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Developing an Online Tool to Map the Ivorian Diaspora This project aims to improve the available information on the Ivoirian diaspora and develop a uniform registration online system. In order to maximize the potential of the diaspora, it is important to study its demography, as well as their profile and willingness to invest there. This project is consistent with the National Government Strategy and will assist in acquiring detailed, quantifiable and reliable data on its diaspora in order to better understand its demography and thus, be able to meet its needs and contribute to the development of Côte d'Ivoire.
Community-driven inclusion of Yazidi IDP and Host Community women in a selected community through the provision of economic opportunities IOM proposes the implementation of activities that will facilitate inclusion of vulnerable women and children in selected community in Dohuk through the provision of economic opportunities and activities aimed at fostering community economic development over the course of 12 months.
Logistical Support to the Norwegian Election Observer Group to the EU Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) for the General Elections in Ghana 2020 IOM provides logistical and administrative support to Election Observer, who is a member of the EU EOM observer group, in the deployment of EU EOM Ghana 2020 - Norwegian Observers project.
Strengthening the Technical Capacity of Afghanistan's Trafficking in Persons Secretariat The project will contribute to the effective protection of victims of trafficking and persons at risk. This will be achieved through building the capacities of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to consistently and efficiently coordinate the identification and referral of victims of trafficking in a manner consistent with international standards and supporting a relevant information and referral service.
Humanitarian Protection in Afghanistan The proposed project would cover the Western Region (WR) of Afghanistan, namely Herat and Nimroz provinces, at the borders with Iran. In order to do so, IOM will work at reducing the vulnerability of undocumented Afghan returnees from Iran through protection-sensitive humanitarian post arrival assistance.  The primary aim of this project will be to reduce the vulnerability of Persons with Specific Needs (PSN) through protection-sensitive post-arrival humanitarian assistance, targeted Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), tailored protection packages including case management, in-kind assistance, cash grants for Non-Food Items (NFIs) and transportation, referrals to protective services and enhanced protection-specific data on mobility patterns for vulnerable groups.
Supporting Comprehensive Language Initiatives-Phase 2 The project aims to aims to foster reconciliation and socio-economic inclusion of minorities through enhancing language rights and creating an enabling environment for equal use of official languages. To advance the implementation of the recommendations developed during the Trust Building Forum and maintain the initiative's momentum, IOM seeks to provide ongoing support to communities to come together and demonstrate their commitment to the process of trust-building. This project will support the development of Serbian/Albanian curriculum and an online dictionary application to establish a base for the launch of the language centre.
Community Stabilization Initiatives in Northern Niger (COSINN) The project aims to contribute to the stabilization of the communities of Northern Niger and to prevent regional crisis, and more specifically, the project seeks to enhance communities' support of and engagement with a new administrative region, its leaders and the transition.
Strengthening the Delivery of Information Provision and Counselling Within the Scope of Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration in the Western Balkans The proposed intervention aims to provide further support in building capacities for Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) in the Western Balkans, and specifically in Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as well as more targeted support for strengthening protection of migrants in the context of the changed migration realities in Europe. It intends to do so through increasing access to AVRR, by expanding the outreach to migrants, enhanced information on opportunities for return and reintegration, as well as through building capacities of service providers for more effective migrant protection. It also aims to strengthen trust and confidence among migrants in return support through enhanced outreach and counselling.
Provision of Cash Payments under the Voluntary Repatriation of Myanmar Refugees from Thailand This project aims to ensure that refugees returning to Myanmar voluntarily are able to purchase food and key goods upon their return through the provision of cash payments. The proposed approach will provide a cost-effective solution and diminish costs associated with transporting and storing food; empower beneficiaries and offer more choice and variety than through traditional food assistance; and strengthen local markets and help smallholder farmers in Myanmar throughthe provision of cash grants to be spent in local markets.
RESTART II: Reintegration Assistance for Voluntary Returnees to Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran The project RESTART II aims to offer favourable conditions for the return and sustainable economic and social reintegration of migrants residing in Austria who wish to return voluntarily to Afghanistan or Iran. The project at hand aims to complement the RESTART II project with additional measures in order to enhance the sustainability of the reintegration of the beneficiaries.
IOM X West Africa Phase 2 The project is an IOM awareness raising activity that seeks to prevent exploitation by empowering young people to make informed migration-related decisions.
Emergency Evacuation and Transportation Assistance to South Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia This project aims to provide refugees timely access to safe and dignified emergency transportation assistance, including special assistance and medical escort to children, disabled, and elderly people and those with chronic medical conditions.
Resettlement Programme with the Government of the Republic of Lithuania From Ethiopia in 2021 The objective of this project is to contribute to the provision of a durable solution by facilitating the resettlement of 17 beneficiaries of international protection of Eritrean nationality currently residing in Ethiopia to the Republic of Lithuania. The project will be implemented by IOM in partnership with the Migration Department under the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, UNHCR and Lithuanian Red Cross. This resettlement project will foster the wellbeing of the beneficiaries as they will be able to reunite with their family members, currently residing in Lithuania. It will also encourage their further integration into Lithuanian society. To this end, IOM will perform pre-migration health activities, conduct pre-embarkation sessions, facilitate travel document processing, and coordinate movement management of the beneficiaries to the Republic of Lithuania.
Bangladesh: Addressing Trafficking and Smuggling through Improved Border Management and Counter Trafficking Responses in Cox's Bazar IOM will work to increase awareness among Rohingya about existing mechanisms for reporting trafficking in persons and lodging grievances with agencies. IOM will also work with the government to strengthen intra- and inter-agency communication and coordination, as well as to improve their technical capacities to effectively manage the border, curb irregular movements, and respond to counter- trafficking and counter-migrants smuggling challenges. Urgent protection initiatives targeting victims or potential victims of trafficking, in particular women heads of households and unaccompanied migrant children, and the emergency capacitation of law enforcement and border management duty bearers will be prioritized. The interventions will increase awareness and usage of border management and counter-trafficking mechanisms, whilst simultaneously building coordination between border management entities, strengthening their capacity and promoting the wellbeing and rights of migrants.
The Bahamas: Enhance Disaster Risk Reduction in Migrant Communities in New Providence, Abaco and Eleuthera Against the backdrop of COVID-19, recurrent hurricanes, and future disasters - especially cyclical events which are amplifying in intensity and frequency - the project contributes to the reduction of disaster risks in eight migrant communities in New Providence, Abaco and Eleuthera in the Bahamas through capacity building of local community-based organizations and non-governmental organizations, and implementation of community risk assessment and disaster risk reduction activities.
Enhancing the Reception Capacities for Accomodation of Vulnerable Migrants The project's objective is to contribute to the ongoing efforts of the Government of North Macedonia in addressing the complex migration situation through enhancing the contingency capacities for accommodation of migrants and refugees, while facilitating safety, protection and wellbeing of the vulnerable persons. It will enhance accommodation conditions of vulnerable migrants through establishing and operationalisation of a reception centre as well as enhance capacities amongst the reception centre staff and other key actors to respond to changing and escalating movement patterns.
Climate Resilient Agriculture and Productivity Enhancement Project The project supports the most vulnerable households with unconditional food distribution, while simultaneously working to increase productivity and resilience of the collective population.
Emergency Humanitarian Assistance for Recent Internally Displaced Persons in Lake Chad The project aims to assist recently displaced persons with shelter/non-food Items targeting the most needy and vulnerable people who have arrived in the last two months at the sites of Forkoulom, Chad, where more than 5,000 individuals arrived in the last two months; and the most vulnerable people currently displaced at the Diameron site who will be relocated to the Dabouarom site upon a government order seeking to protect them from the threat of armed actors.
Global Fund to End Modern Slavery-International Organization for Migration Private Sector Consultation IOM will jointly host private sector consultations regarding risk detection and remediation with GFEMS. This convening will take place through five (5) online events and will be an opportunity for GFEMS and IOM to learn about promising practices while also hearing about gaps and challenges in both risk detection and remediation as it relates to forced labor and trafficking in supply chains. Information gathered from the consultation will be used to develop short briefs for private sector actors as well as inform the Fund's strategy on private sector engagement, specific to risk detection and remediation.
Protection and Assistance to Children and Vulnerable Migrants Returning from Algeria to Niger This project aims to reinforce direct assistance, protection and awareness for vulnerable migrants in Niger by making direct life-saving and assisted voluntary return and reintegration assistance available for vulnerable migrants expelled from Algeria through assistance with food and non-food item (NFI) kits (including enhanced NFIs kits for vulnerable profiles) in Assamaka, Arlit, Agadez and Niamey transit centers; provision of essential management, medical assistance, protection and mental health and psychosocial support in IOM transit centers and protection sensitive screening in Assamaka.
Seeking Care, Support and Justice for Survivors of Conflict Related Sexual Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Phase V This project builds upon and constitutes the continuation of the Joint UN Programme ‘Seeking Care, Support and Justice for Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina’ (BiH) (2014-18) jointly implemented by IOM, UNDP, UNFPA and UN Women with the overall purpose of enhancing survivors’ access to justice, care, empowerment and reparations throughout BiH and in line with international standards.
Enhancing Integrated Capacity and Assistance to Crisis Affected Populations on Disease Outbreaks, Natural Disasters and Returns in Burundi This project's aim is to contribute to the national and local efforts undertaken to prevent and respond to potential disease outbreaks and natural disasters and to reintegrate displaced populations within communities. The project specifically aims to address three primary and urgent crises in Burundi that have intensified since April of 2018: 1) an ebola virus disease outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo that has the potential to spread to Burundi as well as an active cholera outbreak that started in December; 2) extreme flooding and mudslides due to torrential rains that have ravaged parts of the country and 3) gaps associated with the absorption of the return of tens of thousands of Burundians who were living in the United Republic of Tanzania, which poses a potential threat to Burundi’s stability.
Emergency Assistance to Conflict Affected Individuals in South Eastern CAR (Mbomou Prefecture) The project is providing emergency assistance through shelter rehabilitation, prepositioning of emergency stocks and data collection/analysis through the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM).  IOM is also strengthening the resilience of host communities where internally displaced persons are, de facto, integrated after prolonged period of displacement.
Assisted Voluntary Return and Capacity Building in Managed Migration in Papua New Guinea: Phase II This programme will build upon the achievements of the 2014-17 assisted voluntary return and capacity building in managed migration in Papua New Guinea to assist the Immigration and Citizenship Authority facilitate safe, orderly and dignified migration.
Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme for Non-EEA Nationals (VARRP) The project will contribute to the Government of Ireland's comprehensive management of migration by providing support to migrants - rejected asylum-seekers and identified suspected victims of trafficking (VoTs) - 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.
Provision of Life-Saving Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons in Ituri Province, Eastern DRC In response to continued new waves of high level of displacements, the increasing number of people without access to basic services, ongoing violence and inter-community tensions as well as an EVD outbreak in Eastern DRC, IOM is scaling up its emergency operations to address the needs and improve the living conditions of vulnerable internally displaced persons in new spontaneous displacement sites in Ituri Province. IOM is using an integrated and participatory approach focused on engaging the beneficiaries throughout the whole project cycle in order to provide camp coordination and camp management support, shelter solutions, and water, sanitation and hygiene services. Interventions will target displacement sites with the greatest sectoral needs, highest levels of vulnerability and where no other service provider can rapidly position itself to respond.
Building a New Police/Community Relationship by Enhancing Participation in Local Security Planning This project aims to initiate a joint process between the community, local authorities and the Colombian National Police (PONAL) to incorporate a peace building approach in the planning and management of local security and coexistence problems in five municipalities affected by the Colombian armed conflict. An initial diagnosis with field workshops will be developed to identify, prioritize and characterize theactors involved in managing peace initiatives in favor of security/coexistence. Then the project will work on the strengthening oflocal technical capacities through educational sessions and local initiatives. Lessons learned from the project will be systematized, socialized and incorporated into a toolbox.
Strengthening protection for vulnerable populations and improving access to psychosocial support for displaced children in emergency settings in Mozambique The overall objective of the project is to increase the access of vulnerable populations, in particular internally displaced and migrant children, to protection systems and services in crises affected areas in Mozambique.
Durable Solutions for Chadian Returnees from the Central African Republic In line with the Government of Chad (GoC) “Plan de Réponse Global en Faveur des Rétournés Tchadiens de la RCA 2014-2019”, IOM is committed tosupporting the GoC in providing reintegration programmes for returnees from the Central African Republic, based on the reintegration models which IOM implements in Chad as well as in other countries.
Better Data and Coordinated Response against Modern Slavery in Indonesia The project will enable the protection of identified victims of trafficking (VOTs) which will then contribute to the eradication of all forms of modern-day slavery in Indonesia. Stemming from this purpose, in close collaboration with National and Local Anti-Trafficking Task Force, IOM will work towards delivering a long-term impact in establishing accurate baselines, increasing the identification of VOTs, and enabling VOTs to have better access to government services.  The project will achieve the above envisioned results by improving data collection/reporting procedure and to pilot the improved standard operating procedures in the four selected provinces of East Nusa Tenggara, West Java, West Kalimantan, and North Kalimantan. Further to this, IOM will support the enhancement of civil society organizations, government and non-government service providers’ capacities in providing assistance to victims of trafficking.
Refugee Resettlement Assistance to the Government of the Netherlands The Netherlands continue their longstanding resettlement support contributing to the European Commission's call for EU-wide efforts. This project is intended to provide comprehensive resettlement support to those refugees identified by the Government of the Netherlands for resettlement to the Netherlands.
Indonesia: Regional Cooperation Arrangement The Regional Cooperation Arrangement (RCA) is a mechanism through which IOM supports the Government of Indonesia to assist the migrant population in Indonesia with safe accommodation and basic assistance; health services; mental health and psychosocial services; formal and informal education; and assisted voluntary return and reintegration.
Immediate Response to Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items (ES/NFI) Needs for Flood-Affected Populations in Kenya Through this project, IOM is coordinating initial efforts on distribution of basic survival items for flood-affected populations in Kenya through a standardized kit which comprises of: tarpaulins and plastic sheet, water jerrycans, buckets, sleeping mats, blankets, cooking utensils set, mosquito nets etc. Additional items will be added to the kit based on the specific needs of the relevant gender groups, particularly sanitary towels and lesso for women and girls of reproductive age.
Emergency shelter assistance – Chad The aim of this project is to rehabilitate emergency shelters destroyed by the strong winds in May 2016 or those in need of rehabilitation. In addition, this project includes a cash for work component targeting returnees and host communities. Participants of the cash for work component will receive monetary compensation for support towards the rehabilitation of emergency shelters, and support is provided under the supervision of IOM technical staff.
Promotion of Digital Employability for the Prevention of Adolescent and Young People’s Affiliation with New Forms of Urban Violence The project implements the “School of Dreams” program to assist vulnerable young people and their communities in Colombia. The objective of the project will be to increase opportunities for economic inclusion in digital ecosystems for adolescents and young people, at risk of linking to new forms of urban violence. In order to do so, IOM, COLOMBIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS and Fundación Telefónica have joined forces to implement the programme, which offers training and career pathways within IT and related fields in order to promote the integration of youth into the growing digital workforce and provide an alternative to involvement in urban violence.
2020-2021 Syria Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) in Turkey IOM continues to support resilience activities in line with the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan, focusing on activities prioritized by internal and inter-agency assessments. The project targets seven areas in which IOM is active: shelter, livelihoods, protection and municipal/community services, education, community stabilization, basic needs, and winterization. In total, IOM estimates to serve over 126,000 individuals.
Support to the humanitarian response and early recovery activities for the most vulnerable people in a situation of severe food insecurity affected by the drought in the Androy region. Improving targeting of vulnerable populations affected by the effects of the El-Nino in Madagascar and information management through rolling out of the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) tools; and contribute to stabilizing communities and individuals affected by migration through implementation of targeted resilience building initiatives.
Navigator 2.0 (Navigaattori 2.0 SMDno-2020-2375) The project strengthens the resettlement capabilities of Finnish municipal decision-makers and professionals as well as the integration preparedness of quota refugees in the new home municipality.
Advancing Women’s Rights and Influence through Socio-Economic Empowerment of Bangsamoro Islamic Women’s Auxulliary Brigade (ARISE BIWAB) IOM aims to increase women’s participation in advancing gender rights and involvement in socio-economic and political affairs in Philippines. The project does so by building the capacities of skilled Bangsamoro Islamic Women Auxiliary Brigade members to create favorable conditions for their social and economic empowerment in order to ensure that women with capacities to prominently advocate the mainstreaming of gender rights can play a critical role in contributing to peace and security in their communities and they are able to demonstrate capacities to support social welfare as part of COVID-19 response.
Tajik-Afghan Integration, Resilience and Reform Building Programme The project seeks to increase resilience to the interrelated issues of crime and conflict on the Afghan/Tajik border. It consists of three main components: 1) increasing the capacities of border management to prevent/detect transnational crime and increase community security; 2) providing grants and vocational training to boost income-generating opportunities and employment in communities near the border; and 3) improving access to information on safe migration and access to reintegration support for Tajik migrants to Russia. The project is being implemented in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast and Khatlon Oblast in Tajikistan.
Building Border Management Capacity of the Nigerian Immigration Service by Strengthening the Migration Information Data System in Nigeria Project focuses on building the Border Management Capacity Of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) by strengthening the Migration Information Data System (MIDAS) operating at borders in Nigeria
Provision of Emergency Shelter and NFI Support to Communities Affected by Floods and Landslides in Rwanda This project contributes to the response efforts targeting populations affected by the landslides that hit Rwanda in May 2016. This includes the provision of life-saving shelter and non-food items, including the provision of tents, the construction of emergency shelter and sanitation facilities, and the distribution of non-food item kits.