‘New’ Regionalism, Transnationalism, and the Search for Solutions
This final workshop will look to possible solutions and new initiatives that may suggest ways forward. A key focus will include ground up approaches that incorporate refugee voices and their agency/mobility.
Questions to be investigated:
- What is the role of self-reliance and resilience programming in moving away from policies that focus on containment? Can/should these programmes be aligned with domestic priorities?
- Is there a role for cross-border trading and bi-lateral agreements in shifting sedentary notions of refugeehood? Can migration be understood as solution to displacement?
- What is the role of citizenship in locating adurable solution?
More information about the Refocus: An Online Summer Forced Migration in Africa Workshop Series can be found on the RLI website.
This year’s programme comprises of four webinars over four weeks in April 2024. Each webinar will tackle key and emerging topics related to this year’s theme, Forced Migration and Regionalism in Africa today. In terms of format, a number of invited experts will speak each week, with time for Q/A’s from the audience after the presentations.
You can download the preliminary programme here.
This page was last updated on 15 March 2025
