International Organizations

The project’s objective is to promote economic security and social cohesion towards improving the overall human security of vulnerable communities in Sandžak. To this end, the project proposes to: (i) improve income generation and open employment opportunities for vulnerable populations; (ii) enhance inter-ethnic understanding and community cohesion; (iii) increase access to social and public services and provide official documentation to displaced groups; and (iv) promote the human security concept within central and local governments and civil society organizations.

The overall goal of the project is to contribute to Indonesia’s efforts to fight trafficking in persons by strengthening the capacity of the Government and civil society to protect and empower victims of trafficking as well as preventing vulnerable persons from being trafficked.

Implemented in the Sila region, the project by reinforcing top-down mechanisms with bottom-up solutions, addresses the multiple and interrelated challenges faced by the communities in the region. More specifically, the project aims to:

The project’s goal was to address the needs of refugees and vulnerable host populations in Gabon. Through inter-agency collaboration, combined with top-down and bottom-up strategies, the project aimed to: (i) improve livelihoods through agricultural development and income generating activities; (ii) ensure access to basic health care services for refugees and vulnerable host populations; (iii) provide support to victims of sexual and gender-based violence; and (iv) promote education and skills training for groups at risk.

Over the past 15 years, states in the southern border region of Mexico have become important transit areas for hundreds of thousands of migrants.  These on-the-move populations face extreme hardship and physical insecurity as they travel under inhumane and unsafe conditions, with limited access to basic shelter and essential social services. Moreover, on their journey northwards many of these migrants fall victim to organized criminal groups that prey on their vulnerable situation.

The Government of Nigeria has formally adopted a National Policy on Migration and its Implementation Plan in 2015, with support from IOM and the European Union (EU). The policy and its implementation plan provide an appropriate legal framework for monitoring and regulating internal and international migration, and proper collection and dissemination of migration data.

The project aimed at improving the social security benefits for Moldovan migrant workers by enhancing the capacity of the Moldovan government in negotiating, adopting, and implementing bilateral social security agreements with major destination countries of Moldovan migrant workers. The project contributes to improving the impact of migration on development and on poverty reduction by ensuring the right of social security for the Moldovan migrant workers and their families.

Zambia has hosted refugees from the region since the 1960s. The country currently hosts over 53,000 people of concern mainly from Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Somalia, with the majority residing in the two settlements (in Mayukwayukwa near Kaoma and Meheba near Solwezi) , while the rest are in urban areas or self-settled. 

The Dominican Republic, under President Danilo Medina, has launched the most ambitious initiative in the history of the country with respect to the documentation and normalization of the entire population living in the country. To achieve this, two mechanisms have been established: Special Law 169-14, for both people born in Dominican Republic and children of foreign parents with an irregular status, and the National Regularization Plan for Foreigners.

• The relevant authorities are aware of the mutual influence of migration on the health sector and dynamic of health sector on migration in Morocco.

• The Ministry of Health integrates the topic M & D in sectoral planning and in the national 2016-2017 strategy.

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