Here are the main events to look out for today (all times in CET):
Morning plenary session (10:00-13:00) – discussions on burden- and responsibility-sharing and new multi-stakeholder pledge announcements (follow on the live stream)
High-level events (11:00-12:30) – topics include private sector engagement in refugee settings, children’s rights and labour mobility.
High-level events (cont. 13:00-14:30) – topics include access to higher education and synergies in protecting refugees and migrants.
Afternoon plenary session (15:00-18:00) – further discussions on burden- and responsibility-sharing and new multi-stakeholder pledge announcements (live streamed)
High-level events (cont. 16:00-17:30) – topics include district coordination, meaningful refugee participation and the Rohingya situation.
Welcome to our live coverage of Day 2 at the Global Refugee Forum 2023.
On Day 1, leaders and dignitaries from the co-hosts and co-convenors opened the Forum by setting out the challenges and opportunities that participants are here to address. They then heard a passionate appeal from South Sudanese refugee Adhieu Achuil Dhieu to include displaced people in the decisions that affect their lives.
The real work of the Forum began with in-depth discussions and new pledges on issues including education, inclusion and sport. The day finished with a joyful celebration of the unsung heroes working on behalf of forcibly displaced people around the world at the 2023 Nansen Refugee Award ceremony.
Stay tuned for updates from Day 2 at the GRF.
The curtain has fallen on the Nansen Refugee Award ceremony, which celebrated inspiring stories of unsung heroes helping refugees and other displaced people, with rousing musical performances from a host of talented artists. Global Laureate and refugee education champion Abdullahi Mire accepted his award "on behalf of all refugee children whose greatest desire is to thrive".
That brings our coverage of Day 1 at the Global Refugee Forum 2023 to a close. Join us again tomorrow for updates from Day 2.
Abdullahi Mire, the 2023 Global Laureate, accepts the Nansen Refugee Award at a ceremony in Geneva.
