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Strengthening Disaster Resilience of at-risk communities in Timor-Leste (STREAM) In 2020, the legal basis and organic law for civil protection in Timor-Leste were approved. The law mandated Civil Protection Authority (CPA) as the government agency responsible for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and disaster risk management (DRM). As a recently established authority, CPA's policies and guidelines, such as national DRM strategy, contingency plans, and standard operating procedures (SOPs), have yet to be established. At the same time, CPA is pushing for the de-centralization of its mandate at the subnational level. Regional and village civil protection councils (MCPCs and SCPCs) are expected to prepare and respond to disasters to the best of their capacities before the national government intervenes. In response, IOM Timor Leste proposes a two-pronged approach, national government technical assistance and community empowerment, to strengthen at-risk populations' resilience to disasters brought about by rapid and slow-onset hazards. The project aims to (1) improve the functional capacity of CPA to prepare for and respond to emergencies through inclusive and gender-responsive programs on DRM and, at the same time, (2) influence the reduction of disaster risk in at-risk communities, especially among women, girls, older persons, and persons with disabilities through inclusive participation and improved access to evacuation centers.
Humanitarian Assistance to Conflict Affected Households in Greater Upper Nile, South Sudan With the lull in national-level hostilities that has accompanied the Revitalized Agreement for the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS), displaced populations have begun returning from former UN Protection of Civilian (PoC) and internally displaced persons (IDP) sites, as well as host-community settings, and refugee settlements in neighbouring countries. However, protracted conflict, underdevelopment, climate-related shocks, hyperinflation and unemployment have eroded livelihoods and coping strategies, and precluded communities from fully recovering from effects of war. Through this project, IOM is maintaining core humanitarian operations in the PoC in Malakal, as well as Bentiu and Wau IDP camps, whilst increasing programming particularly in Rubkona/Bentiu Town, Malakal Town, and Wau Town, given the relative stability of these locations, and the opportunities therein for resilience, recovery, development, and system strengthening efforts. IOM already implements programming and maintains sub-offices in these urban areas. IOM is also scaling up activities in areas of return, in order to ensure the provision of services to meet increasing needs in these locations.
Supporting the Government of Samoa to Strengthen Passenger Data Exchange Systems The Pacific region faces the challenges of managing diverse illicit dynamics, including transnational crime and human trafficking, requiring attention and concerted efforts. The vast geographical expanse, coupled with the porous nature of jurisdictional boundaries and disparities in governance and law enforcement capabilities, make the region particularly susceptible to these phenomena. Consequently, Pacific Island nations, like Samoa, serve as both origins, transit points, and destinations for these illicit flows.Vis-à-vis these challenges, in January 2023 the Government of the Independent State of Samoa formally requested participation in the United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel (CT Travel) Programme. The CT Travel Programme is a prominent global initiative that supports beneficiary Member States in developing their capabilities to detect and counter terrorists and serious criminals. It achieves this by utilizing Advance Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to enhance the use of international databases containing information on known and suspected terrorists and criminals. Additionally, the program facilitates international information exchange.This project aims to enhance border security measures and facilitate safe, orderly, and humane migration in the Independent State of Samoa by enhancing the Government of Samoa's ability to utilize API and PNR data and passenger data exchange systems, through the establishment of a Passenger Information Unit (PIU). The PIU will serve as a multi-agency entity proficient in gathering, analysing, and sharing passenger information among relevant government agencies. Through this development, the Government of Samoa will be able to conduct passenger screening and processing more efficiently. The implementation of this IOM Development Fund project will be coordinated and conducted in partnership with the CT Travel Programme in Samoa. Ultimately, the project aligns with IOM's comprehensive approach to migration management, which seeks to reduce the risks and human costs associated with irregular migration and related crimes.
Provision of Health, Protection and Food Assistance to Vulnerable Populations in Venezuela Amidst a continuing COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, IOM will contribute to the food security, health and protection as these are the most urgent and most-needed sectors for humanitarian assistance in Venezuela. IOM is targeting vulnerable populations in-country, individuals returning to Venezuela, and those in pendular migration. The Zulia state is benefitting from food security interventions, while the Sucre state benefits from both health and food security activities. Protection actions will, on the other hand, have a national focus. Particular attention is given to women and girls as they are the most vulnerable to food insecurity and protection risks.
Enhancing Access to Basic Needs, Protection and Transportation Services for Refugees in Jordan Refugees account for almost ten per cent of Jordan’s population. There are 659,941 registered Syrian refugees and roughly 80,735 registered refugees of other nationalities, primarily from Iraq, Yemen, and Sudan. The vast majority reside outside camps in urban areas, though they face a higher incidence, depth and severity of poverty that led to negative coping strategies ranging from stress coping to crisis and emergency coping methods such as child labour and reduction of essential health and education costs to meet basic needs. Moreover, over 48,000 Syrian refugees have returned to Syria spontaneously since October 2018, with a continued need for transportation assistance to the border and for family reunification. 
 
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is providing multi-purpose cash assistance to the most vulnerable refugees in Jordan to help them meet their immediate basic needs. IOM is also providing integrated case management to assist at least 480 individual case members to address their protection needs, alongside specialized protection and gender-based violence service providers. Furthermore, IOM is providing transportation assistance to the Jordanian border for small groups of refugees who voluntarily wish to return to Syria as well as support them with transportation for documentation assistance or family reunification.
Supporting Community Stabilization through Better Livelihoods and Stronger Communities in Kanem, Bahr el Gazel, and Batha Ce projet vise à améliorer la gouvernance locale en permettant aux communautés d'organiser des réunions et de mettre en place des forums spécifiques (jeunes, femmes) aux côtés des autorités locales et des ministères compétents afin d'avoir accès à l'information, de participer aux décisions publiques et aux services publics. L'OIM soutiendra également les parties prenantes concernées pour améliorer les infrastructures de services de base afin de favoriser une meilleure inclusion sociale et d'atténuer les conflits.
Humanitarian and Protection Assistance to Vulnerable Migrants in Yemen and Horn of Africa The East and Horn of Africa is a region of origin, transit, and destination for hundreds of thousands of migrants, the majority of whom travel in an irregular manner often relying on unscrupulous smugglers to facilitate movement along the Eastern Route via Somalia, and Djibouti with the hope of crossing the Gulf of Aden into Yemen and onwards towards the Gulf states with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the main destination for the majority. The persistent vulnerability of migrants in irregular situations is one of the specific drivers of migration and determinants of IOM’s response through the Regional Migrant Response Plan (MRP). This project focuses mainly on providing life-saving assistance to vulnerable migrants and host communities. Additionally, IOM is providing quality, timely and inclusive protection assistance and services to migrants and host communities, but is also flexible and includes activities which build evidence, partnerships, and coordination to enhance humanitarian response and migration management throughout the migration route.
Institutional and Community Strengthening for Peacebuilding and Stabilization in Colombia This project aims at contributing to the implementation of the Peace Agreement and the establishment of a long-lasting peace in Colombia through institutional and community strengthening along three strategic lines.  The project will assist in building sustainable peace and reconciliation, contribute to stabilization, including environmental protection and conservation and strength security and justice.
UN4Lebanon - Facilitating Resettlement of Vulnerable Refugees to Italy 2.0 This project will facilitate the resettlement of 9 beneficiaries from Lebanon to Italy, including the provision of PDO, PMHA and movement management support. The project - funded by UNHCR - to support the Italian Government fulfilling their resettlement quota is the second phase of the initiative implemented in 2022. IOM will be closely liaise with all relevant stakeholders – UNHCR, the Italian Ministry of Interior, the managing authority for the reception centers and health authorities – to ensure the safe transfer of the group.
Housing for Internally Displaced Persons (IOM) III Aiming to improve the living conditions of IDPs in Ukraine, IOM proposes to expand its housing programme with the overall objective of diversifying and increasing IDPs’ and other conflict-affected populations’ opportunities to access affordable and social housing in selected municipalities of Kirovogradska and Poltavska oblasts. Over the course of five years, the project  will add 350-400 units to the affordable housing stock (80% of constructed housing units) and the social housing stock (20% of the constructed housing units).
Strengthening the Northern Borders of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo With the overall objective of improving border security in the northern regions of Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and Togo, the project would build on past and ongoing national and regional interventions, to strengthen border management capacities and community resilience in key northern border areas of the selected countries, through four mutually reinforcing outcomes, namely: strengthening the infrastructure and equipment at the border posts; reinforcing the response mechanism for border related crisis, including public health emergencies; improving border community engagement; and improving coordination between the target countries.
Promoting a Human Security Approach to Disaster Displacement and Environmental Migration Policies Integrating the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in the Eastern Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and particularly Eastern Caribbean SIDS, are recurrently exposed to climate related threats, being especially prone to disasters that are up to six times more damaging when compared to developed countries. This joint programme, aligned to the UN’s Global Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19 and the Eastern Caribbean Multi Sectoral Response Plan for COVID-19, will contribute, through the promotion of the human security approach, to address the challenges that COVID-19 exposes in relation to environmental migration and disaster displacement in the Eastern Caribbean. Through the application of the human security approach, the programme will address a multidimensional ongoing challenge in an interlinked manner (COVID-19, disaster and climate change and displacement) and through a multi-partner approach with the OECS Commission and other regional institutions, national governments, communities and other stakeholders to ensure that no one is left behind.
Cross-Border Assistance for Afghan Returnees From January to October 2022, more than 770,000 undocumented Afghans returned from the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan. This was the second-highest return total of any 10 months on record. Return trends for the 10 months of 2022 indicate that, once again, Afghanistan will exceed the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) estimate of 785,000 total undocumented returns in 2022, with additional expected return surges linked to a large number of Afghans leaving the country through irregular migration routes due to numerous push and pull factors. Through its cross-border return and reintegration programme, IOM is providing immediate post-arrival humanitarian assistance to vulnerable undocumented Afghan migrants and cash to cover transportation and subsistence expenses at the four IOM-supported border crossing points within the provinces of Nangarhar and Kandahar on the Pakistan border and Herat and Nimroz on the border with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Labour Migration Programme - Central Asia The project aims to contribute to enhancing labour migration governance to better respond to employer and labour market needs while ensuring protection of migrant workers and enhancing development impacts in both countries of origin and destination.
Logistical Support to UNHCR Verification Exercise in Seven Temporary Shelters in Thailand IOM is providing UNHCR with required support to conduct a verification exercise in Temporary Shelters along Thailand-Myanmar border: Ban Mai Nai Soi, Ban Mae Surin, Mae Ra Ma Luang, Mae La Oon, Mae La, Umpiem and Nu Po. These temporary shelters were established in the mid-1980s; though small-scale verifications have taken place in recent years, there is a need to carry out a single large scale verification exercise to gain an updated understanding of the overall population. This information is being provided to UNHCR and is informing large-scale resettlement operations planned in the coming years.
STFA Joint Programme for the Northern Region of Afghanistan: Addressing Basic Human Needs through the ABADEI Strategy  - Outcome 3 Disaster and climate resilient critical infrastructure In partnership with Save the Children, IOM will contribute to the overall objective of supporting the people of Afghanistan to live in safety and with dignity through greater economic stability and increased ability to meet acute and immediate needs. This will be done through two areas of intervention: 1) Cash component – building off of on-going cash programming, Save the Children will reach an estimated 4,600 persons with multi-purpose cash assistance, to be utilized for meeting a range of immediate needs, including: shelter repair and non-food items; winterization support including heating/fuel; food and water security/nutrition, transportation, clothing and healthcare/medicines, education, etc.; 2) Emergency livelihoods -IOM will provide temporary jobs to 1,800 individuals in order to offer immediate access to income for at-risk community members predominantly through cash-for-work interventions; as well as support to 250 businesses (across 6 districts and 60 communities) vulnerable to the evolving context, through the replacement of critical and necessary productive assets, thus safeguarding and re-instating the livelihoods of employees and business owners.
Providing Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) to Address the Most Urgent Needs of the Drought Affected Communities In Kenya, an estimated 6.4 million people needed humanitarian assistance in the beginning of 2023, including over 5.4 million projected to be severely food insecure, and over 677,900 children and almost 139,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in need of treatment for acute malnutrition in 2023. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Displacement Tracking Matrix, an estimated over 460,000 individuals were internally displaced in 2022-2022 across arid and semi-arid land counties. 
 
In response to the humanitarian crisis due to drought, IOM in partnership with five implementing partners (Arid Lands Development Focus, Rural Agency for Community Development and Assistance, Sustainable Approaches for Community Empowerment, Strategies for Northern Development, and Wajir South Development Association) is providing multi-purpose cash assistance to over 20,000 individuals to improve the deteriorating living conditions of target households in Marsabit, Turkana, Wajir, and Mandera counties, prioritizing the most vulnerable population. Multi-purpose cash assistance will complement the households’ purchasing power and enhance the functionality of the local economy towards stabilization and economic recovery.
Improving Protection and Living Conditions and Reducing Vulnerabilities of Crisis-Affected Populations in Northeast Nigeria Nigeria, specifically the Northeast region, continues to remain a country with severe humanitarian needs due to insecurity, poverty, and climate change. After 14 years of conflict, the humanitarian crisis in the Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe (BAY) States has changed little in terms of scale and severity. 
 
This project focuses on national and international actors involved in crisis response, as well as individuals affected by the crisis such as displaced populations, host communities, and returnees. The activities are being carried out in both displacement sites and host communities. The direct assistance encompasses the following sectors: Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM); Shelter and non-food items (NFI); Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH); and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS).
Emergency Assistance to Chadian Returnees from Sudan IOM plans to provide emergency assistance to Chadian nationals returning to Chad from Sudan following the conflict in the form of protection services, shelter and non-food items, and access to water.
Ensuring Evidence-Based and Coordinated Durable Solutions Planning in Burundi Tool (Questionnaire, Training, Methodology) This project aims to empower stakeholders in Burundi with capacities to collect, analyze and use data on stability in the context of human mobility in the view to drive evidence-based policy making for durable solutions, and ensure that interventions are informed by a thorough understanding of stability dynamics.
Upgrading Migrant Facilities and Installation of MIDAS at Selected Port of Entries The project will provide upgrading of the passenger terminal in Berbera Seaport; upgrading of training and referral center in Hargeisa; replacement of equipment an update of Migration Information and Data Analysis System (MIDAS) installed version at identified ports of entries (PoEs); installation of sustainable solar power solutions to ensure continuous power supply for MIDAS at PoEs; and development of comprehensive immigration border management training package for various border management institutions.
Implementation of the Election Experat Mission (EEM) to Timor-Leste 2023 The European Union intends to send an Electoral Expert Mission (EEM) to Timor-Leste to collect factual information concerning the electoral process (Parliamentary Elections - 21 May). IOM will select 2 Experts (1 Team Leader/Political/Electoral expert and 1 Legal/Human Rights Expert), who will travel to Dili from mid-April to June 2023, to meet all relevant stakeholders and produce a report. IOM will have no visibility and will not be associated in any way to the work of the experts; we will provide administrative, logistical and security support.
Strengthening Socio-Economic Reincorporation Initiatives for Sustainability in Colombia The aim of the program is to strengthen the process of socio-economic reintegration of ex-combatants in Colombia. To do so, the program will provide technical assistance to new collective projects which will serve as a source of income, and will enhance the technical, financial, and socio-economic sustainability strategies of these. By increasing the number of people reintegrated through a collective project and strengthening the sustainability of the projects, the program will reinforce the socio-economic reintegration of ex-combatants and the ongoing peacebuilding process. The program will place a strong emphasis on facilitating social cohesion processes and the effective participation of women.
Addressing Human Security through Integrated Support for the Most Vulnerable and Crisis-Affected Communities in South Kordofan This project will contribute to supporting vulnerable and crisis-affected communities in South Kordofan by employing a human security approach and community-based programming and offering lifesaving water, sanitation and hygiene, food and personal security as well as livelihood interventions in an effort to contribute to conflict prevention, while promoting resilience and social cohesion of populations.
The Project for Enhancing Border Management Capacity for Responding to Infectious Diseases in Southwest Asia The project activities will support improved safety, security, and process efficiency at Sri Lanka and Maldives primary points of entry for international arrivals. The project sites in Sri Lanka will be the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) at Katunayake and the Colombo Port, and in the Maldives, the project sites will be Velana International Airport and Gan International Airport. These are the currently operational airports for entry of international passengers in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The project objective is to strengthen border measures to prevent the spread of infectious disease in preparation for revitalization of human mobility.
Provision of Life-Saving Water Supply to Vulnerable Returnees Affected by the Sudan Crisis at the Renk Transit Centre In 2024, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in South Sudan appeals for a total of USD 1.1 million for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services to be provided to the most vulnerable individuals at points of entry (PoE) and transit centres. With this South Sudan Humanitarian Fund reserve allocation, IOM will continue increasing the daily production and trucking of water to the Renk transit centre to reach the minimum Sphere standards for water provision per person per day, ensuring comprehensive coverage for the entire population. In addition, IOM is strategically designing and prepositioning all necessary materials for upgrading the existing Surface Water Treatment system (SWAT) to a solarized system. This approach not only ensures cost-effective operations but also promotes sustainability in the long term.
Building Climate Change Resilience and Social Integration of Displaced People in Settlements of Western Belize This project seeks to support displaced persons in migrant settlements in Western Belize to become productive members of their host communities and participate in furthering their common resilience, socio-economic growth, and sustainable development. Indeed, the lack of proper integration of migrants in Western Belize into the Belizean society, lack of basic services, and exposure to the impacts of climate change make them susceptible to continued displacement. As such, this project, jointly run between the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) of the Government of Belize, seeks to prevent further displacement through integrated service delivery, as well as enhanced prevention, protection, and solutions for disaster and climate-related displacement.