UNDP - Strengthening United Nations and national capacities on solutions to internal displacement <p class="ql-align-justify"><em style="color: black;">At the end of 2021 there were more than 59.1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) across 156 countries, two thirds of the global number of people who are forcibly displaced. Violent conflicts, now at their highest levels since the end of World War II, and the negative effects of climate change</em>[<em style="color: black;">, which are becoming more frequent and severe, are among the factors driving these unprecedented numbers.</em></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><em style="color: black;">The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General launched in June 2022 his Action Agenda on Internal Displacement, laying out a common vision for the UN system to work towards solutions, prevention and response. Fundamental changes are required in the way international humanitarian, development and peace actors engage in contexts of internal displacement, particularly in the leadership and coordination of these efforts. The UN Secretary-General designated UN Resident Coordinators (UN RC) as the UN¿s lead on solutions at the national level. They are to proactively engage with national and local authorities on solutions, ensure solutions are reflected as a priority in UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCFs), and work with the authorities to develop and /or strengthen whole-of-government solutions strategies through a consultative and inclusive process, which draws on the views, capacities and preferences of IDPs and local communities. Enabling UN RCs to support governments to deliver better and quicker on solutions will require support and capacity in convening the UN system and coordinating with broader partners including NGOs, civil society, donors and the private sector. The RCs will need to access advice and support from the global and regional level and ¿ where relevant ¿ dedicated capacity at country-level to support them on nationally owned and development-oriented approaches to solutions and working across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus.</em></p><p><em style="color: black;">This two-year programme will provide two of the prioritized countries ¿ Colombia and Nigeria - with Solutions Advisers to strengthen UN and national capacities for solutions to internal displacement. </em></p>