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Support to Integrated Border Management in Georgia The overall objective of this action is to provide support to the consolidation of integrated border management in the Republic of Georgia, while fully taking into account human rights and integrating a gender perspective. The specific objectives of this action are to improve detection of illegal activities occurring at borders; more effective response to illegal activities occurring at the borders; strengthen capability of the Coast Guard in Search and Rescue and Blue Border security operations; enhance accountability and integrity of border agencies and respect of the rule of law, human rights and gender; and enhance capacities of Border Police and Patrol Police to train their staff in operational, technical and rights-based considerations related to their work.
Strengthening Migration Management for Sustainable Development in South Sudan Despite ongoing processes in building national governance, South Sudan’s institutions in charge of migration management remain in critical need of actions to improve the capacity of the State to deal with migration-related challenges, with impacts for the country’s progress towards advancing sustainable development.The proposed intervention aims to contribute to the development of evidence-based migration management initiatives for sustainable peace and development in South Sudan (objective), and the foresees two Outcomes: 1) Government officials and other relevant stakeholders take steps to mainstream migration into national and local frameworks and actions; and 2) Students, academics, and policymakers promote evidence-based policymaking in migration governance through the Refugee and Migration Institute.The first Outcome will leverage IOM’s Essential Migration Management, to develop a national training curriculum for the South Sudan context. The project will conduct a training of trainers with the aim of creating a league of stakeholders who will have the capacity to enhance migration governance, implement the national Comprehensive Migration Policy, and produce future initiatives, policies and laws on migration. These trainers will then cascade the trainings to counterparts at the national and state level to ensure the sustainability of the capacity development activities.The second Outcome will work with the Refugee and Migration Institute at the University of Juba to enhance institutional knowledge and skills on evidence-based human mobility policymaking. This technical support will foster migration governance discourses in South Sudan through developing curricula and establishing knowledge exchanges on human mobility.
Strengthen Evidence Based Migration Response through Enhanced Data Collection on Migrants Presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Capacitate the State to Process Returns of Migrants to Their Countries of Origin At the end of 2017, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) started seeing a large increase in the number of irregular migrants and refugees to the country. The overall objective of the response is to contribute to the improvement of the migration management and service provision systems in BiH by strengthening the data collection and analysis mechanisms on the volume, flows and profiles of migrants inside and outside the Temporary Reception Centres (TRCs) in the country, while also complementing the ongoing projects on assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) through IOM’s AVRR programme in order to assist migrants to return home through the operational experience of IOM. IOM also continues with strong advocacy on readmission agreements between BiH and the countries of origin. The proposed intervention is building upon the ongoing efforts of the broader BiH Inter-agency Migration Response, and the AVRR projects.
Providing Support to the Government of Finland for Resettlement and Family Reunification of Beneficiaries of International Protection with Their Family Members (2023-24) This project contributes to providing a durable solution to 1,510 beneficiaries of international protection in Iran (the Islamic republic of), Libya, Lebanon, Rwanda, Türkiye and Zambia by facilitating their resettlement to Finland, as well as contribute to family unity for about 30 family members of beneficiaries of international/subsidiary protection residing in Finland by facilitating their family reunification to Finland.
Monitoring and Oversight of the US Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Projects in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KP) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been performing third-party monitoring of the INL-P’s infrastructure and agriculture projects implemented by various government agencies across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including in the Newly Merged Districts. The project seeks to ensure that INL-P has proper monitoring and evaluation system in place for its projects in KP through IOM monitoring team. It specifically aims at ensuring that INL-P funded projects are implemented with proper quality assurance and control mechanisms.
Protecting Vulnerable Migrants and Stabilizing Communities in Libya /Phase III Over 10 years of political struggle in Libya have resulted in conflict, instability and community fragmentation with the country experiencing tremendous upheaval, considerably impacting people's lives in Libya. Foreign support to the conflict, military build-up, despite the embargo and armed clashes have led to massive displacement, damage to civilian infrastructures and loss of civilian lives. The erosion of the central authority and the armed clashes between different militias across the country have led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, as well as damage to infrastructure and reduced access to basic services. Targeting migrants, internally displaced persons and vulnerable host community members across Libya, IOM aims to reinforce protection and resilience of migrants and host communities in Libya while supporting an improved migration management along migration routes in the country.
Resettlement from East and Southern Africa This project is intended to contribute to providing a durable solution, to beneficiaries of international protection identified by UNHCR and approved by the Government of the United States (USG), by facilitating their resettlement from the East and Southern Africa region to the United States (U.S.). Through this project, IOM assists 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 USG-approved refugees from East and Southern Africa to the U.S.
Addressing Humanitarian, Protection and Health Needs of Afghan Undocumented Returnees at the Border with Iran and in the Provinces of High Return Afghanistan is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with a very real risk of systemic collapse and human catastrophe. In addition to unimaginable human costs, this humanitarian crisis is reversing many of the gains of the last 20 years, including around women’s rights. 
 
Through this project, IOM aims to address humanitarian protection and health needs of vulnerable returnees at the border with Iran and in the provinces of return through direct assistance that aim at reducing their vulnerability and increasing their capacity to address protection risks.
Sri Lanka: Developing a National Platform to Collect Migration-related Data and Support the Country's Commitment to the Global Compact for Migration and the 2030 Agenda Cognizant of the fundamental importance of migration-related data for evidence-based decision-making, Sri Lanka, with the support of the IOM, has already invested in mapping and strengthening its data collection capacities, specifically in the migration field (MGI assessments, 2018 and 2021); thanks to these exercises, the country has been able to identify the gaps that hamper effective migration data collection, management, and dissemination.On these grounds, this project will contribute to long-term efforts by Sri Lanka towards data-driven, evidence-based policymaking for migration management; in particular, the project will work towards the institutionalisation, by relevant government stakeholders, of a robust mechanism for the collection and dissemination of migration-related data, aimed at promoting and sustaining gender-sensitive, evidence-based practices for the implementation of key global frameworks to which Sri Lanka has actively committed (Agenda 2030 and the GCM). The project envisions, firstly, to establish and operationalise a national Data Task Force, and the subsequent development of recommendations on enhancing migration-related data processes, based on a comprehensive mapping exercise. Secondly, the project foresees supporting the development and launch of a fully operational National Migration Data Portal (NMDP), via which the government and relevant stakeholders would access to structured, gender-sensitive migration-related data; Finally, the project aims to ensure that identified, key government officials working in the field of migration have the skills and knowledge to manage the NMDP and sustainably capitalize on its added value.
Closing the Loop of Sustainable Procurement in Displacement Setting Using Innovative Finance The project recognises that there is currently no waste management service model supported by the humanitarian system to close the loop on sustainable procurement from purchase to end of life of products. It aims to address this gap by exploring the capacity of using a transparent, cost effective and efficient innovative financing model to subsidize local waste management services that can be procured by UN agencies alongside products, ensuring humanitarian organizations are responsible for the waste they generate as part of their commitment to sustainable procurement and sustainable development at their end of life. The use of an innovative finance model is expected to strengthen local businesses, enhance job creation and stimulate markets, whilst also supporting more responsible waste business practices by strengthening them to collaborate with humanitarian structures, in line with Grand Bargain commitments and the localization agenda. In addition, the project looks at how innovative finance can be used to motivate individual behaviour change to repair and recycle products at approved service locations, whereby beneficiaries are incentivised to turn in waste by for example, receiving vouchers/credits/cash for their waste.
Bali Process Website Support Project The Bali Process Website facilitate the work of the membership and inform the public of the ongoing work of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime. The website provides information on the membership, the working groups and conferences, upcoming workshops, etc.
Knows no Borders! Programme, Phase II The project is a scale up of the first phase (ending in 2020) to ensure equitable and quality access to sexual and repoductive health information and services for young vulnerable migrants and sex workers.
Global Knowledge Management Project Phase VII The project, which will build upon the previous six phases, seeks to promote coordination, information sharing, and knowledge management among the regional migration capacity building programs (RMPs) and other global and multiregional projects funded by the United States Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration's Office of International Migration (PRM); and promote innovative approaches to capacity building that are evidence-based. The project coordinates the capture and sharing of knowledge developed in RMP projects, both within and between the three RMPs, and within IOM more broadly. It also provides donor liaison and coordination support between IOM (all relevant missions) and PRM to ensure adequate coordination, communications, and project support.
Providing Refugee Resettlement Assistance to the Government of Germany (Resettlement to Germany) 04/2024- 03/2025 This project provides comprehensive resettlement support to beneficiaries of international protection identified by the Government of Germany for resettlement to Germany from Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Pakistan, Rwanda and other third countries. Under this project, IOM is supporting the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) in the selection mission, facilitating visa/travel document processing, providing pre-departure health assessments and pre-embarkation checks to establish fitness to travel, holding pre-departure orientation trainings, and providing movement management and operational assistance to ensure that all beneficiaries travel to their final destination safely.
My Country - My Future: Youth Empowerment in Tunisia on Alternatives to Irregular Migration Inspiring and empowering youth for the development of personal projects providing an alternative to irregular migration.
Underfunded Emergencies within the 2022 Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan (RMRP) for the Venezuela Situation As the context in each Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan (RMRP) country within the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region continues to evolve, migrants and refugees from Venezuela continue to need immediate and effective emergency assistance in the form of food assistance, health, humanitarian transportation, cash and voucher assistance, shelter, non-food items, water, sanitation and hygiene, among others. The proposed project, within the context of the RMRP, is primarily operating as a small grant mechanism, ensuring assistance is available to IOM missions in LAC to respond to emergencies regularly emerging in the field, involving migrants and refugees from Venezuela.
Provision of Humanitarian Coordination, Shelter and Settlements, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA), Health and Protection Assistance for Crisis-Affected Populations in Ethiopia Ethiopia has one of the most complex human mobility environments in the world, with factors ranging from conflict, drought, environmental degradation, damage to basic services and infrastructure, to changing livelihood strategies in an evolving political and economic milieu where poverty, and progressive depletion of coping mechanisms available to the displaced and host communities exist in large portions of the country, often leading to more displacements. 
 
As a result of these crises and displacements, immediate lifesaving priorities for crisis-affected populations in Ethiopia include critical shelter and settlement, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health, nutrition and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), protection and humanitarian coordination and information management interventions. The proposed multi-sector intervention aims to respond to urgent needs of the crisis affected population in Tigray, Afar, Amhara, Somali, Oromia, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNP), Benishangul-Gumuz, Gambella, and South-West regions. The project ensures all activities prioritize the specific needs of vulnerable groups in every response.
North Africa Migration and Development (NAMAD) The project aims to enhance livelihood skills and strengthen protection for vulnerable migrants, while increasing social cohesion between migrants and receiving communities in Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia. Based on the needs in each country context, IOM’s targeted interventions will address specific barriers and gaps by providing a range of skills development and training, providing protection support including shelter, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) and legal counselling, and organising social mixing activities to build trust and social cohesion.
Somalia: Enhanced Capacity of Immigration’s Fraud Detection Units, Passport Enrolment Centres, Regional Offices and Border Posts The proposed intervention aims to contribute to enhance the capacity of the Somali Immigration's Fraud Detection Units, Passport Enrolment Centres, Regional Offices and Border Posts. The intervention will consist of construction, facilitation of relevant equipment and training for immigration officers.
With Youth – Enhanced Protection, Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration and Health Assistance for Children and Young Migrants in Situations of Vulnerability in Algeria The project aims to assist children and young migrants with health assistance and assisted voluntary return and reintegration. It thus aims to improve access to necessary health care and awareness-raising activities on health risks and communicable diseases. The project also consists of the provision of services to support safe return for these migrants through active screening, Best Interest Assessment/Best Interest Determination for children, coordination with embassies, and pre-departure assistance.
Supporting Climate Adaptive Solutions in Lesotho Through Policy and a Community-based Green Economy Pilot This project supports the Government of Lesotho’s efforts to provide climate adaptive solutions through the development of a national migration, environment and climate change (MECC) policy, while also piloting an innovative green economy programme among vulnerable communities in five target areas. In addition to supporting the Government of Lesotho’s efforts to develop a national MECC Strategy and Action Plan, this funding will work with recycling cooperatives and district level government stakeholders to provide training on climate resilient practices, particularly waste separation. The aim of the training is to equip these groups to then build awareness and mobilize community members to adopt climate resilient practices at the household level. The approach also contributes to sustainable livelihood opportunities for recycling cooperative members, who will have greater access to waste materials through the adoption of waste separation practices by the community. In this way, the effort will support their green businesses, while also engaging communities in climate resilient practices.
Providing Life-Saving Humanitarian Assistance to Vulnerable Migrants who Crossed the Darien During this twelfth-month project, International Organization for Migration (IOM) aims to respond to the humanitarian needs of migrants, particularly those who have crossed the Darien jungle, are in transit or stranded in government-managed migrant reception centers and to contribute to improving institutional capacities and conditions of the migrant reception centers. As well as in remote reception communities in the indigenous Comarca Embera Wounaan that are the main transit points. IOM is providing essential services and assistance to improve their living conditions and dignity, reduce migrants suffering and avoid loss of life. This multi-sectoral action includes providing access to food, health, essential non-food items, and protection assistance; and improving reception and temporally collective centers conditions. Camp Coordination and Camp management (CCCM) will be part of the activities such as regular visits and facilitate CCCM refresher trainings for humanitariann staff and government partners.
Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan (RMRP) 2023 - 2024 The ongoing political and socio-economic developments in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela have led to the outflow of millions of Venezuelans into neighboring countries and beyond. The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has never experienced, in modern history, such a large-scale movement of both migrants and refugees. In the last six years, this number has grown nearly ten times as large, to approximately 7.3 million migrants and refugees from Venezuela outside their country worldwide, with more than 6 million hosted in LAC as of January 2023. As part of the ongoing response under the Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (RMRP) 2023-2024, in 2023 over 3,410,000 million Venezuelans are currently directly targeted through the coordinated actions of the Interagency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants (R4V) partners. Through this allocation from the Government of Norway towards the RMRP 2023-2024, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is contributing to the mitigation of humanitarian needs of migrants, refugees and community members affected by the mixed migration flows from Venezuela in LAC. This allocation will be dedicated to IOM activities in Aruba, Costa Rica, Curacao and Panama.
Tonga and Vanuatu: Supporting a Blueprint for Strengthened Integrated Border Management in the Pacific Safe cross border movements of people and goods are key to a nation’s development and stability, as well as recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This is particularly vital for Pacific Island Countries (PICs) – among the most remote countries on earth – with economies heavily reliant on tourism, international trade and remittance flows.The overall objective that guides the proposed project is to contribute to ensuring safe and effective migration and border management in the Pacific. To achieve the overall objective, the proposed project will conduct a feasibility study focusing on the interoperability between IOM’s Border Management Information System MIDAS and UNCTAD’s Customs Management System ASYCUDA, which will inform the development of an updated Integrated Border Management Strategy in Vanuatu. In Tonga, the project will carry out a needs assessment on border infrastructure at the immigration headquarters and Fua'amotu International Airport, install and operationalize MIDAS at those two locations, implement a MIDAS-ASYCUDA interoperability pilot and provide related capacity building activities for government officials.
Technical Support to Public Services in Belgium for the Welcoming and Integration of Persons Displaced by the Crisis in Ukraine The project aims to provide technical support to two public services in Belgium to improve the capacity, coordination and implementation of actions implemented by the public services and the various stakeholders on local, regional and national level related to the welcoming and integration of displaced people from Ukraine in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Bali Process Website Support Project As an information and exchange platform of the Bali Process, the Bali Process website has evolved since 2004 to facilitate the work of the membership and to inform the public of the ongoing work of the process. It is a resource facility to member governments that also serves as a point of reference for the Bali Process follow-up.  The website provides information on Bali Process conferences and workshops and is a repository of workshop outcomes, country presentations, and related materials addressing, inter alia, governments’ efforts to combat people smuggling, trafficking in persons, and related transnational crime.
Project to Reduce Youth Unemployment Through Capacity Building and the Involvement of the Diaspora The project aims to reduce Burundian youth unemployment, a factor of fragility for Burundi, through the engagement of the Burundian diaspora; creating sustainable jobs and providing Burundian youths with the business and professional skills necessary to succeed in the formal labor market.
Strengthening Legislation on Combating Trafficking in Persons in Kazakhstan The project contributes to strengthening legislation on combating trafficking in persons in Kazakhstan by providing expert and technical support to the Government of Kazakhstan.
IOM - Emergency Afghanistan Support - 2022 This project is providing lifesaving assistance and protection support to displaced populations, migrants and affected communities in Afghanistan. Project activities include providing emergency shelter and non-food items; improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene services; and providing health services, including mental health and psychosocial support.