Graduation in an Urban Refugee Context: A Technical Guide

Louisa Lippi and Alexi Taylor-Grosman

ABSTRACT

“Graduation in an Urban Refugee Context: A Technical Guide” has been prepared to offer guidance to organizations planning to implement the Graduation Approach in an urban context for refugees and their host communities. The document can be used to support the design and implementation of Graduation programs as part of a comprehensive economic inclusion strategy for refugees and their host communities in urban and peri-urban areas. This Technical Guide is to be used by multi-functional teams who are responsible for determining if the Graduation Approach can form an appropriate part of an inclusive livelihoods strategy to achieve protection and solutions goals for refugees in urban contexts. Specifically, the Technical Guide aims to provide guidance on considerations that implementing agencies will need to take into account when determining if the Graduation Approach is suitable for their context. The Technical Guide is intended as a resource to inform the adoption of the Graduation Approach for refugees in an urban context by a variety of stakeholders, including governments, development actors, NGOs, microfinance institutions, social protection programs, and other multilateral and bilateral agencies.