Participants at the Safer Havens conference in Oradea, Romania
I-GMAP collaborated with the to implement a three-year "Safer Havens" project. The project brought state and
civil society actors in a productive and sustainable dialogue, with the goal of identifying
better policies for the protection of displaced persons from identity-based violence.
The inspiration for this long-term project was the conviction that the work of addressing
and reducing risk factors for mass atrocity crimes through cooperation between states
and civil society organizations faces obstacles that significantly reduce effectiveness
and chances for better outcomes. At the core of this project, three annual forums
(in Colombia, Kenya, and Romania) will gather AIPG and I-GMAP staff and state and
civil society representatives from countries showing significant obstacles to state-CSO
collaboration for protecting displaced persons, but also considerable promise. In
advance of each meeting, I-GMAP will conduct outreach and in-depth interviews with
potential CSO partners, and will include them in each respective event. Each event
will generate a comprehensive, country-specific policy document with concrete recommendations
for stakeholders and additional follow up including coordination and support for post-forum
collaborations. A final comprehensive policy document on better policies for the protection
of displaced persons from identity based violence, including a detailed roadmap for
sustaining the networks of professional cooperation that have been established, will
conclude the three-year project.
October 2-3, 2025: Oradea, Romania
Webinar scheduled for September 29, 2026 at 10:00am EST. Register .
