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Inter-agency UNHCR-led refugee response plans

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Key points
  • Involve Government from the start of an emergency, in the Contact Group and in preparing the RRP;
  • Be flexible, transparent and inclusive; involve participating agencies and key stakeholders;
  • Make arrangements that enable all actors to communicate clearly and transparently;
  • Make sure that RRPs take account of the requirements of all agencies involved in the response;
  • Ensure that agencies' requirements are realistic, match agencies' presence and capacities in the country, and can be implemented before the RRP's term ends;
  • Avoid duplication or overlaps in budgeting. When agencies issue their own appeals, take account of requirements that might be included in the budgets of UNHCR or other UN agencies;
  • Consult the UNHCR Emergency Information Management Toolkit when you prepare an RRP. It contains useful tools for communication and information management;
  • Draft RRPs in language that is agency-neutral;
  • Do not change planning scenarios, planning figures or priorities unilaterally;
  • Do not focus on agency-specific planning.

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