Strengthening Institutions for Refugee Administration Project

The development objective of the Strengthening Institutions for Refugee Administration Project for Pakistan is to improve organizational and institutional capacity for managing refugees and host communities in Pakistan. The project comprises of two components. The first component, implementing organizational and institutional reforms for management of refugees and host communities will carry out a program of activities designed to strengthen institutional and organizational structures for management of refugees and host communities, including strengthening information management and improving performance of selected departments. The second component, technical assistance for improved management of refugees and host communities will support specific inputs required to achieve the results in the implementation of the government policy supported by this project. It consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening the institutional and organizational capacity of Chief Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees (CCAR) and Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees (CARs); (ii) improving implementation of the refugee management and repatriation policy; (iii) supporting government stakeholder engagement on initiatives related to refugees and host communities including protection of personal data of refugees and host communities; (iv) supporting CARs in strategic communication with, and engagement of, refugee hosting communities; (v) supporting establishment of baseline and regular data on selected indicators; and (vi) supporting CCAR in the implementation and overall management of the project.