Report Advisory Committee Workshop 2017

Platform on Disaster Displacement

This report summarizes the discussions, presentations and outcomes of the 2017 Advisory Committee Workshop of the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD or the Platform), which was held at Château de Bossey in Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland on 23-24 October 2017. The Workshop was organized by the Coordination Unit of the Platform together with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and in close cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The meeting was chaired by the Envoy of the Chair (Prof. Walter Kaelin), facilitated by Prof. John Hay, and generously funded by the MacArthur Foundation and the Federal Republic of Germany.