As background information, the Asylum Capacity Support Group (ACSG) has focused on matching State requests for support with corresponding offers from States or other stakeholders since its launch in 2019. Further, the ACSG has facilitated the exchange of knowledge and expertise on asylum issues by providing information as well as sharing tools and good practices about asylum capacity development projects.
UNHCR is developing a five-year multi-stakeholder strategy as a blueprint for global action to prioritize Asylum Capacity Development (ACD). The strategy is developed in response to the Asylum Capacity Development evaluation of UNHCR’s Support for Strengthening National Asylum Systems which covered the period of 2015-2020. As a framework for consultation, UNHCR as the ACSG secretariat will propose that supporting the development of this strategy is a workstream for a proposed dialogue platform for the Asylum Capacity Support Group (ACSG).
The Dialogue Platform and key workstreams were presented at the online consultation with NGO’s on access to asylum of 2 March 2023 (please see attached the notes and slides of the consultation for ease of reference.)
The key workstreams that will make up the initial focus of the dialogue platform will be as follows:
The Dialogue Platform will consist of global meetings and other activities aimed at advancing the workstreams. The first global meeting will be convened by UNHCR, while future meetings as well as specific workstream activities may be co-convened by UNHCR and one or more ACSG stakeholders. The global meetings will be held twice annually at a global level to provide updates and space for contributions and coordination of key actions and activities relating to all workstreams.
To express your interest, please read the below call for expressions of interest and fill in the indicated survey – both are available in English, French and Spanish.
For more information about the ACSG please visit their portal or reach out to acsg@unhcr.org
We are pleased to share with you a survey to indicate your organizations interest in being engaged in one or more of the workstreams of the ACSG dialogue platform. You will also be requested to indicate one or more focal points who will be the first point(s) of contact for the ACSG dialogue platform. Indicating your interest in being engaged does not result in any formal commitment or obligation. We kindly request you to complete the survey which can be found in this link. The survey can be completed in English, French and Spanish by selecting the language in the top right-hand corner. We kindly request that you complete the survey before 9 June.