Handbook for Planning and Implementing Development Assistance for Refugees
Development Assistance for Refugees (DAR) is a concept that attempts to move beyond the vital, but static, relief phase of an operation and towards improving the quality of life in asylum, building productive capacities of refugees (and preparing them for durable solutions) and contributing to poverty eradication in refugee hosting areas. DAR is solutions oriented, inclusive (it brings together the capacities of refugees, hosts, government, development and humanitarian partners, civil society and others) and is firmly in line with United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The Handbook advocates a participatory and inter-agency approach to formulating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating DAR programmes, including mainstreaming gender and age.
Handbook for Planning and Implementing Development Assistance for Refugees (DAR) Programmes , January 2005 ("DAR Handbook")
Development Assistance for Refugees (DAR) is a concept that attempts to move beyond the vital, but static, relief phase of an operation and towards improving the quality of life in asylum, building productive capacities of refugees (and preparing them for durable solutions) and contributing to poverty eradication in refugee hosting areas. DAR is solutions oriented, inclusive (it brings together the capacities of refugees,
hosts, government, development and humanitarian partners, civil society and others) and is firmly in line with United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
This guide is targeted at UNHCR and its partners (governments, UN Country Teams, civil society and others), and is intended to help to operationalize DAR component of the Framework for Durable Solutions for Refugees and Persons of Concern (UNHCR, May 2003), and to serve as a tool for the implementation of the Convention Plus Initiative. The Handbook advocates a participatory and inter-agency approach to formulating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating DAR programmes, including mainstreaming gender and age.
The Handbook is available on Refworld's Legal Information page on the UNHCR website:
http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/legal.htm
under RefPol / UNHCR Handbooks, manuals and training materials.
The direct link to the Handbook is:
http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rsd/rsddocview.pdf?CATEGORY=RSDLE…
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