First Regional Network Lab: Strengthening trans-regional exchange and knowledge-sharing to support changemaking efforts
 
    Co-organised by UNHCR and European Network on Statelessness, the first Global Alliance to End Statelessness Regional Network Lab took place on 15-16 October 2024 in Geneva following the High-Level Segment on Statelessness on 14 October 2024.
Regional Network Labs are a key building block of the Global Alliance, seeking to foster dynamic and interlinked networks of regional actors who can support the design and implementation of context-sensitive solutions to statelessness. The topic for the first Regional Network Lab was strengthening trans-regional exchange and knowledge-sharing to support changemaking efforts.
Over three participatory workshops, 36 participants explored the development of regional statelessness civil society networks, and how to translate this knowledge into law and policy reform at national and regional levels. Participants represented regional civil society networks, stateless-led networks, global civil society organisations, academics, and UNHCR. Together, we explored how trans-regional exchange can contribute to the mission of the Global Alliance and ensure its successful implementation, working towards a world where stateless people’s rights are protected, and everyone realises their right to a nationality.
The first Regional Network Lab was a success, as it brought many regional networks together in one room to share knowledge and learning, and fostered relationships globally. The workshops also raised some key issues which everyone working to address statelessness are facing, including: the lack of reliable data on affected populations, issues around resourcing – including the need to better resource regional civil society networks -, concerns around the mental health of stateless communities, and the need to develop and mainstream good practice models for community engagement. There was particular interest in hosting future Regional Network Labs in different regions of the world (i.e. with an intra-regional approach) and focusing a future event specifically on supporting and mainstreaming good practice community engagement approaches and how to facilitate stateless people leading changemaking efforts.
In 2025 and beyond, Regional Network Labs will be taken forward collaboratively by UNHCR and members of the Global Alliance, working in partnership with regional intergovernmental organizations, key governments, civil society networks, and stateless-led organizations. We look forward to furthering and building on the discussions started in Geneva in October and working together to co-develop solutions to statelessness.
 
    15 October 2025
Call for Submission of Global Alliance Online Marketplace Snapshots
 
    
            
            The first regular call for project snapshot submissions to the Global Alliance Online Marketplace is now open!
Members of the Global Alliance working on statelessness or equal nationality rights, and representing civil society organizations, stateless-led groups, or academic institutions, are invited to submit their project snapshots by 1 November 2025.
The Online Marketplace serves as a dynamic platform and repository for collaborative project proposals from Alliance members. It connects donors with impactful initiatives that advance our shared vision of ending statelessness.
Read more9 October 2025
One year of collective action to end statelessness
 
    
            
            Yesterday, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, the Global Alliance to End Statelessness marked its first anniversary during a side event of UNHCR’s Executive Committee meeting.
Launched just one year ago, the Alliance has grown into a vibrant multi-stakeholder platform of 150 + members — including 25 States, 11 intergovernmental organizations, and a broad network of civil society and stateless-led organizations – all working together to ensure that no one is left without a nationality.
Read more29 September 2025
Global Alliance Hosts Second Townhall
 
    
            
            On 23 September 2025, the Global Alliance to End Statelessness held its second Townhall Meeting, bringing together over 80 participants from across the Alliance’s diverse membership – including States, regional and international organizations, civil society and stateless-led groups, and academia. The Townhall provided a space for members to connect, exchange updates, and explore new initiatives advancing the Global Action Plan to End Statelessness 2.0.
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