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e) jointly invite donors, United Nations system partners and NGOs for periodic briefings and
consultations on specific joint strategies, programmes and projects;
f) establish a joint approach to the effective utilization of United Nations Volunteers, under
which initial assignments to UNHCR activities may be followed by a transfer to UNDP fieldbased
programmes;
g) coordinate their approach to the development of civil society and notable with respect to
the role of international NGOs and to capacity-building among national NGOs;
h) ensure, where appropriate and when resource availability permits, that UNDP support to
local capacity building and UNHCR-funded local settlement and reintegration projects are
mutually supportive and sustainable;
i) collaborate in joint reporting to the national authorities and institute periodic briefings to
local donor representatives on programme progress and constraints, policy and sectoral
issues pertaining to the orientation of aid for prevention, post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding,
so as to generate understanding and additional support in the interest of the
overall effort, and
j) collaborate in identification of priority needs addressing the development dimension of
emergencies which are complementary to UNHCR humanitarian assistance and which are
eligible for financing from UNDP’s TRAC line l.1.3 resources.
10. Specific situations of cooperation are indicated below for the three principal operational
areas, the first aiming at preventing a displacement crisis, the second at responding to the refugee
impact on hosting areas, and the third at the reintegration of returnees and rehabilitation of communities
and areas of return.
Prevention
11. UNHCR and UNDP shall:
a) given the complexity of early warning analysis, agree on a limited set of simple base-line
indicators, including push and pull factors, in areas jointly identified as high risk situations;
such indicators should be monitored on a continuous basis;
b) share assessments of risks of impending forced population displacement;
c) develop strategies in countries identified as being at risk, so as to address the causes of
potential displacement without jeopardizing the fundamental right of persons to seek
and enjoy asylum;
d) agree on joint initiatives to halt and reverse the deterioration of high risk situations, with
clearly established roles and responsibilities, based on their mandates and comparative advantages,
specifically in regard to resource and programme delivery requirements;
e) identify ways and means to strengthen local capacities for crisis management and mitigation,
including conflict and dispute settlement at the local level, strengthening of judicial
systems and the human rights regime, to the extent humanitarian concerns are affected;
f) where necessary, seek regional approaches to preventive action that address potential
displacement; and
g) where preventive action of a political nature may be required, jointly consult the UN
Department of Political Affairs (DPA).
Refugee impact on hosting areas
12. UNHCR and UNDP shall:
strengthen the operational linkages between refugee aid and development by jointly developing,
in cooperation with national authorities and local communities, a comprehensive programme
for support to receiving areas affected by massive influx of refugees and strengthening
local and regional capacities to cope with and recover from refugee crisis.