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Reconstruction and Localisation Efforts in Hromadas The full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues to cause unprecedented levels of displacement, human suffering, and extensive damage to both private and public infrastructure. Its impacts are immediate in terms of humanitarian needs and massive in terms of long-term socioeconomic recovery, reconstruction, and prospects for peace and stability, with significant social, economic, and infrastructural disruption, testing the resilience of communities and institutions. To address the needs of targeted locations, IOM will implement a multi-tiered response that focuses on empowering local ownership of the recovery process; understanding and addressing barriers to durable solutions and broader recovery, inclusive of small-scale infrastructure rehabilitation.
New Infrastructure for Migration Opportunities and Empowerment of Migrants on the South-East Borderline The project, through a systems-strengthening approach, aims to put in place new expanded and integrated labour migration infrastructure across the south-east of Myanmar to create improved opportunities to migrate safely and regularly.
European Union (EU) Support to Ukrainian Integrated Border Management (IBM) Actors in the Context of the Ongoing War in Ukraine On 24 February 2022, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation has contributed to increased security threats, including in the Transnistria region of the Republic of Moldova which borders Ukraine. This project seeks to contributing to Ukraine’s trade facilitation and economic recovery through improving flows of essential goods through Border Crossing Points (BCPs) and supporting the enhanced resilience and business continuity of Ukrainian border and migration authorities in the context of the ongoing Russian full-scale war against Ukraine.
Strengthening the Response for US-bound Afghan Evacuees in Transit Center as Sayliyah in Doha, Qatar The project aims to complement the United States (US) government’s relocation efforts to support Afghan nationals and their families who are temporarily staying in Doha, Qatar. The overall objective of the project is to improve and strengthen the standards of protection through assistance, cultural and religious support, non-food item distribution and coordination, cultural orientation, medical referral assistance, airport assistance, and mental health and psychosocial support to vulnerable populations hosted in the facility, in Transit Center As Sayliyah near Doha, Qatar.
Securing Labbezanga-Kongo Kiré Corridor through Improved Border Management and Cross Border Cooperation (BM-CBC) This project aims to enhance institutional and operational capacities to secure and stabilize the border between Mali and Niger. This will be achieved by developing stronger community engagement and more coherent approaches to border management in Gao (Mali) and Tillaberi (Niger) regions. This implies establishing mutual capacities to deal with border security threats, especially through the data collection and analysis capacities surrounding the MIDAS system, along the Labezzanga-Kongo Kiré corridor and developing related cooperation mechanisms. First, it will improve authorities’ understanding of challenges and needs faced by border populations to foster mutual trust and maintain the social fabric to prevent the area from becoming a no man’s land. This will be complemented by the extension of community prevention and communication networks operating in coordination with local and border authorities. Secondly, the proposed action will seek to build the capacities of border authorities, through the provision of modern and adapted equipment and improvement of border infrastructures in order to strengthen the State’s presence, capacities and visibility on both sides of the border, and strengthen controls along the Labezzanga-Kongo Kiré corridor, which is a strategic entry point for transnational criminal networks and Violent Extremism Organisations.
Developing a Common Measurement Tool to Support Successful Migrant Integration in Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Peru This project will develop a comprehensive survey-based measurement tool and organize a series of pilot testing and capacity-building initiatives on migrant integration in Brazil, Dominican Republic and Peru. The overarching goal of the project is to contribute to a more robust and comparative evidence base for policy development and regional programme innovation to support migrant integration.
Strengthening the Fishing Sector in Northern Mozambique for Gender-Inclusive Programming to Counter Violent Extremism The proposed project will promote stable communities and counter violent extremism in communities affected by the conflict and receive significant numbers of returnees by supporting the fishing sector, which is vital to livelihoods and economic stability in Cabo Delgado. The project will support fishing-related livelihoods, community-based projects prioritized by fishers and relevant associations, and support to the Government of Mozambique (GoM) to counter violent extremism through capacity development of the fishing sector in northern Mozambique, with a focus on supporting women and youth in the industry including but not limited to inclusive socioeconomic development and alternative livelihood options for youth.
Liechtenstein Contribution to the Sudan Crisis Response In response to the armed conflict that suddenly erupted in Sudan on 15 April 2023 and has so far displaced more than six million people, the proposed action aims to address the most urgent gaps in the immediate humanitarian response. This is being implemented through a two-pronged approach, including the upgrade of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities in crisis-affected areas, and the capacity building of IOM field staff. Training topics planned include humanitarian border management, WASH and WASH in Health, cash-based interventions (CBI), implementing partner (IP) Management, humanitarian access negotiations, preventing sexual exploitation and abuse, and protection principles. This approach complements existing IOM programming as well as to facilitate the trickle down of knowledge required for sustainable, principled humanitarian action.
Research on Gendered Reintegration Experiences and Gender-Sensitive, Gender-Responsive and Gender-Transformative Approaches to Reintegration In 2021, IOM in collaboration with the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance of Maastricht University conducted a study that analysed reintegration outcomes through a gender perspective. The study provided new insights into gendered reintegration experiences and how gender relates to reintegration sustainability. However, there are still evidence gaps relating more practically to how reintegration programmes can effectively support women and girls as well as returnees with diverse gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC).The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and IOM will jointly work on a new research study that examines gendered reintegration experiences and identifies gender-sensitive, gender-responsive and gender-transformative approaches that empower women and returnees with diverse SOGIESC in their reintegration. This study will look specifically at good practices and developing concrete recommendations for policy and programming. Apart from further expanding the knowledge base on gender and reintegration, in practice, the results can be used by practitioners to adapt reintegration measures to the needs of different target groups and therefore offer more inclusive and tailor-made reintegration programmes.
Support for Unaccompanied Minors Seeking International Protection This project will continue the functioning of two safety zones for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC), established in 2019 in Reception and Registration Centre Sofia - Voenna Rampa and Ovcha Kupel. The two Safety Zones are the first of their kind in Bulgaria to ensure a safe and protective environment for children, where they can receive care adapted to their age, gender, religion and cultural background, etc. by trained professionals, including social workers, psychologists, legal counsellors, a cultural mediator and interpreters. Two teams of social workers are engaged in the zones, who provide 24/7 care to the UASC and organize a variety of activities, as well as a security team who ensures the physical safety 24/7 of the common areas of the zones (i.e. 3 floors in Sofia - Voenna Rampa).
Contribute to Strengthening the Capacities of the Government of Nicaragua for the Protection of Children, Women Migrants, and Migrants in Vulnerable Conditions The main objective of this project is to contribute to strengthening the capacities of the Government of Nicaragua to guarantee protection to girls, boys, migrant women, and vulnerable migrants. As such, this initiative will represent a key effort to support institutional capacities in the field of protection, care and prevention of human trafficking. This effort will be realised particularly through setting up a collaborative capacity development workstream with the Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería (DGME - Directorate-General for Migration and Foreigners). As a result of the initiative, immigration officers will have increased knowledge, understanding and awareness on protection. At the same time, the project will ensure that appropriate tools are at disposal to support this process. To this end, the initiative envisions the implementation of training and awareness-raising programmes, that will cover topics such as national migration law; international migration law and key legal tools (conventions, international treaties); key patterns in current migration trends, with a focus on protection needs and human rights. The project seeks to integrate this learning component with an upgrade of the operational capacities of the National School for Migration of the DGME, including the development of teaching and learning material, which shall be fully institutionalised by the authorities, for a sustainable and ’owned’ training curriculum. Ultimately, for a successful achievement of the project’s objective, the IOM will work in cooperation with the institutions mandated to govern migration in Nicaragua, ensuring participation and ownership, and thus a sustainable positive impact.
Action and Support to Avert, Minimise and Address Displacement Related with the Adverse Impacts of Climate Change in Bangladesh The interventions are focused on building a data ecosystem relating to displacement, including methodological pilots and initiatives to strengthen government capacity to collect and utilize data, Interventions also include undertaking policy analysis, stocktaking existing interventions, integrating displacement considerations in local level planning, protecting rights of displaced populations, research and evidence, and enhancing relocation efforts. Addressing country priorities, these activities contribute to the global project objectives of improved knowledge development, risk assessment, preparedness and integrated planning.
Kyrgyzstan: Enhancing Migrants’ Awareness on Air Pollution and Moving Towards a “Healthy City Vision” in Bishkek This project will contribute to the fight against air pollution and adoption of the ‘Healthy City Vision’ through enhancing migrants’ and other stakeholders’ awareness of air pollution and its impacts on the communities of migrants living in Bishkek. This entails three steps. Firstly, migrants will be better equipped to take action in their communities to reduce air pollution owed to increased awareness. This will be achieved through an assessment of factors contributing to air pollution in the new settlements where migrants live, organizing training and community events for migrants and host communities, producing and disseminating culturally and gender-sensitive IEC materials via social media outlets and during the events, as well as supporting migrants’ community health and environmental projects. Secondly, relevant government officials and other stakeholders will recognize the role of migrants and commit to including migrants in the “Healthy City Vision” through training of government representatives on ways to reduce air pollution, as well as building a municipality-led Task Force that will comprise of government representatives, civil society, academia, and experts. Finally, trained migrant leaders and government representatives will engage in the existing dialogue platforms on air pollution and public health initiatives and present their community projects as effective models.
Strengthening Rural Educational Institutions in Bogota as a Key Scenario for Peace Building, Promotion of Peaceful Coexistence, Reconciliation and Non-repetition The project “Peacebuilding from the School in Bogota” is aimed at contributing to peacebuilding, pacific coexistence, reconciliation, and non-repetition through the implementation of Bogota’s Rural Education Policy guidelines in line with the provisions of the Peace Agreement signed between the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP in November 2016.This project will be implemented in the 28 Rural Educational Institutions of the District (IEDR Spanish acronym) and will benefit the educational community (teachers, students, and parents), through institutional and community strengthening activities such as a) a peace course, b) the construction and dissemination of progress reports on the rural education policy, c) the construction and transfer of methodological tools to the IEDRs, and d) the implementation of pilot peace-building exercises. These activities are expected to enable the IEDRs for applying their improved capacities in the implementation of the Rural Education Policy. Likewise, these activities are expected to allow the Educational Community for applying their improved capacities to contribute to peacebuilding, reconciliation, and non-repetition
Enhancing Border Management Capacities with Biometric Documentation Processing and Registration Equipment in the Republic of Moldova This project aims to enable the Bureau for Migration and Asylum (BMA) of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) of the Republic of Moldova to process an increased number of document authenticity verification tasks throughout the entire national territory in the context of an increased overall flow of refugees and third-country nationals. The project builds on a well-established operational partnership between IOM and the BMA, centered on capacity development and operational support, which has been strengthened since 24 February 2022 in the context of urgent institutional support needs.
Project CEV III: Promotion of Ethical Recruitment and Evaluation of Housing Conditions for Migrant Workers in Spain The project aims at improving the housing conditions of seasonal migrant workers, working in the agricultural sector in Spain. The project will contribute to a better understanding of all technical aspects and minimum standards that need to be fulfilled in order to guarantee decent living conditions of migrant workers in Spain.
Enhancing the Protection of Vulnerable Host Communities in Cox's Bazar Vulnerable populations are at an increased risk of trafficking in persons and gender-based violence (GBV) because of limited awareness and knowledge of indicators and risks within their community. Building on the International Organization for Migration (IOM)'s operational capacity as one of the largest humanitarian agencies in Cox’s Bazar, this project seeks to utilize the Organization's ability to access at-risk communities to implement proactive prevention measures through awareness raising activities targeting individuals across multiple locations. It aims to fill protection gaps for GBV survivors, victims of trafficking (VoTs) and at-risk populations based on identified challenges, continual assessment of existing protection needs and capacity of service providers. This is further supported through the provision culturally appropriate and sensitive information about risks and referral advice. Through direct community engagement, the project envisions to better equip IOM staff and implementing partner, Bangladesh National Woman Lawyers' Association (BNWLA), to identify VoTs and provide specialized support. In this pursuit, BNWLA’s extensive counter-trafficking knowledge working with the host community will help to reach more VoTs and at-risk populations.
GEFMES II - Support to the Spanish Authorities in the Management of the Migration Flows to Spain The objective of the project is to support the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, in the management of irregular migratory flows to Spain by providing guidance and information to migrants who have arrived irregularly to the Spanish coasts and lack information about their administrative status and its legal implications. The actions will be carried out by a team of cultural mediators based on the points of entry at the Island of Gran Canaria, Almeria and Malaga.
Provision of Multi-Purpose (MPC) and Sectoral Cash Assistance to Meet the Emergency and Basic Needs of Crisis-Affected People in Malakal Wider Areas Since conflict broke out in Tonga town of the Upper Nile in South Sudan in August 2022, the Protection of Civilians (PoC) camp management reported that an estimated 48,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have arrived in Malakal PoC. Emergency assistance is urgently needed for IDPs. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has provided a limited amount of cash assistance, but given the limited resources available, more assistance is required. The Malakal PoC site stopped accepting new arrivals, so more and more IDPs will settle in urban areas outside the PoC. 
 
To meet the basic needs of the affected communities, IOM is providing multipurpose and sectoral cash assistance to 11,388 individuals (1,898 households) affected by recent conflict in Tonga. The project interventions focus on distribution of cash to meet urgent needs of the affected communities outside the Malakal PoC, contributing towards the improvement of the target population’s resilience. Furthermore, the assistance is helping to scaling-up cash programming in the country as well as boosting the local economy.
Contributing to a Consolidated Law-Enforcement and Policy Response to Trafficking in Persons in the Republic of Moldova The project aims to contribute to the enhancement of the government’s efforts in efficiently investigating and prosecuting trafficking in persons (TiP), as well as in developing and coordinating policies against TiP and is line with the national anti-TiP priorities of the Moldovan Government as listed in the National Anti-TiP Strategy 2018-2023, SDG Targets 5.2,8.7 and 16.2 of SDGs, and in meeting the corresponding JTiP and GRETA reports’ recommendations. The project will address chiefly the current gaps in the Moldovan law-enforcement institutional framework, thus contributing to strengthening the capacity of the Center for Combatting Trafficking in Persons of the Ministry of Interior, Prosecutor General’s Office, judges specialized on TiP cases, also aiming at enhancing the interaction of these main law-enforcement structures in order to improve the prosecution of the TiP crime in Moldova. In addition, the project will contribute to the development of the National Referral Mechanism for victims of crimes protection and consolidation of TiP related policy at the national level.
Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan (RMRP) for the Venezuela Situation 2023 The ongoing political and socio-economic developments in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (hereinafter Venezuela) have led to the outflow of millions of Venezuelans into neighbouring countries and beyond. The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has never experienced, in modern history, such a large-scale movement of both migrants and refugees. Guided by the principle of “leaving no one behind” of the 2030 Agenda, this project implements inclusive and comprehensive gender-sensitive initiatives to help eliminate barriers to accessing goods, services, and opportunity and empower all affected persons and groups. Activities are included in the Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan 2023 and respond to the challenges faced by Venezuelan refugees and migrants, as well as host countries and communities. The project is being implemented with a principled and rights-based approach, upholding key standards of protection, accountability to affected populations, gender equality and data protection principles.
Enhancing the Response to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Trafficking in Persons in the Solomon Islands The Community Health and Mobility in the Pacific (CHAMP) report on mobility dimensions, including migration, in the Solomon Islands found that migration-affected communities face particular challenges in relation to community health and violence against women and girls, including increased risk of sexual exploitation, trafficking and abuse most often in and around logging camps. The objective of the project is to contribute to upholding the fundamental rights of women and girls in migration-affected communities and enhancing the response to gender-based violence (GBV) and trafficking in persons (TiP) in the Solomon Islands. This will be achieved through an effective and well-coordinated reporting and referral system in GBV and TiP including sexual exploitation in migration-affected communities; and women and girls in migration-affected communities effectively advocating for their rights and accessing services in cases of violations.
Provide Lifesaving Multi Sectoral Assistance to South Sudan Returnees Affected by Sudan Crisis The Sudan crisis has significantly impacted the humanitarian situation in South Sudan, leading to the displacement of more than 98,692 individuals crossing the Sudan-South Sudan border as per Joint IOM-UNHCR-RRC flow monitoring dashboard. Through this project, IOM seeks to identify the most vulnerable new arrivals at prioritized points of entry (PoE) and provide lifesaving multi-sectoral and tailored support to the most vulnerable South Sudan returnees in Upper Nile, Unity, and Greater Bahr el Ghazal.
Refugees and Asylum-Seekers Have Access to Employment and Livelihoods Opportunities in Guyana. A critical issue existing among Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Guyana is the lack of access to developmental opportunities and resources for sustainable livelihoods. The project aims to conduct an in-depth assessment of the livelihood’s opportunities and analysis of local existing markets that are viable to support the establishment of business in regions 1,4,7 and 9 with the focus to the refugees, migrants and their hosting communities, with specific attention to the needs of different gender groups. Within the project, IOM will produce a comprehensive assessment report on livelihood opportunities with clear strategic recommendations to inform the designing and planning of livelihoods interventions in Guyana targeting, refugees, migrants, other forcibly displaced people and the hosting communities, including different gender groups.