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Accelerating Integrated Vaccination against COVID-19 of Displaced Populations in the Provinces of Cibitoke, Makamba, Kirundo, Bujumbura and Mairie de Bujumbura Funded through COVID-19 Delivery Support (CDS3) The project seeks to strengthen access to COVID-19 vaccinations for mobile populations by setting-up vaccination sites at five priority PoEs located in the provinces of Cibitoke, Bujumbura Rural, Bujumbura Mairie, Makamba and Rumonge. The specific goals are to: 1. Vaccinate against Covid-19 at least 5% of IDPs who are in host families, at least 5% of IDPs who are located in sites, and at least 10% of the target group of host family members in the targeted provinces; and 2. to catch-up at least 5% of children in the targeted provinces who have received zero doses or insufficient vaccinations as part of routine vaccination.
Sustainable Water Supply System Recovery For Upstream Communities Affected By The Kakhova Dam Breach The breach of the Kakhovka Dam on 6 June 2023 led to massive flooding, causing significant infrastructural damage including to essential water, sanitation and heating systems. In the Pokrov community in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast the breach caused a drop in water level and consequently a malfunctioning of the emergency power station, which has not allowed for the water to reach the treatment station serving the community. The proposed project therefore aims to contribute to the Pokrov community’s improved access to reliable, sufficient, and safe water supply.
Enhancing Peace and Community Stabilization by Supporting Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Men and Women Formerly Associated with Armed Groups Through the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the Danish support contributes to the political process of handing over the management of the National Programme for the Treatment and Handling of disengaged combatants to the Federal Government of Somalia and Federal Member States. It will also contribute to supporting beneficiaries of the National programme with a focus on their rehabilitation and community-based reintegration.
Standard Tools for Measuring Trafficking in Persons The International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the University of Georgia (UGA) have joined forces to develop operational definitions, tools, methodologies, and uniform guidance for the measurement of trafficking in persons.
Emergency Response and Assistance to Displaced Persons (DP) in Syria This project seeks to provide integrated multisectoral lifesaving and life-sustaining assistance to vulnerable populations affected by the Syrian crisis. IOM's programs are needs-driven, rights-based, and gender-, age-, and vulnerability-sensitive. IOM will maintain a strong focus on humanitarian principals and accountability throughout the project. The project will also address the immediate humanitarian needs of those affected by the crisis in Syria, while supporting longer-term resilience. IOM works with a network of partners, and ensures its actions are coordinated at all levels with relevant stakeholders and interagency forums. This project will particularly focus on the shelter, non-food items, water, sanitation and hygiene, camp coordination and camp management, protection and livelihood needs of affected populations.
Supporting Unaccompanied Migrant Children at the Greek Borders through Protection Assistance (MERIMNA II - Protection) The objective of this project is to ensure the continuous operation of Safe Areas in the Greek islands, providing unnacompanied migrant children (UMC) with safe shelter and child-appropriate support. The project will contribute to national efforts to improve the well-being and access to fundamental rights of UMC arriving to the Greek islands, by ensuring that UMC living in the Safe Areas have access to immediate assistance in line with their best interest. The project is complemented by the project 'Merimna II- Shelter', which includes the provision of shelter, food and NFIs in the context of the Safe Areas.
Supporting the Productive Integration of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Latin America Program - Phase III With Citi Foundation’s investment, in Phase III, IOM continues to empower Venezuelan migrants in Ecuador and Peru, particularly migrant women, with social mentoring sessions, entrepreneurship skills training, and start-up support to access sustainable income sources and promote a broader understanding of migrants’ positive contributions to their host communities and beyond. Therefore, the program advances Citi Foundation's commitment to expanding global youth employment and contributes to reduce gender gaps in local labor markets. By building upon previous programming to enhance and expand the impact in R&M’s socioeconomic integration, activities will be delivered in three components: skills training; entrepreneurship and start-up support; and promotion of understanding of women migrants as agents of socioeconomic development.
Internally Displaced Person (IDP) Housing The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the Government of Ukraine's efforts to improve housing conditions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) by increasing the opportunities and options to access to housing. The project is primarily focused on Donetsk and Luhansk regions to provide long-term housing solutions for IDPs affected by the conflict in Ukraine.
Emergency Response with Integrated Protection for Persons Affected by Gang Violence in the Metropolitan Areas of Port-au-Prince and in the Departments Affected by the 14 August Earthquake in Haiti This project aims at improving the living conditions of the most vulnerable people affected by the 2021 earthquake in Haiti as well as those affected by gang violence in the metropolitan areas of Port-au-Prince through the provision of integrated protection services. IOM is delivering holistic assistance such as psychosocial support, the provision of medical equipment, documentation assistance, and the provision of adequate housing through a cash-for-rent modality, among other interventions.
Assisted Voluntary Return from Belgium 2023 The objective of the programme is to support the Government of Belgium in facilitating the safe and dignified assisted voluntary return of eligible migrants to their Countries of Origin (CoO), while taking into account their possible vulnerabilities.
Regional Migration and Development Program Contributing Toward the Sida 2021-2025 Regional LAC Strategy The project aims to support regional initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean region, with the objective to strengthen the socioeconomic integration of Venezuelan migrants in their host communities. This initiative proposes a two-fold approach to contribute to the development of opportunities at regional level. The first, will aim to increase access to income-generating initiatives through, an integrated and harmonized regularization processes and an improved access to employment opportunities. Under the second pillar, IOM’s priority is to ensure that local, national and regional policies and decision-making forums appropriately reflect integration needs and priorities of Venezuelan migrants and that local actors have the capacities to design and implement these policies and address arising integration needs.
Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration for Victims of Trafficking and Foreign Citizens in Prostitution in Sweden (AVRRTiPP) Phase IX The overall objective of the programme is to contribute to the availability and further strengthening of safe and dignified assisted voluntary return, as well as sustainable reintegration in countries of origin (AVRR), for victims of trafficking and foreign citizens in prostitution or otherwise subject to exploitation in Sweden. Within this phase of the programme, the aim is to provide AVRR for a further 20 persons, with at least 70 potential beneficiaries informed of the programme. The programme will also continue to provide reintegration assistance to returnees from previous programme phases, an estimated 41 beneficiaries, in view of recovery and sustainable reintegration. All assistance will be tailored to meet the needs of the individual and will be guided by a victim-centred and rights-based approach, paying due attention to aspects such as age, ethnicity, and medical needs.
CSSF East Africa: Northern Mozambique – Southern United Republic of Tanzania – Building Resilience against Violent Extremism The Project aims to develop sustainable, community-centred responses to mitigate local drivers to extremist radicalisation and recruitment in southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique –moving away from more security-focused approaches that have often exacerbated community grievances.
Resettlement from Türkiye and Middle East Under the terms of the global IOM / Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and in accordance with PRM, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and Refugee Processing Center (RPC) policies and directives, IOM is assisting in the implementation of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) to resettle refugees, which contributes to the global efforts on resettlement. The overall objective of this project code is to arrange the movement of United States Government-approved refugees from Türkiye and Middle East to the U.S.
Multisectoral Emergency Response to Internally Displaced Persons and Host Communities in Northern Mozambique – Phase II Northern Mozambique is facing an ongoing complex crisis marked by a dire humanitarian situation. For over four years, northern Mozambique has experienced attacks by non-state armed groups allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State, resulting in large scale displacements. The complex crisis has led to large displacement over the past four years. The dire humanitarian situation in northern Mozambique is therefore not only fueled by the humanitarian needs of the displaced persons, many of whom have been forced to flee multiple times, but also by the needs of the host communities, who have continued to show solidarity in the face of increasingly scarce resources and stretched services. The project is comprehensive and will cover integrated health, mental health and psychosocial support, displacement tracking, camp coordination and camp management /shelter and coordination cluster intervention, with the main objective to ensure dignified, safe and secure living conditions and basic services for vulnerable populations affected by disasters driven by natural hazards and conflict, and to contribute to empowered and resilient individuals and communities in northern Mozambique.
Provision of Life-Saving Primary Healthcare Support in High-Risk Locations during Winter Period in Afghanistan This project will support for provision of primary health care, including reproductive and child health care services, nutrition, COVID-19 vaccination, Routine Immunization as well as MHPSS services in underserved “white” areas. The project is in line with Afghanistan’s ICCT's 2023 Winter Prioritization Plan and will contribute to provide urgently and timely needed assistance to prioritized life-saving winterization assistance through multi-sectoral support to the most vulnerable populations in 137 districts over a period of three months. This project is also in line with Health Cluster and Nutrition Cluster response priorities to provide essential life-saving health care services in hard-to-reach and under-served areas. IOM will coordinate the interventions with the relevant health partners such as the Health Cluster, WHO, the de facto Ministry of Public Health and Basic Packages of Health Service (BPHS) implementers to effectively respond to priority healthcare service needs and thereby to contribute to the reduction of morbidity and mortality among the most vulnerable population.
Strengthening the Response for U.S. Bound Afghans at Rhine Ordnance Barracks (ROB) SIV Transit Centre - Germany In August 2021, following the announcement of the withdrawal of the United States and other international military forces from Afghanistan, the security situation deteriorated quickly, with a rapid advance of the Taliban and the eventual collapse of the government on 15 August 2021. In this security context, most of the international actors present in Afghanistan evacuated embassy personnel, including local staff and Afghans who were current or former contractor and implementing partners for international actors. Through a large-scale and time-sensitive logistical operation, thousands of Afghans were evacuated. 
 
With this project, IOM is providing direct assistance and support to Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants at the Rhine Ordnance Barracks (ROB) SIV Transit Centre in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, from their arrival at the transit centre up until their departure from the site. This project complements the measures taken by the U.S. Government (USG) to resettle Afghan SIV visa holders and their families to the United States.
Promoting Spaces for Conflict Prevention and Reduced Vulnerability in Abyei. A Joint Programme of the RCs in Sudan and South Sudan in Abyei. The proposed intervention aims to contribute in addressing immediate needs and enhancing economic resilience in the Abyei region. To achieve this, IOM plans to a) increase vocational and entrepreneurial skills, equipping youth, including youth with disabilities, with integrated tools for employment and establishing small businesses; and b)provide start-up packages and mentoring to graduates in their efforts to ensure income.
Migration Information Centre to Support the Integration of Migrants in Slovakia (Phase X) The overall objective of the Migration Information Center (MIC) is to facilitate the effective integration of third country nationals in the Slovak Republic. The integration services provided by the MIC target employment and language learning, but also address broader issues of social inclusion, community cohesion, respect for human rights and political participation.
Supporting Community Policing and Stabilisation in Iraq This project contributes to enhancing peace, security and stability through rebuilding trust between law enforcement officials and communities; and a conducive environment for returns through strengthened social cohesion and increasing access to rights and political representation. To address these objectives, IOM will increase the capacity of law enforcement officials and the ability of the community to engage with one another to identify and resolve security issues through the Community Policing approach, as well as increase interagency coordination on border security issues. This project will also strengthen the participation of the Yazidi community in transitional justice mechanisms development, and increase inter community cohesion and political representation of Yazidis. IOM will support Yazidis and other vulnerable families to access housing, land and property rights as well as enhanced tenure security and rights.
Support the Government of Colombia to Advance in the Implementation of the Peace Agreement, in Point 1, Regarding Access to Land and Formalization This is a technical assistance project to the Colombian Government, specifically to the National Land Agency, for the implementation of the Peace Agreement, in Point 1. It encompasses comprehensive rural development in achieving access to land and formalization. The project accomplishes this through organized attention to land rights applications of the population and the assignment of the corresponding property titles. In doing so, it advances the objectives of regularizing rural land tenure, gender approaches that vindicate the role of the rural women in the exploitation and use of the properties, and as a decisive factor in rural development.
Engaging Diaspora in Strengthening the Health Sector in Pakistan Critical healthcare workforce shortages, along with a soaring population growth, has heightened the need for more qualified healthcare professionals and stronger health institutions in Pakistan. To address this challenge, this project aims to contribute to strengthening the healthcare sector in Pakistan through active engagement of qualified Pakistani diaspora health professionals so that they may support in strengthening the national health system, using a gender inclusive and gender responsive approach. To contribute to the aforementioned objective, IOM will support the Government of Pakistan (GoP) to strengthen and promote the newly launched Yaran e Watan platform for diaspora engagement, as well as build the GoP’s capacity to mobilize diaspora resources to contribute to sustainable development. In addition, given the current COVID-19 context in Pakistan, part of the project will focus on supporting GoP efforts in responding to the pandemic. To do so, diaspora members will be connected with communities and health institutions most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to support in health and emergency response, both virtually and in-person.
Emergency Drought Response through Provision of Integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) Services The overall objective of this project is to save lives and avert displacement and disease outbreaks through access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion services. The project is targeting communities living in Banadir, Galkayo and Kismayo districts in Somalia. IOM is providing lifesaving water through temporary water trucking; rehabilitating/constructing water sources (boreholes) as an exit strategy to emergency water trucking; constructing sanitation facilities (household latrines); and distributing hygiene kits and conducting hygiene promotion messages/campaigns.
Provision of Resettlement Assistance to New Zealand Refugee Quota Programme IOM will provide the government of New Zealand and quota refugee programme applicants with support for resettlement assistance: logistical assistance to the quota refugee selection missions, movement assistance for case processing, pre-departure assistance, and resettlement travel assistance.
Labour Standards on Fishing Vessels This project will support Pacific Island countries to address the issue of poor working conditions, labour rights violations and human trafficking on fishing vessels in the Pacific and contribute to making employment on fishing vessels in the region safe, decent and worthwhile. The project seeks to make employment in the Pacific fisheries sector more attractive to Pacific Island nationals thus increasing the economic returns for PICs from their fisheries resources.
Business Development Initiatives - IDEE Youth To support the Government of Niger (GoN) in addressing the challenges related to youth employment and the socio-economic conditions inciting young people to irregular migration exposing them to risks of exploitation and abuse, IOM in Niger has been implementing the IDEE - Initiatives for Enterprise Development project since 2017. This third phase of the IDEE project aims to promote the economic inclusion of young people (men and women) through entrepreneurship and the enhancement of skills adapted to the country's production and labor market needs. The project is part of the ongoing drive to increase economic opportunities for young people, by supporting entrepreneurial initiatives and including other vulnerable groups, more specifically women, people with disabilities and returning migrants. The project will be implemented in four target regions: Tahoua, Zinder, Niamey, and Agadez, which are mainly areas of departure (Zinder, Tahoua) and arrival or transit of migrants (Niamey and Agadez). The project will focus on vocational training and Niger's entrepreneurial fabric, with a view to supporting the most vulnerable young people and women in setting up micro-enterprises and expanding production activities. Priority will be given to women's entrepreneurial initiatives and to people living with disabilities. The project will support groups of women producers and micro-enterprises applying virtuous and innovative techniques (hiring young apprentices, recycling, renewable energies).
Migration as a Resource: Mobilization of the Tunisian Diaspora and Stabilization of Disadvantaged Communities in Tunisia This project aims to contribute to the economic development of the disadvantaged regions of the North-West and South-East of Tunisia in order to reduce poverty while decreasing the risks of irregular migration, notably by promoting the active participation of the Tunisian diaspora.
Study on Social Security Access for Migrants in Iberoamerica The Ibero-American Social Security Organization, in partnership with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, proposes to develop a study to evaluate social security access for migrants in Ibero-American countries. the objective is to contribute to improve the quantitative and qualitative access to social security systems for migrants in 22 Ibero-American countries, this analysis will include secondary data and interviews with key stakeholders in the benefiting countries. It is proposed as an outcome that specialized social security public institutions incorporate the study's recommendations in their daily practices to improve migrant's access to social security.
Developing an Electronic Platform for Japan Pre-entry Tuberculosis Screening Programme The Japanese government plans to introduce a pre-entry TB screening (JPETS) programme and entrusts the Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (RIT-JATA) with the responsibility to coordinate with the IOM to develop the program, and requests IOM to develop an electronic platform that will enable the Centre for JPETS Quality Assessment, counting on  IOM's expertise and global experience in pre-migration TB detection services and its technical capacity to develop information management system. Since 2021, IOM has been providing technical supports in determining the Technical Instructions of JPETS and will continue contributing to successful implementation of the JPETS programme in order to reduce the burden of TB within Japan, as well as to improve the health of migrants through the early detection and appropriate treatment of active TB among migrants prior to departure.
Direct Life-Saving and Protection Assistance for Conflict-Affected Populations in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to experience armed and intercommunal conflicts, disasters related to natural hazards and disease epidemics that have created one of the world's most complex and long-standing crises. The escalating armed conflicts has exacerbated the vulnerabilities and worsened the already precarious living conditions of the population. The situation is further worsened by a string of attacks to civilians including displaced populations especially in Ituri province leading to casualties and new movement of populations. To address gaps in resources and service provision in spontaneous displacement sites in Eastern DRC, IOM proposes to provide camp coordination and camp management, shelter, and water, sanitation and hygiene assistance in displacement sites under its coordination and possibly, expand to other new spontaneous sites without any camp management services. The provision of assistance is being planned and provided following results of Displacement Tracking Matrix assessments.