Our Work – Goals & change strategies

Our vision -
a world where everyone belongs.

Sharni Boyall/Act for Peace/Thailand

Our roadmap for positive change

Our Strategic Framework 2022-2026 outlines the goals and change strategies that underpin our work towards fulfilling our vision – to create a world where everyone belongs.

Goals

What we’re working towards

Richard Wainwright/Act for Peace/Sri Lanka
Goal 1

Safety In Exile

People live in safety, with dignity, while displaced.

Displaced people:

  • Advocate for change and help fix systems that cause violence, exclusion or abuse.
  • Access critical physical and emotional support.
  • Have control over their lives, leading activities that ensure their safety, dignity and rights.
Goal 2

A Place To Belong

Uprooted people find a permanent place to belong.

  • Countries fairly share responsibility for supporting survivors of displacement.
  • Uprooted people lead initiatives that help build a safe, permanent future.
Fatima Shbair/Getty Images/Gaza
Geoff Robinson/Act for Peace/Indonesia
Goal 3

Reduced Displacement

Fewer people are forced to flee their homes.

  • Communities lead initiatives to reduce the impact of disasters and other displacement drivers.
  • Governments and public take strong action to reduce conflict and climate-driven displacement.

Change strategies

How we’re making it happen

JP/Act for Peace/Thailand
Change strategy 1

Backing Displaced People

Working in solidarity with local partners.

  • Building partnerships that mobilise the knowledge, determination, and skills of displaced people to create change.
  • Resourcing locally-led initiatives that reduce displacement and create safety, dignity and belonging for uprooted people.
Change Strategy 2

Building unity

Reducing division and creating a more compassionate society.

  • Tackling the underlying drivers of inequality and displacement by reducing polarisation and building empathy in society.
  • Creating opportunities for people to positively influence those around them, so they act and vote in support of displaced people.
Act for Peace, International Aid Organisation, provides humanitarian aid in Ethiopia Genaye Eshetu/Act for Peace/Ethiopia
Amplifying the voices of people who have been uprooted by conflict and disaster, like these girls in Pakistan. CWSA/Act for Peace/Pakistan
Change Strategy 3

Transforming The System

Advocating for a radically different response to the displacement crisis.

  • Learning from displaced people, forming broad networks and standing together for collective influence.
  • Influencing regional, national and global authorities to share responsibility, resources and power equitably; and act on climate and conflicts.