- What is the GTRM (Working Group on Refugees and Migrants)?
On 12 April 2018, during a meeting of the Executive Committee, the UN Secretary-General tasked UNHCR and IOM to co-lead and coordinate the operational response to the Venezuela situation. Following this decision, an inclusive, overarching Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform was established to steer the operational response to the needs of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Latin America and in the Caribbean.
On a national level in Ecuador, the Platform operates as the Grupo de Trabajo sobre Personas Refugiadas y Migrantes (hereinafter "GTRM"). The main objective of the GTRM is to provide a platform for the coordination of the activities of various organizations, in support of the Government’s response to the Venezuelan situation and is comprised of United Nations agencies, various Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) as well as other international and regional organizations.
- What is the RPRM (Response Plan for Refugees and Migrants)?
The Response Plan for Refugees and Migrants (RPRM) is an initiative coordinated by the Regional Coordination Platform to support and complement the efforts of the national governments in Latin America and in the Caribbean.
The Response plan has a one-year duration (January-December 2019) and aims to provide the following:
A strategy to address the needs of 2.2 million refugees and migrants in 16 countries;
An operational response to benefit refugees and migrants but also host communities;
A coordination mechanism to ensure synergies between partners;
A tool to support resource mobilization;
A comprehensive vision of the needs and the response.
The RPRM focuses on four key areas of intervention: 1) direct emergency assistance; 2) protection; 3) socioeconomic and cultural integration and 4) capacity building and support to host governments.
The RPRM includes a specific chapter describing the response strategy and needs in Ecuador. The budget required for the response in Ecuador amounts to 117.3 million US dollars, with 52% dedicated to the emergency response; 11% to the protection response; 24% to socio-economic and cultural integration and 13% to the support to the host government.