During this side event to the 5^th Brussels Conference, the participants will address the following topics:

• The impact of the socio-economic crisis on refugees and host communities in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and Iraq, and instruments and measures that were used to quickly adapt to unforeseen changes;
• The importance of both short and long term employment creation for resilience of individuals and host communities affected by forced displacement;

• Good practices and lessons learned from collaboration between humanitarian and development partners with a focus on innovative partnerships that bridge the humanitarian-development peace nexus;
• Impact of jobs creation programmes on social cohesion;
• Refugees and host countries experiences.

Speakers will include:

• Dr. Elke Löbel, Deputy Director General and Commissioner for Refugee Policy, BMZ.
• Ms. Birgitta Tazelaar, Deputy Director General International Cooperation at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• Dr. Ruba Jaradat, Regional Director for the Arab States, ILO.
• Mr. Ted Chaiban, Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, UNICEF.
• H.E. Mr. Nasser Shraideh, Minister of Planning, Jordan.
• Mr. Ahmet Serdar Yagmur, project coordinator of Transition to Formality Programme (KIGEP) at the Social Security Institution, Turkey.
• Voices from host communities and refugees in Jordan, Iraq
, and Turkey.

This interactive panel discussion will be conducted in English with Arabic and Turkish interpreters available.

Organiser: The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and UNICEF

Date: 25/03/2021  09:00-11:00 CET

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