While the ADSP’s members seek to collaborate across all organisational levels, including for the purposes of service delivery in humanitarian contexts, the Platform exists to promote solutions to displacement through policy change at the regional level.
Protecting Rohingya Refugees in Asia (PRRiA)
ADSP is one of the core implementing partners of the Protecting Rohingya Refugees in Asia (PRRiA) project. The PRRiA project is a two-year, ECHO-funded initiative started in July 2021 to address protection risks and immediate needs of Rohingya refugees in Southeast Asia. The joint project of the Asia Displacement Solutions Platform (ADSP), Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Geutanyoë Foundation Malaysia, HOST International Malaysia, Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Indonesia, and Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) aims to improve coordination and strengthen concerted advocacy interventions with regional and national stakeholders, capitalising on and supporting the implementation of existing global, regional and national policy and legal frameworks. PRRiA targets 54 local, 20 international and 27 regional organisations with a particular focus on Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
As one of the PRRiA partners, ADSP engages in regional policy discussions and dialogues on Rohingya displacement issues, pursues closed-door advocacy with national governments and regional actors, and undertakes capacity building initiatives for refugee-led community-based organisations in the region.
Supporting Humanitarian and Refugee Protection in Asia (SHARP-Asia)
ADSP, in partnership with the International Rescue Committee and the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), engages in supporting national and regional level advocacy initiatives for improved rights and protections for non-Rohingya refugees from Myanmar through the Supporting Humanitarian and Refugee Protection in Asia (SHARP-Asia) project, supported by the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO). With a focus on research, advocacy, and capacity-strengthening initiatives for non-Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the project is centered around India, Malaysia, and Thailand.
The one-year SHARP-Asia project commenced on 1 July 2022 and aims to support local and national level civil society, NGOs, and advocates to develop and support solutions to displacement across the target countries. In addition, the project seeks to augment and support the development of common advocacy priorities and messages for stakeholders, with the overall aim of strengthening the protection environment for refugees.