Definition(s)
International protection initiative set up by the European Union and its Member States to enhance the capacity of third countries in the regions from which many refugees originate, or through which they pass in transit with the aim to improve refugee protection through durable solutions, namely return, local integration and resettlement.
Source(s)
- European Commission Communication on Regional Protection Programmes, COM(2005) 388.
Translations
- BG: регионална програма за развитие и закрила (РПРЗ)
- CS: regionální program rozvoje a ochrany
- DE: regionales Entwicklungs- und Schutzprogramm
- EL: Πρόγραμμα Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης και Προστασίας (RDPP)
- EN: regional development and protection programme (RDPP)
- ES: Programa regional de desarrollo y protección
- ET: piirkondlik arengu- ja kaitseprogramm
- FI: alueellinen kehitys- ja suojeluohjelma
- FR: programme régional de développement et de protection
- GA: clár um fhorbairt agus um chosaint réigiúnach
- HR: Program regionalnog razvoja i zaštite
- HU: regionális fejlesztési és védelmi program
- IT: programma di protezione e sviluppo regionale (PPSR)
- LT: regioninė vystymosi ir apsaugos programa
- LV: reģionālā attīstības un aizsardzības programma
- MT: Programm reġjonali għall-protezzjoni u l-iżvilupp
- NL: Regionaal ontwikkelings- en beschermingsprogramma
- PL: program ochrony i rozwoju regionalnego
- PT: Programa Regional de Desenvolvimento e Proteção (PRDP)
- RO: program regional de dezvoltare și protecție (PRDP)
- SK: regionálny program rozvoja a ochrany (RDPP)
- SL: regionalni program za razvoj in zaščito
- SV: regionalt utvecklings- och skyddsprogram
- NO: Regionalt program for utvikling og beskyttelse (RDPP)
- KA: განვითარებისა და დაცვის რეგიონული პროგრამა (RDPP)
- UK: регіональна програма розвитку та захисту (РПРЗ)
- HY: զարգացման եւ պաշտպանության տարածաշրջանային ծրագիր
Synonyms
- RDPP
- RPP
- regional protection programme (RPP)
Notes
1. The 2005 Communication on 'Regional Protection Programmes' (COM (2005) 388) brought forward regional protection programmes (RPP) as a new EU approach to the international protection regime. The Programmes were developed by the European Commission in close collaboration with EU Member States, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and in partnership with the countries of origin, transit and first asylum. The programmes involve practical actions related to improving general protection in the host country, establishing an effective procedure for determining refugee status, building capacity and training on protection issues for those working with refugees, support measures benefiting the local community hosting refugees.
2. The first two Regional Protection Programmes targeted Eastern Europe (in particular Belarus, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) as a region of transit and the African Great Lakes Region (particularly Tanzania) as a region of origin. In 2010, the EU Commission applied the Regional Protection Programme concept to two new regions: the Horn of Africa (including Kenya, Yemen and Djibouti) and eastern North Africa (Egypt, Libya and Tunisia). In response to the Syria refugee crisis the EU Commission established in 2013 the regional development and protection programme (RDPP) in the Middle East and extended the programme to development measures.
3. Under the European Agenda on Migration the priority regions for resettlement include North Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Middle East, focusing on the countries where the RDPPs are implemented. RDPPs also include a resettlement element.
4. For more information see the description of Regional Protection Programmes on the Website of DG Migration and Home Affairs, International affairs.