UNHCR Handbook for Emergencies - UNHCR eCentre

13. The UNHCR Representative shall:
bring to UNDP’s attention any adverse consequences of refugee concentrations on local communities.
14. The UNDP Resident Representative shall:
in consultation with UNHCR and the national authorities, propose and formulate programmes
designed to meet the special requirements of local populations in areas exposed to the largescale
inflow of refugees including rehabilitation needs after the repatriation of the refugees.
Reintegration and rehabilitation
15. UNHCR and UNDP shall:
a) strengthen the operational linkages between the two organizations to ensure that the
reintegration of returning refugees and the rehabilitation of receiving areas including basic
services, are undertaken in a sustainable manner;
b) seek a common and mutually reinforcing approach to reintegration support in returnee
areas, and agree upon appropriate action in relation to issues of conflict-resolution and
sustainable development, aiming at cost-effectiveness in interventions, efficiency in coordination
as well as added-value through the combined humanitarian and development effort;
c) in consultation with local authorities and implementing partners, jointly assess the human
development situation in areas of reintegration, including identification of constraints to
reintegration such as mines, land and property rights and opportunities for reintegrating
skilled returnees in public services such as health and education; UNHCR shall make available
information on the extent to which skills development has taken place in refugee
camps prior to repatriation; and
d) coordinate their approach to and agree on division of responsibilities in relation to the
reintegration needs of internally displaced persons in those cases where UNHCR is working
with internally displaced persons.
16. The UNHCR Representative shall:
a) invite UNDP to participate in the initial situation analysis and needs assessment of areas to
which refugees are expected to return. The joint assessment shall serve as a basis for collaborative
action to facilitate reintegration focused on short and medium-term impact; and
b) ensure that UNHCR’s reintegration strategy is developed with substantive inputs from
UNDP, so as to enhance the development impact of UNHCR’s initial reintegration support
(including Quick Impact Projects, (QIPs)) and ensure its sustainability.
17. The UNDP Resident Representative shall:
a) undertake an analysis of local development management capacity, including the allocation
of local resources for priority needs and for a sustained recovery;
b) consult with UNHCR in the identification and formulation of UNDP development activities
so as to reflect appropriate follow-up and/or linkages with reintegration assistance; and
c) liaise with UNHCR on its approach to the reintegration of refugees, ex-combatants and internally
displaced persons, so as to develop a common understanding of the nature and
level of support required for the community reinsertion of the different categories of such
populations where UNHCR is working with such populations.
VI. RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
18. Programmes aiming at the prevention of refugee situations, and sustainability of projects
targeting host country communities, reintegration action and area development schemes require
substantial additional and complementary resources to those provided under UNHCR’s core funds
or to resources available under UNDP’s country programmes and TRAC allocations, including TRAC
line l.1.3, assigned for “Countries in Special Development Situations”.
19. To the extent feasible, when seeking extra-budgetary resources for the purposes of such programmes,
the two agencies shall jointly approach donors as early as possible on the basis of agreed
arrangements for implementation and programme delivery.
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