Central level: The “Commission Nationale pour les Réfugiés” - National Commission for Refugees (CONAREF) is an interministerial entity within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), with a Permanent Secretariat (SP/CONAREF) that manages and coordinates the national asylum system, including the refugee status determination (RSD) eligibility and appeal committees. CONAREF comprises ten departments in different ministries (Prime Minister, MoFA, Health, Justice, Human Rights, Family and Solidarity, Security, Defense, Interior and Intelligence Services).

For internally displaced persons, the “Conseil National de Secours d’urgence et de réhabilitation” (CONASUR) is an interministerial entity within the Ministry of Family and Solidarity. The CONASUR was originally established by Decree N° 93/069/PRES/SAS-F of March 5, 1993. CONASUR is a public institution with a social and humanitarian mission, bringing together representatives from some 20 ministerial departments, regional governors, as well as NGOs and the Burkinabé Red Cross. The CONASUR permanent secretariat is the executive body responsible for the operational coordination and planning of humanitarian interventions.

Sub-central/local level: CONAREF set up governance structures for refugee communities in towns with a high concentration of refugees in the former Sahel region (Dori and Djibo), as well as in Bobo-Dioulasso, Ouahigouya and Ouagadougou. 

CONAREF also works with other government agencies, such as the Border Police Directorate, to address asylum issues in areas not yet covered by CONAREF.

At the local level, CONASUR is represented by entities that extend down to the municipal level. These include at the regional level, the CORESUR, chaired by the Governor;  and a the provincial level, the COPROSUR, headed by the High Commissioner; and at the departmental level, the CODESUR, chaired by the Prefect.