For guidance and tools see Guide to market-based livelihood interventions for refugees, International Labour Office (ILO); United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Geneva: ILO, 2017

Joint efforts have to be made to find new ways to reduce dependence on humanitarian assistance by developing interventions that promote the economic inclusion and self-dependence of refugees.

The second webinar by the Participation in Displacement Working Group presented on the Women’s Participation Project that was piloted by IOM Cox’s Bazar in 2018 to better understand how women’s participation in governance structures in camps and camp-like settings could contribute to mitigating and reducing the risks of gender-based violence (GBV) in the Rohingya refugee response. Megan Denise Smith, head of GBV programming at IOM Cox’s Bazar presented a snapshot of key lessons learned from the project, focusing on the achievements and challenges of the Women’s Committee in Leda Makeshift Camp as well as cross-cutting issues related to disability inclusion and social cohesion that can be applied to other similar interventions.

This is the first webinar by the Participation in Displacement Working Group, which presented findings and recommendations from research on methods for enhancing the participation and protection of displaced women and girls in various displacement settings – formal camps, informal settlements, and out of camp urban areas, as part of research conducted by NRC in partnership with IOM.

Women are playing a key role in the COVID19 response in Somalia. 
The Women Participation Project supported IDP women in Dollow to design and make these non-medical face masks, which they are now selling at the market as an Income-Generating Activity to support their families and community.

The third webinar by the Participation in Displacement Working Group of the Global CCCM Cluster was convened on the 7th of April 2020, on Community Engagement and Participating during the response to COVID19. This is the recording to the webinar.  The webinar looked at risk communication and community engagement strategies in order to ensure meaningful participation of all groups in the camp population and to increase our understanding on how this crisis affects differently each population group. This session combined the expertise from IFRC on Risk Communication and Community Engagement and the experience of camp management teams in the ground.

"Preparation is not an option - it is a must" Watch IOM Somalia’s CCCM staff explain how they are working with the communities and partners to prevent the spread of COVID-19. IOM estimates that there are around 2.6 million of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Somalia living in over 2,000 different IDP sites across the country. COVID-19 can have devastating consequences for these communities. Lack of information, weak health services and the overcrowding in IDP sites could mean more severe transmission of the virus.