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Managing ECHO stockpiles of Non-Food Items in Regional Warehouses for Emergency Responses Through this project, IOM is supporting the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) in the establishment of their European Humanitarian Response Capacity (EHRC) Emergency Regional Stockpiles in reaction to the increased difficulty of delivering relief items to affected populations due to global supply chain and other sectoral challenges. Through this 18-month project, IOM supports ECHO with pre-positioned stocks in strategically located warehouses, ready to be rapidly delivered to people in need by ECHO certified partners.
Enhancing Primary and Emergency Healthcare to Internally Displaced Populations (IDPs), Migrants and Conflict Affected Host Communities Through this project, over 21,000 conflict-affected and vulnerable population groups including internally displaced persons, migrants, and conflict affected host communities in Ta’iz will have improved access to health services to address their urgent health needs.
Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Assistance for Victims of Trafficking and Cabaret Dancers who have been exploited in Switzerland This project facilitates the voluntary return of victims and witnesses of human trafficking identified in Switzerland, as well as victims according to the Victim Support Act within the prostitution sector, and to contribute to their sustainable reintegration in their country of return. The project foresees a flexible and efficient operational and administrative framework to ensure dignified and needs-tailored return of this highly vulnerable target group.
Africa Migration Report 2023 The publication aims to contribute to the African continent's integration agenda as envisioned in the Abuja Treaty by producing evidence-based knowledge to support the migration and trade nexus. This knowledge will in turn contribute to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Integrated Recovery Program for Migrant Returnees through Protection Services and a Restricted Cash-Based Assistance through an E-Voucher Modality for Income Generating Activities (IGAs) Integrated recovery program for migrant returnees through protection services and a restricted cash-based assistance through an E-voucher modality for income generating activities (IGAs)
Developing a Jamaican Diaspora Engagement Model for Development In line with the country's National Policy and Plan of Action on International Migration and Development, this project aims to conduct a gender-sensitive feasibility study to create a practical model to channel diaspora resources into Jamaica's national development, followed by the development of a Jamaican Diaspora Engagement Model for National Development Framework (hereinafter referred to as JAM-DEM). The JAM-DEM framework would seek to facilitate the channeling of human and financial resources towards various sectors including housing, education, health, security and small and medium enterprises.  The project's main goal will be achieved through creating a steering committee to guide project implementation. Project activities will also include focus group discussions with key government stakeholders and private sector institutions, consultations with the diaspora, and workshops to disseminate the feasibility report and present the JAM-DEM framework.
Strengthening the Capacity of Pacific Fisheries Officers to Address Modern Slavery This project aims to strengthen the capacity of Pacific fisheries officers to address modern slavery by developing training and assessment materials that will enable them to understand modern slavery and to appropriately identify conditions of modern slavery on board fishing vessels. Training materials will be developed in close coordination with the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) with a view to having them formally integrated into FFA's accredited qualification programme “Certificate IV in Fisheries Enforcement and Compliance”.
Enhancing Well-being of Internal Migrant Workers in the Electronics Industries in Viet Nam In this project, IOM will work closely with a multi-national corporation and their suppliers in the electronics and apparel sectors of Viet Nam, towards the overall objective of promoting upstream responsible supply chain management and future programmes in Viet Nam, with a focus on workers’ well-being beyond employment conditions.
Migration for Development III Building on the successful first phase of the IOM-GIZ cooperation, this project will continue to contribute to the Federal Government of Nigeria's efforts to reintegrate returning Nigerian migrants sustainably.  In collaboration with the Federal Government of Nigeria, IOM and GIZ will join efforts towards long-term impact by delivering complimentary comprehensive reintegration assistance to migrants who have returned to Nigeria (and their families), as well as building the capacity of both state and non-state actors involved in return and reintegration to ensure effective assistance is provided through a sustainable model.
The Project for Enhancing Border Management Capacity This project aims to strengthen operational capacities of border management authorities and agencies to contribute towards a comprehensive migration management and integrated border management system and thereby, prevent irregular migration. The proposed will be achieved through the following three key outcomes:   Outcome I: Border management agencies effectively mange borders and prevent irregular migration  Outcome 2: Immigration and Border Management agencies demonstrate improved technological capacities to efficiently manage borders and curb irregular migration Outcome 3: Immigration and Border Management authorities support migrants in irregular situations through improved facilities, procedures and knowledge.
Strenghtening the Cross-Border Cooperation and Border Management Capacities of North Macedonia The overall objective is to contribute to the efforts of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia to strengthen border management capabilities in addressing cross-border crime, including smuggling of migrants and trafficking in human beings, in line with international standards and with a human right- and gender-based approach. To achieve the project objective, IOM will work towards the achievement of the following two outcomes: 1) National Border Police from the country’s Southern border demonstrates an increased cross-border cooperation capacity with the Border Police of Greece in addressing cross-border crime, including smuggling of migrants and cases of violence, exploitation, abuse in full respect of the rule of law and human rights; and 2) Strengthened technical border management capabilities leads to improved border surveillance.
Targeted HIV Prevention, Testing and Treatment for Key Population and Mobile Communities in Southeast Myanmar The project will continue to scale up HIV prevention, testing, and supported services to maintain treatment cohort, for migrants and mobility-impacted communities in Southeast Myanmar, with particular focus on increased testing services and linkage to National AIDS programme.
Supporting the Greek Authorities in Managing the National Reception System for Asylum Seekers and Vulnerable Migrants (SMS) Building upon its extensive experience and lessons learned throughout the past years and especially during 2019, IOM continues to support the Greek authorities in the daily management of the open accommodation sites by providing holistic site management support assistance (SMS), including protection and non-formal education (NFE) components, and pursuing the streamlining of a harmonized SMS model across all sites.
Generating Evidence for Future Skills Needs of Migrant Workers in Nepal IOM Nepal will build on the recommendations and gaps identified on its existing studies on skills profiling and reintegration and conduct an in-depth and extensive macro level study to understand the supply and demand part of the skills. The study will map existing training institutions in Nepal, register the type of trainings provided and market diagnostics on the recruitment of trained personnel by private/public sector in Nepal and the role of private recruitment agencies in this process. This will consider pre and post COVID-19 situations and how the training institutes have realigned to meet the demands of COVID affected markets. It will assess employment trends in skilled, semi-skilled and lower-skilled categories of demands in various destinations, map new and emerging job market in various destination and identify key areas and sectors including green job or the one that promotes green economy that will align with Nepal’s human resources or based on its ongoing skills programme. It will also provide the list of skills areas in which further trainings could be considered for high earning of the Nepali migrant workers and government initiatives at the national level to address social protection needs of the returnee migrant workers.
Humanitarian Assistance to Rohingya and Host Communities in Bangladesh This proposal outlines activity plan for 19-months project, with the overall objective of promoting the dignity of vulnerable Rohingya and host communities through increased access to protection and humanitarian assistance. IOM plans to implement Protection, Health, Site Management and Site Development (SMSD), Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFI), Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Needs and Population Monitoring (NPM) programming in Cox's Bazar.
Support to EAC for the Implementation of the 5-year Roadmap on Cross-Border Health and Outbreak Responses in the East African Region The East African Community (EAC) prioritises regional integration, trade and the free movement of people in achieving the region's goal of expanding its market. However, the free movement of people has come amid regional and global health threats. Moreover, outbreaks present challenges in terms of increased risk of diseases spreading across-borders, which can overwhelm the national health systems as seen with the case of the novel COVID-19 virus pandemic outbreak. The EAC strategic roadmap for health programming has been developed as a guide to the EAC Secretariat and its partner States for the period 2023 to 2028. While the roadmap is a consolidated and collective engagement to advance the EAC region's public health and health security agenda across-borders, there is a need for continuous support to the EAC Secretariat and Member States to ensure the successful implementation of the activities stated in the roadmap. This project aims to contribute to effective public health emergency preparedness and response in the East African Community (EAC) by supporting the implementation of the 2023-2028 EAC roadmap for cross-border health programming at Points of Entry. The project will achieve this objective through supporting the development of an EAC Minimum package of Essential Health Services for PoEs (Output 1.1), a training package related to Health Border Mobility Management (HBMM) at PoEs (Output 1.2) and SOPs setting standards for Community Event-based Surveillance (CEBS) and Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) within border communities (Output 1.3). The project will also support other roadmap priorities by developing an assessment of EAC partner States’ digitalisation strategies of personal health information and identifying opportunities for cross-border health information management and digitalisation (Output 1.4). Finally, the project will produce communication materials to promote visibility of its activities and discuss the sustainability of project results with key stakeholders. All deliverables will be presented and submitted for validation of the relevant EAC Technical Working Groups. As a result, EAC partner States will take steps to implement the 5-year roadmap for cross-border health programming at Points of Entry, including through strengthened coordination and capacities to monitor health threats along the mobility continuum.
Enhancing a Rights-Based Approach to Return, Readmission and Reintegration in Somalia Somalia is a host country, country of origin and transit for hundreds of thousands of migrants and returnees traveling mainly along the Eastern and Central Mediterranean Routes intending to reach Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), mainly the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Europe respectively. This project contributes to improving a rights-based approach to Return, Readmission and Reintegration, in particular in the target country so returns are better coordinated, managed, and migrants are better protected, assisted and enabled to sustainably reintegrate within their communities, while contributing to the development.
Improving Migration and Climate Change Policy Coherence in Uganda Uganda is highly exposed and vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. The country experiences drought, floods, landslides, erratic rainfall and/or intense rainfall patterns, and projections estimate that the frequency and severity of climate hazards and disasters is likely to increase significantly. Furthermore, environmental factors negatively impact Uganda’s economy and act as push factors for migration and displacement. Despite growing concern, national policies have been unchanged until recently, when the Government of Uganda launched the Climate Change Act 2021, which mandates the development of a comprehensive Strategy Framework on Climate Change, in addition to Action Plans at both the national and district level. Taking advantage of this momentum and building on previous work, this funding will support the Government of Uganda, as well as stakeholders at the district and local level, to effectively address environment and climate-change induced migration. The project aims to achieve this in three ways. Firstly, it will support policy work being done at the national and district level (Outcome 1); secondly, it will build capacity among government stakeholders to ensure migration is integrated into climate change data collection tools (Outcome 2); and lastly, it will contribute to addressing the impacts of climate change at the local level to ensure that communities have the tools to adapt to climate change impacts in their daily lives (Outcome 3). By engaging with stakeholders at all three levels, the project will ensure that policy implementation reaches district and community levels.
Leading a United Pathway to Anti-Trafficking Action (LUPTA) The overall objective of the project is to advance and contribute to the Romanian Government’s endeavors in successfully implementing Romania’s National Strategy for 2018-2022 and National Action Plan for Combating Trafficking in Persons. Of particular focus will be developing and implementing a multi-disciplinary, holistic, systematized victim centered approach to human trafficking investigations and prosecutions based on a collaboration protocol on coordination of victims of trafficking in the criminal procedure. This will incorporate internationally accepted best practices and guidelines, and bring together all actors involved in the investigation, prosecution, protection, and public and/or public support services provided for victims of trafficking. The project aims to increase and improve the knowledge, skills, practices, and capacity of targeted key actors, introducing interdisciplinary expertise and innovative judicial tools to build specialized counter-trafficking competency within the Romanian law enforcement and criminal justice sector. Furthermore, the project will address needed improvements to victim protection and increase victim participation in the criminal justice process.
IDEE BRIDGE - Development Initiatives for the BRIDGE Enterprise The project aims to promote economic opportunities for young Nigerien entrepreneurs.
Strengthening Country Leadership by Bridging Accountability to Affected People (AAP) Knowledge Gaps to Achieve a Systemic Collective Approach Accountability to affected populations (AAP) has been part of the humanitarian reform agenda in the last three decades. AAP is one of the four mandatory responsibilities of the Humanitarian Country Teams (HCT) outlined in the HCT terms of reference endorsed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee principals and referenced in the Leadership in Humanitarian Action Handbook for Resident Coordinators. This project focuses on strengthening leadership in HCTs by deepening humanitarian leaders understanding of the value of AAP and the structural barriers to collective approach, to increase the likelihood that leaders become advocates of AAP in humanitarian response and support planning to ensure improved AAP advocacy at all levels. To this end, IOM is facilitating the development of learning modules in collaboration with key partners to support the objective of improving leaders' understanding of AAP and their own roles in ensuring affected populations are empowered to influence humanitarian assistance in planning and delivery.
Rehabilitation of a High School Teacher's Training Center in the Republic of Palau School infrastructure in Palau is exposed to several hazardous conditions which will likely to become more severe with the increasing impact of climate change.  High winds can cause damage to roof coverings and lightweight structures.  Salty and humid atmosphere can cause significant decay to building materials.  Coastal locations can result in exposure to storm surge flooding.  High heat and humidity can also lead to material degradation as well as undermining the learning environment.
Adopting a Comprehensive Approach to Addressing the Critical Humanitarian and Protection Needs of Displaced Populations in Haiti The prolonged economic downturn in Haiti heightened social tensions, and civil unrest, exacerbated by rampant gang violence in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince and more recently in the Centre and Artibonite Departments. This has led to a protracted humanitarian crisis, characterized by severe threats to the safety, well-being, and basic human rights of Haitians. As a result, many Haitians are forced to flee to other regions of the country and abroad, often resorting to unsafe and irregular migration routes and resulting in massive and sometimes unlawful deportations of Haitian migrants by neighboring countries. This project aims to address the humanitarian consequences of the complex crises unfolding in the country by achieving the following results, 1) Strengthening emergency and protection services for Haitian returnees, 2) Improving health care and mental health and psychological support services for IDPS, 3) Ensuring access to basic, safe and dignified shelters to affected populations, 4) Enhancing capacities of stakeholders to coordinate and address the needs of vulnerable people on-the-move in Haiti, 5) Provision of timely and dignified access to water, sanitation and hygiene services, and 6) Strengthening disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction management capacities of key national institutions.
Supporting the Return of Displaced Population in Ninewa Plains and West Ninewa Program The proposed intervention is rooted in IOM Iraq’s evolving approach to stabilization and revitalization of communities, and offers a holistic integrated solution to the numerous challenges faced by recently retaken locations. The intervention is evidence-based as it is informed by IOM’s own area specific mixed qualitative and quantitative applied research methods, in addition to DTM data.
Assistance for Informed, Safe and Dignified Voluntary Returns of Vulnerable Migrants in Participating Countries of the Americas (WHA Regional AVR Program) The Program provides administrative, logistic, and financial support to migrants in vulnerable situations in the Western Hemisphere who are unable or do not want to remain in host countries to return to their origin countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean. The program is based on IOM’s Return, Readmission and Reintegration (RRR) Policy. The key outcomes of the new phase of the program, contemplated for the period of 01 May 2023 – 30 April 2024, are the following: (1) Migrants in vulnerable situations in need of voluntary return support are able to make an informed decision on return; and, (2) More migrants in the region voluntarily return to countries of origin in a safe, orderly, efficient, humane, and dignified manner. Basic humanitarian assistance for program participants is critical to ensure that returnees avoid negative humanitarian outcomes and protection risks. IOM foresees a continuation of basic support upon arrival, in line with previous program iterations, to continue to ensure that return is indeed safe and dignified.
Promoting Social Cohesion by Combatting Xenophobia and Anti-Migrant Sentiments Against International Migrants in the Kyrgyz Republic The project aims to promote social cohesion and migrant-inclusive socio-economic growth by decreasing xenophobic and anti-migrant sentiments among the Kyrgyz host society and by increasing the safety of international migrants in Kyrgyzstan, especially students, through initiatives designed to enhance mutual positive perception. The project will take a whole-of-society and whole-of-government approach, involving beneficiaries, community associations, academic institutions, and government counterparts throughout all project stages.
Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Project This project supports the voluntary return of migrants in situation of social and economic vulnerability, and contributes to their reintegration. IOM will assist migrants with pre-return information and counselling, travel arrangements, delivery of individual financial support before departure, will provide assistance at the departure airport, in-transit and upon arrival and reintegration in the country of origin tailored to migrants' needs.
Strengthening the Health Capacities in Greek Reception and Identification Centers (RICs) The project will contribute to the efforts of the Greek authorities in addressing the health needs of migrants living in the Greek islands of Lesvos, Samos, Chios, Leros and Kos and easing the health burden on the local health services. To this end, IOM will strengthen the diagnostic capacities of the biochemistry laboratory and radiological facility in the five (5) Reception and Identification Centres (RICs) on the aforementioned islands through the provision of technical (medical teams) and logistical support (ambulances and essential medical equipment and supplies). Through the proposed activities, IOM aims particularly at relieving the burden of the national health care system and reinforcing the national health actor that does not have sufficient capacity to serve the RICs’ medical caseload due to limited resources, coupled with COVID-19 restrictions and limitations. Ultimately, the project will enhance the health and well-being of migrants residing in RICs, while also supporting other operational aspects (such as RICs’ decongestion) related to the management of RICs by the responsible Greek authority (RIS).
Maldives: Strengthening Government Capacity to Develop an Integrated Approach to Migration Governance Migrants are key contributors to the economic development of the Maldives. The Ministry of Economic Development (MED) in the Maldives is undertaking several initiatives to improve the living and working condition of the migrants, but interlinkages between key policy objectives need to be discussed in a coordinated manner and incorporated in an integrated approach to development. The proposed project will include three distinct, mutually reinforcing components: a) the drafting of a Labour Migration Assessment, b) the development of an Integrated Border Management (IBM) strategy, and c) the creation, based on these two pieces and other existing thematic assessments, of an overall Migration Policy for the Maldives. The Migration Policy will facilitate economic growth in the country in a migrant-inclusive manner, and the Labour Migration Assessment and IBM strategy will contribute to evidence-based sustainable economic development by facilitating mobility and trade while safeguarding the country’s national security.