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Sanitation for All This project seeks to provide an innovative solution to an unaddressed need within humanitarian responses: the of a lack of suitable access to sanitation for people with incontinence and very young children. These individuals are either not provided with a solution to their sanitary needs, or provided with disposable solutions, thereby being both expensive, difficult to safely dispose of within humanitarian contexts, and not environmentally friendly. This project seeks to meet the needs by proposing a solution that is sustainable and better for the environment, reduces the burden on caregivers, and promotes the local economy through local production through a financially sustainable model.
Supporting Border and Migration Management at Airports The project aims for the improvement of inter-agency cooperation to better combat all forms of cross-border crime and irregular migration, and to facilitate the movement of trade and transportation. In line with the priorities, the project aims to strengthen operational capacity and inter-agency cooperation for more efficient border and migration management agencies. This will be achieved through the delivery of capacity development activities at selected Turkish airports, which will focus on enhancing passenger controls, and preventing cross-border crimes related to the airports. These efforts will contribute to the smooth and regular flow of passengers and more efficient border management in Türkiye, while focusing on EU standards and considering the specific situation of Türkiye and its strategic geographical location.
Municipal Support for Disaster Risk Reduction in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is at an increasing risk of disasters due to climate change and environmental degradation, while facing systemic political and socio-economic issues preventing comprehensive preparedness and risk reduction.Climate change projections for BiH predict increases in natural disasters' frequency, unpredictability and intensity, which could exacerbate existing political and social tensions. The floods of 2014 can serve as a warning sign for future events. In 2014 the country experienced devastating floods that affected one in four inhabitants and resulted in significant economic losses. BiH is also at risk of other disasters, most prominently landslides, heat waves, forest fires, and earthquakes. ​This project will support the authorities in the  people-centered approach to improving the safety, security, and well-being of people in hazard-prone areas, with a focus on improving key infrastructure to reduce risks of disasters.  This project is complimentary to the community infrastructure component that is itself part of larger EU-funded Migration Response program. The community infrastructure component provides communities along the migration route with infrastructure projects. Recently several communities along the migration route were hit by severe floods, highlighting the need for DRR infrastructure projects to protect the communities from future floods. The assessments and planning was finalized by IOM engineers. The municipal authorities requested to contribute to the project. This project will thus be used to operationalize the funding from the Municipalities and is closely linked to the EU contribution.
Strengthening the Migration Management Capacities of the Congo through an Upgrade of the Existing Border Management Infrastructure The objective of the project is to strengthen the migration management capacities of the Government of the Congo by upgrading the current border management infrastructure. A border management information system (BMIS) is a key element for the efficient management of cross-border movement of people while also preventing, controlling and responding to potential cross-border threats. It allows for the systematic collection of migration data and in-depth analysis of migration flows at airports and border crossing points, enabling real-time checks and allowing for immediate decision making. The Congo is using the old version of the IOM developed BMIS at Brazzaville Maya-Maya airport. The modernization of the old system is required to ensure the full operability of the upgraded system, the Migration Information and Data Analysis System (MIDAS) and its interoperability with international alert lists and additional modules, thus improves the management of migration in the Congo.
Enhancing Nigeria’s Border Management Capabilities The project targets strengthening the Federal Government of Nigeria's capacity to effectively and securely manage its borders by facilitating regular movement and simultaneously preventing irregular ones by implementing required technical tools and legal procedures, and operational protocols.
Supporting Sustainable Reintegration in Iraq The project aims to support the sustainable reintegration of Iraqis voluntarily returning from Sweden to Iraq. The project is not assisting those migrants who have been deported under the auspices of the Swedish Government.
Addressing Urgent Humanitarian Needs of Conflict-Affected Populations in Ukraine Over a year into the full-scale Russia-Ukraine war, military operations persist, most acutely in eastern and southern Ukraine. The crisis precipitated large-scale displacement, both within Ukraine and across borders. This project seeks to improve the living conditions of the most vulnerable conflict-affected populations through various interventions. This includes: 1) improved living conditions of vulnerable, conflict-affected populations through essential non-food items (NFIs) and access to dignified shelter; 2)  war-affected populations have better access to quality water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services; 3) war-affected populations have flexible means to meet their basic needs; 4) improved protection and psychosocial well-being of vulnerable war-affected populations; and 5) improved capacity of stakeholders to deliver quality, targeted humanitarian support.
Lifesaving Assistance for Conflict-Affected People in Ukraine and Neighbouring Countries On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation launched a broad military offensive against Ukraine. The situation in the country quickly deteriorated, with major attacks being reported across Ukraine, including in the capital, Kyiv. Russian troops quickly expanded their presence with military clashes ongoing in major cities including Chernihiv (north), Kharkiv (north-east), Kherson (south), Mariupol (south-east), Mykolaiv (south), Odessa (south-west), Sumy (north), amongst others, while the pre-existing hostilities in Donetska and Luhanska oblasts significantly intensified. The humanitarian community is currently projecting around 12 million people in need of assistance within Ukraine, of which 4.3 million would be internally displaced persons (IDPs) as well as a major flow of conflict-affected persons towards neighbouring countries, requiring life-saving support. The overall unpredictability of the situation requires humanitarian actors to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable displaced and other conflict-affected communities. Through this proposal, IOM aims at providing multi-sectoral assistance in those countries affected by the ongoing humanitarian situation, in line with the IOM Flash Appeal for the Ukraine Crisis, the OCHA-led Flash appeal for Ukraine, and the Regional Refugee Response Plan for the Ukraine situation.
Emergency Movement and Relocation Assistance for Somalia, Eritrean, Sudan and South Sudan Refugees in Somali, Tigray, Afar, Benishangul-Gumuz and Gambella Regions of Ethiopia Ethiopia has a long-standing history of receiving refugees and is currently the third-largest refugee hosting country in Africa and one of the largest refugee asylum countries worldwide, reflecting the ongoing fragility and conflict in the East and Horn of Africa region. Among the principal factors for this are the prevailing political environment in Eritrea, together with the political turmoil, conflict and drought in Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia. Through this project, IOM aims to assist 20,000 refugees from Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, and South Sudan with timely, safe, and dignified emergency  movement assistance services and relocation assistance from entry points to designated camps, from one camp to another, as well as from conflict-affected camps or temporary conflict induced sites to new and safe locations or camps in Somali, Amhara, Afar, Benishangul Gumuz and Gambella regions of Ethiopia.
Envelope 2: Integrated Livelihoods and Basic Services Assistance to Vulnerable Populations in Northwest Syria IOM will implement a comprehensive intervention through a coordinated response between the ERL cluster and other Clusters aiming to restore and improve access to key basic services, provide critical livelihood and income-generation opportunities, and foster community engagement and cohesion in the underserved, high-need sub-districts of Al Bab and Azaz, Aleppo Governorate, and Darkush and Harim, Idleb Governorate, as well as IOM’s 11 Planned Camps (PCs) for IDPs across both Governorates. In September 2022, the NWS health cluster and Early Warning, Alert and Response Network (EWARN) announced the first cases of Cholera in NWS. IOM, as part of an inter-agency response to the outbreak, will use the savings under the current project to purchase 50 kits of cholera pharmaceuticals and deliver them to WHO in Mersin, Türkiye. WHO in turn will distribute the kits to IPs in NWS that manage Cholera Treatment Centers (CTCs) and Cholera Treatment Units (CTUs).
Equipping Families for the Benefits of Labour Mobility in Vanuatu Program Labour mobility has led to significant positive impacts for ni-Vanuatu households. The objective of the project is to enable labour migrants and their families to maximize the positive impacts of their participation in international labour mobility, maintaining good health, strong, violence-free relationships, and financial stability during all stages in the overseas work experience.  This will be achieved by providing labour migrants and their partners with evidence-based training on healthy relationships and financial management, supported by targeted mentoring and support throughout the labour mobility cycle. The project seeks to provide labour mobility stakeholders with a regular forum to collaborate and share learnings, informed by relevant research on labour mobility in Vanuatu and the Pacific. The project is underpinned by a strong emphasis on monitoring and evaluation so that ni-Vanuatu labour migrants can benefit from continuous program improvement to ensure they benefit from improved understandings of healthy relationships and good financial management before, during and after the labour migration journey.
Facilitating the Social and Labour Market Inclusion of Displaced Ukranians Residing in the Regione Lazio, Italy This project will contribute to fostering the social and labour market integration of populations displaced from Ukraine (Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian citizens) benefitting from Temporary Protection status as per Directive 2001/55/E and residing in the Lazio region.
Capacity Building Support to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Towards Protection of Mobile and Vulnerable Populations in the Philippines The Philippines is one of the most high-risk countries in the world in terms of frequency and intensity of natural hazards such as typhoons, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, coupled with sporadic and protracted armed conflicts. This results in frequent and complex emergency settings and situations of displacement. The overlapping of manmade and natural disasters, along with a history of protracted displacement and chronic poverty has gradually weakened local government preparedness and response capacities, while communities are pushed from one humanitarian situation to another. As lead of the Emergency Response Cluster, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has prioritized the need to ensure disaster-affected communities are provided with assistance in an equitable and targeted manner. To ensure that any progress at the strategic and institutional level is translated into on-the-ground operations, this project contributes towards increased capacity and coordination by the Philippines Government, especially DSWD, to respond to the needs of mobile vulnerable populations, including internally displaced populations through enhanced information management, shelter and emergency response that meet international standards.
Strengthening the Response for U.S. Bound Afghan Evacuees in Kosovo through Provision of Protection and MHPSS Assistance Since the August 2021 announcement withdrawing the United States and other international military forces from Afghanistan, the security situation in the country has rapidly deteriorated. To facilitate movements and determine eligibility for entry to the United States, evacuees are accommodated at U.S. military bases in Germany, Qatar, and elsewhere for further processing. In mid-August, Kosovo (as per UNSC Res.1244 (1999)) became one of these such sites, with the announcement of the Government's willingness to accommodate evacuees from Afghanistan for these purposes. The overall objective of the project is to improve and strengthen the standards of protection through assistance, cultural and religious support, and mental health and psychosocial support to vulnerable populations hosted in the facility near Camp Liya, United States Army Base, in Kosovo (as per UNSC Res.1244 (1999)).
Provision of Integrated Services and Promotion of Social Cohesion Through a Migrant Coordination and Harmonization Centre in Adana This project seeks to continue its support to local authorities in implementing a model for integrated multi-sector service delivery to migrants, refugees and other vulnerable groups in Turkey with the aim of promoting social cohesion with the host community. The first component of this project is to continue ensuring that the established Migrant Coordination and Harmonization Center (the Center) for migrants and refugees provide counselling and referral services, as well as supporting existing municipality services through financial and in-kind support to include migrant and refugee groups in their actions. The second component seeks to strengthen the capacity of relevant stakeholders including the municipality, local public institutions and NGOs to work with and for migrants, refugees and the host community through comprehensive technical assistance and capacity building actions. The third project component enhances consultation and communication channels among migrants, refugees, and host community members in order to enhance dialogue and social cohesion in selected municipalities while aiming to reduce inter-communal tensions that may arise from real and perceived competition for employment, resources and access to public services. Collectively, these components continue to ensure that local authorities have the framework in place to sustainably operate the services tailored for migrants and refugees via the Center as well as other mainstreaming efforts.
Greening Humanitarian Responses Through Enhanced Solar Energy Harvesting In humanitarian settings, energy is a critically enabling factor to address lifesaving needs, ensure provision of basic services and improve social and economic well-being. Energy is generally recognized as a basic human right, however in humanitarian contexts the great majority (over 90 %) of displaced populations have inadequate or no access to modern forms of energy, and almost 1 billion people have no access at all. To continue the efforts towards greening humanitarian responses, this project aims to find a cost-effective way to adapt common single-use solar powered water systems (SPWS) into multipurpose SPWS so that unused and idle energy currently present and wasted at those single-use schemes can be utilized for other uses, in order to meet the most pressing energy needs of crisis-affected populations, humanitarian organizations and/or institutions in crisis zones.
Emergency Grant Aid in Response to the Flood Disaster in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya The prolonged drought from 2020 to 2023 with sixth failed rainy seasons severely impacted the population in Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL) region of Kenya with over 5.4 million people facing acute food insecurity, of which 1.2 million people are in Emergency level by Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). In response to the worsening condition of the mobile and most vulnerable population severely impacted by flooding, IOM seeks to provide emergency shelters and non-food items (NFIs) to alleviate the suffering of the most vulnerable households affected by the recent flooding across the affected ASAL counties.
Unrestricted Cash Assistance for Flood-Affected Populations in Bayelsa State, Nigeria Nigeria has been in the grip of the worst flood crisis in the last decade. The destructive flooding has affected more than 3.2 million people and caused massive damage to people’s homes and community infrastructure. The floods destroyed farmlands, shelters, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructures, sources of livelihood, and caused further displacement of populations. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) and National Emergency Management Agency data from December 2022, a total of 368,187 people were affected and over 400 houses damaged in Bayelsa. This project targets flood-affected populations, including displaced populations, returnees and host communities in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Direct assistance is provided in the form of cash and voucher assistance, promoting immediate choice prioritization, dignity, and flexibility. Providing the flood-affected population with cash helps them determine and settle underlining unexpressed needs. Moreover, cash distribution is faster, proven to be an adaptable means of saving lives, more efficient and a reliable modality to provide immediate lifesaving needs. This project complements IOM’s other ongoing flood response interventions in Bayelsa which includes damage assessment, shelter and non-food item interventions, psychosocial support, protection, and provision of farming kits.
Cultural Transformation in Bogotá for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace, Reconciliation and Non-repetition. This project aims to address identified challenges related to the low technical capacities of collective reparation subjects and community organizations in protecting the rights of victims, weak coordination between local and national institutions, and limited community capacity for dialogue and memory construction. The project includes actions such as strengthening memory construction, training leaders, organizing cultural encounters, and developing a pedagogical strategy for peace. It also focuses on empowering children and adolescents in conflict-affected areas through workshops on peace culture and conflict resolution. By enhancing the capacities of collective reparation subjects, leaders, and youth, the project aims to promote collective memory, repair, reconciliation, and a culture of peace in communities. The goal is to ensure sustainability by enabling autonomous initiatives that contribute to territorial transformation, organizational strengthening, and local leadership.
Preventing Violent Extremism and Building Social Cohesion in the Northern Region of Mozambique Through this project, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) aims at enhancing peace and community resilience in Mozambique. In particular, IOM will do so through community stabilization, cohesion and economic empowerment.
Pilot Initiatives to Support the National Program for Disarmament, Demobilization, Community Recovery and Stabilization (PDDRCS) in the reinsertion of ex-combatants in the Priority Areas of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu in the Eastern Democratic R Pilot project for the reinsertion of ex-combatants and stabilization of their communities of return and reintegration in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
CinemArena: The Itinerant Education and Information Programme Raising Awareness on Socio-Economic Opportunities and Promoting Empowerment in Africa, as Alternatives to Irregular Migration The project's overall objective is to contribute to supporting the governments in countries of origin along the main routes from Northern and Western Africa across the desert and the Mediterranean to promote more informed migration and more effective support to promote socio-economic opportunities as part of Government of Italy's strategy to address irregular migration and trafficking in human beings. Specifically, the project will raise awareness on socio-economic opportunities and promote empowerment as alternatives to irregular migration in five North and West African countries (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal, The Gambia and Tunisia), through activities, which aim: to ensure a broad dissemination of educational messages to the most marginalized and most affected communities; to engage and empower local communities, returning migrants, potential migrants and diaspora through their active involvement in the project and their inclusion in capacity building and training initiatives; to actively involve media as change agents to disseminate the right information on migration risks and on socio-economic opportunities available.
Emergency Assistance to Displaced Populations Affected by Conflict/Natural Disasters in Camp, Camp-like Settings, and Host Communities in the Central African Republic (CAR) Through this project IOM aims to improve the living conditions of displaced populations affected by conflict/natural disasters in camp, camp-like settings, and host communities. Specifically, IOM intends to improve the living conditions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) through the distribution and set up of transitional shelter and construction of emergency latrines/family latrines, reinforce camp coordination and camp management mechanism in existing camps or camps areas, scale up data collection / information sharing on IDPs trends through the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), and improve the living conditions of IDPs through multipurpose cash grants.
Optimizing the Engagement of Diaspora for Alternative Approaches to Safer Shelters and Settlements in Disaster Preparedness, Response and Risk Reduction – Phase IV This project strengthens and expands the impact of affected communities’ access to safer shelter knowledge and solutions, with a clear disaster risk reduction (DRR) lens through leveraging the reach, network, contributions, and impact of selected diaspora based in the United States of America. This is being accomplished through two main objectives. First, capacity-building, communication and awareness-raising models on safer shelter messaging, with a DRR approach, are being expanded among diaspora through more centralized and accessible platforms that continue to leverage the reach and influence of diasporas. The impact of this increased knowledge is further monitored and measured with regard to a change in behavior of affected communities in countries of origin. Second, selected communities’ access to safe shelter solutions is being strengthened through multi-stakeholder partnership model that leverage diasporas’ financial and social contributions.
Draft the Future! Towards a Diaspora Forum in Italy The overall objective of the project is to contribute to organizing and formalizing diaspora associations’ engagement in the Italian development cooperation system. This project builds on the lessons learned and gaps identified from the implementation of the two phases of the “National Diaspora Summit” initiative. It responds to the need for a more structured, coordinated and inclusive representation of diasporic actors engaged in development cooperation at the national level, as well as the need for continuous and tailored capacity development for the associations.