LERRN is the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network. We are a team of researchers and practitioners committed to promoting protection and solutions with and for refugees.
LERRN is the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network. We are a team of researchers and practitioners committed to promoting protection and solutions with and for refugees. Our goal is to ensure that refugee research, policy and practice are shaped by a more inclusive, equitable and informed collective engagement of civil society. Through collaborative research, training, and knowledge-sharing, we aim to improve the functioning of the global refugee regime and ensure more timely protection and rights-based solutions for refugees. https://carleton.ca/lerrn/LERRN Tanzania Working Group is led by DIGNITY Kwanza, it includes esteemed scholars from the University of Dar es Salaam, practitioners from Tanganyika Christian Refugee Services (TCRS), Oxfam in Tanzania, and Relief to Development Society (REDESO). https://carleton.ca/lerrn/tanzania-working-group/
With key objectives to foster locally driven research on factors affecting refugee protection and solutions. To promote effective use of evidence-based research to inform decision making, policies, and practices in refugee protection. To combat myths and perceptions around refugees. To enhance collaboration among CSOs, Universities and other stakeholders in working together to find solutions to protection challenges. To improve CSOs’ capacity to respond and engage in refugee protection locally, regionally, and globally. And to support emerging scholars who are studying refugee and forced migration issues.
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