Horn of Africa
EMERGENCY TRUST FUND FOR AFRICA Horn of Africa region
PIONEERING THE GLOBAL COMPACT ON REFUGEES IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
The Horn of Africa hosts an estimated 4.6 million refugees Under the leadership of the Intergovernmental Authority and asylum seekers. This represents close to one sixth of on Development (IGAD), countries in the Horn of Africa all refugees and asylum seekers worldwide. The European have set an example to the rest of the world by taking Union has been at the forefront of the implementation of a regional approach to the implementation of the Global the Global Compact on Refugees in the region. The Global Compact on Refugees. Through the Nairobi Declaration Compact on Refugees sets the frame for a new burden and its accompanying Plan of Action, these countries sharing refugee management system. It bridges the have adopted strong commitments with regard to gap between traditional refugee management and the the integration of refugees, with a focus on access to inclusion of refugees in national policies and programmes, education and livelihoods. mitigating the causes of secondary movements. First to implement the approach were Uganda, Ethiopia, The Global Compact on Refugees aims to improve basic Kenya and Djibouti, but currently all countries in the services and enhance self-reliance by fostering livelihood region have made national level commitments. These opportunities for both refugees and host communities. include improving refugee access to education and Part of its approach is to promote social cohesion and livelihoods, enhancing refugee management policy and to improve confict prevention and management. The generating new legislation, all while responding to new programmes supporting its implementation aim to situations of forced displacement. Furthermore, countries secure better conditions for returnees and to bolster are now developing national action plans or roadmaps for host governments’ capacity building eforts, with a focus the integration of refugees. on translating the objectives of the Global Compact on Refugees into national policies.
International Cooperation and Development COMPREHENSIVE REFUGEE RESPONSE FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
Djibouti SOUTH SUDAN Uganda € 23 M 1.2 million SOMALIA € 62.3 M UGANDA Ethiopia € 111 M
1.1 million SUDAN
Sudan € 64 M 905,000 ETHIOPIA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Somalia Kenya OF CONGO (DRC) € 50 M € 37.8 M KENYA 500,000
DJIBOUTI Regional 27,000 EUR 45.2 million 24 actions 20 national and 4 regional
13,000 93,000 2,339,000 449,000 Jobs created People assisted Basic social People reached by to develop services delivered information campaigns income-generating on resilience-building activities practices and basic rights
2 The European Union, principally through the Compact on Refugees in the Horn of Africa. Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, has taken the lead However, the process needs further consolidation in providing continued and tangible support to this and funding, so as not to jeopardize current progress process at the policy, fnancial and operational levels. in a region that has thus far set the example for the To date, over €383 million has been invested in implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees activities related to forced displacement and worldwide. supporting the implementation of the Global
REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS MAIN COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN IN THE REGION SOUTH SUDAN 1.2 million SOMALIA UGANDA
1.1 million SUDAN
905,000 ETHIOPIA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) KENYA 500,000
DJIBOUTI 27,000
RESULTS OF PROGRAMMES FUNDED BY THE EMERGENCY TRUST FUND FOR AFRICA IN SUPPORT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GLOBAL COMPACT ON REFUGEES
13,000 93,000 2,339,000 449,000 Jobs created People assisted Basic social People reached by to develop services delivered information campaigns income-generating on resilience-building activities practices and basic rights
International 3 Cooperation and Development UGANDA R O D ON O D N R F G NG N G ND RN NG NG
In 2017, when the war engulfed his home area in Uganda. The demand is high. The honey from Arua South Sudan, Alison fed with his mother and sister (in Northern Uganda) is sold in supermarkets in the to Uganda. Life in Uganda was difcult at frst. capital and even exported. At the end of the training Alison found it hard to depend on aid organisations course, Alison and his colleagues will receive start- for basic things like food and water. ‘I wanted to up kits to set up their own businesses. They will acquire skills that would help me to earn a living, also be trained in entrepreneurship to ensure that not only here in the settlement but also afer I their new businesses are well managed. return home,’ he said. Ever since Alison joined the beekeeping training organised by the Belgian With over 1.2 million refugees, Uganda is the largest development agency Enabel under the Support refugee hosting community in Africa. Despite the Programme for Refugees and Host Communities challenges generated by the infux of refugees, it in Northern Uganda (SPRS-NU), he has been able has one of the most progressive refugee protection to envision a brighter future for himself and his policies in the world. The Emergency Trust Fund for family. Beekeeping is good business in this part of Africa supports the government in its eforts.
4,000 Jobs created
UGANDA 24,000 People assisted to develop income-generating activities 36,500 Receiving nutrition assistance
4 International Cooperation and Development DJIBOUTI OR NG NC ON OF R F G ND R N N ON R C
The government of Djibouti is strongly committed les plus vulnérables sur le territoire djiboutien), to ensuring that refugees and asylum seekers implemented by the World Food Programme in receive the same treatment as its own citizens. close cooperation with the Ministry of Social Afairs It has adopted legislation that guarantees them and Solidarity (MASS), promotes the inclusion equal access to social services, justice, education, of refugees in the national health system while and professional training. The European Union, supporting Djibouti’s national strategy on social through the Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, protection. A new programme is being put in place supports these eforts. that will support the integration of refugees in the national education system and provide livelihood One project (Solution pérennes sociales pour les opportunities to refugees and host communities. populations hôtes, les réfugiés et les migrants
2,000 DJIBOUTI Reached by information campaigns on resilience-building practices and basic rights 3,044 Households with increased access to basic services
International 5 Cooperation and Development KENYA O R D R ROGR FO R N ND CR N O OR N FOR O CO N N N Susan Amekwi is one of 17 Kenyan host community livelihood opportunities for traders and promotes traders who manage Bamba Chakula (Swahili for the cohesion of refugee and local populations. Last ‘get your food’) shops in the Kalobeyei refugee year, traders also took over the distribution of corn settlement. These shops are operated under the soya blend — a nutritious four given to refugees to United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) prevent or treat malnutrition. This further fosters and fnanced by the EU Emergency Trust Fund for the business. As Susan explains: ‘The shop is busy Africa. They receive monthly loaned goods from during porridge distribution time. When collecting wholesalers, helping to provide refugee and host porridge, some customers decide to buy other communities with high quality and nutritious food food items as well.’ The programme also helps at afordable prices. The programme gives food its network of local Kenyan traders to develop assistance to the 38 000 refugees in Kalobeyei in their business skills. They are given training on the form of cash transfers, which can be redeemed good customer relations, fnancial management, at shops like the one operated by Susan. The bookkeeping and stock management. programme stimulates the local economy, creates
51,000 People assisted to develop income-generating activities KENYA
31% 69% Refugees Host communities
6 International Cooperation and Development ETHIOPIA R N NG ND F ND NG F F R FRO O R ND CO N
Tafari Zewde is a farmer and father of six from the project gave him microfnance loans for an Galcha Suke village in Ethiopia. He has received irrigation machine. He became the frst farmer to training, livestock and machinery through REAL sell vegetables, a much needed food supply, to projects that are part of the Resilience Building his village. At the same time, his wife attended and Creation of Economic Opportunities in Ethiopia a training course where she learned how to (RESET II) programme. This multiple support maximise the vegetables’ nutritional value. Tafari approach has lifed Tafari’s family from poverty also provides other services to his neighbours. He and had a positive impact on the local community. received a bull of a higher quality breed that he can Tafari regularly teaches other farmers agricultural keep once it has inseminated a hundred cows from methods such as compost use or irrigation. REAL the village. But Tafari is determined to keep helping projects place an emphasis on complementary his community with his bull as long as needed. actions. In the case of Tafari, afer he dug a well,
84,000 Households reached by livestock vaccinations ETHIOPIA 19 million People with improved access to basic services
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