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Providing Tailored Post Arrival Assistance and Sustainable Reintegration to Returnees in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela This project aims at providing tailored reception and post arrival assistance migrants in a vulnerable situation upon their return to Venezuela, as well as individual or community-based reintegration support. Mental health and psychosocial support will be also provided to returnees as well as to their families and members of the community, through the deployment of a network of psychologist and social workers. IOM AVR scheme is composed by three stages: pre-departure, travel assistance and reception and post arrival assistance. IOM carefully monitors all stages to gather beneficiaries´ perspectives, safeguard that all persons that received AVR assistance from IOM have done so based on a well-informed decision and on the basis of freedom of choice and to tailor programming according to the needs of beneficiaries, which may differ according to their specific situation; however, all programming is needs-based, and targeted according to varying social, psychosocial, and economic necessities. This project will focus on the third stage of the scheme, as pre departure assistance and travel assistance will be provided by other IOM missions in Latin America and Caribbean countries.
A Socioeconomic (Re)Integration Toolkit for Governments in South America In light of the socioeconomic challenges present in South America, further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, an intervention that addresses the socioeconomic needs of returnees, migrants and host communities is needed in the region. As migrants are returning home due to economic hardship, others are leaving due to the same factors. To best support Governments in South America in strengthening socioeconomic recovery post-pandemic, this project aims to develop a socioeconomic integration “toolkit” for government officials to be better equipped to facilitate the (re)integration of migrants and returnees in national economies and thus empower migrants and returnees as actors for sustainable development. The project will aim to strengthen the capacity of South American Governments to empower migrants and returnees to act as change agents for broad-based development, particularly for COVID-19 socioeconomic recovery, through the implementation of socioeconomic (re)integration initiatives. The participating countries include Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru.This will be achieved through two main components: 1) Conducting a gender-sensitive rapid evidence assessment to build an evidence-base on socioeconomic (re)integration in South America for toolkit development and implementation and;2) Piloting the toolkit and drafting a national implementation plan for socioeconomic (re)integration in the pilot countries.
Preparation and Mobilization of Migrant Workers from El Salvador to Canada Upon the request of Maple Leaf Foods in Canada and the Government of El Salvador, IOM will work to coordinate the preparation and deployment of 50 Salvadoran workers to Canada. The process includes pre-departure orientation, health check, English language basic training, visa applications, travel arrangements and certain integration and initial transnational communication services for the migrant workers to be hired by Maple Leaf Foods for employment in their Canadian plants in Brandon (Manitoba). IOM has joined this initiative as a partner in selection schemes to prevent unfair practices related to foreign worker recruitment. The overall objective of the initiative is to contribute to supporting regular, organised, and transparent labour migration schemes in El Salvador, in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour and Foreign Affairs.
Resettlement from Latin and Central America 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 Latin and Central America to the U.S.
Strengthening the Government of Zimbabwe's Capacities in Ethical Recruitment The project aims to address capacity constraints by fostering (promoting and facilitating) ethical and transparent recruitment practices and processes in a rights-based and migrant-friendly manner, in line with international labour standards. The outcome will be achieved through the development of an action plan and roadmap on reform measures aimed at strengthening the recruitment industry and through sensitization on international labour standards and recommendations including the Montreal Recommendations on Recruitment, as well as third party verification schemes, including International Recruitment Integrity System (IRIS) Standard. The project will contribute to the standardization of recruitment practices and elimination of malpractices through developing standard operating procedures for the public and private employment agencies. The project will also support the development of a tailored trainer of trainers’ package targeted at employment officers which will also include online modules to facilitate remote delivery of trainings in view of the prevailing constraints posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the related public health guidelines. To ensure a blended approach to cascading the training, the project will support the roll out of the training package through a Trainer of Trainers methodology in three provinces and through the web-based training.
Emergency Shelter and Non-food Items (ESNFI) Assistance to Populations Affected by Crises in Jara, North Wello, Amhara Regions of Ethiopia This project provides lifesaving humanitarian assistance focusing on shelter support targeting internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Jara IDP Site, North Wello, Amhara region in Ethiopia. Key activities will include construction of communal shelters and distribution of emergency shelters and non-food item kits.
Return Counselling and Assistance of Voluntary Return from the Swiss Federal Asylum Centers (RAZ) The project aims to support migrants with voluntary return and reintegration assistance. Migrants in Federal Asylum Centres interested in returning voluntarily receive information about the return and reintegration process, have access to counselling and are assisted in the preparation of their return.
Assisted Voluntary Return of Third-Country Nationals on the Basis of Italian Law N.943 of 30 Dec 1986 (Social Security Agency - INPS) The proposed project aims to assist regular workers who have worked and contributed for at least one quarter (three months period) to the Italian social security agency (INPS) contribution scheme and wish to return home. It also assists deceased regular migrant regular migrant workers whose community requests their return to the home country.
EU Support to the Fight Against Trafficking in Human Beings in Türkiye The project targets strengthening the anti-trafficking response of key stakeholders and the victim protection mechanisms in Türkiye. To this aim, IOM will support the development of Third National Action Plan on Counter Trafficking through the establishment of a technical working group, organization of workshops and meetings with relevant stakeholders including public institutions, academia and NGOs and organization of study visits to observe best practices. To ensure safe accommodation, necessary living conditions and adequate services for victims of human trafficking, three selected shelter buildings will be renovated and refurbished. For the management of selected victim of trafficking shelters, NGOs will be selected and contracted and their capacities will be developed through trainings to appropriately assist victims of trafficking in human beings. Complementary to all these efforts, the project will also deliver cascaded counter-trafficking trainings to public sector, private sector, and NGO representatives to develop their capacities for coordinating and implementing effective trafficking prevention strategies and victim assistance at the national and local level. In addition, an awareness raising campaign will be developed and implemented among particularly vulnerable individuals and the public on how to recognize trafficking in human being indicators and seek assistance.
Enhancing Peace and Security Measures in Somalia through Support for Rehabilitation and Reintegration Pillars of the National Programme The primary impact of this project is to promote peace and stability and contribute to stabilization efforts in Somalia through the successful rehabilitation and community-based reintegration of men and women formerly associated with armed groups.
Emergency Assistance for Afghan Returnee, Displaced and Otherwise Vulnerable Populations and Humanitarian Response Strengthening From January to June 2022, more than 484,000 undocumented Afghans returned from the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan to Afghanistan. This was the second highest return total of any six-month period on record. Under this project, IOM is providing immediate post arrival and transportation assistance to Afghans returning from the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan, through a series of transit and reception centres in key border provinces. Additionally, through this project, IOM is using the grant to help maintain its capacity for emergency response to disasters and displacement by procuring, pre-positioning, and distributing packages of non-food items and shelter-related support.
Strengthening Basic Health Care Services for Internally Displaced Persons, Returnees and Host Communities. The overall objective of the project is to contribute towards peaceful coexistence and an inclusive environment by encouraging the return and resettlement of IDPs through ensuring access to quality healthcare services. To achieve this, IOM will undertake the reconstruction and rehabilitation of health facilities, provide necessary equipment for health facilities, build capacity for healthcare workers, and strengthen community administrative capacity in health service delivery.
Supporting Disengagement, Disassociation, Reintegration and Reconciliation (DDRR) and Peacebuilding in the Lake Chad Basin Region and the Sahel The programme builds on previous progress made in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria and seeks to evaluate if setting up a Disengagement, Dissassociation, Reintegration, and Reconciliation (DDRR) framework in Burkina Faso is feasible and considered beneficial. The overall programme goal is for the Governments of Cameroon, Chad, and Niger to implement by 2023 DDRR programmes for individuals who have disengaged from Boko Haram, ISWAP, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), Ansar al Islam and IS Greater Sahara (ISGS), as applicable, with limited donor support, while the Government of Burkina Faso evaluates whether a DDRR approach is feasible by 2023. The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) support is provided under country-specific objectives, while continuing its efforts to ensure regional coherence and harmonization.
Ehancing Access To Essential WASH And Health Services For Conflict Affected Populations In Yemen Due to years of conflict in Yemen, millions of individuals are faced with increased challenges in accessing basic services. Internally displaced populations (IDPs) and migrants are often disproportionally affected by lack of water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH), and health services due to living in remote and often under-resourced settlements, and other barriers such as cost and availability. 
 
Under this project, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is enhancing access to safe water through the rehabilitation and expansion of water supply systems that will cover the immediate water needs of an estimated 120,000 people, including IDPs and host communities in Yemen. Complementing this activity, IOM is hosting various hygiene promotion activities and providing community members with technical skills trainings to fill WASH-related labour gaps and strengthen community ownership and maintenance of the water systems.
Enhancing Capacities and Frameworks to Collect Data and Evidence on Migration, the Environment and Climate Change in Mexico The proposed intervention aims to build the foundation for evidence-based policymaking on environmental migration in Mexico by building innovative tools and methodologies to collect data and information on the nexus between human mobility and disasters, the adverse effects of climate change and environmental degradation. This will be accomplished by equipping the Government of Mexico – in particular, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), the Migration Policy, Registry, and Identity of Persons Unit (UPMRIP) in the Secretariat of the Interior (SEGOB), INECC, SEMARNAT, and municipal and state planning authorities with a number of innovative, tested methodological and analytical tools (including, among other resources, guides, toolkits, methodological notes, and a diagnostic) to measure dynamics of environmental migration.
Strengthening the Capacity of the Government of Honduras to Improve the Management and Situation of Irregular Migrants at its Southern Border Due to its geographical location, Honduras has become a country of transit for irregular migrants. According to the National Migration Institute (INM in Spanish), between 2014 and 2021 , around 122,971 migrants entered the country irregularly at the southern border. Among those people, 8,453 were children and adolescents. The increase in migrants entering irregularly in the country has posed several challenges, notably in terms of effective reception and inclusive care for this population, especially for those in a vulnerable state needing international protection. The Government of Honduras has established mechanisms for the reception and attention of this population, however, the growing demand for legal counselling, inclusive care and protection, especially for those in a vulnerable state, has generated the urgent need to establish more adequate spaces and to strengthen the capacities of government officials. In this regard, the objective of the project is to support the Government of Honduras to improve the management of irregular migrants, at the southern border, with a gender and human rights approach, increasing reception capacities, providing inclusive care, promoting coordination among actors and use of referral mechanisms to enhance the protection of migrants. In particular, this will be achieved through 1) the establishment of a training centre for government officials, in order to improve knowledge management, use and sharing ; 2) the refurbishment of reception, attention and referral spaces with a gender and human rights approach to allow for an inclusive care of migrants, and; 3)  the strengthening of collaboration and coordination capacities among the INM and other key actors at the southern border to improve attention, protection and assistance provided to irregular migrants through the development of a roadmap.
IOM Contribution to the Afghanistan WASH Core Pipeline In response to the growing amount of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) cluster members in Afghanistan, IOM will preposition materials for either regular activities and/or outbreak response utilizing its warehousing capacity. This project aims to make available to any WASH cluster member, utilizing the regional and national processes: water kits, hygiene kits, menstrual hygiene management kits, hand-pump repair spare parts and soap. In total it aims to support WASH cluster members to reach 165,000 persons with WASH materials.
Emergency Grant Aid in Response to the Earthquake in Western Afghanistan On 7 October 2023, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck 40km west of Herat City in Herat Province, western Afghanistan. Several aftershocks have occurred since, with the initial quake felt in neighboring Badghis and Farah provinces. On 11 October, another earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck 31km northwest of Herat and was followed by an aftershock of 5.0 magnitude. According to the latest Multi-Sectoral Rapid Assessment data as of 10 October, there are reportedly thousands of families affected with 1,394 recorded deaths, 13,373 injured, and hundreds of houses destroyed. These numbers will increase as information is compiled.Sanitation services have been identified as a priority need by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Almost all households reported having no access to sanitation facilities due to destruction of their latrines, no education, lack of awareness about hygiene and cleanliness. To prevent a concurrent cholera outbreak and maintain the health and dignity of those affected, IOM is establishing toilets and shower facilities at both the household and camp level in a gender-sensitive manner, ensuring that IOM’s sanitation interventions are universally accessible but also mindful and supportive of the specific needs and challenges encountered by various gender demographics.
Provision of Life-Saving Assistance to Protection and Resilience Building of Disaster Affected Communities and Vulnerable People on the Move The crisis in Somalia is one of the most long-standing and complex in the world due to ongoing armed conflict, insecurity, and recurrent climatic shocks. In addition to that, in 2021 Somalia faced political tensions due to delayed elections. Despite progress over the last years, an increasing number of people are in need of humanitarian support. The project intends to support vulnerable Somalia communities, affected by conflict and natural disasters, through firstly disaster preparedness, response, and resilience building. Secondly, community members vulnerable to or affected by human trafficking are being reached through awareness raising campaigns on trafficking or receiving direct assistance. Both interventions contribute to the realization of human security and foster peace, stability and improved economic conditions, targeting disaster affected populations and vulnerable people on the move in hard-to-reach area.
Improving Migration Governance and Access to Services for Displaced Afghans in Pakistan and Central Asia Through this intervention, IOM seeks to support government institutions and communities in Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. In particular, IOM will address needs of Afghan nationals and local communities, mitigate the mid-term impact of the Afghanistan crisis on societies in the region, and support recovery and resilience for longer term sustainable development.
Effective Case Management by Strengthening Isolation Centers and Ground Crossing Points (GCPs) Management for Rapid Response and Preparedness against COVID-19 During the second wave of COVID-19, 13 government-designated ground crossing points (GCPs) were allocated for the entry and exit along the India-Nepal border with health desks for screening and testing. Assessments have shown that GCP management is insufficient and they lacked dedicated isolation centers, resulting in severe positive cases being sent to nearby hospitals and mild/moderate cases sent for home quarantine, risking further spread of the virus. Based on the assessment results, IOM proposes to strengthen the capacities of six GCPs and isolation centers through supporting the Governments of Province 1, 2, Lumbini and Sudurpaschim province, supporting the government in their ongoing interventions at the GCPs and isolation centers, including provision of materials, capacity building and human resources, sustainable WASH facilities and ensuring protection of vulnerable groups. Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) will be implemented for flow monitoring including at informal GCPs.
Nigerien Youth in Action: Supporting the Active Role of Young Women and Men for the Consolidation of Peace in Diffa The objective of the project is to contribute to the consolidation of peace by facilitating the accessibility of young women and men to civic spaces and natural resources in the Diffa region. The specific objectives of the project are: 1) the operationalization of civic spaces and the optimization of their access to young women and young men of the Diffa region; 2) Strengthening the resilience capacities of young women and young men in the preservation, accessibility and rational management of natural resources (water and land); and 3) the mobilization of young women and men to strengthen social cohesion and prevent violent extremism.
Evidence-Based Multi-Sectoral Emergency Assistance to Affected People in Bamingui-Bangoran Prefecture The prefecture of Bamingui-Bangoran (N'dele) in the Central African Republic has experienced some of the worst forms of inter- and intra-community tensions since the post-election period, which has led to increased vulnerability of the populations concerned. As a result, the civilian population is not only victimized by crime and violence, including gender-based violence, but has also been largely deprived of their means of economic production. In addition, the disruptive action of armed groups and the problem of resource management, during major transhumance movements, lead to agro-pastoral conflicts and population displacements. Through this project, IOM plans to strengthen the collection, analysis and sharing of data on displaced, returning and transhumant populations in the Bamingui-Bangoran prefecture, through the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM). Additionally, IOM is providing integrated emergency assistance to ensure the survival and dignity of the affected population through the provision of mental health and psychosocial support services and the strengthening of the capacity of local actors to respond in the long term.
Applying the Human Security Approach to Advance an Integrated Response to Health and Migration in the Northern Triangle of Central America and Mexico The design of the programme is rooted in the complex and interconnected challenges present in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, proposing a three-phased implementation process to achieve its overall programme goal of accelerate progress toward improving migrants’ access to comprehensive, quality health services, with equity and non-discrimination, in the Northern Triangle of Central America and Mexico, through enhancing  national and community-centered multi-stakeholder coordination on health and migration; strengthening health information systems to support migrant-inclusive policies and programmes; and building the capacity of governmental and non-governmental actors on the added value of the human security approach for  promoting a people-centered, participatory  and development response to health and migration. For this purpose, PAHO/WHO and IOM will establish a Joint Programme Team to convene personnel with technical expertise to support and provide guidance on activities during all phases.
Integrated Accelerated Tuberculosis ("TB") and Non- Communicable Diseases ("NCD") Screening and Case Management in Mon and Kayin States The main objective is to accelerate the TB case finding in high-risk area and to improve the access to diagnosis and treatment from hard-to-reach area and conflict impact area including IDP by delivering the diagnosis and treatment one stop service nearest to the beneficiaries. In line with ongoing scale up of HIV and TB prevention, treatment and care and support activities which IOM implements in coordination with the Ministry of Health, IOM aims to conduct mobile ACF visit to high-risk population area, migrant sites.