powerpoint slides providing an overview of the RHISN component that is aimed at refugee and host integration in the context of the Government of Ethiopia's Urban Productive Safety Net project. The pilot Graduation Model, developed in 2015 in the city of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas
(192 km from the capital, Quito), benefited 200 Ecuadorian and Colombian refugee families. With
the experience and lessons learned from it, in March 2016, UNHCR Ecuador has started to
implement the Graduation Model at the national level, which intends to reach 1.500 families (an
approximate of 7.500 individuals). The purpose of this programme is to overcome risk of
exclusion poverty under which these families live, with the ultimate goal of reaching integration
in their new community, thus creating a long term sustainable solution.