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Emergency Health Response for Underserved Migrant Populations in Potential Drought Affected Areas in Afghanistan IOM will provide essential basic primary healthcare through a mobile health modality to ensure the extension of basic primary care inclusive of psychosocial support, child and maternal care, the provision of free medicines and emergency referrals to mobile populations. IOM will also seek to recruit vaccinators in close partnership with WHO and MoPH to ensure more equitable access to COVID-19 vaccinations, and social mobilizers to lead on associated Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) awareness raising campaigns for mobile populations, including returnees, internally displaced persons, nomads (kuchis) and underserved host communities. Overall health services through this project will benefit 225,000 persons.
Middle East Response - Ensuring Continuity of Treatment and Essential Services for People Affected by HIV, TB and Malaria in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon The Middle East Response (MER) Phase 2 is a multi-country three-year project supported by the Global Fund aiming to deliver continuum of care in challenging operating environments, through provision of essential HIV, tuberculosis and malaria services which is essentially the continuation of its preceding project, MER Phase 1 which was implemented in 2017-2018. The interventions are planned towards addressing the needs of general populations with focus on vulnerable groups including refugees, migrants and internally displaced people and people in hard-to-reach areas in Syria, Yemen and Iraq. It also includes Syrian refugees, migrants and vulnerable populations in Jordan and Lebanon where the latter is expanded to Palestine refugees.
Addressing Environmental Migration Resulting from Coastal Change in Timor-Leste The objective of this project is to promote sustainable adaptation for communities that have or are likely to migrate as a result of coastal change, mainly in the form of a reduction in land area as a result of receding shorelines. The project aims to contribute towards increased capacities at all levels to address loss and damage as well as prepare for coastal migration through improved evidence base, supporting integrated community-based adaptation and development planning, thereby preventing and preparing communities for a possible environmental migration. It will actively involve the affected communities to identify interventions that can best address vulnerabilities arising from coastal change in Timor-Leste.
Identity and Civil Document Verification for Afghan Nationals Document verification services will be facilitated by IOM and carried out by the Identity Document Checking Unit (IDCU), providing Danish authorities with accurate and timely information for processing of asylum claims.
Improving Law Enforcement and Public Health Coordinated Response during a Future Epidemic in Guinea To improve the reinforcement of the law enforcement and security forces,and the strengthening of collaboration and communication with the healthsector to ensure a sustainable multi-sectoral Public Health Emergency Response capacity.
IOM – Multi Country Humanitarian Assistance – CAP 2021 Over the past six years, Venezuela has experienced economic contraction, recurrent periods of hyperinflation, alongside political, social and institutional tensions. The political stalemate and the economic recession in Venezuela have significantly worsened the vulnerability conditions of Venezuelan population who cannot address their basic needs and access to health or education services. Through this project, IOM aims to contribute to improve living conditions of conflict affected populations through the provision of emergency assistance, namely food, non-food items and psychological assistance to vulnerable populations in Apure state and other prioritized areas in Venezuela.
Global Conference on the Regulation of International Recruitment This project constitutes a contribution to the Global Conference for the Regulation of International Recruitment. The Conference took place in June 2019 and brought together 100 participants from over 30 countries around the world to discuss challenges, good practices and lessons learned related to recruitment regulation and the protection of migrant workers. Policy makers, regulators and recognized experts considered a range of themes, including the role of licensing, labour inspection, law enforcement, bilateral and multilateral cooperation, and migrant worker empowerment. Conference deliberations were captured for a new publication, The Montreal Recommendations on Recruitment: A Roadmap towards Better Regulation.
Assisted Voluntary Return And Reintegration from the Western Balkans The project aims to assist migrants to return home based on informed decisions and comprehensive protection of their fundamental rights as well as to support migrants in reintegrating in communities to which they return. It is designed to respond to both short and longer-term challenges, working to further the institutionalization of a comprehensive, rights-based and sustainable regional Assited Voluntary Return and Reintegration program adapted to national contexts, implemented in full alignment with international standards, while directly responding to the immediate needs of migrants stranded in the Western Balkans.
Integrating Environmental Management into Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Risk Management in Cox Bazar Host Communities Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, is particularly vulnerable to disasters like flash floods caused by erratic rain in monsoon season and frequent cyclones, which combined with land cover change, vegetation degradation, and other human-induced activities are weakening the protective environment in the host community and neighboring refugee camps. In response, IOM is implementing a project in partnership the FAO and a local NGO, Prottyashi, aimed at integrating environmental management into disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management in host communities living in Sadar, Ramu, Ukhiya, and Teknaf sub-districts in Cox’s Bazar.
Promoting Rights-Based Solutions for Vulnerable Migrants through a Migrant Resource and Response Mechanism (MRRM) in Tripoli, Libya To address a serious and growing humanitarian crisis in Libya, IOM is establishing the Migrants Resource and Response (MRRM) programme in Tripoli to directly support approximately 12,000 migrants in distress through a comprehensive rights-based approach towards humanitarian assistance. Through the deployment of mobile teams, MRRM brings together in one mechanism humanitarian aid and a wide range of services and needs-based assistance to migrants living in urban areas as well as vulnerable cases from the host community.
Strengthening Public Health Measures on Points of Entry and Linked Quarantine Facilities in Myanmar During the COVID-19 Pandemic The project contributes to the national preparedness and response measures at points of entry (POE) to limit the spread of health risks across borders, including for COVID-19. The projects strengthens public health and immigration and border management measures at International Points of Entry, and POE-linked quarantine facilities in 19 main POEs in Myanmar.
Humanitarian Response to Afghanistan Crisis Displacement and Mobility Dynamics Through this project, IOM is providing immediate lifesaving humanitarian assistance to vulnerable mobile and displaced Afghans including: humanitarian response at key border crossing points; displacement tracking; migration and displacement health assistance; and provision of water, sanitation and hygiene and non-food item assistance.
Provision of Security-Related Trainings to Humanitarian Personnel Working on the Syria Crisis The project aims to support the provision of Safe Secured Approach Field Environment (SSAFE)training to provide essential security and safety awareness to all UN and associated personnel operating in southern Turkey bordering Syria where risk levels are high. This will be a continuation project for the provision of SSAFE trainings provided by IOM since 2017 and financially supported by Syria Cross-Border Humanitarian Fund (SCHF) since May 2019. The funding from the SCHF remains crucial to support the safety and security of humanitarian workers to conduct and deliver life-saving emergency assistance in a safe manner, as there is a funding gap and no other source for this critical interagency service currently. The total number of targeted beneficiaries for the project is 600 humanitarian staff working on the Syria response (360 men, 240 women). The trainings aim to assist in improving the security environment and preparedness of humanitarian staff within the current context. The trainings will be conducted in Gaziantep, Turkey, a hub for the Syria Cross-Border Response.
Myanmar: IOM Community Resilience Rakhine Through this project, IOM aims to look into the rehabilitation or construction of institutional buildings and the introduction of solar technologies with mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction to contribute to building resilient communities in Myanmar. Further, this project works to rehabilitate and operationalize a new Migrant Resource Centre, which supports potential migrants in undergoing migration safely. The overall objective of the project is for 30 targeted communities to become more resilient to the impact of social and financial shocks, as well as natural hazards, and seeks to promote opportunities for increased social cohesion by targeting communities at the village tract level.
Enhancing Migrant Community Stabilisation and Cohesion in Egypt, Morocco and Algeria and Countries of Return (CARE II - Egypt, FORAS II - Morocco, DARV - Algeria) The objective of this project is to provide expanded quality and targeted assistance to vulnerable migrants and provide those who voluntarily chose to return to their country of origin with quality safe return and sustainable reintegration assistance. To achieve this goal, the project will provide additional support to both improve and expand existing assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) services as well as support to open the DARV 2 (Dispositif d’accueille pour le retour volontaire), enhancing at the same time IOM Algeria’s capacity and quality of AVRR procedures and services.
Curaçao Cash-Based Covid-19 Response IOM will continue food-aid project previously coordinated by the Red Cross Curacao, by way of a cash-based COVID-19 response. The leading modality for this project will remain cash-based intervention, through distribution of e-voucher debit cards. With the aim to balance the beneficiaries’ expectations with the prospected outcome of the project, IOM endeavors to continue the process, as it was set-up by the Red Cross, as much as possible. The project aims to reach two key-outputs. IOM intends to centralize registration of new beneficiaries through a hotline, managed by way of an implementing partnership. The purpose of the hotline is to register beneficiaries for the cash-based COVID-19 response providing overall support. Individual agreements with all NGOs involved in populating the database, might be a prerequisite to continue building on the Curaçao Help database. The aim is also to distribute the e-voucher cards at various intervals throughout the duration of the project, this to allow continuous registering of potentially new beneficiaries.
Joint Project on Family Reunification to Ireland – Ireland Funds The objective of this project is to support 5 beneficiaries of international protection who are unable to fund their family members’ travel due to limited financial means to exercise their right to family unity through safe and regular migration of approximately 5 family members. IOM has the specific expertise and capacity required to successfully deliver the project based on extensive experience in movement management and resettlement processing.  To be eligible for assistance, beneficiaries must have refugee status (including resettled (programme) refugee status) or subsidiary protection status (or have previously had refugee status or subsidiary protection status in the exceptional case that an Irish citizen applies), be claiming social welfare or on a low income and have been granted family reunification permission in respect of their family members. The population of concern includes protection beneficiaries and resettled refugees in Ireland who have received permission for family members but are unable for a variety of reasons such as lack of funding, social infrastructure, knowledge or confidence to independently arrange and fund their own travel to Ireland.
Promoting Stability, Self-Reliance and Resilience of Conflict-Affected and Mobile Populations in Abyei The project aims to enhance stability and establish conditions conducive to longer-term conflict resolution and recovery in the Abyei Administrative Area by building resilience, promoting peaceful coexistence and inclusive local governance mechanisms among resident communities, returnees and internally displaced persons. The project helps prevent negative setbacks that would adversely delay peace and recovery, as well as put populations at risk of relapse in conflict.
New Zealand Migration Health Services for Resettlement IOM will conduct pre-departure medical screening (PDMS) and treatment services for government-funded migrants going to New Zealand.
Strengthening Data Management and Cross-Border Operation to Increase Awareness on Migrant Challenges Through this project, IOM aims to employ a comprehensive approach towards increasing access to data on migration related incidents in Libya, both at sea and along other key transit routes, as well as strengthen cross-border cooperation with Egypt on bilateral labour agreements. This is being achieved through three different programmatic streams: the roll out of IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) to track incidents and monitor situation of migrants along key transit migration routes in Libya; through IOM’s expertise in search and rescue (SAR) at sea, IOM is strengthening the data collection related to SAR operations to better assist relevant authorities; Leveraging IOM’s labour mobility and human development capacity, the project focuses on facilitating the cooperation among Libya and Egypt on labour mobility.
Multi-Sector Assistance to Populations Affected by the Syrian Crisis This project seeks to provide integrated multisectoral lifesaving and life-sustaining assistance to vulnerable populations affected by the Syrian crisis. IOM's programs are needs-driven, rights-based, and gender-, age-, and vulnerability-sensitive. IOM will maintain a strong focus on humanitarian principals and accountability throughout the project. The project will also address the immediate humanitarian needs of those affected by the crisis in Syria, while supporting longer-term resilience. IOM works with a network of partners, and ensures its actions are coordinated at all levels with relevant stakeholders and interagency forums. This project will particularly focus on the shelter, non-food items, water, sanitation and hygiene, camp coordination and camp management, and livelihood needs of affected populations.
Emergency Assistance for Persons in Search of International Protection and Community Strengthening in Venezuela - Phase XV In 2019, the increase of insecurity, violence and human rights violations in Venezuela have hindered the humanitarian actors to provide assistance and protection services in the country, including the communities of Colombian refugees and asylum seekers. The present action contributes to the provision of life-saving emergency assistance and protection for Colombian refugees, asylum seekers, potential Colombian returnees, and vulnerable host communities in target locations. This project focuses on three lines of action, as identified through various assessments and analysis of lessons learned of previous phases of the project, namely:  1) Timely life-saving assistance to improve the living conditions of Colombian refugees, asylum seekers and members of host communities in targeted Venezuelan States; 2) Food security and nutrition of Colombian refugees, asylum seekers and members of host communities in targeted Venezuelan States; and 3) Life-saving information on threats related to trafficking in persons, migrant smuggling and other forms of exploitation and abuse in targeted communities in Venezuela, including Colombian refugees and asylum seekers to increase their awareness about the risks of trafficking in persons.
Support Action for Asylum Sections of Immigration Offices and Border Police Offices (SAAS) The project is providing support to the Italian Border Police in selected regions of Northern Italy through a trained pool of cultural mediators specialized in EU asylum and international protection procedures. IOM will select, train and deploy this specialized team of mediators to ensure that the authorities continue to have access to a high standard of specialized personnel so that their officers are able to function with maximum efficiency and capacity to properly assist migrants and asylum seekers in the police offices and at the air border crossing points.
Enhancing Migration Response in Romania Following Ukraine’s Crisis The aim of the project is to support the current response to the crisis in Ukraine in Romania through data collection and analysis of people on the move fleeing Ukraine, humanitarian voluntary assistance for those not requiring international protection and in need for support for safe and dignified return to their countries of origin and the operationalization of a “green corridor” between Ukraine and Romania through the Republic of Moldova.
Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration of Irregular Migrants in Turkey The proposed project will contribute the objectives outlined under Actions 8 (Home Affairs) of the Financing Agreement for Annual Action Programme for Turkey for the Year 2014, which seek to improve the administrative infrastructures in the field of migration management in line with the Law on Foreigners and International Protection and the requirements of the EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement.
Multi-Sector Assistance to Populations Affected by the Syrian Crisis This project seeks to provide integrated multisectoral lifesaving and life-sustaining assistance to vulnerable populations affected by the Syrian crisis. IOM's programs are needs-driven, rights-based, and gender-, age-, and vulnerability-sensitive. IOM will maintain a strong focus on humanitarian principals and accountability throughout the project. The project will also address the immediate humanitarian needs of those affected by the crisis in Syria, while supporting longer-term resilience. IOM works with a network of partners, and ensures its actions are coordinated at all levels with relevant stakeholders and interagency forums. This project will particularly focus on the shelter, non-food items, water, sanitation and hygiene and camp coordination and camp management and protection needs of affected populations.
Program of Integration of Persons Resettled to Slovakia The overall project objective is to contribute to effective social, economic and cultural integration of clients voluntarily seeking resettlement to Slovakia.
Emergency Drought Response through Provision of Integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) Services The overall objective of this project is to save lives, avert diseases outbreak and displacement through access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene promotion services for communities living in districts in Somalia affected by a lack of water for personal and domestic use due to the ongoing drought. Through this project, IOM is implementing four actions as part of this rapid response project, which focus on areas already affected by the drought. These activities include: provision of life-saving water through temporary trucking; rehabilitation/construction of water sources (shallow wells and boreholes) as an exit strategy to emergency water trucking; construction of sanitation facilities (household latrines); and distribution of hygiene kits to vulnerable families incorporated with hygiene promotion messages/campaigns (prevention of acute watery diarrhea/COVID-19).
Supporting the Rule of Law and Social Cohesion in the COVID-19 Response in Madagascar This project will contribute towards the continued security and social cohesion of Madagscar in response to the COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery, by training border authorities and immigration authorities to apply humanitarian principles and approaches to infection prevention and control at the border, including the improvement of screening practices at the border posts.
Promoting Reduction of and Improved Operational Response to Gender-based Violence (GBV) through Camp Management and Site Planning – Phase VII Since 2015, IOM has been implementing a global project on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention and risk mitigation under the Safe from the Start Initiative (SftS) supported by the US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM). The six phases of the project have allowed IOM to fulfil key commitments made under the 2016-2020 Roadmap of the global Call to Action on Protection from GBV in Emergencies. Building on the strategic priorities identified in the previous phases, the objectives of Phase VII will be to: 1) Continue addressing gaps identified across key technical sectors where IOM is active, including camp coordination and camp management, shelter and settlements, water, sanitation and hygiene, and health, and strengthen further capacity building initiatives; 2) Foster stronger coordination and collective action on GBV; 3) Pursue the institutionalization and operationalization of IOM’s Institutional Framework on addressing GBV in Crisis; and 4) Continue to provide assistance to in-country Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse stakeholders at leadership and technical levels.
Strengthening National Capacity to Address the Environmental Impacts of Humanitarian Responses to Population Displacement in Selected Countries This project responds to the call to address the large movements of displaced people and migrants by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its Declaration of High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (2013), which highlighted the need to examine the role that environmental factors play in migration. The project seeks to provide evidence on the relationship between humanitarian responses to human mobility and the impacts to the environment that are involved in the response. Human mobility, in all its forms, has environmental impact, even if it is not easily visible; humanitarian response to the needs of migrants and refugees leaves an environmental footprint. These considerations, in addition to the limited capacity of local governments in environmental management and service provision, are conditions that exacerbate humanitarian needs, especially among the most vulnerable groups such as female heads of household, elderly, and unaccompanied children. IOM and the UN Evaluation Group established a strategic partnership for the implementation of this project, which will serve as a platform to explore in more detail the relationship between the environment and human mobility.
Strengthening Migration Governance in Bolivia through Evidence-Based Decision-Making The project aims to strengthen the capacity of the government to generate accurate data that policy makers can use in order to develop inclusive and evidence-based policies to ensure good migration governance. The project will deliver the three following outputs;  a migration governance assessment, which will aim to provide the government with information on the current gaps that need to be addressed in order to improve migration governance; the optimization of the current government's migration information system, to improve the collection, analysis and promote gender mainstreaming, and; the delivery of capacity-building workshops targeting public officers on the collection, processing and utilization of migration-related data in order to improve the capacity of the government to develop evidence-based policies.