The Nansen
Initiative Agenda for the Protection of Cross-Border Displaced Person...
The Nansen
Initiative Agenda for the Protection of Cross-Border Displaced Persons in the
Context of Disasters and Climate Change (Protection Agenda) was endorsed by 109
delegations during an intergovernmental global consultation on 12-13 October
2015 in Geneva, Switzerland, which marked the end of the Nansen Initiative.
The Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD)
was established on 1 July 2016 to follow up on the work started by the Nansen
Initiative and to implement the recommendations of the Protection Agenda. The
overall objective of the Platform is:
To strengthen the protection of people
displaced across borders in the context of disasters, including those linked to
the effect of climate change, and to prevent or reduce the risk of disaster
displacement.
To enable the work
of the Platform, the following structure has been put in place: 1) Steering
Group, 2) Advisory Committee and 3) Coordination Unit.
The Coordination
Unit is composed of two full-time staff, one at P5 level (Head of Coordination
Unit) and one at P3 level (Policy Officer), one part-time Communications
Officer (50 %), one part-time Administrative Assistant (50%) as well as one
intern at any given time. The Coordination Unit is hosted by the United Nations
Office for Project Services (UNOPS) which also provides project management and
operational support services.