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STFA Joint Programme for the Northern Region of Afghanistan: Addressing Basic Human Needs through the ABADEI Strategy - Outcome 4 Community Planning and Social Cohesion PUNOs will support communities to access justice through mediation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Positive customary and traditional practices for conflict resolutions will be strengthened combined with provision of counselling and legal aid services. PUNOs will also promote community dialogue and engagement to prevent conflict and violent extremism (PVE), strengthen social cohesion and facilitate reconciliation. Broad dialogue platforms and early warning mechanisms will be enhanced with participation of women, youth, community leaders such as religious, traditional and tribal elders, IDPs, returnees and minority groups. PUNOs will leverage on existing peacebuilding structures including through Community Development Councils (CDC) and peace committees or, where appropriate, will create new mechanisms to enable a conducive peacebuilding environment. Capacities of civil society organizations (CSOs), community-based organizations (CBOs) and women and youth groups will also be strengthened as key players for local peacebuilding.
A Rapid Response Fund (RRF) program responding to Emergency Needs of Disaster affected population in South Sudan under the states of Greater Equatoria (Central, Western, Eastern), greater Upper Nile (Unity, Upper Nile and Jonglei), Greater Bahr el Gh An estimated 9.4 million people in South Sudan, including 2.2 million women, 4.9 million children and 337,000 returnees, are projected in need of humanitarian assistance and protection services in 2023 – reflecting a 76 per cent of the country’s population and a 5 per cent increase from 2022. There is a rise in the humanitarian needs of communities affected by endemic violence in South Sudan, driven by cumulative and compounding effects of years of conflict, sub-national violence, food insecurity, climate crisis and public health challenges. Sub-national and localized violence in particular could intensify with the ongoing tension between cattle keepers and farmers in greater Equatoria, along with fighting between opposition and splinter groups. 
 
Through the Rapid Response Fund (RRF) programme, the International Organization for Migration is responding to the acute emergency needs of disaster-affected populations in South Sudan through the provision of sub-awards to international and local organizations to provide short-term, effective and quick impact interventions to meet acute emergency humanitarian needs. This is complementary to efforts in building and strengthening the humanitarian response capacity of national South Sudanese non-governmental organizations through the provision of technical assistance on programmatic, administrative and financial aspects of their work.
Inter-Agency Translation and Interpretation Services to Strengthen Humanitarian Response Coordination in Myanmar Local organizations are at the heart of the humanitarian response in Myanmar, providing immediate assistance to people in need using their local knowledge, skills, networks, and comparatively wider access. Language has been identified as a critical participation barrier for local organizations, and thus simultaneous interpretation in meetings and translation of critical documents from English to Myanmar languages and vice versa are crucial to ensure the inclusion of local actors in coordination structures and enable them to receive clear, timely and actionable information for effective humanitarian response to affected people. The objective of this intervention is to strengthen the localization of the response through active coordination between national actors and international humanitarian partners, including United Nations agencies and international non-governmental organizations. The International Organization for Migration has hired hire a team of interpreters and translators working with cluster coordinators and other key stakeholders at the national level to strengthen humanitarian response coordination in Myanmar. IOM is further extending its support to the Inter-Cluster Coordination Group through the procurement of a one-year license of the software programme ActivityInfo, which is a vital tool to monitor the humanitarian response in Myanmar.
Supporting the Iraqi National Efforts for an Enhanced Implementation of the National Strategies on the Prevention of Violent Extremism This project seeks to work towards an enhanced capacity of the Government of Iraq to analyse and respond to drivers of violent extremism in communities identified as “at-risk” of being influenced, exploited, recruited, or otherwise drawn to extremist groups. The three proposed intermediate outcomes of the project focus on (i) capacity building of the Government of Iraq and key Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) stakeholders to implement the PVE strategy; (ii) accompanying the Government of Iraq in designing and implementing the follow-up to the Prosecution, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (PRR) roundtable discussions; and (iii) enhancing the resilience of targeted communities of Telafar and Mosul against mobilization and (re-) recruitment in violent extremist groups.
Sudan: Technical Assistance to Develop the Capacity of the Government on Immigration and Border Management. The overall aim of this project is to enhance Sudan’s technical capacity to manage migration by improving border management processes and procedures, which will facilitate evidence-based programming on migration and support policy formation. The project builds the capacity within the Ministry of Interior by improving migration officers’ knowledge and technical skills on immigration and border management (IBM) related topics through a set of training targeting frontline, middle and senior level migration officers. The project will also enhance the Sudanese border management information system by an upgrade to the IOM developed Migration Information and Data Analysis System (MIDAS) for more effective data collection and analysis process at selected border posts.
Provision and Upgrading of WASH Services by Rehabilitation of Water Supplies and Support of Improved Hygiene Practices Based on the needs assessments, access to safe and clean water is a challenge in many provinces in Afghanistan, where households rely on unprotected water sources, unstable piped water and, for a minority, surface water. Further, the lack of water points, and distance to collect water, also heightens the risk of gender-based-violence (GBV). Given the water scarcity and deteriorating hygiene conditions, there is also a high risk of public health threats, as seen with the recent acute watery diarrhea/cholera outbreak across five provinces. In addition, according to the 2020 Humanitarian Needs Overview, lack of access to water, as well as basic hygiene materials such as soap, is directly contributing to the spread of communicable diseases, leading to infections and deaths. This project is directly contributing to identified water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) needs by expanding water provision through rehabilitation and protection of hand-dug wells and boreholes, repair and set-up of handpumps, and enhancing household water treatment and storage capacity. IOM is also providing hand hygiene infrastructure, hygiene kits and menstrual hygiene management kits and conducting hygiene promotion activities to improve public health and reduce the risk of WASH-related diseases in high needs and/or hard to reach locations.
Support to Vulnerable Malian Refugees and Selected Host and IDP Communities through Protection and Shelter Activities in the Nord and Sahel Regions – Phase V Since 2018, the prevailing security situation in the Nord, Sahel, Centre-Nord, Boucle de Mouhoun, and Est regions of Burkina Faso, in the form of armed attacks and insecurity, has perpetuated the unprecedented humanitarian emergency marked by mass displacement and disruption of access to basic social services. 
 
Following the actions taken in the previous phases, the Conflict Prevention and Community Cohesion Committees benefiting asylum seekers and the host population, led by community leaders and agents of the Burkinabè Humanitarian Action, continue to represent the targeted communities within the project, based on lessons learned from the previous phases. This project covers the needs of new beneficiary households selected in cooperation with local authorities and the community-based committees according to predefined criteria.
Addressing the Urgent MHPSS Needs of the Earthquake-Affected Populations in Herat According to the latest earthquake reports in Afghanistan, the number of affected households is expected. Due to ongoing concerns linked to aftershocks, a shortage of healthcare workers has been reported. Displaced survivors in Herat City and affected villages are residing in temporary shelters, such as tents. These conditions, marked by inadequate healthcare assistance and those whose underlying psychosocial issues have escalated the need for mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) and psychological first aid (PFA). Through the earthquake response, IOM aims to provide psychosocial support to earthquake affected communities through mobile psychosocial teams in Herat province earthquake affected districts.
Comprehensive Action Plan (CAP) for Afghanistan and Neighboring Countries In 2021 more than 1,260,000 undocumented Afghans returned from Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran — the highest return total of any year on record. So far in 2022, almost 280,000 individuals have returned from Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan, figures increasing by 62 per cent across the first three months alone. At the same time, the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has further deteriorated with significant consequences for the most vulnerable among the population. Already an estimated 72% of Afghans are living below the poverty line, and it is predicted that 97% of the population could fall into poverty by the end of 2022 unless the political and economic crises are urgently addressed. In Afghanistan, IOM continues to deliver lifesaving post-arrival assistance to the most vulnerable undocumented returnees from the Islamic Republic of Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan. In Pakistan, IOM focuses on contributing towards strengthening the access of vulnerable Afghans and host community households to multi-sectoral humanitarian assistance, with a focus on community-based protection and cash-based assistance to highly vulnerable households within targeted communities.
Cambodia: Contributing to Socioeconomic Recovery through Improved Skill Training and Access to Employment for Migrant Workers Impacted by COVID-19 The overall objective of the project is to contribute to socio-economic recovery in Cambodia through improved skill training and access to employment opportunities for migrant workers impacted by COVID-19 related job losses.
Provision of Critical Support to Afghan Refugees and Migrants in Pakistan Pakistan presently hosts up to 1.4 million Afghan Citizenship Card holders and undocumented Afghan migrants. The intensified armed conflict in Afghanistan in 2021 and the resulting upheaval in August 2021 have caused increased humanitarian and stabilization needs and a significant deterioration of the protection environment for civilians in the country. The most recent political transition and the increase of violence across Afghanistan have clear implications for the broader region, including a recent increase in the number of Afghan nationals crossing into Pakistan. With this trend projected to continue in the short to medium term, improved processes for safe and orderly border management are needed, in addition to efforts to address the ongoing and burgeoning needs in the communities in Pakistan hosting high levels of Afghan migrants, refugees and new arrivals. This project aims to propose a set of activities to address key protection concerns and increase livelihood opportunities for vulnerable Afghan migrants and host community members, improve border management between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and expand the evidence-based on mobility trends between both countries.
IOM – Multi Country Humanitarian Assistance – CAP 2022 According to Round 11 of IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) monitoring of displacement and return movement, 2,017,236 people remain displaced in South Sudan, 78 per cent of which are sheltering with already crisis-affected host communities. Displacement figures have continued to increase despite the signing of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) in 2018 due to an increase of displacement-inducing incidents such as sub-national conflict and unprecedented climate-related disasters. This project intends to ensure that the displaced communities living in the Bentiu, Naivasha, and Hai Masna displacement sites have continued, unhindered and equitable access to humanitarian services and assistance.
“Mamuncia” Program for the Cauca Littoral This program contributes to the inclusion and improvement of quality of life of ethnic communities in the Cauca coastline of Colombia, through an intervention model based on the ethnic traditional practice of these territories called “Mamuncia” and a cross cutting gender strategy. In particular, the program develops co-creation spaces with the participation of Government Institutions, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the education sector to open effective and sustainable dialogue paths toward finding solutions to the problems that have historically afflicted the region, and to generate synergies between the Government of Colombia and CSOs. The co-creation spaces are centered around five lines of work: Organization and Institutional Strengthening, Acceleration of Entrepreneurships, Heritage Protection, Knowledge Transfer (on Gender-Based Violence), and Access and Quality of Education.
Supporting the Reinforcement of the Congolese Institutions in the Fight Against Illegal Trafficking of Mineral Resources – Phase II This project contributes to strengthening the stability and development of mining areas in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo through an improved security environment that allows for legal, responsible, and conflict-free minerals trade.
The Refugee Resettlement Programme Through this project, IOM is providing comprehensive resettlement support to those refugees identified by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and accepted by the Government of Japan (GoJ) for resettlement to Japan. This is in line with the previous project phases (2010-2022), where the Government of Japan has resettled 250 refugees (90 households) to Japan. The project aims to support a durable solution for refugees, including a sustainable integration of the refugees. IOM is facilitating and providing pre-departure assistance, such as pre-migration health activities (PMHA), pre-departure orientation (PDO) and language sessions, facilitating travel document processing, as well as the movement assistance to Japan. This is being conducted in coordination with relevant partners such as the Government of Japan, the Government of Malaysia, and UNHCR. At the destination country in Japan, the project is supporting the integration into new communities in Japan.
​​Humanitarian Response to People in Situations of Mobility, Transit, and Displacement in Honduras in the Context of Insecurity and Humanitarian Crises ​ In light of the increased risks experienced in Honduras as a result of disasters, risky migration, food insecurity and widespread violence among many other factors which are interrelated, IOM with the help of implementing partners (Plan International Honduras, Honduran Red Cross, and Fundación Alivio del Sufrimiento) is responding to the essential needs of populations on the move (internally displaced, returnees, migrants in mixed flows) through a multisectoral response including Camp Coordination and Camp Management, Shelter/Non-Food Items, and Multi-Purpose Cash assistance. Additionally, the project is contributing to the protection of people affected by disasters or displacement by providing temporary accommodation that also offers access to essential services and household items in a dignified manner. This project follows the approach of centrality of protection, accountability to affected people, protection against sexual exploitation and abuse, inclusion of people with disabilities, mainstreaming of gender and age considerations.
MAINSTREAM: Fair and Ethical Recruitment into the Philippines’ Migration Governance On 3 February 2022, the Department of Migrant Workers Act (Republic Act No. 1164) took effect, which established the Department of Migrant Workers and for the very first time in the world a country codified the progressive realization of the 23 Objectives of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). The project aims to capitalize this momentous time to promote fair and ethical recruitment practices to government agencies, employers and Private Recruitment Agencies (PRAs) and to support the Philippine government in meeting key objectives in the multi-stakeholder National Action Plan on Mainstreaming Fair and Ethical Recruitment in the Philippines (NAP-FER), particularly on developing due diligence and self-assessment tools for the recruitment industry (Objective 3) and on implementing continuous capacity-building (Objective 4).
Morocco: Voluntary Return and Reintegration for Migrants in a Vulnerable Situation  – Contribution of the Kingdom of Spain This project aims to contribute to improving the migration management system through migrants' protection and assistance. It will reach this objective by offering the alternative of assisted voluntary return and reintegration to an estimate number of 190 migrants in vulnerable situations in Morocco.
Improving Border Management and Community Resilience towards Cross-Border Organised Crime in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso with a Focus on the Central Mediterranean Route The overall objective of the project is to contribute to improving border security and build community resilience to illicit trafficking in border areas in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger along the Central Mediterranean axis through a more sustainable and integrated border management approach.
Enhancing Capacities to Better Manage Movements at Borders Along the Central Mediterranean Route Informed by ongoing discussions at policy level, including relevant global and regional processes, the project will contribute to the Government of Tunisia capacity of migration governance and border management, including targeted support at points of entry and support to enhancing rescue at sea operations along the Tunisian coasts.
Protection and Assistance of Venezuelan Migrants victims of trafficking - Phase II As the lead agency of Quito Process Trafficking and Smuggling Working Group, IOM has committed to providing technical and financial support for the Prevention and Prosecution of the crime of Trafficking in Persons, as well as the protection and assistance to its victims; and to coordinating the required actions for the implementation of international cooperation projects in this area, as identified by the Group of Friends of the Quito Process and in alignment with the needs and priorities of the Quito Process member states.Therefore, IOM will continue the efforts implemented in the first phase of the “Protection and Assistance to Venezuelan Migrants Victims of Trafficking” project, to improve regional response capacities and protection services for Venezuelan victims of trafficking and for those at risk of becoming victims. The project’s second phase will continue to improve the capacities of relevant stakeholders and institutions in the region to provide a counter-trafficking response. The outputs aim to provide the needed technical support for member states to achieve the proposed actions established by the Regional Coordination Mechanism of the Quito Process as well as expand VoTs’ access to protection-related and assistance services.
Strengthening Inclusive and Sustainable Peace in the Andriry Massif This project aims to build upon the achievements of the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) interventions in the Andriry mountain region in southern Madagascar, extending its reach to more remote, marginalized, and conflict-prone communities. Since 2017, holistic support has been provided to restore security, enhance social cohesion, and promote peaceful coexistence in the area through PBF funding. While the PBF interventions have made significant progress, particularly around the Andriry mountain, the more secluded and inaccessible interior of the massif remains a refuge enclave where state services struggle to reach. To address this, the project focuses on inclusivity, aiming to engage marginalized communities within the massif, fostering social cohesion and sustainable development. The project's ambitions include strengthening social cohesion through community participation in peace processes, improving access to peace dividends for Andriry communities, and establishing a coordination mechanism for sustainable development and peace promotion in the region. The initiative aligns with broader efforts by the government and development partners to invest in the area's development, leveraging previous PBF investments and contributing to a more coordinated "Humanitarian-Development-Peace" (HDP) approach.
ZIRF Counselling 2023 - Country Fact Sheets (CFS) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been implementing the ZIRF Counselling - Country Fact Sheet (CFS) project since 2006. The project contributes to support migrants in making an informed decision on voluntary return and raise awareness on reintegration assistance available. To this end, the project strengthens the German Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) counselling network. It also enables the provision of up-to-date information regarding the situation in 16 selected countries of origin.
Emergency Response for Populations Affected by Floods in Burundi Burundi is facing a crisis that combines the devastating effects of disasters related to natural hazards and deteriorating socio-economic and security situation in the country. It is located in an earthquake-prone geographic zone of the Great Lakes, thereby increasing the risks of being affected by a catastrophic event. Frequent natural disasters such as floods and storms have provoked massive displacements of persons both in Bujumbura and in the provinces. The general objective of this project is to provide a comprehensive evidence-based approach to address urgent shelter, non-food items, water, sanitation and hygiene, and protection needs in a bid to improve the living conditions of displaced flood-affected households, in four provinces recently impacted along the Lake Tanganyika: Bujumbura Rural, Bujumbura Mairie, Makamba and Rumonge.
Frontline Training for Border Guards and Police in Border Areas of Viet Nam In coordination with the Vietnamese National Border Guards (NBG), the project will support senior guard trainers to design and deliver an inter-agency training curriculum for frontline border guards and police officers to counter trafficking and migrant smuggling in border areas of Viet Nam. The inter-agency training curriculum will be designed in close cooperation with senior national police trainers from the Peoples Police Academy and the Border Guard Academy, including the Judicial Academy with the aim of institutionalizing the curriculum and capacity within existing police and border guard induction training programs.