Inaugural Advisory Committee Meeting
Inaugural Advisory Committee Meeting
The final week of January marked a significant milestone for the Global Alliance to End Statelessness, as it convened its first Advisory Committee meeting, bringing together a distinguished group of Member States, civil society and stateless-led organizations, regional bodies, and UN agencies.
The Advisory Committee plays an important role in shaping the Alliance’s strategy, priorities, and workplan, providing strategic guidance and advice to advance its mission. By ensuring representation from national, regional, and global levels, the Committee helps drive collective efforts to address statelessness worldwide.
Held on 28–29 January in Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland, the inaugural meeting focused on operationalizing the Alliance and advancing key workstreams. Discussions highlighted the need to strengthen member engagement, enhance communication efforts, and ensure the meaningful participation of stateless persons and stateless-led organizations. Participants also emphasized the importance of reinforcing regional engagement and expanding the Solution Seekers Programme and state membership to drive impactful change.
The meeting provided an opportunity to refine core initiatives, including the Solution Seekers Programme, Regional Network Labs, Thematic Working Groups, and the Online Marketplace. A recurring theme was the importance of collaboration and co-creation, with participants reaffirming that these principles must remain central to the Alliance’s future initiatives.
The enthusiasm and commitment demonstrated by the Advisory Committee reaffirmed the Global Alliance’s mission to drive meaningful change. Building on these discussions, we look forward to translating our workplan into concrete action in the months ahead.
17 March 2025
Townhall Meeting on introducing the Global Alliance Thematic Working Groups
The Global Alliance held its first Townhall meeting online on February 24-25, 2025, focused on introducing the Alliance’s inaugural thematic working groups (TWGs) and their co-chairs.
The thematic working groups are a key workstream of the Global Alliance, established as expert forums to advance the Alliance vision and mission, in particular thematic areas which warrant intensified attention, advocacy and action. They are designed to identity and address key gaps, foster learning and promote innovative solutions.
Read more18 December 2024
First Regional Network Lab: Strengthening trans-regional exchange and knowledge-sharing to support changemaking efforts
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.
Read more17 October 2024
Global Alliance Launched at High-Level Segment on Statelessness
The Global Alliance to End Statelessness was formally launched on Monday, 14 October to enthusiasm and applause of close to 1,000 attendees during the first hours of UNHCR’s Executive Committee meetings in Geneva, Switzerland.
“It is my great honour to officially launch the Global Alliance to End Statelessness. This is an effort to bring together a broader coalition of governments, civil society, international organizations, academia and those that have been affected by statelessness,” UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi proclaimed.
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