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Knowledge Enablers
SAVING LIVES AND PROTECTING PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Saving lives and protecting people on the move As global displacement reaches record levels, IOM responds to the most challenging crisis response contexts in the world by putting the safety, dignity and protection of people first. This entails collecting and using data and insights on the mobility, capabilities, vulnerabilities and needs of displaced, host and mobile population, to provide tailored responses.

CASE STUDIES: KNOWLEDGE INITIATIVES

  • Integrating Migration into existing urban plans and policies in Antananarivo

    Madagascar: Integrating Migration into existing urban plans and policies in Antananarivo

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  • Philippines: Bridging Recruitment to Reintegration in Migration Governance: Philippines (BRIDGE)

    Philippines: Bridging Recruitment to Reintegration in Migration Governance: Philippines (BRIDGE)

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  • Brazil: Municipal migration plan developed with refugees and migrants in Sao Paulo

    Brazil: Municipal migration plan developed with refugees and migrants in Sao Paulo

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  • Nepal: A Community-Led Approach to Reintegration in Nepal

    Nepal: A Community-Led Approach to Reintegration in Nepal

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  • Viet Nam: Strengthening Vietnamese capacity for sustainable reintegration of returned migrant women and their households in Viet Nam through the establishment of and delivery of support by the “One-Stop Service Offices”

    Viet Nam: Strengthening capacity for sustainable reintegration of returned migrant women and their households through the “One-Stop Service Offices”

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  • Colombia: "We all fit here, Colombia free of xenophobia" Campaign

    Colombia: "We all fit here, Colombia free of xenophobia" Campaign

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DRIVING SOLUTIONS TO DISPLACEMENT
IOM goes beyond simply responding to crises to developing proactive and anticipatory strategies in addressing global displacement challenges. By leveraging migration expertise and private sector technology, IOM aims to develop data-driven capabilities to foresee migration patterns, collaborating with stakeholders to work towards common goals, including the reduction of risks and impacts of climate change and environmental degradation.
  • Senegal: Overcoming the Challenges of Small Businesses for Community Well-being and Cohesion

    Senegal: Overcoming the Challenges of Small Businesses for Community Well-being and Cohesion

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  • Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia: Towards a Holistic Approach to Labour Migration Governance and Labour Mobility in North Africa (THAMM)

    Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia: Towards a Holistic Approach to Labour Migration Governance and Labour Mobility in North Africa (THAMM)

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  • Regional Office for Asia and Pacific: Resilience in Crisis - The Remarkable Steadiness of Remittance Inflows to Asia and the Pacific

    Regional Office for Asia and Pacific: Resilience in Crisis - The Remarkable Steadiness of Remittance Inflows to Asia and the Pacific

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  • https://kmhub.iom.int/en/good-practices/emergency-response-tropical-storms-during-covid-19-pandemic

    El Salvador: Emergency response to COVID-19 pandemic and tropical storms

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  • Venezuela: Strengthening the resilience of vulnerable populations through Trafficking in Persons protocol development in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

    Venezuela: Strengthening the resilience of vulnerable populations through Trafficking in Persons protocol development in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

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  • Kazakhstan: Migration, Environment and Climate Change Nexus in Kazakhstan

    Kazakhstan: Migration, Environment and Climate Change Nexus in Kazakhstan

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FACILITATING PATHWAYS FOR REGULAR MIGRATION
IOM assists states in establishing and expanding regular migration pathways while preventing the risks of irregular migration. Prioritizing whole-of-government, whole-of-society approaches, IOM safely connects people, resources, services, knowledge and innovation.

Case Studies: Knowledge Initiatives

  • Serbia: Triple-Win - Improving Young People’s Quality of Life, Prosperous Towns and Growing Businesses

    Serbia: Triple-Win - Improving Young People’s Quality of Life, Prosperous Towns and Growing Businesses

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  • Peru

    Peru: "The Ball Knows No Borders": Community Cohesion Through Sports

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  • Ecuador: Piloting virtual tools & an innovative model to support entrepreneurship for inclusion of migrants in vulnerable situations in Ecuador [in Spanish]

    Ecuador: Piloting virtual tools & an innovative model to support entrepreneurship for inclusion of migrants in vulnerable situations in Ecuador [in Spanish]

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  • Bangladesh: Bangladesh Migration Governance Framework

    Bangladesh: Bangladesh Migration Governance Framework

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  • Armenia: Skills Mapping Through Big Data: A case study of Armenian diaspora in the United States of America and France

    Armenia: Skills Mapping Through Big Data: A case study of Armenian diaspora in the United States of America and France

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  • Iraq: Boosting returnees’ employment through support to SMEs in Iraq

    Iraq: Boosting returnees’ employment through support to SMEs in Iraq

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IKM unit initiatives

The IKM Unit is at the forefront of driving a culture of innovation in the Organization. Through its initiatives, the Unit ensures that innovation becomes a central asset in IOM’s mission to enhance impact and scalability of results. The unit also supports capacity development of IOM staff and partners on innovation and works in partnership with different stakeholders including governments, private sector, academia, and CSOs to co-create long-lasting solutions.

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Poem platform, a collaborative space for knowledge sharing and learning on policy and programmatic work image

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