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Improving Psychosocial Support and Mental Health Care for Conflict Affected Youth in Somalia: A Socially-Inclusive Integrated Approach for Peace Building This project is aimed at improving mental health and psychosocial support services for conflict affected youth in Somalia, through a socially inclusive integrated approach for peacebuilding. This pilot project is a first of its kind in Somalia, where an estimated third or more of the population suffers from mental illness, and where much of the population faces psychosocial problems stemming from the effects of acute and protracted conflict, further exacerbated by climatic and other shocks.
Voluntary Return Network Italy – RE.V.ITA. The project is meant to consolidate the network institutions and associations involved in the provision of information about assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) interventions at the national level in Italy. This network will be strengthened through the improvement of knowledge on the AVRR among all operators carrying out activities related to migration as well as through the identification and adhesion of entities that are not part of the network yet. These will be duly trained and provided with guidance and referral of potential AVRR cases. The network will be animated by regional focal points that will cover the entire Italian territory, with the support of the regions and prefectures and in close coordination with the National Institutional Table on AVRR.
Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health in Ayeyarwaddy Division Comprehensive Township Health Plan for Bogale Township_3MDG IOM is supporting the Department of Health on a new maternal and child health project in Bogale townships. The project will focus on strengthening community based systems for the delivery of quality maternal, neonatal and child health care and developing methods for reaching mobile and hard to reach populations.
Improving National  Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and COVID-19 Outbreaks and Pandemic Preparedness and Surveillance Measures in Rwanda IOM will conduct population mobility mapping (PMM) exercise at the points of entries in the selected high-risk district to enable better understanding of the mobility dynamics in the country at the borders with DRC and Burundi. IOM will also conduct flow monitoring, which tracks movement flows and the overall situation at key, high-mobility locations. Through this component, IOM will build the capacities of the government institutions working at the border (i.e. frontline workers), to develop and ensure sustainability of the PMM intervention, the first of its kind in Rwanda. In addition, IOM will provide capacity building support to Ministry of Health providing incentives to its specialised frontline workers to ensure continuity of active surveillance including screening migrants crossing the borders.
Movement of Persons of Concern to UNHCR In cooperation with UNHCR, through this project, IOM continues to facilitate voluntary repatriation through providing movement assistance to refugees and asylum seekers originating from safe areas of return in countries such as DRC, Burundi, Somalia, and Ethiopia.
Strengthening Humanitarian Preparedness and Response (SHPR) Programme IOM will support the wider health response in Cox's Bazar district for both host and refugee communities and work closely with the health sector to establish a common service for the provision of medical oxygen for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. It is in direct response to the heath sector / WHO capacity assessment and analysis for medical oxygen.
Providing life-saving humanitarian assistance including protection, emergency shelter and winter support for undocumented Afghan returnees from Iran IOM aims to prioritise support to a wider range of Persons with Specific Needs (PSNs) and families with a tailored package of assistance including direct protection assistance, cash transfers, and/or NFIs to 18,000 individuals, cash for transportation, escorted return services to places of origin, creation of a help desk for women and children, and a women’s shelter. Facilities at the border will be improved to ensure screening are more comprehensive and vulnerable persons seeking assistance are not overlooked. IOM will also implement protection-enhanced Flow Monitoring Survey modules to ensure comprehensive information on the needs of the returnee population are captured in Milak.
Contributing to Reduced Vulnerabilities of Migrants in Albania The Government of Norway has contributed to the Albania SDG Acceleration Fund to be used for the implementation of activities in accordance with the Government of Albania and United Nations Programme of Cooperation for Sustainable Development 2017-2021 - as indicated in the signed Government of Albania – United Nations Joint Work Plans - and in accordance with Norway’s development priorities for Albania: Improved capacity building, good governance and democratic development. Strengthened rule of law and human rights. Strengthened economic development. The project is part of the UN Annual Work plan 2020-2021 for the Output 1.6 Migration and Asylum. In the context of increased pressure on border management, IOM proposes a response with the general objective of contributing to improved protection of migrants at border crossing points in Albania. The project will focus on increasing knowledge and skills of officials responsible for border management and will seek to improve referral and assistance for migrants in vulnerable situations, including victims of trafficking/potential victims of trafficking (VoT/PVoT) mainly focusing in Korce and Gjirokaster, the border crossing with the highest number of migrants crossing.
Short and Medium-term Support to Strengthen Counter-trafficking Efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH The objective of this project is to contribute to strengthening the national counter trafficking system through short and medium-term interventions. The project is designed to directly address key gaps, including some of those highlighted in the 2018 US State Department Trafficking in Persons Report, and to contribute to the objectives of the national counter trafficking Strategy and Action Plan 2016-2019.
Strengthening of Comprehensive Repair Processes From Psychosocial Attention, and Implementation of Individual Rehabilitation Measures in Colombia This project contributes to implement a comprehensive individual reparation strategy in Colombia that seeks to assist 20,000 victims of the armed conflict, to deliver rehabilitation and satisfaction measures, as well as actions that contribute to non-repetition, and to the adequate investment of compensation resources, through the principles of differential and psychosocial approach and action without harm. The comprehensive strategy is being implemented through three emotional recovery protocols with differential characteristics: adult protocol; protocol for adolescents; and protocol for girls and boys.
Strengthening Youth Employability and Entrepreneurship to Reduce the Risk of Irregular Migration in the Centre-East Region This project aims to contribute to socio-economic development in Burkina Faso and to curb irregular migration through fighting poverty and promoting employment. The project aims to provide young people, including vulnerable groups such as women and people with disabilities, with skills that respond to labour market needs and to support entrepreneurial activities. An awareness campaign on the risks of irregular migration that will involve the Burkinabe diaspora will also be conducted.
Primary Healthcare and MHPSS Service Provision for IDP Returnees in Gedeo, West Guji and East Wollega Zones in Oromia and SNNPR Regions (Health and MHPSS) IOM continues to deliver quality primary healthcare services, including mental health and psychosocial support, by deploying mobile health and nutrition teams to internally displaced person returns sites that have limited to no healthcare service access. The proposed intervention will be implemented in West Guji, East Wollega and Gedeo zones in Woredas of Kercha, Guto Gida and Yirgacheffe Woreda and Yirgacheffe town respectively. In addition to the provision of primary healthcare services, this project will be responding to the currently ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, index case confirmed in Ethiopia.
Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programmes for Non-EEA Nationals The Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Project for 2019 will contribute to the Government of Ireland's comprehensive management of migration by providing support to migrants - rejected asylum seekers andidentified suspected Victims of Trafficking willing to return voluntarily to their countries of origin and to contribute to their sustainable reintegration. The project will aim to assist up to 120 persons with return and reintegration assistance, over a period of one year.
Addressing the Health Needs of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Migrants in the Communities through Mobile Outreach and Establishing Linkages with Health Facilities for Referrals This project will strive to ensure access to lifesaving primary health care services, referrals and ensure the provision of basic medicines andmedical supplies to clinics serving internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host community members.
Strengthening Conflict Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) Support Services and Mitigation in Cox’s Bazar This project will contribute to the framework of cooperation on addressing conflict-related sexual violence against the displaced Rohingya population in Bangladesh. In particular, IOM will be contributing to improving access of Rohingya survivors of conflict-related sexual violence to comprehensive services including medical and mental health services as well as psychosocial support; engaging with religious and community leaders to combat stigma against Rohingya survivors of sexual violence and their children who may be born of rape; and engaging with civil society organisations, including woman and youth-led community organisations, to raise awareness about the availability of services for survivors and their rights.
Supporting Conflict-Affected Populations in Cameroon through the Implementation of the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) In order to support evidence-based and accountable service provision by humanitarian partners in Cameroon, IOM plans to continue collecting, processing and disseminating information on displacement trends and most pressing sectoral needs of conflict-affected populations in the North-West, South-West (NWSW) regions, and Far-North regions of the country, through its Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM).
Life-saving emergency assistance for internally displaced persons and conflict-affected populations in Yemen - 2017-2018 The objective of this project is to contribute to the reduction of morbidity and mortality in conflict-affected areas in both vulnerable IDPs and host community members. This will be achieved through a combined action of emergency humanitarian assistance, life-saving health care and psychosocial support for vulnerable conflict affected children in both urban and marginalized rural areas in the government of Aden, Al-Hudaydah, Sana'a, Abyan, Al Dhale'e, Al Jawf, Hadhramaul, Ibb, Tarzz, Lahj, and Shabwan.
Provision of Life-Saving Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFI) in Support of Flood Affected Communities in Nigeria IOM ensures affected populations have access to dignified living conditions through life-saving shelter and NFI assistance to respond to the urgent needs identified after the heavy rain affecting central and southern Nigeria leading to extensive flooding, and with the objective of providing life-saving emergency assistance and reduce the vulnerability of flood affected populations. To this end, IOM is distributing shelter repair kits targeting the most vulnerable households of the affected population as well as distributing NFI kits to vulnerable households who have lost basic items as a result of the floods.
Improving Protection and Assistance for Migrants Vulnerable to Violence, Exploitation and Abuse in Morocco The proposed project aims to reinforce the role and capacities of local civil society organizations providing protection and assistance service to victims of trafficking (VoTs) and other migrants in vulnerable situation including unaccompanied and separated children, female migrants, single mothers, as well as survivors of sexual and gender-based violence. It will focus on reinforcing protection service for VoT in Morocco, improving capacities of civil society organization in protection of vulnerable migrants, with specific focus on those subject to violence, exploitation and abuse; and improving understanding on vulnerable migrants' needs and rights in Morocco.
Engaging diasporas for an alternative approach to safer shelters in disaster response and preparedness Through this pilot programme IOM aims to increase the awareness of selected US based diaspora groups on the importance of safer shelters for disaster response and preparedness as well as, identify and promote, in cooperation with selected diasporas, channels for diasporas' support and investment towards safer shelters in the countries of origin, in ways that would be more targeted, effective and more compliant to international standards.
Rapid response fund – South Sudan The rapid response fund (RRF) supports partners to respond to emergency needs of disaster affected populations in South Sudan and Abyei and works to build the humanitarian response capacity of national NGO through technical assistance on programmatic, administrative and financial aspects of project implementation.
Payment of Reintegration Support to Voluntary Returnees from Sweden The overall objective of this project is to contribute, through the provision of reintegration cash support, towards the sustainable reintegration of migrants that have been assisted to return voluntarily from Sweden by the Swedish Migration Agency. Eligible applicants include asylum seekers whose application for international protection has been rejected or who have decided to withdraw their application for asylum and are willing to return voluntarily to their country of origin.
Humanitarian Assistance for Myanmar Muslims from Rakhine State and Special-at-Risk Groups in Thailand The project will continue the delivery of humanitarian aid to all detainees (154 Myanmar Muslims and special at-risk groups as of April 2018) in 12 Immigration Detention Centres (IDCs), Welfare Protection Centres for Victims of Trafficking, and Shelters for Children and Families in Thailand. This group encompasses 122 Myanmar Muslims, one Bangladeshi migrant, and 31 Turkic-speaking persons. Of the 154 project beneficiaries, 38 are female adults, 66 are male adults, 16 are girls under 18 years of age, and 34 are boys under 18 years of age.
INTEGRA-T: Stimulating the Integration and Socio-Labor Insertion of Immigrant People in the Spanish Urban and Rural Area IOM supports the integration and the socio-labor insertion of migrants in both urban and rural areas of Spain
Provide Capacity Building in Human Rights to Strengthen the Resilience of Marginalised Communities in Costa Rica IOM plans to strengthen resilience among marginalized migrants and their fragile host community (focusing on the needs of different gender groups in both communities), Barrio Cocal, by increasing access to reliable information and services, inclusive rights-based approach activities and promoting their integration and socio-economic empowerment through regularization processes and support to community associative models. The main outcome is to strengthen more self-reliant populations, by providing rights-based approach capacity building and support on migratory regularization processes to enable irregular migrants on vulnerable condition to access essential services and better educational and employment opportunities.
Rapid Response Fund for Humanitarian Emergencies in Sudan The Rapid Response Fund (RRF) in Sudan is a grant fund managed by International Organization for Migration (IOM) that provides grants to International Non-governmental Organizations (INGOs) and National Non-governmental Organizations (NNGOs) for humanitarian emergency interventions across all states in Sudan. This project will support the implementation of emergency response projects across a variety of sectors. In particular, IOM will support the provision of relief commodities and NFIs, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) assistance, emergency health care, protection services, humanitarian coordination and information management, and emergency shelter and settlements.
Strengthening Government of Timor-Leste Capacity for Disaster Management – Logistical Support for ICS training in Timor-Leste IOM will provide support for logistical/finance support for USFS training in Timor Leste.
Emergency humanitarian assistance and protection for Colombians The project goal is to provide integrated humanitarian assistance, legal orientation, and integration activities to PNIP and members of the receptor communities. This will be accomplished through three objectives: 1. Effective direct humanitarian assistance to Colombians in search of international protection provided; 2. Institutional response strengthened and existing local assistance capabilities improved; 3. Integration activities around community food security projects’ organized and supported.
Supporting Evidence-Based and Accountable Humanitarian Service Provision to Conflict-Affected Populations through the Implementation of the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in the Far-North and North-West, South-West Regions of Cameroon The humanitarian response in Cameroon relies significantly on the regular collection, analysis and dissemination of displacement data shared through IOMs Displacement Tracking Matrix(DTM) which has been active in the Far-North since 2015 and was activated in the South-West and North-West regions at the end of 2018. Under this Action, IOM plans to continue providing the humanitarian community with information on displacement trends and most pressing sectoral needs of the conflict-affected populations in these regions. The role of DTM in supporting evidence-based and accountable service provision by humanitarian partners in Cameroon makes its continued implementation in 2020 a priority.
Implementation of the Early Reincorporation in Productive Environments Model with Former FARC-EP Members in Colombia - Phase II Through this project, IOM continues supporting the Colombian Agency for Reintegration and Standardization to implement strategies for promoting income generation and economic sustainability of former combatants. The “Productive Environment Model (MEP)” designed and implemented during the first phase of this project provided certification as labor technicians of 1,136 former combatants. This phase seeks to implement the MEP where actions are focused on training for work activities (strengthening capacities and qualification), and psychosocial orientation.
Integrating WASH, Nutrition, Maternity and Neonatal Health (MNH) Interventions for COVID-19 Response in Western Province, Papua New Guinea This is a project is jointly implemented by IOM, UNICEF and UNFPA and will integrate a multi-sector approach in water and sanitation health; nutrition; maternal and newborn health solutions to address secondary impacts of COVID-19 response on vulnerable populations, especially newborns, children, adolescents and mothers who include refugees, asylum-seekers, or migrants in high-risk border area communities within Indonesia.
Strengthening Government Capacity in the Development and Implementation of a National Strategic Action Plan on Migration Health in Nepal The main objective of this project is to strengthen the capacity of the Government of Nepal (GoN) to address the health needs of inbound and outbound migrants using a multi-sectoral approach, particularly by reviewing, endorsing and implementing the National Strategic Action Plan(NSAP) on Migration Health. Specifically, over one year the project willsupport and advocate for the Ministry of Health review and endorse the NSAP on migration health, which when implemented will assist in comprehensively addressing health vulnerabilities of migrants and protecting their right to health through a multi-sectorial approach. It will also build the capacity of and support the GoN implement selected activities outlined in the NSAP. With this project 10M will respond to the recommendations from the Regional Dialogue on the Health Challenges for Asian Migrant Workers (July, 2010), the Dhaka Declaration (April, 2011) and the World Health Assembly Resolution 61 .17 (May, 2008) and assist Nepal in implementing these global and regional commitments and comprehensively addressing the multifaceted migration related health challenges.
Reinforcement of border management capacities through the construction of the mobile border company HQ in Birnin Konni This project seeks to create a Mobile Border Control Company within the Niger National Police as a means to strengthen Niger's border surveillance and management capacities. This intervention is intended to contribute to the development of border management capacities by providing operational teams with police barracks in the Tahoua region which in turn is expected to increase capacities to manage cross border flows, promote cross border cooperation and enhance surveillance capacities. To implement the proposed intervention, IOM will work closely with the Government of Niger as well as with EUCAP Sahel Niger.
Disaster Risk Reduction – Building Community Resilience in Timor-Leste – Phase III Building on the progress in Phase I and II of its implementation, the Disaster Risk Reduction – Building Community Resilience in Timor-Leste Phase III aims at further strengthening disaster risk management (DRM) governance structures and operations across Timor-Leste. The project will support El Nino risk mitigation plans currently being developed by the Humanitarian Country Team of Timor-Leste led by the Ministry of Interior and supported by the Ministry of Social Solidarity and other ministries.
Collaboration on Enhancing Targeted Food Distribution through Biometric Data Management in South Sudan The overall objective of this project is to increase food security throughout South Sudan by supporting effective and efficient food assistance, resource allocation, distribution and thematic analysis related to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees.
Egypt: Providing Youth with Alternatives to Irregular Migration The project aims to ensure that sustainable mechanisms are in place to offer accessible services for youth to enhance their employability. Low skills and knowledge were identified as key hindering factors for youth to find sustainable employment opportunities. Reforming and enhancing the quality and accessibility of vocational training and employment services remain therefore a priority for the Government of Egypt (GoE). Project components aim to enhance the institutional capacity of the GoE in providing quality and accessible services promoting youth employability through the Ministry of Manpower piloting a centre of excellence model based on international standards in Beheira. A training curriculum will be developed to train youth on key skills required by the labour market. Ministry officials will be enrolled in a trainer certification programme to deliver the curricula to youth. Training will be piloted for youth and lessons learned documented. A strategic road map and/or policy will be drafted based on lessons learned from the implementation of the vocational training programme in Beheira with the help of a strategy development expert for the Ministry of Manpower. A national workshop will be held where the documents will be shared with stakeholders and main policy practitioners in the country.