Programme and practical information

The Global Refugee Forum will take place on 16 (Advance Session), 17 and 18 December 2019 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 

Note that times and agenda items are indicative only and subject to change, so please check back regularly for updates. See here for the list of participants (as of 20 December 2019) and list of speakers.

Please be aware that participation in the Global Refugee Forum is on invitation only.

The Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Programme for 16–18 December

Syrian refugee Hanan Dacka (center), 12 years-old, plays with newly-made Brazilian friends Maria Luiza de Sousa, 12, Julia Vanderlei, 12, and Andressa Rabasco, 12, at the Duque de Caxias Municipal School, in the Glicerio neighborhood of downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Pledges and contributions

The Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Note on security arrangements

Venue map for the first Global Refugee Forum

Venue map

A woman signs a large poster at the launch in the train station Gare de Lyon in Paris, France.

Social media and communications engagement

A microphone on a small podest.

Speaking arrangements

Central African refugees wake up at Mole camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after their last night in exile before being voluntarily repatriated to the Central African Republic (CAR).

Information note (for invited stakeholders only)

A UNHCR intern holds up a sapling, grown in a nursery at Minawao refugee camp, Cameroon, as part of the reforestation project Make Minawao Green Again.

Greening the Global Refugee Forum

The famous Jet D'eau in Geneva, Switzerland.

Initiatives in Geneva