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Capacity Building of the Prefecture of Naples This project intends to empower the capacity of the Prefecture of Naples to manage migration and integration of third-country nationals in the metropolitan area of Naples. In particular, the project aims to enhance the capacity of the Prefecture of Naples to deal effectively with the administrative procedures related to the management of the reception systems and support the Prefecture of Naples in facilitating the access of third-country nationals to local services. The project will assist the Prefecture of Naples in awareness-raising activities against labour exploitation and strengthen the local integration governance system by supporting the Prefecture’s capacity to coordinate and engage key local stakeholders concerned with immigration and integration issues.
Provision of Humanitarian Assistance to Returning Undocumented Afghans IOM will facilitate the return of qualified Afghan diaspora from Iran by placing them within private and public institutions in Afghanistan to enable them to contribute to the development of the country. Additionally, IOM will increase knowledge of population flows, returns, displacement and migration through the continued implementation of IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix to ensure better-targeted, evidence-based delivery of assistance to populations in most need in priority locations.
Bridging Together Youth, Diaspora and Local Authorities for an Integrated Approach to Promote Employment and Address Irregular Migration The project overall objective is to promote safe migration and creative alternatives to irregular youth migration by fostering youth agency and employment in communities of origin in the Gambia, Guinea Conakry and Guinea Bissau.
Assistance for Informed, Safe and Dignified Voluntary Return of Migrants and Migration Protection Protocols (MPP) Participants in Mexico This project aims to provide administrative, logistic and financial support to eligible migrants, nationals of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, who are unable or do not want to remain in Mexico, and that voluntarily want to return to their origin country.
Development Pillar to Support the Regional Development and Protection Programme (RDPP) in North Africa It is a migrants' integration project that aims at addressing discrimination and facilitating employability of migrants. It also strengthens social cohesion between migrants and host communities.
Pre-positioning Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Emergency Supplies and Equipment in the Lower Juba and Middle Juba Regions of Somalia The proposed project will support timely and effective humanitarian response in Lower and Middle Juba regions in South Sudan through prepositioning of water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) emergency supplies and equipment such as soap, jerry cans, aqua tabs and pumps in key strategic locations to enhance existing response mechanism. The project will target affected populations through the regional supply hubs (RSHs) in Kismayo and Dhobley in order to respond to emergencies in a timely manner. The overall coordination will be led by the WASH Cluster at the central, regional and district levels, and the stock management will be supervised directly by IOM field staff in cooperation with the regional Lower and Middle Juba WASH Cluster.
TB/MDR -TB Interventions among Afghan Refugees, Returnees and Mobile Populations in Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan This project will be implemented over three years in four border provinces of Afghanistan. This regional TB control project is envisioned to address some of the barriers of TB control and to build on and complement current activities in existing Global Fund grants and national programmes in Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Pakistan. The overall objective is to increase TB case detection, treatment success rates and access to health services for Afghan refugees and returnees in the three countries. The project will complement the existing national programme in mapping cross-border mobility dynamics of returnees against health facilities and access to diagnosis; introducing the active case finding approach and building the capacity of stakeholders including the Health Cluster’s service providers and the Ministry of Public Health.
Contribute to National Preparedness and Response Efforts to the COVID-19 Outbreak in Ethiopia IOM is addressing the public health and humanitarian concerns of internally displaced people living in congested and unsanitary locations in Ethiopia through activities in the sectors of camp coordination and camp management; water, sanitation, and hygiene, health (WASH), and protection. This project aims to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in these sites through infection, prevention, and control; risk communication and community engagement; access to WASH, and continuity of essential services.
Mitigating Cattle-Related Violence in the Tri-State Border Areas of Tonj, Gogrial, and Wau The project aims to address cattle raiding related violence by promoting peaceful interaction and dialogue between communities in South Sudan and supporting the change of harmful and inequitable social and gender norms and behaviours that promote violence.
New Path: Pilot Rehabilitation and Reinsertion Program for Gang-affiliated Youth in El Salvador The main objective is to reduce recidivism among adolescents/youth, serving/have served a sentence, with gang involvement, including returning migrants participating in the reinsertion program. Bringing together government, civil society organizations and the private sector, the project will design and pilot a reinsertion program for individuals with gang affiliation serving or having served a judicial sentence. The project will inform public policies and offer solutions through the design, implementation and evaluation of a case management model that adopts best practices identified in El Salvador and elsewhere.
Strengthening the WASH Capacities of Shelters for Dignified Humanitarian Assistance in the Northern and Southern Borders of Mexico The overall numbers of irregular migrants and asylum seekers in Mexico have multiplied in 2021 along with the pressing needs for humanitarian assistance compared to previous years. Shelters in the migratory route have been working overcapacity for months and without proper water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) protocols, which has increased migrants’ vulnerability in the current context. This project aims to contribute to increasing humanitarian support through adequate WASH capacities in shelters of northern and southern border of Mexico. To achieve this, IOM is improving WASH capacities of shelters, considering quality, quantity, and accessibility aspects to meet the needs of vulnerable migrants and provide dignified shelter.
European Union Trust Fund – International Organization for Migration (EUTF-IOM) Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration: Burkina Faso This action contributes to the original initiative “EUTF-IOM initiative for migrant protection and reintegration in Africa”. The initiative covers 14 countries and is made up of specific actions in the 14 countries where it will be implemented. The activities will therefore be mainly implemented at national level but will be coordinated at the regional level in order to ensure harmonization of activities in the different countries and to ensure coherence of the initiative.
Distribution of Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFIs) to Communities in Ethiopia Natural and man-made disasters - primarily drought, flooding and conflict - continue to affect Ethiopia on an increasing scale. These disasters are major drivers of displacement and have led 8.86 million people in need of humanitarian assistance across the country. With the support of the ShelterBox, IOM is providing emergency shelter and non-food item assistance to the vulnerable households across Ethiopia.
Implementation of the Electoral Follow-up Mission to Senegal The purpose of the project is for European Union (EU) to send an Electoral Follow-up Mission (EFM) to Senegal to assess the progress made in the electoral reform and the status of implementation of EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) recommendations, since the delivery of the final report of the 2018 EU EOM to Senegal. IOM selects two experts (one Legal and one Electoral Expert) and is responsible for the logistical, administrative and security support for the implementation of the mission. IOM has no visibility in the project and is not associated to the reports or the work of the experts.
Developing an Electronic Platform for Japan Pre-entry Tuberculosis Screening (JPETS) Programme As part of the efforts of the Japanese National TB Programme (NTP) in reducing reduce its tuberculosis (TB) incidence in line with the WHO End-TB Strategy and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is introducing a pre-entry TB screening (JPETS) programme with a target population of individuals traveling from 6 countries that significantly contribute to foreign-born cases in Japan, namely, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Nepal and Viet Nam, and who intend to stay in Japan for 90 days or longer. To implement the JPETS programme, the Government of Japan requests IOM to develop an electronic platform that will enable the Centre for JPETS Quality Assessment, the Research Institute of Tuberculosis to conduct monitoring and evaluation of the programme, and designated panel sites to safely handle information of TB screening results. The overall aim is to contribute to successful implementation of the JPETS programme, as well as to improve the health of migrants through the early detection and appropriate treatment of active TB among migrants prior to departure.
UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS) and the Mandate Resettlement Scheme (MRS) This project provides comprehensive resettlement support to 3,520 refugees identified by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) for resettlement to the UK. For this project, IOM will facilitate video/telephone interviewing, provision of pre-migration health activities (i.e MHA, and pre-embarkation checks to establish fitness to travel),  3-day pre-departure orientation (UKCO) sessions,  facilitation of the visa/travel document processing, and providing movement management and operational support to the final destination including operational and/or medical escorts and the delivery of information sessions to Local Authority, community sponsors, and other relevant resettlement stakeholders.
Improvement of Customs Enforcement Capacity The objective of the project is to improve border security and surveillance in line with the EU’s integrated border management policies and strategies, in particular to support the strengthening of customs surveillance and control functions of the Ministry of Trade in order to more efficiently deal with both intended and committed offences at airports.
Africa Regional Migration Program (ARMP) This project aims to build upon current achievements for further progress over the next two years. The multidimensional interventions are designed in coordination with the governments in targeted countries. They aim to appropriately respond to persisting needs and capacity gaps through a coordinated, well-planned, sequenced project that systematically builds national capacity, regional and inter-country cooperation step-by-step, year-by-year, adapting to political instability, changing leaderships, and lacking or limited resources. The overall goal is that countries will strengthen and promote well-managed migration as well as reduce migrant vulnerability both on their own and in partnership with their neighbors and non-governmental partners.
Multisectoral Humanitarian Assistance for Displaced and Mobile Populations in Sudan The aim of this project is to contribute towards efforts to address urgent humanitarian needs through a multi-sectoral approach focused on providing integrated support to displaced and vulnerable crisis-affected populations. To achieve this aim, the project will focus on three inter-related outcomes centered on i) collecting and sharing with partners’ up-to-date information needed to respond effectively to humanitarian needs; ii) providing emergency shelter and non-food items to vulnerable populations; and, iii) mitigating potential causes of tension and conflict (resource-driven and inter-community) by promoting peaceful co-existence through improved access to basic services and livelihood opportunities. As the recent outbreak of COVID-19 is further exacerbating an already stretched health system and worsening an already dire economic situation, the project will include mainstreamed and dedicated activities to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak in particular with regards to health and livelihoods but also water, sanitation and hygiene activities.
Promotion of Community Stabilisation to Support Conflict Affected Communities in Conflict Hotspot Areas in Sudan This project contributes to improving access to life-saving and humanitarian assistance to address urgent and early recovery needs of vulnerable internally displaced persons and returnees while increasing security and stabilisation of communities to facilitate durable solutions in Sudan.
Programme of Support in the Prevention of Conflicts and Violent Extremism in the Border Areas of Benin, Burkina Faso and Togo The overall objective of the project is to contribute to improving the resilience of the populations of the cross-border areas of Benin, Burkina Faso and Togo that are at risk of community conflicts and violent extremism. The project aims to contribute, through a cross-border approach, to the establishment of an environment where women and young people can benefit from a better protection and are sufficiently involved in the mechanisms of local dialogue while enjoying viable economic opportunities. The project is the first cross-border initiative common to the three countries concerned and responds to the common threat of community conflicts and violent extremism.
Diaspora Engagement in Agroecology Development in Morocco This project seeks to contribute to address issues related to development and climate change, that might be faced also but other countries with a similar profile. The project foresees a threefold initiative based on the following axes: (1) Analysis of migration paths and profiles of Moroccan returnees involved in agro-ecology projects in order to better understand the reasons and the factors that have motivated them to undertake these kinds of initiatives; (2) Economic and agronomic analysis of the projects will be carried on in order to demonstrate their economic potential as well as the social impact of these activities on their environment (clients, employees and neighbours); (3) Development of targeted pedagogical and technical tools and the organization of a final conference in order to share good practices and decision makers, diaspora associations and other stakeholders.
Emergency Drought Response through Provision of Integrated Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Promotion Services In this project, IOM is scaling up water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions in rural and pre-urban areas with the objective of saving lives, averting disaster, and improving access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene promotion services for communities living in these areas. This intervention is also expected to reduce further displacement, promote dignified, safe, and secure living conditions for children and women who are exposed to protection risks when accessing limited water resources.
Providing Emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Health Assistance, and a Humanitarian Hub for Aid Operations in \Ma’rib Governorate IOM was the first UN agency to establish dedicated presence in Ma’rib, Yemen in 2019 after the Organization’s multisectoral assessments demonstrated the widespread needs across the governorate. Since then, IOM has sounded the alarm for the need for scale-up of life-saving humanitarian programming in Ma’rib, and the Organization has been committed to facilitating this by running a humanitarian hub in Ma’rib city. Through this project, IOM is carrying out critical water, sanitation and hygiene and health activities targeting conflict-affected people. This fund is also critical for expanding health services to cover the widespread needs amongst internally displaced persons and host communities in Ma’rib governorate. IOM is also contributing towards reducing avoidable morbidity and mortality through the provision of emergency, primary and secondary health services, including nutrition screenings due to the risk of famine and extreme hunger in Yemen.
Strengthening the Capacity of the Bolivian Government to Provide Timely Consular Assistance to Bolivian Migrants in Countries of Destination This project aims to support the Government of Bolivia in improving the attention and assistance of Bolivian migrants in destination countries, through strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and consular offices to collect, process, and analyze data on the needs and profiles of migrants in a differentiated and effective way. To contribute to this objective, the main outputs of this project are to provide new technological equipment for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and consular offices; support the digital platform of information management and consular assistance that facilitates the attention and assistance of Bolivian migrants in destination countries, with a gender and rights-based approach; and capacity building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and consular staff in the use of the digital platform.
Providing Refugee Resettlement Assistance to the Government of Norway in 2021 Through this project, IOM aims to contribute to providing a durable solution to 3,600 beneficiaries of international protection in Ethiopia, Kenya, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Rwanda, Uganda, and other yet-to-be identified countries by facilitating their resettlement to Norway.
Empowering Youth from Fragmented and Conflict-Prone Communities in South Libya for Peace The project aims to contribute to improved social cohesion in Sabha and the south of Libya and build upon a broader range of peacebuilding activities that have been at the core of IOM’s work in the south since 2016. This is achieved by engaging with students at the largest university in the south of Libya which has roughly 25,000 students and over 1,200 staff across nine faculties. There will be a specific focus on engaging female students, who for the academic year 2015/16 made up 64% of enrolled Libyan students and 57% of international students.
Concerted Action by Young People (Women and Men) Community Leaders for the Strengthening of Social Cohesion and the Consolidation of Peace in Forest Guinea This project contributes to breaking the cycle of violence that the Forest Guinea region has experienced over the past seven years. Specifically, it seeks to promote the inclusive participation of youth (men and women) community leaders in strengthening social cohesion and peace building in Forest Guinea through three main axes. Those axes are (1) inclusive and intergenerational participation of youth leaders and other community actors in the protection of human rights, conflict prevention and management, and peacebuilding; (2) support for the implementation of the existing legal framework for the fight against violence in accordance with international human rights standards in the target area; and (3) support for the socio-economic rehabilitation of young leaders through the establishment and development of community-based initiatives to strengthen social cohesion and community living.
Strengthening Humanitarian Assistance to Vulnerable Migrants Repatriated to Haiti As returns to Haiti continue, on-arrival protection and humanitarian assistance to migrants repatriated by sea or air to the country is urgently needed, including the improvement of reception facilities to welcome Haitian returnees at the two international airports of Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haitian. Additionally, protection and lifesaving need such as health, including mental health and psychosocial support, child protection, risk of human trafficking and smuggling have been identified among returnees. The intervention aims to support government efforts in providing humanitarian assistance to migrants repatriated from Turk and Caicos Islands upon arrival. Specifically, through project activities, IOM aims at strengthening the government and relevant stakeholders’ technical and operational capacities to assist vulnerable migrants, as well as improving coordination for the better management of irregular migration.
Supporting the Development of a Labour Mobility Reintegration Strategy in Tuvalu Given the high youth unemployment rate as well as limited employment opportunities within the country, the Government of Tuvalu (GoT) recognizes labour mobility and reintegration of returning men and women migrant workers as key factors for national development. In response to the request of the GoT, the project will contribute to increasing development impacts of labour mobility programmes and providing improved reintegration services in Tuvalu. The project will conduct a gender-sensitive needs assessment specifically on returning labour migrants' experiences, challenges and opportunities through key informant interviews and focus group discussions, which will be followed by a validation workshop. Interviews will be held with a range of stakeholders including returning labour migrants as well as aspirant labour migrants, families of labour migrants, communities, NGOs/CSOs, private sector, and various government ministries. The assessment will inform the development of a draft labour mobility reintegration strategy which will be aligned with the goals laid out in the National Labour Migration Policy and will pave the way forward for the GoT, service providers and communities.
Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration from the Netherlands Phase II The project will assist third country nationals in the Netherlands with their voluntary rectum and reintegration in the countries of origin through information and counselling, travel preparations and the provision of reintegration support and monitoring post-arrival.
Indonesia: Regional Cooperation Arrangements (RCA) The Regional Cooperation Arrangement (RCA) is a mechanism through which IOM supports the Government of Indonesia to assist refugee and asylum seeker population in Indonesia with safe accommodation and basic assistance; health services; mental health and psychosocial services; formal and informal education; and assisted voluntary return and reintegration. With the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia, IOM supports in ensuring access to COVID-19 prevention and mitigation measures for refugees and asylum seekers.
Bangladesh: Debt Mediation for Returnee Migrants The objective of this project is to contribute to improved reintegration approaches for returnees in Bangladesh through building capacity of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and civil society organizations (CSOs) in addressing challenges relating to debt liabilities of returnees. The project aims to sensitize the GoB and CSOs on the subject of debt liabilities and highlight debt mediation as an effective alternative for achieving sustainable reintegration. The project will also carry out a pilot debt mediation initiative, which would contribute to improved loan and repayment systems.  Additionally, the project will develop a policy brief on debt mediation on the basis of lessons learned from the pilot activities and undertake a set of advocacy initiatives with relevant GoB officials and development partners in order to effectively address the issue of debt liabilities of returnees, potential migrants and their families.