UNHCR Kenya has launched several training activities and workshops to enhance the skills of the Government and relevant stakeholders to uphold UNHCR’s mandate.
As UNHCR is mandated to oversee globally the protection of refugees and availability of durable solutions to their problem, it is essential that UNHCR Kenya builds the effective capacity of the Government and relevant stakeholders to uphold UNHCR’s mandate.
Capacity building activities are geared towards strengthening the Kenyan authorities’ ability to manage refugees according to international norms, to ensure that adequate laws are passed and relevant policies implemented so that refugee issues such as access to asylum, reception and care of refugees, promotion of self-reliance of refugees and the realization of durable solutions are handled effectively. These objectives cannot be accomplished alone. It requires a partnership framework involving host and donor governments, humanitarian assistance and developmental agencies, civil society, NGOs, as well as the refugees themselves.