The Canadian Refugee Sponsorship Agreement Holders Association Towards

The Canadian Refugee Sponsorship Agreement Holders Association Towards the Vision of the SAH Association “Dignity and Safety for all Uprooted People” – It Takes a Plan SAH Council & SAH Secretariat Strategic Planning Team SAH Conference Edmonton 29 May 2017

Strategic Plan 2014 -2017 SAH ASSOCIATION

Looking Back: What has happened? What has been accomplished?

Goal #1: Promote a more welcoming society for refugees in Canada Goal #2: Goal #3: Advocate for fair and efficient resettlement policies and procedures Strengthen cohesion within the SAH community Goal #4: Goal #5: Improve capacity of SAHs to manage the PSRP Ensure privately sponsored refugees are settled as full participating members of Canadian society.

Goal #1: Promote a more welcoming society for refugees in Canada Activity: � Form a media working group and develop a media action plan. � The media action plan can include social media such as Facebook and Twitter as well as more traditional media activities such as the publication of articles and news releases. It could also involve social media training for Association members.

Winnipeg 2015 - 2014 - 2017 communications strategies Post Sept. 2015 Social Media Responding to media inquiries (Association Twitter & FB) News Releases Responding to events and developments

Goal #1: Promote a more welcoming society for refugees in Canada Activity: � Form an advocacy working group and develop an advocacy action plan. � Advocacy is needed, particularly with government, to strengthen messaging for a more welcoming society.

2014 - 2017 SAH Council meeting - Minister Mc. Callum in November 2015 - Minister Hussen in March 2017 Election talking points Position Statements

Activity: Goal #1: Promote a more welcoming society for refugees in Canada � Coordinate special events and celebrations. These can raise the awareness of challenges and issues refugees encounter in Canada and of the PSRP. A working group from Association members could be formed to develop and implement these events and celebrations. � Identify Community Champions either in the public or private sector. Champions as such could help to promote a more positive environment for refugees and a better understanding of forced migration.

Activity: Identify operational issues and bottlenecks by which to improve efficiency. (Council in consultation with Association). � The Council will work collaboratively with CIC to address constraints to operational efficiency. � Identify entry points for policy discussion with the Government and other stakeholders. (Council in consultation with Association). � Policy discussion will focus on bringing greater alignment between government and SAHs on the values of fairness and equity. � Goal #2: Advocate for fair and efficient resettlement policies and procedures

2014 - 2017 SAH Council / NGOGovernment Committee: 44 meetings Council portfolios: Syria: Lessons Learned Policy and procedures Allocations 9 press releases, News Releases Responding to events and developments 24 letters to the Minister of CIC/IRCC Refusals Project

Activity: � Tap into and create regional/local networking groups across Canada � Goal #3: SAHs could either join existing regional/local networking groups or establish their own to meet their own regional/local needs. � Strengthen cohesion within the SAH community Form an internal communications working group and develop a communications action plan with a focus on strengthening communications within the SAH community. � Collaborate with media and advocacy working groups � Create “sub-associations” for SAHs with similar interest to connect to each other. SAHs that share a common interest or attribute such as a particular ethnic group, size etc. can come together and agree on ways to organize and work together.

2014 - 2017 On-line map: locations of SAHs, regional SAH groups Annual SAH survey Association updates: Council members liaising with Association members Website 19 letters Encouraging local / regional / other groupings of SAHs

Activity: � Increase collaboration between Council, RSTP and the Association membership to identify PSR program challenges and training needs. � In collaboration with RSTP, develop PSR Program and training approaches. � Ensure discussion on Program challenges/training needs that will improve the distribution and use of allocation spaces, SAH management of allocations and challenges of changing from family-linked cases to BVORs. Goal #4: Improve capacity of SAHs to manage the PSRP

2014 - 2017 RSTP Advisory committee RSTP invited to participate with NGO Govt. Cte. SAH Conference SAH Handbook (on website) Allocation tracking database Webinars ( RSTP / SAH Council )

Activity: Form a settlement working group to develop an action plan for more effective collaboration with settlement services and the National Settlement Council. � Learn of and strengthen how SAHs are connecting with settlement agencies and identify barriers to effectively settle privately sponsored refugees. � Ensure settlement action plan includes collaboration with the National Settlement Council, mental health service providers/institutions, labour market assessment, review of child/youth services as well as inventory of and strategy for effective sharing of SAH resources. � Goal #5: Ensure privately sponsored refugees are settled as full participating members of Canadian society.

2014 - 2017 National Settlement Council RSTP trainings that bring together sponsors and settlement agencies Relationship with Settlement Agencies Survey: CGs connecting with Settlement Agencies

Strategic Plan: Context 2018 -2021 Key challenges and opportunities Adapt – Innovate – Be resilient

Strategic Plan: Context I. Backlogs and Global Cap on Private Sponsorship Applications

Strategic Plan: Context II. Shift to Multi-Year Commitments and Prioritization of Particular Refugee Populations Based on Changing Government Resettlement Priorities

Strategic Plan: Context III. Preserving the Additionality Principle – Balancing PSR, BVOR, and GAR Numbers

Strategic Plan: Context IV. Centralized Processing and System Modernization Efforts

Strategic Plan: Context V. Canadian Support for Refugees Within an Environment that is Increasingly More Complex

Strategic Plan: Context VI. Achieving Equity in the System

Strategic Plan: Context VII. Working Effectively with the Funded Settlement Sector to Achieve Sustainable Settlement Supports

Strategic Plan: Context VIII. Meeting Expectations for Outcomes and Performance Measurements

Strategic Plan: Context IX. International Interest

Strategic Plan: Context

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Strategic Plan: Consultation with / among members Engagement/advocacy with Collaboration with RSTP, IRCC / the minister UNHCR, CCR, SPOs, CISSA/ACSEI, other sectors Enhance capacity: training, Improve management of resources, information, allocations SAH communication Increase public awareness / appreciation / support

Strategic Plan: Goals (proposed) 1. More fair and efficient resettlement policies and procedures are developed and implemented. 2. SAHs have improved capacity to manage the PSRP. 3. Privately sponsored refugees are settled as participating members of Canadian society. 4. Cohesion within the SAH community is strengthened. 5. Canada is a more welcoming society for refugees. 6. Other countries’ capacity to explore alternative pathways to refugee resettlement through private/community sponsorship programs is strengthened.

Goal #1 More fair and efficient resettlement policies and procedures are developed and implemented.

Goal #2 SAHs have improved capacity to manage the PSRP.

Goal #3 Privately sponsored refugees are settled as participating members of Canadian society.

Goal #4 Cohesion within the SAH community is strengthened.

Goal #5 Canada is a more welcoming society for refugees.

Goal #6 Other countries’ capacity to explore alternative pathways to refugee resettlement through private/community sponsorship programs is strengthened.

AND NOW ….