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The main objectives of Southern African Development Community (SADC) are to:

The Migration Information and Statistics System for Mesoamerica (SIEMMES by its Spanish acronym) is a system of migration information designed to capture and monitor the magnitude and characteristics of migratory movements from, to and between the Central American countries and Mexico, by coordinating and compatibilizing the data generated by different agencies in all those countries. 

Set up in 2001, it includes Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama.

The Mediterranean Transit Migration (MTM) Dialogue is an inter-regional inter-governmental consultative forum of a wide number of EU, African, and other governments in the Meditteranean region, as well as observer States, and Partner Agecies, which aims to build common understandings and to jointly develop evidence-based comprehensive and sustainable migration management systems.

The Inter-governmental Asia-Pacific Consultations on Refugees, Displaced Persons and Migrants (APC) is affiliation of Asia-Pacific governments, who seek regional co-operation on matters relating to population movements, including refugees, displaced persons and migrants. It aims to promote dialogue and explore opportunities for greater regional cooperation on these matters. 

The APC was established in 1996 and is made up of over 30 Member States from Asia and Oceania. 

Since its inception in 2002, the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime (Bali Process) has effectively raised regional awareness of the consequences of people smuggling, trafficking in persons and related transnational crime. It is a forum for policy dialogue, information sharing and practical cooperation to help the region address these challenges. The Bali Process, co-chaired by Indonesia and Australia, has more than 48 members, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migratio

The Söderköping Process was launched in May 2001, funded by the European Union, as a cross-border cooperation process on asylum and migration  and in order to respond to the new challenges that arose with the EU’s eastward enlargement. It is named after Söderköping, Sweden, where the first meeting took place on the initiative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Swedish Migration Board.

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), under its Regional Programme on 'Empowering Women Migrant Workers in Asia', partners with recruiting/placement agency associations in some Asian countries to negotiate favourable contracts, benefits and working conditions for women; and to inform them of their rights. 

The programme began implementation in 2001, promoting women’s human rights and empowerment by:

Banks can play a stronger role in keeping transfer fees low for migrants through the creation of special services with features that aid migrant’s remittance transfers. An example of such services are the joint checking accounts offered by the Moroccan Banque Populaire. Through their own branches and agreements with banks in European countries, migrants in Europe can make deposits into the account which can then be accessed by family members in Morocco. 

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA)-National Livelihood Support Fund (NLSF) Livelihood Development Program is a joint undertaking of OWWA and NLSF to address the economic component of the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Reintegration Program. It is a lending program for Overseas Filipino Workers and/or their family, who plan to open a business or improve an existing business. It is meant to further improve access to entrepreneurial development opportunities and credit facilities to OFWs, their families, and organizations.

The Associated Marine Officers and Seafarers Unions of the Philippines (AMOSUP) provides a roster of services to its members, including hospitalization and medical benefits to the seafarers, their spouses and families under a broad preventive, diagnostic and curative program. AMOSUP also provides legal representation, pension plans, life insurance and burial benefits for its members covered by Collective Bargaining Agreements between workers and ship operators.