{"id":2690,"date":"2015-01-22T18:37:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T18:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.internationaldiplomat.com\/?p=2690"},"modified":"2015-01-22T18:37:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T18:37:08","slug":"unhcr-itc-partner-support-economic-empowerment-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/?p=2690","title":{"rendered":"UNHCR and ITC partner to support economic empowerment for refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Geneva) \u2013 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) have agreed to step up joint efforts to ensure better economic and employment opportunities for the millions of refugees across the world.<br \/>\nThe collaboration will seek to improve the livelihoods of refugees by enhancing their skill set and connecting them to opportunities linked to international trade. The Agreement was signed by High Commissioner Ant\u00f3nio Guterres and ITC Executive Director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intracen.org\/itc\/about\/how-itc-works\/management\/executives-directors-corner\/\">Arancha\u00a0Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a> at UNHCR headquarters on Wednesday 21 January 2015.<br \/>\n\u2018Building the economic potential and creating\u00a0 job opportunities for refugee communities is about investing in peace, security and dignity,\u2019 said Ms. Gonz\u00e1lez. \u2018By linking refugees to markets we assist these communities in retaining and using their traditional skills in a way that provides economic opportunities, and builds a market for their goods and services.\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Empowering refugees through work and economic opportunities is key to helping people return to normal and productive lives,\u2019 said High Commissioner Guterres. \u2018This is an important step toward that goal.\u2019<br \/>\nCo-operation between UNHCR and ITC will place special focus on interventions that aim to integrate refugees into the value chains of private-sector companies that are targeting export markets, especially sectors linked to information technology and agribusiness and handicrafts. Particular attention will be paid to women and youth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geneva) \u2013 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) have agreed to step up joint efforts to ensure better economic and employment opportunities for the millions of refugees across the world. The collaboration will seek to improve the livelihoods of refugees by enhancing their skill<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/12h71.com\/?p=2690\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[539,547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-humanitarians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12h71.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}