Thematic Panel 6 - Annual work programme 2026

TP6’s 2026 work plan is structured around three meetings and three core deliverables, supported by targeted cross-panel collaboration.

Meetings: (1) March—a foresight-focused session on current developments in Syria and implications for future return dynamics and policy choices, and the launch of three sub-working groups (education/information materials; reintegration flowcharts; online platform content and architecture); (2) early June—a meeting centred on learning from the victims’ perspective, supported by the Special Advisor on Victims, including testimony from a victim of terrorism (and, where appropriate, a carefully framed returnee voice) to inform deliverables and ensure outputs remain grounded and do not reinforce harm; (3) September—presentation of near-final deliverables and dissemination planning, focusing on accessibility, uptake pathways, and final refinements.
 

Deliverables: (i) education and information materials (fact sheets and training/capacity-building products) to raise awareness and reduce stigmatisation; (ii) reintegration flowcharts providing a high-level, adaptable process map to align actors and reduce fragmentation; and (iii) an online platform to host and publish outputs and support cross-country learning.

Collaboration will be pursued on a best-effort basis, with a concrete track under organisation with TP2 (Prisons) (including a planned study visit), and lighter-touch synergies with TP4, TP7 and—where relevant—TP5, including potential joint/aligned factsheets and informal peer input into TP6 materials. In addition, TP6 will explore (subject to feasibility) optional joint outputs such as practice kits, an interactive pathways atlas, a strategic communication “message house,” and a cross-TP tabletop exercise.