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Humanitarian Assistance to vulnerable migrants, IDPs and host communities in Yemen While the number of new migrant arrivals to Yemen remained unabated in 2016 and 2017, IOM Migrant Assistance and Protection activities continued to expand. Therefore, in line with IOM’s larger migrant assistance and protection portfolio, the activities proposed herewith aim to provide life-saving assistance to vulnerable conflict-affected, destitute and stranded migrants in Yemen, including new arrivals along the country’s vast coastline where IOM would like to strengthen its presence. The project proposes to continue the Organization’s effort to conduct sea and air evacuations, mainly for vulnerable Ethiopian migrants and Somalis, stranded in various parts of the country and desperately wanting to go home.
Joint Implementation Program for Support of the Humanitarian Response Plan in Yemen 2020 The project's activities build on the achievements previously implemented by IOM in the education sector in Yemen, helping to ensure the continuity and expansion of education services in Marib, Hadramout, Aden and Lahj governorates that have some of the highest displacement and return rates in the country.
Provision of school transportation to access formal education for Syrian Students in Azraq Camp, for the Academic Year 2016-2017 The key objective of the project is to improve access to formal education for refugees within Zara camp by addressing two of the factors which contributes to school dropout rates: the lack of free and regular transportation services for students inside the camp, and protection factors. Students enrolled in primary and secondary education in Azraq camp will benefit from free transportation services from their villages to schools inside the camp.
Improving National Preparedness and Information Management for Ebola Virus Disease Surveillance at Ugandan Points of Entry IOM will support national efforts to strengthen capacity to implement the international health regulations to better prevent, detect and respond to the ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak and other public health emergencies in Uganda at points of entries in Kisoro, Kanungu, Rubirizi and Rukungiri with a human mobility perspective. Specifically, IOM will support preparedness at points of entry (POEs) and will contribute to the overall coordination on surveillance under the leadership of the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization through a three-prolonged approach: improved targeting of national preparedness and public health response strategies with comprehensive population mobility-related information; enhanced national and local capacity at POEs to effectively prevent, detect and manage EVD through training for border and health personnel, screening and surveillance; and strengthened capacities to raise alerts and improve reaction to possible threats across the border through improved POE coordination.
Essential Relief and Early Recovery Support to Vulnerable Returnees, IDPs and Other Conflict-Affected Communities in Eastern Ukraine IOM propose a comprehensive intervention to contribute to addressing thehumanitarian and early recovery needs of the most vulnerable persons affected by conflict in Eastern Ukraine: In order to meet the needs of the affected population, IOM will provide access to essential commodities to conflict affected populations,  livelihood opportunities to help meet their households' basic needs and support humanitarian partners and government with information on the situation of IDPs to inform strategic planning and assistance program.
Joint UNISFA-IOM Partnership for a Project for Local Face Mask Production Through provision of face masks and community outreach, this project contributes to the prevention of COVID-19 in Abyei Administrative Area. Activities focus on distribution of face masks and community awareness raising. The proposed project is an initiative in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic that seeks to empower and build the capacity of women to engage in income generating activities through the local production of face masks, promotion of women's role in prevention of COVID-19, and creation of awareness on prevention of COVID-19, specially targeting the most vulnerable groups in the communities. The project is a partnership programme with the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and contributes to an existing community stabilization project in Abyei.
Emergency Assistance to Undocumented Afghan Returnees in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan This project will support the provision of post-arrival life-saving assistance in the form of emergency shelter and essential non-food items to Afghan returnees passing through the Torkham border.
Capacity Building Support to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Towards Protection of Mobile and Fragile Populations in the Philippines In its efforts to manage and promote safe and orderly migration, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is the co-lead of the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) cluster in natural disasters at the global-level. IOM is also an active member of the Shelter Cluster and has taken a leading role in numerous humanitarian shelter programs in the Philippines and across the world. As the co-leadfor CCCM in the Philippines, and as a leading contributor to the shelterresponses for Typhoon Haiyan and the Marawi Crisis, IOM aims to strengthen the CCCM, shelter and displacement tracking capacity of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at the National, Regional and Field Office levels. This will help the government prepare for and respond effectively to humanitarian crises with strong technicalcapacity, coordination and accountability. In order to do so, IOM will strengthen the DSWD's CCCM and Shelter response capacity through training of camp managers from national to local levels and the development of a shelter strategy.
IOM Activities in Bangladesh Outlined in the Rohingya Refugee Crisis 2019 Joint Response Plan As part of IOM's response to the needs of Rohingya population in Cox's Bazaar, IOM is adopting an integrated approach to support life-saving and sustaining assistance as well as early recovery activities. The overarching priorities under this project include the respect and upholding of protection needs of the Rohingya, but also improvement of quality and access to services. IOM will continue to provide support to the most vulnerable host community members and mitigate the impact of the refugee influx on the environment in order to strengthen social cohesion.
Building Resilience of Communities Affected by Climate Change and Environmental Degradation in Viet Nam The objective of this project is to enhance protection of migrants and those who may be vulnerable to forced migration as a consequence of climate change and environmental degradation in Viet Nam. The project will support provincial, district and commune level officials in the target provinces to better understand the migration dynamics arising from climate change and environmental degradation – examining migration both as an adaptive response and as an indicator of vulnerability. This project will inform provincial governments and empower them to engage in a process at the district and commune levels to link national policies and priorities to local efforts in developing the capacity of individuals, households, and communities to assess their situation, and effectively adapt themselves to climate change and environmental degradation.
Strengthening Gender Based Violence Services Through Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Across Ethiopia The objective of this project is to improve access to gender-based violence (GBV) services within IOM mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) responses and contribute to an environment which mitigates GBV risks and promotes support for survivors. IOM proposes an innovative and holistic approach to supporting survivors of GBV while reinforcing key local responders to ensure sustainability of the intervention and build on existing mechanisms. IOM's intervention focuses on delivering quality, survivor-centred psychosocial support focused on healing, empowerment and recovery by integrating GBV into IOM's MHPSS response in remote areas.
Implementation of the IOM displacement tracking matrix across Iraq Through the implementation of the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), IOM aims to enhance the capacity of the humanitarian community in monitoring and understanding the movements of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees in Iraq to improve awareness and adapt the response for the population in needs.
Capacity Building of Georgian Authorities in Migration Data Analysis The main objective of the project is to contribute to building the migration data governance framework of Georgia. The Unified Migration Analytical System (UMAS), an up-to-date national infrastructure for migration data analysis, is currently functioning in test regime and hassecured, received, and processed multiple datasets from the main administrative data sources in the country. Despite the modern technicalsolutions, a lack of analytical capacities impedes execution of the mainpurpose of the system, the actual analysis of technically sorted and processed migration data. The project plans to address challenges at the strategic and executive levels.
Slovakia: Technical Support for the Development of a Labour Mobility Scheme The general objective of the project is to develop an evidence-based labour mobility scheme with a fast-track admission, integration and return component in Slovakia. Such a scheme would offer a solution to flexibly manage labour mobility to Slovakia, taking into account the socio-economic needs of the country and good practices of other EU countries, while ensuring the protection of both domestic and foreign workers' rights.  The scheme will enable a fast and suitable policy response to the current and expected labour shortages and facilitate the entry of foreign labour force into the Slovak labour market.
Safety, support and solutions in the central Mediterranean route (DTM): support evidence-based programming and policy through enhancement of route-based analysis and flow monitoring along Mediterranean route phase II This project seeks to regularly gather, analyse and disseminate timely and relevant data on mobility patterns/trends and migrant profiles in countries of first arrival to Europe in transit.
Supporting the Establishment of Emergency Transit Sites and IDP Hosting Sites for Newly Arrived IDPs Affected by the Conflict in Al Hudaydah. The aim of this project is to provide a standardized coordination mechanism at internally displaced persons (IDP) transit and hosting sites in Al Hudaydah, Yemen and support the authorities/representatives on site, engage with the IDP community and ensure that assistance gaps, if any, are eliminated. This project will support the establishment of five emergency transit sites and 20 IDP hosting sites for the new IDPs affected by the ongoing conflict in Al Hudaydah.
Initiatives for Local Development of Egypt through The Support of Egyptians Abroad (ILDEA) The project aims to support the Government of Egypt to consolidate efforts in engaging Egyptian expatriates in the development of the country, by building a strategic policy framework on expatriate engagement for development along with a communication strategy with expatriate communities through a participatory approach that envisages the involvement of various stakeholders involved in migration and development affairs. The project will also enhance the knowledge and skills of government authorities to reach out to expatriate communities and promote trade and investment to Egypt. Finally, the project will expand on the size and geographical scope of the ongoing community development initiatives through the support of Egyptian expatriates.
Improving Migrants’ Access to HIV Services in Tajikistan The project aims to enhance Tajik migrants’ access to HIV services, particularly among key populations. Based on IOM’s experience in Tajikistan, the suggested activities aim to raise awareness of migrant workers on the risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections including HIV, to improve migrants’ health-seeking behaviour and promote cross-border cooperation for improving migrants’ health at a high-level regional event in Dushanbe. Operational research will help to improve the understanding of migrants’ vulnerabilities for HIV and to provide recommendations for more efficient approaches to address migrants’ health needs. The project will be implemented in close cooperation with the government, NGOs, UN and other international partners.
National Programme of Prevention, Fight and Attention to Victims of Trafficking, and Specialized Attention to Boys, Girls and Teenage Victims The aim of this project is to continue with the articulation of actions with the Unidad Fiscal Especializada en la lucha contra la Trata de personas y la Explotación Sexual Infantil (UFETESI) regarding the attention and care to victims of trafficking (VoTs), which are referred by this institution. Each particular case will require different types of assistance (according to each case), such as medical assistance, seed funds to start a micro-business, basic needs coverage, among others. In this sense, the project aims to contribute to the sustainable reintegration of victims of trafficking identified in Paraguay, including victims, females, male, and LGBTI population.
Emergency Response to Cyclones Idai and Kenneth Through this project, IOM is providing key information to the government and humanitarian partners in Mozambique on the internal displacement situation and corresponding humanitarian needs in areas affected by the Cyclone Idai, Cyclone Kenneth and COVID-19. Support is provided through the Displacement Tracking Matrix, emergency shelter and non-food items, protection, and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS).
Pamoja Kwa Amani: Together for Peace This project aims at contributing to the stabilization of the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo by reducing conflict, combatting the recruitment of young people into armed groups, and facilitating community reconciliation. As part of this project, IOM will support the authorities, artisanal mining stakeholders and civil society to jointly develop a management strategy and follow-up activities.
Philippines: Direct Hiring of Overseas Filipino Workers - Policy Research and Development of a Risk Assessment and Due Diligence Guidelines The objective of the proposed project is to contribute to improved labour recruitment practices for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). The project will conduct a policy research on the benefits and risks of direct hiring as well as possible impacts of the direct hiring ban on migrant workers, which will inform the government’s policy process on labour migration and the recruitment of outbound OFWs. Further, the risk assessment and due diligence guidelines (RADDG) for workers and foreign direct employers will be developed in order to enable both groups to make informed decisions based on the opportunities and risks of direct hiring. The project will also aim to have the RADDG for foreign direct employers incorporated into the existing foreign employers orientation.
Emergency Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)and Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Support to Vulnerable Persons in Yemen This project provides multi-sectoral support to the most vulnerable Yemenis through water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions, and through informed and coordinated data collection for the humanitarian community. The complex profile and massive scale of the crisis affecting millions of Yemenis has left the population in dire need of these essential interventions.
Provision of Non-Food Items to drought-affected displaced population and host communities in Gedo This project supports IOM's response to the drought-affected population in Somalia though the distribution of non-food items in the regions of Luuq, Garbahaarey and Belet Hawa, and Gedo.
Country Specific Approaches to Reintegration Assistance, Counselling, and Visibility in Belgium. The overall project objective is to contribute to strengthen the national Belgium assisted voluntary return and reintegration programme with measures to increase the sustainability of the returns through a country tailored approach for reintegration while ensuring that information about the project is readily available and visible in Belgium. In order to reach it, the project will implement the following activities focused on skills development, training, and the implementation of cooperative or join returnee projects with impact on the broader community of return with close monitoring.
2018-2019 Syria Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) IOM seeks to enhance the protection of vulnerable persons and to create the conditions and opportunities for dignified lives and better futures for refugees and host communities through a multi-sectoral, resilience-orientated approach.
Regional Network for Migrant Integration in Romania – MyRO (2020-2022) The overall objective of the Regional network for migrant integration in Romania – MyRO is to contribute to and enhance the socio-economic integration of migrants (beneficiaries of international protection (BIPs) and other third-country nationals (TCNs)) residing in Region 6 into the Romanian society, through needs-based integrated assistance provision.
Rohingya Refugee Response March-December 2018 The total Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar now exceeds 880,000, putting a severe strain on the district’s host community and local government, particularly in Teknaf and Ukhia upazilas, where the Rohingya now constitute at least a third of the total population. On  top of existing needs, the upcoming rainy season will increase the riskof disasters such as floods and landslides, but also water contaminationand disease outbreaks. Through this project IOM will provide Site Development, Shelter/Non-Food Items (NFI), water, sanitation and hygiene(WASH), and health activities and other humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya population in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
Skills 2 Live IOM in partnership with Young Africa is implementing a technical and vocational education and training paired with targeted sexual and reproductive health right (SRHR) interventions to improve the health and resilience of young people through increased economic opportunities, life skills and employability. The project aims at exploring effective ways of training and empowering young people and increasing SRHR outcomes amongst this vulnerable population.
Enhanced Collective Capacity to Assist Vulnerable Migrants in Chad The project aims to address the urgent protection needs of vulnerable and stranded migrants in Chad through direct assistance, reinforcing the capacity of existing local service providers and improving identification of victims of trafficking by training law enforcement officials and the gendarmerie. Migrants in vulnerable situations will have access to direct assistance including food, water, non-food items and shelter. IOM will also provide tailored protection services (psychosocial counselling support, medical assistance and/or livelihood support for those that require them). The capacities of key Chadian service providers (notably the Ndjamena Airport and medical clinics in Faya and Moussoro) will be improved through the equipment or rehabilitation of their premises to create safer spaces for direct assistance. The capacities of law enforcement officials (notably the police, the judicial police, border authorities and the gendarmerie) will also be enhanced to enable a better understanding of the relevant legal frameworks at national and local levels, and of identification tools and referral mechanisms in line with international human rights law and protection principles.
Joint Project on Family Reunification Travel Assistance in Ireland This project seeks to assist refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection (protection beneficiaries) who have been granted family reunification, but who are unable to fund their family members travel due to limited financial means, to effectively exercise their right to family unity by providing their family members with travel assistance. The travel assistance programme seeks to assist 5 families to overcome financial obstacles by providing logistical assistance to protection beneficiaries in Ireland to facilitate reunion with their family members.
Support for Migration and Asylum Management in Ukraine The overall objective of the action is to align the Ukrainian migration and asylum management with European and international standards and best practices, in particular through the development of institutional and technical capacities and the deployment of the Integrated Migration Management Information System for migration management bodies.
Preventing Forced Labour and Countering Irregular Migration in the Russian Federation The project aims at supporting the Government of the Russian Federation in countering irregular employment, forced labour and human trafficking among migrants, while addressing the needs and vulnerabilities of the most vulnerable ones. The project's objective is two-fold. It will review and update the policy standards in the area of regular migration and employment thus reaching the outcome of improved evidence-based migration policy promoting regular migration channels, regular employment and managed recruitment of migrant workers in CIS and EEU member-states. It will address the needs of migrants, stranded due to mobility restrictions imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19 within the outcome to mitigate the risks and vulnerabilities of migrants associated with forced labour and human trafficking, as well as COVID-19.
Counter-Trafficking in Crises (CTC) This project aims to contribute to the institutionalization and operationalization of counter-trafficking activities into the broader humanitarian coordination system.
Prepare, Prevent, Protect: Mitigating the Destabilizing Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Most Vulnerable and Conflict-Prone Communities in Mindanao With the Philippines anticipating cycles of high transmission rates of COVID-19 and the differential implementation of community quarantine across the country until the pandemic subsides, marginalized social groups and internally displaced persons are likely to be disproportionately impacted by restrictive interventions. In response to these challenges, IOM Philippines will adopt its “Prepare, Prevent, Protect” approach to mitigate the destabilizing socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on most vulnerable and conflict-prone communities in Mindanao.
Assistance for Rohingya refugees, undocumented Myanmar nationals and host communities in Cox’s Bazar 2017–2019 In this project IOM, in partnership with UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP, proposes a three year intervention aimed at consolidating and improving on the existing work underway to ensure lifesaving services to the Rohingya population residing in Cox’s Bazar District. The desired goal of the project will be to contribute to improving the social and health conditions of Rohingya and host communities and strengthening the capacity of local institutions to develop, maintain and deliver quality interventions to the Rohingya and host communities.
Port-au-Prince Northern Extension Zone, Community Revitalization Program This intervention will focus on the community revitalization through transportation - and small/medium-scale community infrastructures as well as on supporting the implementation of a pilot site and services projecting Saint Etienne (Tabarre Municipality) with the aim of capitalizing on a number of existing and future investments being made by both the international community and the Haitian private sector and in order to address growing social and demographic pressures along the Route 1 corridor.