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Enhancing Migration Governance in Brazil In Brazil, there is a need to inform and strengthen the capacity of local authorities with regard to migration governance. Most local authorities are not familiar with migration policy processes, posing a challenge for adequate migration governance. In the same vein, there is a growing need to build coordination mechanisms to allow for policy monitoring and approval. In partnership with the National School of Public Administration (ENAP), this project aims to achieve the following three objectives: (i) formulate a set of 10 indicators of good migration governance at the local level, which are adapted to the Brazilian socio-economic context and legislation; (ii) create a handbook for policy development related to the above-mentioned indicators; (iii) conduct a pilot training with a group of local authorities from five different states and ENAP, which will then be able to reproduce the training to multiple authorities and to apply the newly created indicators. Finally, the indicators will be created bearing in mind Brazil's recent engagement in the Migration Governance Indicators exercise, with a gender-sensitive focus based on the development of institutional capacities and tools for policy implementation.
Supporting Afghanistan through Humanitarian Assistance to Drought-Affected IDPs and Return of Qualified Afghans from Islamic Republic of Iran Through this project, IOM will implement two components; addressing immediate humanitarian needs resulting from critical levels of internal displacement, caused by what is being described as the worst drought in Afghanistan in decades; and addressing systemic challenges to successful and sustainable development through IOM’s Return of Qualified Afghans (RQA) programme.
Enhanced Reintegration Assistance for Voluntary Returnees from Germany - StarthilfePlus 2020 The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the sustainable reintegration of migrants returning voluntarily from Germany to their countries of return. Migrants are supported in their reintegration process with counselling, cash and/or in-kind assistance, depending on their needs. The assistance under StarthilfePlus completes the assistance provided under the REAG/GARP AVR programme that covers pre-departure, travel support and cash payments.
Migration and Development Initiatives The project will focus on supporting migrants' and other actors' engagement on sustainable development initiatives in Belgium and in countries of origin (CoO). This programme will concentrate on promoting the empowerment of diaspora associations in Belgium while linking them with activities in selected CoO. It will also work to enhance the capacity of communities and local authorities in CoO through the implementation of community development projects. Lastly, the project will support the debate and research on the migration and development nexus in Belgium and Europe. Close coordination with migrants, diaspora members, organizations and the CoO stakeholders will ensure that sufficient capacity building takes place for guaranteeing sustainability.
Provision of Life-Saving Shelter and Non-Food Items Services to IDPs and Returnees in South Sudan This project contributes to preventing, reducing and mitigating protection threats for persons affected by crisis in South Sudan through the provision of life-saving humanitarian assistance. The project provides emergency shelter & non-food Items assistance through mobile and static teams and integrates and coordinates the response with other IOM departments, including water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health, camp coordination and camp management, Displacement Tracking Matrix, pipeline and logistics.
Improved Reconstruction of Flood and Cyclone Affected Schools in Rakhine State The project aims to achieve the restoration of an improved and safer educational environment for children of Rakhine and Muslim communities in Rakhine State, Myanmar, whose schools have been destroyed by the July2015 floods and cyclone.
DTM roll-out to improve speed, efficiency and impact of the humanitarian response in DRC. Through this project IOM will contribute to the fourth strategic objective of the Humanitarian Response Plan 2017-2019 of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Focusing particularly on reinforcing capacity mechanisms of the operational hubs, increasing access to data on the movement of population in the targeted areas, increasing access to resources for the delivery of rapid multi-sectoral evaluation, and finally aiming for the improvement of analysis capacity for a rapid and targeted humanitarian response.
Life-saving Assistance for Vulnerable Venezuelans in Tumbes, Peru The project aims to support the humanitarian needs of the Venezuelan populations in Tumbes (Peru), at the northern border with Ecuador. IOM will: (1) assist the target population with temporary accommodation in IOM transit centers; (2) provide food assistance; and (3) support the most vulnerable Venezuelans with humanitarian transportation to continuetheir route to main cities of destination in Peru. In addition, IOM has established an information center at the Binational Centres for Attention at the Border (CEBAF)in Tumbes that will strengthen communication with Venezuelans and will provide information about the services available to them.  This project will complement other humanitarian and life-saving activities in country.
Strengthening the Identification and Protection of Victims of Trafficking among Refugees in Rwanda This project will contribute to increasing trafficking in persons (TIP) awareness, identification, and referrals among the refugee community in Rwanda and staff operating in refugee settings, including in the six camps and their surrounding communities.  This project proposes to meet this objective through sensitization activities for increased awareness among refugee communities of the issues of trafficking and improved services offered by the authorities. Throughout the project, the One UN partners will also seek to strengthen such mechanisms for refugee populations that are increasingly at risk of TIP.
Life-Saving Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons and other Conflict-Affected Populations in Yemen With the aim to the strengthening of capacities, awareness, and direct assistance for a greater protection and wellbeing of the most vulnerableconflict-affected populations in Yemen in a timely and responsive manner, IOM will ensure that :1)Conflict-affected people in Yemen have access to life-saving health assistance; 2) Conflict-affected people in Yemen have access to critical life-saving non-food items (NFI); 3) Conflict-affected people in Yemen have access to safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, and hygiene awareness campaigns; 4) Conflict-affected people in Yemen have access to safe and dignified shelter solutions; 5) Rapid Response Teams are ready to support wheneverneeded within 72 hours; 6) Children in Yemen affected by the stressors related to a protracted situation of war are empowered and better able to react to protection threats.
Agreement with IOM to Provide Financial Support the Women Empowerment, Life Skills Training Project in Region 7 The main objective is to promote economic resilience through empowerment and vocational training of FSW and vulnerable women at high risk of HIV including Venezuelan migrants and host community members. To achieve this one outcome and four outputs have been developed. The expected outcome is to improve livelihoods of the target population through the provision of empowerment sessions and life skills training. The outputs are: 1. Forty FSW and vulnerable women at risk of HIV including Venezuelan migrants and host community members, participated in empowerment sessions and life skills training. 2. Small Business handbook, easy to read materials, produced in Spanish and English to guide participants in setting up their small business. 3. Forty participants sensitized about HIV and STIs, know their HIV status and are linked to Care and Treatment services if tested positive for HIV. 4. Forty FSW and vulnerable women at risk of HIV are certified in vocational - Cosmetology training in the areas of hair, braid and extension, nails and facial. The main activities are as follows: 1.1 Community mobilization for identifying participants. 1.2 Vocational training in Cosmetology course. 1.3 Small business management empowerment sessions. 2.1 Produce small business handbook guide. 3.1 Healthy lifestyle sessions.
Reintegration Assistance from Belgium 2021 The Reintegration Assistance project complements the Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) programme in Belgium. The project contributes to the sustainable reintegration of the beneficiaries in their countries of origin (CoOs), taking into account their possible vulnerabilities.  In the implementation, IOM works closely with IOM missions worldwide, and cooperates with a variety of partners in Belgium and in CoOs. In cooperation with IOM missions worldwide, reintegration assistance is provided in-kind. Reintegration projects range from income-generating activities, material support, housing assistance, as well as trainings and educational activities, to medical and psycho-social assistance. The specific vulnerabilities of each beneficiary are identified through a gender-sensitive needs assessment during the pre-departure counselling and through active liaison with the referring AVR partners in Belgium and IOM missions in CoOs.
Open South America The project aims to strengthen the capacity of MERCOSUR governments to facilitate orderly, regular and responsible migration and mobility in South America amid and after the COVID- 19 pandemic. This will be achieved by providing MERCOSUR government officials with accessible, reliable and timely information on human mobility restrictions, permissions, health and safety measures for their use in drafting migration policy and coordinating additional measures and interventions in the region. In particular, the project will develop and launch a “Sudamerica Abierta” platform and mobile application, which will contain updated information on human mobility restrictions, health and safety measures in all MERCOSUR State Parties and Associated States to facilitate intraregional human mobility. The project will also draft and validate Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure the governments capacity to collect information and maintain the platform long-term. The project will also train key government officials in each participating country on the use of the platform and develop a communication campaign in Spanish, Portuguese and English and carry out a final closing event to promote the platform and mobile phone application amongst key regional stakeholders, as well as migrants, potential donors and the general public.
Special Harmonization Program for Social and Economic Reintegration and Reincorporation with a Differential Ethnic and Gender Approach This project contributes to the processes of reincorporation of the former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (FARC-EP, by its Spanish acronym) in Colombia. It does this by developing a proposal for the implementation of a “Special Harmonization Program.” This programme links black, Raizal, Afro-descendant and Palenque communities to define and conceptualize for the reintegration of people who recognise themselves as ethnically belonging to these communities in their territories.
Integrated Support to the Government of Sudan to Manage Mixed Migration Flows and Provide Direct Assistance to Vulnerable Migrants and Host Communities in Eastern Sudan This project will contribute to building resilience and mitigating protection risks by providing integrated support for vulnerable migrants in Red Sea, Kassala and Gedaref states in eastern Sudan focusing on two key components. The first component involves data collection, which remains a big gap in the eastern Sudan, and will aim to improve the evidence base for humanitarian and development actors, to develop strategies, plans and programming for assistance, by mapping population displacement and movements to better understand the mobility dynamics in the east. The second component involves providing direct assistance, COVID-19 prevention support and emergency food support to vulnerable migrants to alleviate their vulnerabilities associated with COVID-19 impacts, improve their resilience and reduce potential push factors for irregular migration.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s Resettlement Programmes In response to the continuing crisis in Syria and the influx of Syrian refugees as well as other refugees to neighbouring countries, the UK Government announced in September 2015, its commitment to providing humanitarian protection through the resettlement of 20,000 vulnerable refugees from the MENA region that meet one of UNHCR’s seven vulnerability criteria under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPR) until the year 2020. In light of the above, the UK has committed to accepting 4,800 persons from Egypt (500), Iraq (400), Lebanon (1,800), Jordan (1,600) and Turkey (500), under the VPR scheme. This project is intended to provide comprehensive resettlement support to those refugees identified by UNHCR and accepted by the UK Government for resettlement to the UK in 2018/2019.
Strengthening the Capacity of the Dominica Youth Business Trust to Foster Youth Entrepreneurs’ Engagement in the Development of Dominica The project aims to strengthen the capacity of the Government of Dominica, specifically of the Dominica Youth Business Trust (DYBT), a subsidiary of the Youth Development Division, under the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and Constituency Empowerment. More concretely, this project intends to strengthen and expand the capacity of the DYBT, its operations and programmes, with the aim of boosting Dominica’s entrepreneurial community. In addition, the project will strive to foster the engagement of local youth entrepreneurs, ensuring equal participation from different gender groups, including youth, families, the elderly, and the LGBTI community, among others.
North Macedonia: Strengthening the Institutional Capacities in Counter Trafficking in Human Beings among Vulnerable Migrants The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the national efforts in effectively preventing human trafficking and other migration related risks among vulnerable groups, in line with the national strategies of counter trafficking in human beings and social inclusion. The proposed intervention will contribute to strengthening the national capacities in case management and counter trafficking through organization of capacity building actions for 28 social workers. The project will also support the piloting of the Ministry of Labour case management method for 100 homeless Roma, with a particular focus on Roma street children. Further, considering that the proposed intervention is a pilot for stakeholder capacity building, a direct assistance fund for providing tailored emergency support for up to 30 Roma as well as re-socialization and reintegration assistance will be launched and tested.
Humanitarian Assistance Programme (HAP) in Afghanistan The objective of the project is to continue supporting IOM Afghanistan's Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP), implementing modifications to enhance its impact and consolidate the gains of the last nine years. The project will provide emergency relief assistance through provision of non-food items and emergency shelter for displaced populations and provide cash for winterization in line with the Emergency Shelter / Non-Food Items Cluster to the most vulnerable families, including those affected and / or displaced by natural disaster and conflict, and returnees.
Prevention of the Transmission of COVID-19 and the Reduction of the Community Tensions Linked to COVID-19 in High Risk Border Areas of the Central African Republic The main objective of this project is to help prevent the local transmission of COVID-19 by raising awareness among populations particularly exposed in the border areas in the Central African Republic (CAR). Concretely, it aims to increase information and awareness to access prevention and treatment services for COVID-19. The project is implemented in close collaboration with the national committee for the management of the COVID-19 crisis and is necessary because of disinformation and rumors that reduce the effectiveness of the COVID-19 control programs implemented by the Ministry of Health. By targeting populations particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, people with pre-existing diseases such as diabetics, tuberculosis patients and people living with HIV with a view to heightened awareness and referral to health services available, the project contributes to a targeted response to COVID-19 in CAR.
Swiss Pre-Departure Orientation Program (PDCH V) Resettlement of refugees from Lebanon to Switzerland. IOM organizes a 3-day predeparture orientation training.
Mosul Emergency Response and Preparedness This project contributes to preparing for and responding to the mass displacement expected from the retaking of Mosul. Activities undertaken will aim to provide vulnerable displaced populations with greater access to lifesaving humanitarian assistance by enhanced camp coordination and camp management in camps and informal settlements, by establishing new and upgrading the current emergency temporary settlement infrastructure, through distribution of seasonal non-food item kits, and by the provision of primary health services and support to health facilities in the targeted areas.
Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction and Livelihoods Capacities in Refugee-Affected Communities in Cox's Bazar This project is an intervention to address the needs of host communities for restoration of basic livelihoods and incomes disrupted due to the influx of the Rohingya refugees. The integration of the disaster risk reduction dimensions seeks to strengthen the community capabilities to mitigate, withstand and respond in a timely manner to shocks and disasters while also building resilience and protection for their sources of livelihoods in the medium to long-term.
Review of the Electoral Legal Framework in Nicaragua This project supports an expert study to review and analyze the electoral legal framework in Nicaragua.
Flood Recovery -  Housing Interventions in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina The overall objective of the action that will be pursued through two complementary specific objectives. It will address critical gaps identified in the aftermath of the comprehensive national recovery effort and to support the sustainable recovery of flood- and landslide-affected communities in the entity of the Republika Srpska Assistance.
Implementation of the Comprehensive, Participative and Multicultural Programme (IRACA) IOM seeks to contribute to the development of vulnerable ethnic communities at risk of physical and cultural disappearance and in a situation of forced displacement, access to food security, productive strengthening, and social and community management in Colombia. This project is part of the comprehensive action for social and productive inclusion with a territorial approach and aims at improving the livelihoods of vulnerable ethnic communities that have been affected by the conflict armed, and that are at risk of physical and cultural disappearance.
Multisectoral Support to Vulnerable Migrant Workers, Syrians and Lebanese To help mitigate the worst impacts of the economic crisis, COVID-19 and the Beirut blast on vulnerable population groups including migrant workers, Syrians and affected Lebanese, this project will support the most vulnerable groups in line with the priorities of IOM’s Global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) across health, protection including counter trafficking, mental health and psyco-social support and voluntary return, shelter and basic assistance, livelihoods and displacement tracking which will ensure an evidence base for well-informed action by IOM as well as other humanitarian response partners.
Coordinated Humanitarian Assistance to Climate and Conflict Affected Populations in Somalia IOM is coordinating a multi-sector humanitarian response in Somalia. Activities under this project include: (1) the continuation of Displacement Tracking Matrix, including mobility tracking and flow monitoring; (2) camp coordination and camp management (CCCM) activities in the form of site level coordination, supporting communication with communities, strengthening governance systems, CCCM cluster coordination and local capacity building. In addition, IOM is strengthening existing, life-saving humanitarian assistance and scale-up activities in areas where there has been a significant influx of internally displaced persons in the areas of health and water, sanitation and hygiene.
Sustaining Border Management and Migration Governance in Georgia (SBMMG) The overall objective of this action is to enhance the capacities of Georgian authorities in the areas of integrated border management and migration governance in line with relevant EU-Georgia Agreements and government action plans. The project aims to strengthen the legal, institutional and operational capacity for integrated border management as well as to strengthen the migration governance framework.
Using Collective Intelligence to Reduce Analytical Bias and Introduce Local Participation in Designing Humanitarian Response in Drought-Affected Displacement Through this global project, the Nesta Collective Intelligence experiment led by IOM is developing and testing a prototype platform that employs collective intelligence to achieve better targeted and inclusive humanitarian response outcomes. The platform will draw from varied data sources and elaborate possible response options, which in turn can be vetted by multiple users, including local affected populations.
Increasing the Capacity of the United Nations Joint Programme of Support on AIDS to Inform and Motivate Migrants for Better Detection and Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Armenia The project aims to contribute towards the achievement of UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets, by improving the prevention and detection of HIV/AIDS among male and female Armenian urban labour migrants in all phases of the migration cycle. It will focus on the development and implementationof a targeted information campaign using social media to enhance labour migrants' knowledge and awareness about HIV and improve their health-seeking behaviour.
Community violence reduction in Greater Bambari, Central African Republic (CVR-CAR) The Community Violence Reduction (CVR) project will be implemented as part of the broader national DDR strategy, also targeting members of armed groups non-eligible to the national DDR programme. It will reinforce local dialogue and foster social cohesion processes by reinforcing capacities of local committees.
Educational improvement as a community stabilization strategy in border zones The project aims to contribute to improving the availability and relevance of education for children, adolescents and youth (NNAJ) in prioritized departments and municipalities. The project is focused on both building physical infrastructure for educational, cultural, and sports related activities, as well as adapting and strengthening teaching methods and strategies.
Rural Colombia Anti-Crime and Anti-Recruitment Project The project aims to contribute to the development of a social and community intervention model within the framework of the Integrated System for Rural Security Division of the Colombian National Police (DICAR) adapted to a post conflict scenario in Colombia. To this end, existing management skills will be strengthened and tools will be provided for improving community interactions, preventing recruitment and use of other forms of violence associated with minors, preventing criminal recidivism, reducing the risks of violence, and developing new skills and strategies.