Save the Children’s education at the Global Refugee Forum 2023

In December 2023, leaders from across the globe will gather in Geneva for the second Global Refugee Forum. The Forum, which takes place every four years, will bring together states and other actors to commit to concrete pledges in support of the Global Compact on Refugees, including the Compact’s promise to get all children in school and learning within a few months of their displacement.

At the GRF 2023, Save the Children are calling on governments to support and fund education for the world’s refugees, including by pledging in support of the multistakeholder pledge on the inclusion of refugees in national education systems.

Guided by the Global Compact on Refugees, we are committed to translating the principle of international responsibility-sharing into concrete action and we are making the pledges outlined in this document as part of that commitment.

In the run up to the Forum, we have also been speaking to refugee children around the world to ask them their priorities. We have carried out consultations with almost 300 refugee children, representing many different nationalities, across 7 refugee hosting countries.

This briefing provides an overview of their priorities which have informed our advocacy and pledges