The focus of this one-lesson e-learning course is on forced migration due to protracted crisis situations, including both natural or human made disasters, and conflict. Forced migration is a sub category or type of migration. It is distinguished by the presence of coercion or a lack of voluntariness.

The target audience for this course includes:

• UN Country Teams and FAO Staff
• Planners, policy formulators and advisors on migration, agriculture and rural development
• Managers and technical staff in the ministries responsible for agriculture, rural development, migration, employment and others

You will learn about:

• Key concepts and characteristics of migration, forced migration and protracted crisis, categories of migrants
• The drivers and impacts of forced migration in situations of protracted crisis
• How forced migration is relevant to FAO’s mandate and strategic objectives, and how FAO works programmatically through the forced migration cycle
• How forced migration considerations can be integrated into policies and programmes regarding protracted crisis