The Brookings - Bern Project on Internal Displacement - Moving Beyond Rhetoric: Consultation and Participation with Populations Displaced by Conflict or Natural Disasters

Author(s)
Miller, J. and Stoltz, K.
Publication language
English
Pages
118pp
Date published
01 Oct 2008
Publisher
University of Bern
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Conflict, violence & peace, Coordination, Disasters, Forced displacement and migration, Internal Displacement
Organisations
The Brookings Institution

The goal of this desk study is to encourage reflection and debate on the benefits, limitations and risks of consultative and participatory approaches in working with communities displaced by both conflict and natural disasters. It reviews previous experiences of consultation with internally displaced persons and others and explains why consultation is critical for both displaced communities and the agencies which work with them.