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Ethiopia

2023 Global Refugee Forum - Government of Ethiopia Pledges

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CLIMATE ACTION

Address the environmental impact resulting from hosting large number of refugees by planting 100,000,000 multi-purpose seedlings, executing environmental rehabilitation activities and providing alternative source of energy, including national grid and solar mini-grid connections. With this pledge Ethiopia also commits to include refugees to the National Adaptation Plan.

HUMAN SETTLEMENT

Transform selected refugee camps into sustainable urban settlements by enhancing the quality and availability of shelter, infrastructure, and public services, such as roads, electricity, water, sanitation, health, and education by aligning them with adjacent towns’ masterplan, by 2027.

INCLUSION OF REFUGEES INTO EXISTING NATIONAL SYSTEMS

Enhance the capacity of GoE to include 1,000,000 refugees into the national Central Statistics Service (CSS), the national Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention and response programs, 814,000 refugees into the national ID program, refugee secondary schools into the national system and 30,000 refugees and host communities in the TVET systems with 70% job opportunities by 2027.

PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT

Improve the enabling environment for private sector engagement and investment to foster socio-economic development and to boost productivity of refugee and hosting communities.

ACCESS TO LAND

Provide access to 10,000 hectares of irrigable land through lease arrangements and promote climate-smart agriculture and livestock value chain contributing to improved food security and _ socio-economic empowerment of refugees and host communities of which at least 50% being women and 30% refugees.

DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS TO DOCUMENTATION

Enhance digital infrastructure in refugee hosting areas to facilitate refugee inclusion to the digital economy including digitally enabled livelihood opportunities and financial inclusion as well as to foster their access to socio-economic e-services, including standardized travel documents.