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TRAFIG Final Conference: Understanding Protracted Displacement and Peoples’ Own Responses
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 from 3:30 am to 9:00 am
- In-person event
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- Transnational Figurations of Displacement (TRAFIG), conference@trafig.eu
LERRN Partner Janemary Ruhundwa, Lead of the Tanzania Working Group and Executive Director of Dignity Kwanza, will be participating in the TRAFIG Final Conference as a speaker in Panel 1 – Moving forward: Improving responses to protracted displacement in major host countries.
For the past three years, the Transnational Figurations of Displacement (TRAFIG) project has investigated long-lasting displacement situations in Africa, Asia and Europe and analysed options to improve displaced peoples’ lives by enhancing their chances of building sustainable futures.
Undertaking more than 2,700 interviews with displaced people, policymakers and practitioners in 11 countries, TRAFIG has studied the reasons why people end up in protracted displacement situations and what coping strategies they use, identifying possible courses of action for policymakers and solutions that are better tailored to the needs and capacities of displaced persons.
As the conclusion of the project approaches, the TRAFIG team is pleased to invite you to the final conference, where the project’s researchers will share what they learned, and representatives from refugee communities, academia, and the policy world will contribute their insights on how more displaced people can access more and better solutions.
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Time zones are shown for Brussels (CEST) and Ottawa (EDT)
Introductory Session | 9:30 – 10:30 CEST (3:30 am – 4:30 am EDT)
The promise of mobility and networks for overcoming protracted displacement
The conference will kick-off with a session highlighting TRAFIG’s key research findings and pinpointing their implications for policy and practice. It will critically re-examine the question: What could solutions for protracted displacement look like?- Benjamin Etzold, Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC), Germany
- Albert Kraler, Danube University Krems, Austria
- Laura Morosanu, Sussex University, United Kingdom
- Anila Noor, Global Refugee-Led Network, The Netherlands
Panel 1 | 11:00 – 12:30 CEST (5:00 am – 6:30 am EDT)
Moving forward: Improving responses to protracted displacement in major host countries
Panellists will discuss key trends regarding strategies displaced people are using to regain their footing, including local networking and mobility, drawn from TRAFIG work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Jordan, Pakistan, and Tanzania. They will also identify ways that the European Union and its Member States can scale up support for major refugee-receiving countries strategies to improve access to solutions in neighbouring and third countries.- Delphine Drapeau, European Commission, Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA)
- Mudassar M. Javed, Society for Human Rights & Prisoners’ Aid (SHARP), Pakistan
- Patrick Milabyo Kyamusugulwa, Institut Superieur des Techniques Medicales de Bukavu (ISTM-Bukavu), DRC
- Fawwaz Ayoub Momani, Yarmouk University, Jordan
- Janemary Ruhundwa, Dignity Kwanza, Tanzania
- Markus Rudolf, Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC), Germany
Panel 2 | 13:30 – 15:00 CEST (7:30 am – 9:00 am EDT)
A new day on the horizon? Options for strengthening policies on forced displacement in the EU
This last panel will explore how protracted displacement manifests in Europe, drawing on TRAFIG research conducted in Germany, Greece, and Italy. Speakers will share how forced migrants are attempting to find their own solutions and how they can be further supported by policies and programmes. They will also shine a spotlight on more recent displacement from Ukraine and what this may mean for the future of asylum in Europe.- Benjamin Etzold, BICC, Germany
- Panos Hatziprokopiou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Anila Noor, Global Refugee-Led Network, The Netherlands
- Ferruccio Pastore, International and European Forum on Migration Research (FIERI), Italy
- Birte Schorpion, Danish Refugee Council
To learn more about the project outputs and updates, please visit www.trafig.eu.