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Implementation of the EU EOM to Pakistan for the 2018 Municipal Elections Having implemented 61 Election Observation Missions (EOM) all over the world, IOM acquired ample experience to respond in a fast, efficient and cost-effective manner to the different logistical and security challenges an EOM might encounter. IOM will Implement the logistic, security, financial and administrative aspects of the European Union (EU) EOM to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to observe the 2018 general elections.
Enhanced Reintegration Assistance for Voluntary Returnees from Germany - StarthilfePlus 2019 The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the sustainable reintegration of returnees from Germany to their countries of origin or receptive third countries. It does so by complementing the assistance provided under the German assisted voluntary return programme REAG/GARP by offering further reintegration assistance for REAG/GARP beneficiaries returning to a group of selected countries. In addition to the financial and reintegration support offered to migrants within the REAG/GARP programme, returnees receive either further financial assistance and/or they receive further in-kind support (housing allowance and/or medical support).
Provision of Humanitarian Assistance to Venezuelan Migrants in Guyana The population of migrants from Venezuela in Guyana are suffering the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The need for food assistance is still on the rise, and it is estimated that in Guyana as of September 2021, 17,000 Venezuelan migrants are continuously in need of food assistance. The overall outcome of this project will be done through the following key deliverables: 1. The registration of beneficiaries and data gathering; 2. Beneficiary selection criteria and data-base established; 3. Procurement of food items and preparation of food kits; 4. Provision of food assistance by way of food kits and 5. Monitoring and evaluation.
COVID-19 and Resilience in Armenia: Mitigating the Socio-Economic Impact on Vulnerable People and Communities The proposed project will mitigate the disproportionate socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the most vulnerable people and businesses in Armenia through access to adequate, inclusive and effective social and economic protection mechanisms.  The project will focus on delivering one-time cash assistance to the households with persons displaced from Syria and delivering support to labour migrants to set-up small enterprise or re-profile existing ones less affected by COVID-19.
Reconstructing Destroyed Housing in Mosul As part of efforts to support the Government of Iraq (GoI), this project contributes to reconstruction in a neighborhood of Mosul, Ninewa Governorate. The project supports returnees and the local community to access safe and dignified housing through the reconstruction of war-destroyed houses. IOM is intervening on 15 sites by removing post-conflict debris and by building incremental house units that can be further expanded by the households. The project target area was selected through ongoing IOM livelihood interventions and as there are two community resource centers in the Mosul area, which is a joint initiative with the GoI to facilitate and coordinate service provision in areas of high return. Moreover, the project aims to benefit the wider-community by providing cash-for-work opportunities, and by providing skills-training to enhance the capacities of the community to participate in the reconstruction efforts.
Engage, Connect, Empower The project aims to increase community resilience and cohesion through youth participatory action to address the critical gap in public life participation of youth that compromises their cohesiveness and capacity to withstand future social, economic and environmental shocks and stressors in a country already severely impacted by a weak economy, lack of opportunities, scarcely efficient social services and precarious social safety-nets and high rates of out-migration, all further exacerbated by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Juvenile Restorative Justice Program Enhancement in Colombia In view of the need to continue strengthening juvenile restorative justice processes (PJJR in Spanish) in Colombia and considering that this is the core area of the System of Criminal Liability for Adolescents (SRPA in Spanish), this project aims to contribute to the strengthening of the PJJR by expanding its coverage and using new tools and approaches for its optimization, leading to the construction of a proposal for a National Policy on Restorative Juvenile Justice. Additionally, the work with the SRPA will focus on strengthening the human rights component in the Ministry of Justice through the development of a catalog and monitoring system designed to guarantee the human rights of adolescents and young people in the SRPA by facilitating and strengthening monitoring processes. The implementation of the project follows the following lines of action: strengthening the Juvenile Restorative Justice Program in the targeted municipalities; and the development of strategies to strengthen the human rights approach in the System of Criminal Responsibilities for Adolescents.
Humanitarian Support at the Northern Border of Mexico to Third Country Vulnerable Asylum Seekers and Migrants Who Are Victims of Trafficking and Violent Crimes This project is contributing to increasing humanitarian support through the provision of adequate shelter for vulnerable migrants, mainly from the Northern Cone of Central America, along the northern border of Mexico, particularly victims of trafficking and violent crimes (including gender-based violence survivors), as well as individuals from third countries who are seeking asylum in the United States or in Mexico and are living in Mexico.
Supporting Vulnerable Individuals to Access the EU Settlement Scheme IOM UK will work in partnership with The 3 Million, St. Mungo's and Here for Good, and in coordination with local authorities across the UK, to effectively reach and support vulnerable or at-risk individuals and their families to access the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS).
Mosul Emergency Response and Preparedness Through this project IOM will provide a continuation of shelter supporting the Central Belt of Iraq, Non-Food Items (NFI) support in the whole of Iraq and Psychosocial Support Services (PSS) support in the whole of Iraq.
Strengthen Mauritania’s Preparedness, Response, and Resilience to Climate Change Induced Natural Disasters This project's overall objective is to prevent climate change induced internal displacement by strengthening the disaster risk reduction response capacities in Mauritania. Institutional capacities are being strengthened by reforming the operational framework of Mauritania's national disaster response and risk reduction strategy and by establishing a regional contingency plan for the Guidimakha region.
Food and Nutrition Assistance for PLHIV and TB Clients in South Eastern Myanmar The project's main objective is to improve treatment outcomes for these patients and reduce morbidity and mortality amongst migrants and mobility-impacted communities. This project will continue to build on the long-standing successful collaboration between IOM and WFP to provide critical nutrition and food support to vulnerable patients living with TB and HIV in Southeast Myanmar (Mon and Kayin states respectively).
Reinforcing Peace and Stability in Mali through Assistance to Conflict-Affected Population, Youth Employment, Social Cohesion and Enhanced Border Management This project is proposed with the general objective of contributing to the efforts of the Government of Mali to stabilize the communities in the north and center of the country and reinforce internal security through border controls. It will also assist administrative and local authorities in managing conflict-affected communities through stabilization mechanisms, youth engagement and border controls.
Strengthening Capacities to Prevent and Combat the Smuggling of Migrants by Sea in Mexico This project aims to strengthen capacities of Mexican authorities to deal with migrant smuggling putting special emphasis in the growing phenomenon of migrant smuggling by sea at the southern and northern borders of Mexico.
EU Election Observation Mission to Tunisia 2019 Through this project, IOM aims at providing logistic, security and administrative support to the Government of Tunisia. Support will be based on the European Union Election Observation Mission to Tunisia in 2019.
Return Counselling and Assistance for Voluntary Return from the Swiss Federal Asylum Centers (RAZ) The project aims to support migrants with voluntary return and reintegration assistance. Migrants in Federal Asylum Centres interested in returning voluntarily receive information about the return and reintegration process, have access to counselling and are assisted in the preparation of their return.
Responding to Water Crisis in Al Qarna District in Basra Through this project, IOM contributes to the recovery of Al Qarna district in Basra governorate (Iraq) by responding to the urgent needs caused by the water crisis and strengthening the resilience of the community towards water scarcity. IOM works to rehabilitate the water treatment plant seeking to drastically improve the access to clean water for about 100,000 people living in the Al Qarna district. In addition, IOM works to ensure the sustainability of the action through setting up and training a community-based management team for the effective and sustainable maintenance of the water treatment plant. Lastly, IOM aims to ensure the ownership of the project by training and liaising with the water authorities, in particular the Directorate of Water.
Provision of Humanitarian Response to Vulnerable Populations in Yemen Through this project, IOM ensures a multi-sector approach to addressing the most pressing humanitarian needs in Yemen – ensuring accountable, needs-based programming and maintaining flexibility and responsiveness to emerging and onset crises. This project provides coordinated multi-sector humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable populations in Yemen—including internally displaced persons, host communities and migrants—affected by the ongoing crisis in response to needs emerging from onset emergencies such as displacement, natural disasters, conflict, through integrated camp coordination and camp management services and water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions.
The Provision of Gateway Resettlement Programme (Pre Arrival) Outcomes The project aims to facilitate the resettlement to the UK of vulnerable refugees of various nationalities. In order to do so, IOM aims to provide comprehensive resettlement support to 589 refugees identified by UNHCR and accepted by the UK Government for resettlement from the following country locations:  Burundi (150), Iraq (50), Kenya (200), Sudan (73) and Syria (75) under the programme. An additional 41 beneficiaries from Egypt will also be assisted by IOM  with pre-departure orientation and movement assistance. Those selected to resettle in the United Kingdom as part of the Gateway Resettlement Programme are living in rural or urban informal settlements or refugee camps in host countries worldwide and are registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Assessing and Addressing the Impacts of COVID-19 on Societies, Economies and Vulnerable Groups in Countries of the Middle East and North Africa Region To help mitigate the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, IOM is implementing this regional project in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with the aim to respond to the financial and socio-economic impact of disruptions of COVID-19 on migrant, displaced populations and host communities in the region. In particular, IOM is: (1) conducting research and providing technical support through cash-based interventions in early recovery and post crisis contexts in the region; (2) developing regional research products on the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on different countries in the MENA region; and 3) improving the understanding of existing social protection schemes in the MENA region in terms of their accessibility for migrants and displaced populations, of particular concern being migrants and displaced populations in the informal economy.
Strengthening Humanitarian Preparedness and Response (SHPR) Programme The overarching objective of this project is to ensure improved well-being, health and dietary diversity of the most vulnerable refugee and host community in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, as part of IOM's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Planned activities complement IOM's exiting programs - livelihoods, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health including mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), and site development. IOM will be the managing agency for this short-term consortium project.
swissREPAT-IOM-Movements (SIM) The project aims at supporting migrants willing to return voluntarily to their countries of origin. Different schemes of assistance are offered to migrants during their return journey both in Switzerland, the country of transit, and the country of return. Moreover, IOM will organize specific assistance for persons in situations of vulnerability upon request.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Resilience Initiative (BHRI) Building off IOM's existing work in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), this program identifies and offers opportunities for preventative programmingthat addresses the drivers, dynamics and other contributing factors of radicalization and recruitment at both societal and community levels. Itengages a broad range of relevant actors including: religious groups, the media, community leaders, the educational sector, civil society actors and authorities at different governance levels.
Emergency Grant Aid in Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Burkina Faso, Chad and Niger This project supports the regional health authorities in Niger with providing basic health assistance to conflict-affected populations, and further provides health-related and vulnerability-specific non-food item kits to those populations.
Life-Saving CCCM and Shelter Assistance to the Most Vulnerable Earthquake Affected IDPs in Tulunan, Makilala and Kidapawan, North Cotabato Province, Region XII Three major earthquakes hit North Cotabato in October 2019.  This project is providing camp coordination and camp management and shelter assistance to the most vulnerable survivors of these earthquakes.
IOM – Multi Country Humanitarian Assistance – CAP 2021 More than a decade of conflict, insecurity and armed attacks by the Non-State Armed Groups (NSAG) in north-east Nigeria, particularly in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) States continue to be the main cause of the dire situation of the internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and other affected populations. They are the main drivers of vulnerabilities and protection concerns that the vulnerable populations face, including protracted displacement; human rights violations; gender-based violence; and sexual exploitation and abuse. IDPs in and outside camps have low coping mechanisms and are heavily reliant on humanitarian assistance. With the objective to contribute towards improving humanitarian service provision and strengthening coping mechanisms of the affected populations in north-east Nigeria, IOM, under this project, provides targeted interventions in the areas of Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) and mental health and psychosocial support.
Implemention of the Citizenship Training Model in Education Establishments and Secretariats, as a Strategy of Education for Peace - Phase II This project is part of the National Training Plan for Citizenship that seeks to strengthen the education sector in the development of strategies that contribute to the construction of peace and the transformation of the school into a space for the development and practice of citizenship competencies for the exercise of human rights. In this sense, the project seeks to contribute to the implementation of the Training Model for Citizenship in educational establishments and focalized Education Secretariats, through the development of pedagogical strategies and social mobilization that strengthen the citizenship and socio-emotional competencies of teachers and managers of the prioritized educational establishments, and of the officials of the Secretariats of Education; and promote the inclusive and intercultural education of the targeted ethnic groups. The Training Model for Citizenship of the Ministry of Education has integrated the development of basic skills for the guarantee of the rights of ethnic groups and the recognition of an intercultural rights and citizenship approach for differential attention.
Enhancing Operational Capacities of Gambian Authorities to Manage Borders This project aims to contribute to enhancing operational capacity of the Government of The Gambia to manage borders. The proposed project will address the aforementioned concerns through an integrated three-pillar outcome approach:  1) Improved physical infrastructure, including facilities and equipment, at border posts for effective border management; 2) Strengthened migration data collection and analysis through expansion of the Border Management Information Systems under deployment; and 3) Enhanced institutional capacity through the promotion of inter-agency cooperation to address immigration related risks and through the social mobilization of communities to ensure peaceful co-existence for economic development.
Properness Actions for the Migrants Response in Yemen This project will enhance the preparedness of IOM to respond to the migrants’ needs in Yemen in a timely manner by enhancing the capacity of the local partners to support the multi-sectorial assistance for the migrants and to support the humanitarian evacuation; stockpiling life-saving materials and kits (including transit, hygiene and shelter kits); providing the needed multi -sectorial assistance like; shelter, water, food; supporting the land transportation for the migrants from the conflict areas to the safe areas inside Yemen; enhancing preparedness further by having a number of boats on standby in the international waters to evacuate the migrants who are willing to return from Yemen to their country of origin, via Djibouti.
Emergency Health Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Other Conflict-Effected Yemenis In response to the increasing needs for humanitarian assistance, IOM is implementing a series of actions aimed at reducing suffering, mortality and morbidity among internally displaced persons and host communities. This will be achieved through the implementation of support to primary and secondary healthcare services of government hospitals support to health centers for essential emergency and primary health and nutrition services. IOM will provide these services through supporting two hospitals and four health care centers in Al Mahwit, Sa’adah, Hajjah, Taiz, and Shabwah governorates.
Providing Refugee Resettlement Assistance to the Government of Romania – Transfer and Assistance Services for Refugees Resettled from Turkey (STARRT III) This project is intended to provide comprehensive resettlement support to those Syrian refugees identified in Turkey and Jordan for resettlement to Romania. Throughout the project, IOM liaises with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)/authorities on travel permits whenever necessary, accommodation for refugees, interview rooms, transportation of refugees from place of habitual residence to temporary accommodation in place of interview and back, in city transport to place of interview, catering, security services, childcare services and provision of technical equipment. Moreover, IOM also ensures in all activities that its policies and principles of migrants’ equal access to resources, gender sensitivity and human rights-based approach are reflected. These cross-cutting aspects are included in the provision of assistance, Romanian language and orientation sessions, information/feedback activities with local authorities and host community.
Addressing Basic Needs and Enhancing Resilience and Access to Services Under this grant, IOM will undertake activities to include: 1) Support to the basic needs of refugees through multi-purpose cash, food security and shelter repairs; 2) Protection interventions for the most vulnerable refugees through case management, community outreach, legal assistance and psychosocial services and counter-trafficking interventions; 3) Increase in the self-sufficiency of Syrian refugees; 4) Community stabilization through quick impact projects and social cohesion activities.
Supporting the Establishment of a Training Centre of the General Directorate of General Security for Enhanced Internal Capacities in Border and Migration Management in Lebanon IOM's project is aimed at enhancing the capacity of the General Directorate of General Security (GSD) to sustainably meet its training needs on secure and humane border management. The primary outcome under this project is to support the establishment of a permanent training facility for GSD staff, including facilities for 30 full-time trainers and approximately 300 trainees per year. This training centre will enable GSD to sustainably train their staff in border management techniques and complimentary skills, which is a critical step in the ongoing efforts to ensure that Lebanon’ border management is effective, humane, and secure.
Supporting the United Nations Network on Migration in Iraq This project proposes to support the Network and its participating agencies IOM and UNDP to provide coherent institutional support to the Government of Iraq and local stakeholders by building institutional migration management capacities and implement frameworks such as the National Migration Management Strategy (NMS), the Global Compact for Migration and the Sustainable Development Goals. It will support the first phase of the Network and is aligned to the first priority area of the UNDAF 'Improving the performance and responsiveness of targeted national and sub-national institutions.  Project results will drive from the following lines of support (i) The UN Network on Migration in Iraq is functioning with an established Coordinator and Secretariat; (ii) the government and local stakeholders have strengthened institutional and analytical capacities on migration governance and related SDGs; (iii): Research on migration-related topics is made available and supports improved knowledge; and (iv) local actors have stronger understanding of migration related issues and ability to tackle them. The overarching objective is to enhance institutional capacities for comprehensive evidence-based migration management.
Psychosocial and Medical Assistance to Urban Refugee Survivors and to Those at Risk of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in Kampala, Uganda Assistance to vulnerable urban refugees with individual counselling, first-line medical support and referral for specialized medical treatment<(>,<)> awareness raising and sensitization and psychological first aid for survivors or those at heightened risk of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Kampala.
Swiss Return Information Fund The Swiss Return Information Fund (RIF) aims at providing the Swiss migration authorities, the return counsellors in the Cantons and in the asylum registration and procedure centres with actual, clear and prompt information that may assist them in supporting voluntary returns and reintegration.
Rapid response fund for Sudan The main objective of IOM setting up the Rapid Response Fund (RRF) – Sudan is to facilitate the Government of Sudan’s (GoS) ability to meet acute emergency humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable populations (including women, children, the elderly and persons with disabilities), namely those affected by natural and/or man-made disasters, by providing a timely, flexible, effective and need-based funds disbursement mechanism to humanitarian actors operating in multiple sectors of the emergency response.