Intern – Policy & Communications At UNOPS

The Nansen Initiative Agenda for the Protection of Cross-Border Displaced Persons in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change (Protection Agenda) was endorsed by 109 delegations during an intergovernmental global consultation on 12-13 October 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland, which marked the end of the Nansen Initiative.

The Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) was established on 1 July 2016 to follow up on the work started by the Nansen Initiative and to implement the recommendations of the Protection Agenda.

PDD has entered its second phase in July 2019 and embarks on its Strategic Framework 2019-2023 with the overall objective: to support States and other stakeholders to strengthen the protection of persons displaced across borders in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change, and to prevent or reduce disaster displacement risks in countries of origin. To enable the work of the Platform, the following structure has been put in place:

1. Steering Group,
2. Advisory Committee
3. Secretariat and
4. Group of Friends.

Under the direct supervision of the Policy Officer, the Intern will:

• Assist the Policy Officer with relevant disaster displacement research, analysis and policy review.
• Assist with the collection and documentation of examples of effective practices in addressing cross-border disaster-displacement and effective practices on managing disaster displacement risks in countries of origin.
• Assist in mapping of areas and regions most at risk of disaster displacement, including those regions vulnerable to slow-onset events associated with the adverse effects of climate change.
• Assist the Communication Officer to develop content material for the website and social media.
• Support dissemination of the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda.
• Assist with the preparation of, and reporting from, meetings organized by the Secretariat of the Platform on Disaster Displacement (e.g. Steering Group meetings, meetings of the Advisory Committee, side events etc.).
• Assist with the collection and documentation of examples of effective practices in addressing cross-border disaster-displacement and effective practices on managing disaster displacement risks in countries of origin.
• Perform other research and administrative tasks as required