Refugee Self-Reliance and the Global Compact on Refugees: Unpacking Barriers and Opportunities for Success

Building on the GCR framework, the Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative (RSRI), the Global Refugee Youth Network (GRYN), and the Refugee-Led Research Hub (RLRH) joined together to invite civil society actors to share input focused specifically on Objective II, enhancing refugee self-reliance. Through a multi-layer study, the RSRI, GRYN and RLRH engaged civil society actors to create recommendations that will feed into the UNHCR High-Level Officials Meeting (HLOM) in Geneva in December 2021, and guide future discussions on self-reliance. The various stocktaking efforts in the lead-up to the HLOM and the meeting itself provide an important opportunity to build momentum on past achievements and identify ways forward to realize self-reliance.