A/HRC/41/40/Add.1 39. A Steering Group, initially co-chaired by UNHCR and OCHA, provides a platform for engaging stakeholders at national, regional and global level in achieving the overall goal to reduce and resolve internal displacement. The GP20 Coordinator will support the Steering Group by monitoring and measuring progress of implementation of the Plan of Action, particularly with regard to its underpinning priority issues. The GP20 Coordinator will also compile and disseminate progress reports on the Plan of Action, while facilitating outreach and mobilizing stakeholder engagement and support for the Plan of Action. 40. Membership of the Steering Group, which will be reviewed annually along with the chairmanship, will include a core group of stakeholders from among Member States, UN entities, NGOs, the World Bank and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The Special Rapporteur will continue to act as a Special Advisor. The Steering Group will draw on existing capacity to implement the Plan of Action, give visibility to GP20 activities and promote efforts to address internal displacement, particularly ensuring attention is drawn to situations with major protection and humanitarian access issues and efforts are promoted to address those situations while underscoring national responsibility for the protection of IDPs. G. Communication 41. A communication plan supports the implementation of the Plan of Action through the development of common messages. These joint messages aim to amplify visibility and raise awareness on the toll conflicts and disasters and other types of displacement have on IDPs. A multi-stakeholder GP20 Working Group on Communication in Geneva oversees implementation of the communication plan and communicates progress to the Steering Group. The communication plan proposes key messages, timelines with key dates as well as joint communication initiatives, including channels and tools for joint use by all stakeholders, such as the Campaign Mission Statement. This campaign and statement is available online. 19 III. National Action A. Africa Central African Republic 42. Moving forward with a law, strategy and solutions for IDPs: During 2018, a draft law on protection and assistance to IDPs was validated in a workshop led by the Minister for Humanitarian Action and National Reconciliation and attended by representatives of various ministries, authorities from regions affected by displacement, humanitarian agencies, NGOs, civil society and IDPs. The government also finalized a National Strategy on Durable Solutions for IDPs and Refugees based on the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and Kampala Convention with UN support. Workshops with IDPs, local authorities and humanitarian and development actors on the New Way of Working and protracted displacement and support for durable solutions were held in October and December. Participants agreed on a draft collective result to contribute to operationalization of the New Way of Working in CAR. In parallel, IDPs and others affected by displacement were brought together in games competitions, traditional dance performances and male and female football tournament to raise awareness on internal displacement under the local GP20 theme “Resolve and reduce displacement through prevention, protection and durable solutions.” 43. Improving the quality of data on IDPs: Following the GP20 workshop on the humanitarian-development nexus led by OCHA in December 2018, IDMC, on behalf of the global data workstream of the GP20 Plan of Action, organized and facilitated discussions at a workshop on internal displacement data collection, analysis, validation and dissemination in Central African Republic (CAR) on 30-31 January. The workshop was convened at the request of the government of CAR and the members of the Commission on Population Movement. In attendance were stakeholders including government officials, UNHCR, IOM, 19 http://www.globalprotectioncluster.org/gp20/gp20-campaign-mission-statement/. 11

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