Engage
We institutionalize meaningful refugee participation by bringing refugee leaders and experts together with senior government officials through structured Refugee Advisory Mechanisms.
Our Theory of Change
How a Refugee Advisory Mechanism is created.
R-SEAT follows the same five-step process in every partner state, co-designed with refugee leaders and government officials in each country.
Identify potential partner states using data-driven research and metrics.
Engage the national refugee leadership ecosystem and co-design a concept note for an advisory mechanism.
Establish a selection committee to oversee an open application process.
Finalize and launch the refugee advisory mechanism with official state support.
R-SEAT trains the selected refugee advisor to the official state delegation ahead of UNHCR convenings.
We co-design Refugee Advisory Mechanisms (RAMs) with states: structured bodies where refugee leaders and senior officials work on policy together. Standing seats, not one-off invitations — influence that ends with the meeting changes nothing.
"Our work at R-SEAT is to ensure refugees are equal partners with a tangible influence in enhancing the global refugee system."— Mustafa Alio, Co-Managing Director