IME Pay (Nepal)

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

IME Pay links services including remittances, bank account, mobile wallet, bill payments and insurance. The free, fast way to receive remittance money from 200+ countries & send across Nepal. 

 

Rise (UAE)

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Rise links services including migrant remittances, bank account, investment, insurance and shopping. Rise is Re-imagining banking for migrants, bringing essential financial services from their home and host country on one platform.


 

Now Money (UAE)

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

Now Money offers digital payroll, account and remittance service for low-income workers, migrants and the unbanked.

Migrant workers make up 88% of the population of the UAE, yet many don’t meet the minimum salary requirements for a traditional bank account. Without access to banking services, workers are put at a distinct disadvantage as much more time, effort, cost and risk is involved in managing their money. Now Money is UAE’s first digital payroll and banking service for migrant workers – with no minimum salary requirement.

MADAD Portal (India)

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Grievance resolution mechanism for Indian migrant workers. Users can register in the MADAD if they have any grievance related to consular services offered by Indian Missions/Posts abroad or are an Indian student studying/planning to study abroad. MADAD enables online logging and tracking of grievances, and submission of course/contact details of students.

LINK-IT

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

A skills profiling tool that can support skills mapping initiatives. This project aimed at facilitating better integration of Syrian refugees resettled to the UK, Germany, Portugal, and Romania. The project involved pre-departure skill profiling, post-arrival integration support and information sharing with host communities to support mutual learning and exchange.

Promoting self-reliant livelihoods of Syrians under Temporary Protection (SuTP) and host communities through provision of skills trainings and productive assets

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This project assisted host community members and SuTPs in gaining access to formal employment through the delivery of a vocational training programme, developing beneficiaries’ vocational and technical skills. This intervention created livelihood opportunities in the local market for programme graduates, specifically focused on the production of niche agri-food products with strong and stable consumer demand.

Agricultural skills training to address the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis in Turkey

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FAO supported the vocational skills of Syrians under Temporary Protaction (SuTPs) in the food and agriculture sector to improve their access to employment opportunities. Building on assessment results showing significant shortage of skilled and semi-skilled labour in the sector in southern and south-eastern Turkey, FAO in partnership with UNHCR and the private sector carried out vocational trainings in the agriculture, food processing and livestock sectors for unemployed SuTPs and host communities.

FAO, IOM strengthen partnership to boost job creation for Kenya’s rural youth and reduce migration

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Reintegration of young migrants into their countries of origin requires coordination between several organizations. In Kenya, FAO has partnered with IOM and other organizations to build the skills and knowledge of young migrants and rural residents in migration-prone areas to harness the potential of migration and economic mobility, specifically in areas of agriculture and rural development. 

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