Archiving a Cherished Chapter: Celebrating Montserrat’s Retirement at UNHCR
By Motahareh Mohebi[1] “She balances creativity and a positive “can-do” attitude so perfectly.” “Always ambitious and never taking no for an answer.” “Visionnaire, enthousiaste, intelligente, instruite, courageuse, persuasive, positive et tenace, elle a su...
Biometrics innovation: Transforming the way we collect fingerprints at UNHCR
In 2002, UNHCR introduced biometrics, and leveraged the technology to manage the identity of the people it serves effectively. By capturing up to 10 fingerprints, 2 irises and a face photo during the initial encounter, biometrics play a crucial role from confirming an individual’s physical presence to providing assistance. UNHCR’s Biometric Identity Management System (BIMS) serves a diverse user base including UNHCR staff, partners, governments, and soon refugees themselves through self-service applications, all in a user-friendly manner. While BIMS has undergone countless improvements throughout the years, the biometric scanner devices used have remained largely unchanged.
The Microdata Library in 2023: furthering the commitment to the responsible sharing of microdata
Razan and other volunteers train for data collection ahead of aid distributions. ; The conflict that erupted in April in Sudan has displaced millions of Sudanese. Many of them are sheltering in Wadi Halfa, hoping to be allowed to enter Egypt. © UNHCR/Mohamed Rached...UNHCR’s Humanitarian-Development Cooperation: Progress, Challenges, and the Road Ahead
In an era marked by increasing global displacement, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ Evaluation office (UNHCR) has undertaken an evaluation of its engagement in humanitarian-development cooperation. Building upon the findings of the original...Beyond Basics: Elevating Refugee Education to New Heights on International Day of Education 2024
Enhakole fled Rwanda in 2010 with her mother and siblings to seek refuge in Uganda. Born with a visual impairment, she received support from Educate a Child and UNHCR and completed her primary education. She now attends secondary school with the dream of becoming a...
The Power of Now: Nowcasting Refugee Population Figures at UNHCR
UNHCR developed a Nowcasting dashboard to provide an estimate of actual forced displacement figures when official figures are unavailable with an accuracy of close to 99% compared to officially published figures at the global level. These nowcasts are incredibly important in the humanitarian sector as they inform UNHCR and its partners of the rapidly changing situation in almost real-time and enable more efficient decision-making such as emergency resource allocation.
Evaluation of UNHCR’s Support for Strengthening National Asylum Systems
In 2019, there were over 26 million refugees worldwide. Yet, in just over one third of countries, there was no national asylum system. UNHCR has been working with, and building the capacity of, national systems since the 1990s across a large number of the countries in...
Las personas desplazadas en México se enfrentan a una mayor inseguridad debido a la COVID-19, siendo la población hondureña y salvadoreña la que corre mayor riesgo
Por Giovanni Lepri, Representante de ACNUR en México, Theresa Beltramo, Economista Sénior, ACNUR, y Craig Loschmann, Economista, ACNUR Américas Un niño refugiado hondureño, de once años de edad, sigue una lección escolar con su teléfono celular en su casa en el norte...