education for internally displaced children.
Ilan Cerna-Turoff, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Understanding social and health outcomes of internal displacement: children displaced by the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
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Laurent Grosbois, Save the Children. Child-sensitive durable solutions: New guidance and research findings.
Elisa Gamero, World Vision El Salvador. Supporting children on the move in El Salvador and Central America.
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Session 4: Understanding displacement – scale, severity, risk and impacts

Luiza Pallone, RESAMA. Making disaster displacement visible in Brazil: national disaster data collection and information system.
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Roger Guiu, Social Inquiry Iraq. Monitoring physical and social conditions in places of origin to understand IDP return patterns.
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Serge Stroobants, Institute for Economics and Peace. Using the Global Peace Index to understand displacement risk.
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Shankar Iyer, Facebook. Mobile phone location data for understanding disaster displacement.
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Hawa Adinani Hasani. Community mapping for floor resilience. Download the presentation

Session 5: Prevention, mitigation and solutions – connecting local and national efforts

Nadia Siddiqui, Social Inquiry Iraq. Reasons to remain: determinants for IDP integration into host communities in Iraq.
Anne Davies, Sudan RCO. Durable solutions evidence and strategy: the case of Sudan.
Ambrose Mugisha, UNDP. Local livelihoods, national strategies: lessons from investments in resilience-building in Somali region, Ethiopia.
Tamar Bolkvadze, Danish Refugee Council. Participation and Coordination between national and local stakeholders for durable solutions in Georgia.
Ezekiel Simperingham, IFRC. Building coherent approaches to displacement among community responders and national institutions: experience from national Red Cross/ Red Crescent societies.
Anicet Adjaho, UNHCR. Peace-building measures towards durable solutions for refugees and displaced persons in CAR.